Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

As if we aren't defined by our actions (a la Jung et all, oooh let's have 5 pages of philosophy wank)

I’ll get started on the wank, you start on the philosophy ?
Or should we both work on both parts together?

Philosophy Wank Thread ———->>>>>

How is that a meme?

There is no separation, we are all one and are always all working on all parts together 🕉️

Using a phone reduces your reaction times as a driver in the same way, if not worse.

What kind of reaction time do you need when stationary, and what if you're too slow?

Oh gee, the drivers behind might get pissed off. Sticklers can get in the fucking sea. Rules have reasons, and it's the reasons which matter, not the fucking rules themselves. Carrying on like the above has any relevance when the dude is stationary is little more than an excuse to perpetuate tribal animosity between cyclists and motorists.

If you want memes this isn't the place, in case you haven't noticed 💁‍♂️

What about pedestrians crossing in front of them? For example, a driver stops in front of a crossing (on green) due to traffic in front. The driver looks at their down phone. The crossing turns red for the driver whilst traffic moves on, and a pedestrian starts to cross.
The driver now looks up, sees traffic has moved but doesn't check the lights because they assume they're green (as they were before looking at their phone) and moves forward hitting the pedestrian.

You don't even need the lights, a pedestrian crossing the road between not-so-stationary traffic and you could have the same outcome.

Rules have reasons, and it's the reasons which matter, not the fucking rules themselves.

Today it's the thread for exploring nuance:

As the initiator of the Mikey is a cunt derail, I've always been something of a car guy.

But, I've always thought internal combustion and car-centrism are entirely stupid, and am militantly opposed to the marginalisation of cycling.

I'm hard, hard left (I don't believe in the private sector; everything should be governed by everyone), but could also describe myself as a staunch libertarian - there needs to be a law against laws which aren't absolutely necessary.

Mikey is on a mission for a heart-rending reason - all power to him for that (wasn't aware of his backstory), and may he inspire an army of militant defenders of vulnerable road users, but I'm damn sure he's applying faulty assessment criteria.

Anyone who invokes the state against another citizen, and crosses the line between - protecting others from a menace | using flaws in the system to multiply their own menace by the power of the state, can fuck right off.

Through this lens, an act like this puts Mikey in the same basket as the vile corporate filth who own our governments, bringing us this car-dominated burning of Gaia at the stake in the first place.

/mic drop

Yo yo yo! Where my memes at?

You can bust out all the hypotheticals you like, but what's the most distilled take on the responsibility of operating a motor vehicle?

The person in control of the dangerous equipment is responsible for controlling it - it's pretty fucken simple. Stuff like ensuring you have right of way, and that the way is clear, before you move off is absolutely fucking basic shit. We don't need a law against phones. We just need a law about paying enough attention to control the dangerous equipment.

I mean what the fuck. It doesn't need to be this hard.

Saw some bloke refer to Cheeto Jesus in 2016, busted this out

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So much of law practice is in the nuance and it can be a great when it doesn't have to be interpreted, it's literally the letter of the law spelled out

Was cancer 500 paying enough attention to operate his dangerous equipment, stuck behind a stationary bus? Check

Was vendetta Mikey overstepping the line where he enlisted the state in his vendetta? Check

The jury finds that Mikey is a cunt, your honour

As if worse shit hasn't been effectively argued against in a court of law. I agree with you idealistically but realistically no

idealistically
realistically

Lately I've been wondering if maybe we don't have these concepts arse about, what with that whole cataclysmic destruction of the natural world / downfall of civilisation business

Do the Mikey pages remind anyone else of the Forum from about 15 years ago?

Something in the London air?

Mikey not a Cunt btw

Everyone's a cunt now and then.

Or all the time depending on your point of view. What do the dolphins think?

You’re a libertarian who doesn’t enjoy citizen patrol. Is this the meme?

citizen patrol

Have we already got together and hammered out a sound basis for this? I missed the memo

Quite happy to have a discussion about organisational differences of policing in another thread, but this is the memes thread?

Yeah but it's on LGFSS where five-page derails every fifty pages are to be expected

Pls someone explain the bunny meme. It's very precious to me because it's the only fucking meme we've had for weeks and I've missed out.

There are few threads more sacred than the memes thread. Functional, Maj, Hulsroy. All others are fair game imo