i didn’t say they were the same, you put those words in my mouth. I put them both in the category of things that need regulation in a way that rope does not. are you seriously of the opinion that it is fine and good that people are using their ai chatbots for mental healthcare? are you going to pretend to me that it’s actually good and normal for a human psychology to have every whim or fantasy unceasingly flattered?

i feel like if the rope were routinely talking people into insanity or people were reliably using their unrestricted access to rope to go around shooting others yeah i might want to impose some regulations on it?

hey. it occurs to me too late that you might have taken exception to the tone of my previous remark. i had intended it to be genuinely helpful but im afraid it came out as world weary and, well, a little unpleasant. and i didn’t actually offer you any recovery resource. I just basically said “you got a problem lol gl” which is an enormous dickhead move in retrospect.

here. check out https://smartrecovery.org/

it’s a science-based alternative to the twelve step programs you might be hesitant to join due to their religious infuence. they have lots of in-person meetings and online too. i personally get more value out of in-person but everyone has their own preference and it’s nice to be able to make a meeting wherever I am.

the general philosophy can be summed up, “you have a choice.” it teaches that unpleasant emotions like anxiety are generally transient and offers strategies for coping with urges and building a balanced lifestyle. it offers a toolkit and an adaptable method.

it does focus generally speaking on substance addiction, but recognizes that addiction takes many forms. sex addiction, gambling, shopping, intimacy, trichotillomania, and yes, phone addiction. the most recent addiction to our meeting group is a young trans woman who struggles with self-harm urges. addiction is not something to be ashamed of, and it’s more common than you think.

please check it out. you don’t have to live in service to that anxiety.

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my bad maths says thats a 900x increased probability from the average of this guy being splattered against the pavement as compared to the next guy so i got some satisfaction out of that. no, don’t correct me. anyway whats the bet he actually drives himself around

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https://youtu.be/PMivT7MJ41M?t=56

why tho?

so it does support ultrawide, but it is intentionally disabled?

Via is a public services scam and should be a scandal. “ride with via” yeah how about you fucking pay your workers a living wage, stop playing ‘contractor status’ games with your fucking employees and better yet, stop existing and give the money back to actual public transit solutions, because uber-run-by-the-city doesn’t fucking count and if you’ve ever actually used the service you know why, and I feel like the “fuck cars” comm might have exercised a bit more discretion in throwing their implicit endorsement here.

Now that I have reason to look at this guy’s statement, what stat is he quoting? Did he select recent data from the pandemic? How would we know? He doesn’t cite a source or give a start or end year for the 80% comparison, so actually, what the fuck is he talking about? Furthermore, half or more of people in a major american city don’t own a car? Maybe, but, doesn’t that smell fishy? Has new jersey actually done such an amazing job of otherwise revitalizing their public infrastructure, or is this guy doing what so many other "smarter-than-the-average-politician"s do with statistics? Anyway, where’s his information supposed to be coming from? Not for nothing, my experience of installing bike lanes is that people ride bikes first, get upset at the number of incidents and demand change at a local level; demand first, then supply. Not saying it cant happen the other way around, but that simply hasn’t been my personal anecdotal experience of american bicycle infrastructure. Also, am I crazy? Doesn’t this post give AI once you’re looking for it? the emojis? “here’s the reality?” What is this bandwagon you have all just jumped aboard?

tl;dr this post is sus and y’all need to practice some fuckin media literacy.

i legit developed severe photsensitivity driving uber eats a few years ago at night in my miata. I couldn’t walk around indoors without sunglasses for almost a year after i quit.

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Concern? You obviously haven’t considered all the money they’re making!