I don’t understand how “traveling using your muscles” became less “manly” than “sitting on your ass”.

Same reason sitting on one’s fat ass watching football is more manly than running a 10k.

They’re giving in to road-raging SUV-driving MAGAdiots, which are abundant in Vista and most of north SD County.

I really want to know the name of the contractor who made that proposal.

That takes zero ingenuity.

Replace them with a chicken. Then at least I could have some fried chicken.

First, replace the influencers with AI. Then shut down the AI. Do us all two favors.

They try pushing a warable onto me, and I’ll insert it in them.

Pass a law that protects wearable health data under HIPAA and I’d consider it.

And then the next bunch of fascists come in and seize all that data. Or the TLAs do it covertly.

We need strong data protection laws, but we also need strong technical measures to prevent intrusion.

Design that is in the interest of someone other than the user, intended to coerce or trick the user into behaviors that benefit that non-user at the user’s expense.

an alien fish dildo

That sounds intriguing.

That would make sense if evolution had a direction. But evolution can favor less complexity just as well as more: it depends on the selective pressures it’s under. “Fittest” is not necessarily “best.”

This applies metaphorically to marketed products as well as literally to biologiccal systems. It’s not inevitable that the marketplace will deliver progress. You might never get that invisible handjob.

Well, fuck a duck.

after having witnessed too many drivers ignore those “YOUR SPEED” signs

It’s worse than that. Where I used to live, the local young nitwits would compete to see who could post photos of the highest speed displayed on the signs.

Why does the increment get smaller as you increase your illegal speed?

This offends my sense of natural harmony.

That’s a strong argument for measures that make it more dififcult to drive unsafely.

For example, if a vehicle exceeds a safe speed (plus a reasonable margin for error), a trapdoor opens in the road and they and their car fall into a deep hole.

I’m inventive and have more suggestions, many inspired by ACME products in Road Runner cartoons.

with a rough tiled surface

Bring back cobbles!

Most rich people don’t get the majority of their income from salary.

Neoliberal economists want to force everyhing to be priced, even when it makes no sense to do so (often, the administrative cost exceeds the additional revenue gained).

The Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, are also car-free.

But even in destinations where cars are allowed, you seldom need a car if you’re a tourist.

It’ll be disappointed when it gets here.