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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • I mean, I get where this post is coming from, but they didn’t build guardrails along every single street and deliberately put them behind the sidewalks. They put it there because behind it is a steep dropoff.

    It was never about “pedestrian bad”, the guardrail wouldn’t be there at all if it wasn’t for the hill. Same thing with the parking meters others are mentioning. It’s not because the meters are more valuable or whatever, it’s because replacing them is expensive. Could they have put it in front of the sidewalk? Sure. But I’d bet the sidewalk was there for a while before the rail (plus the fact that there’s a sidewalk at all is surprising, in the US)

    I get the point this is going for, but don’t forget, narrative manipulation can, and is, done by anyone.


  • I was always told that scruffing them is fine but you need to grab more than the person in the grip, obviously don’t carry them around the house like that but if you need to manipulate them then grabbing a handful is usually okay. It’s fine when you’re spreading out the weight but that weird two finger grip on the back of the neck is just mean.