Catarinalina

joined 2 years ago
[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Don't feed the trolls.

They don't care about the topic, they don't care about the facts or a logical debate. They only care about getting a reaction out of you. Don't give them what they want.

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Today was my first day back from vacation. So many emails... I just kept scrolling through all the unread and felt defeated. I allowed myself extra distractions today while trying to at least prioritize things, but it ended up being a surprisingly productive day somehow. On to tomorrow.

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know, I feel like lately every other article in that paper is an advertisement for Quarks

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hahah no, there's nobody driving the bus

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you! I noticed the usual feelings of dread creeping in already

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No need for the \s. That is literally how they did this "study". I'd be interested to see who it was that paid for this bullshit, wouldn't be surprised to see the money trail leading back to commercial real estate.

The article boasts the headline front and center % productivity loss, as though this was some years long extensive study. The section of the report discussing these results is less than two paragraphs long. I've seen high school students put together a more detailed a well researched study.

What bothers me the most is that people will readily reference this article and spread this bullshit everywhere, with basically no one having read the study or put any critical thinking into this at all.

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But he looks ever so polite, he must have his cheese!

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't know if it's increased since covid but people seem to have shifted from anti cycle to outright openly hostile towards cyclists, at least where I live. I can't count the number of incidents I've had this year alone where I've had to swerve to avoid someone angrily forcing their way into a bicycle lane, running lights or going out of turn in a four way stop, or just intentionally grazing me because fuck bicycles apparently

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, they sent me an email basically saying "we're sorry" with no offer for free credit monitoring or anything.

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks so much for sharing that web comic, I loved it!

[–] Catarinalina@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

So now they've confirmed existing basic plan members are also being targeted "in the near future". No problem, I've saved them the trouble for myself. I had mostly stopped using it by now anyway, not even worth the $10/month I was wasting on it

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