Calculator Manipulator

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Cake day: April 16th, 2019

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  • Not local, so feel free to ignore me.

    There are more reasons I don’t like speed limits, but here are the three that annoy me the most:

    • Taking away personal resposibility - somehow speed has become the single measure of everything. Here in UK you can have 3 pints and still be under the legal limit to drive, so hey - as long as you’re not going over the arbitrary speed limit - you’re all good! You also don’t need to take care of your car, nor actually know how to drive; or respect any other traffic rules. As long as you’re not speeding!

    • Driving at low speeds is boring. It creates an illusion that one has enough mental capacity to handle a phone call, a text, a youtube video, a netflix show, etc. It’s easier to zone out. Maybe boring is not the perfect word for this - I’m looking for the inverse of involving.

    • Speeding fines have become a source of revenue. If speeding was genuinely as horrible as it’s painted in all the marketing - punishment would be taking away the ability to drive, not some money.

    My 2 pence.