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Cake day: June 4th, 2023

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  • I thought I had read something about this, but I can’t find a source, so take this with some salt.

    Even big cats chitter, and while sometimes there’s a social aspect where other cats are alerted to the hunt, not all big cats hunt in groups. So I think they chitter to warm their jaws up. Like streatching before exercising, or the jitters you get from adrenaline, the rapid movements ensure they can bite at maximum strength quickly, and without pulling a muscle.



  • Public airports aren’t exclusive to private jets and private schools aren’t publicly funded.

    Roads aren’t exclusive to cars and most of the private schools around here do receive public funding. Just because something is used poorly doesn’t mean it’s completely useless.

    Every single road where pedestrians or alternative modes of transportation aren’t allowed and isn’t part of a public bus route is car-only infrastructure.

    The only road around here that pedestrians and bicycles are explicitly barred from are the freeways, where blocking traffic is very dangerous, but busses, utility vehicles, and industrial vehicles use those all the time.

    A highway that busses aren’t allowed on?

    These exist. You are aware these exist, right?

    No, I’m not aware of public roads where it’s physically impossible to run a bus line or ride a bike. If a sedan can use it, a bike can use it. If a delivery truck can fit, so can a bus.

    I am aware of roads too dangerous to bike on and roads too sparce of destinations to run busses on, but that’s because of how roads are used, not a condemnation of roads themselves. If the city decides to add a bus route to a road, no infrastructure needs to be changed. If someone decides to send a charter bus or shuttle, the roads are open to them.


  • Private jets are also a privilege, should we demolish all airports? Private schools too, should we have no education-only infrastructure?

    The issue with car-centric infrastructure is that it prioritizes expensive and inefficient systems over others. It’s the priority that’s the issue, not the existence of roads at all.

    What would car-only infrastructure even look like? A highway that busses aren’t allowed on? No utility vehicles? No firefighters?