CR seems to be going to shit lately. Used to be a pretty peaceful country.

Not really though. It’s a cudgel against political autonomy used against those the CPC declares dominion over, regardless of how those people feel about the fact.

Are you somehow under the impression that the only possible identity is ethnic? Like when people say “I’m a New Yorker” do you reply back “Um, actually, New Yorker isn’t an ethnicity”?

And would the lack of ethnic New Yorkiness justify a ban on people labeling themselves or organizing as New Yorkers? Should we abolish the city of New York in the name of national unity then?

I was referencing that my local schools got rid of buses several rounds of austerity ago in favor of free public bus fares for students. And in a more recent round of austerity they also got rid of those. So now it’s drive or get fucked I guess. Gotta teach those kids to support themselves I suppose.

You guys are getting buses?

All good points. I was just thinking I probably would not be willing to do any camera-based captcha.

At a certain point if they force me to stop being online maybe that’s not so bad.

I don’t see how any captcha will remain viable for long at this point. The bots are going to win eventually.

I’m 100% sure this is a joke dunking on truck bros.

Ah that explains it. Cars strike again.

Not that bad honestly.

Fair I agree it’s overhyped. But to be honest the amount I think it’s overhyped continues to decline as its capabilities continue to advance. And we’re at a point now where it is clearly useful for many tasks, even if it’s not appropriate for everything.

Bad look for Claude after their vigorous insistence their model can’t be used this way.

Also bad look for the 50 people I get in my inbox telling me AI is completely useless every time I talk about it. These arguments were worthy of entertainment a few years ago but not in 2026.

I can kind of see that criticism but I think talking about our own issues and hypocrisy here has relevance here. We do very similar things in our countries and there’s very little fuss about it.

And I did acknowledge that I agree Iranian morality policing should be condemned, so it’s not like I’m trying to defend them, just talk about a related issue.

Yeah I agree. Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying though, I’m still unsure.

Oh. Well that’s a weird thing to say because I don’t think anyone is defending them but OK.

In my experience many of the most strident critics of hair coverings refuse to see the similarity to anti-nudity laws, especially nipple covering which is specific to women.

I mean I think the downvotes speak to the fact that the average person is not willing to admit the harms that our own ideas of modesty cause.

My BS? This is exactly what I’m talking about. Western governments need to be shamed too.

I agree but I wish people would act this way towards western modesty laws as well.

Probably trying to make an example out of her. There has been significant public resistance to the hair covering laws in recent years and the government has made various attempts to bring women back under control. But as with all tyrannical governments, if enough people resist, they simply can’t go after everyone.

Typically it’s done with poisoned bait.