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Who said anything about GPS, though? It could easily be those "bluetooth beacons", right?

Yes, let's just ignore almost a century of research on perception and go with that, shall we?

Yes. That's exactly what "elitism" means. 🙄

There are a whole lot more threats than cars at crossings that you might like to be aware of.

(And before people straw man this, it's an example selected for comedy potential, not a comprehensive list of all possible environmental hazards you might want to keep aware of.)

Just unnecessarily redundant ones for those of us not so addicted to our phones we can't last 20 seconds without looking at them.

I know! Maybe they need traffic lights built into phones! As you approach a traffic light, they link up with the intersection and tint your screen green and red depending on the walk/don't walk status! You'd never have to look up from your phones again!

I have my eye on a guqin. I'll never be able to play one, but they look gorgeous and I'd want one as a decoration for my wall.

That's twice now.

And for a non-American, there's a whole lot of American-focused political shit in your feed. Perhaps there would be less confusion if you, you know, stopped talking like an American with an American's viewpoint on everything.

My gal.

Weird. I just pay attention to my surroundings myself.

Oh, I fucking HOPE so! The thought of all those assholes dying horribly of radiation and/or starvation on the trip or on Mars proper just fills me with joy.

Yes. "Guy." Even the American "left" can't help but use the masculine-as-default.

In today's lesson, an always-seeking-something-to-be-offended-about ideologue learns about "linguistic drift".

Or, more likely, doesn't. But that's par for the course for America's so-called "left". (You know, the "left" that the rest of the world considers "centre right".)

The "deal" may be a dictation the way things are going.