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I wonder if retardedly ignoring design flaws is just a way to maintain sanity in a dangerously insane world, like immigrants who vote for Trump ignore that he's genocidally racist because acknowledging the truth is immensely disruptive emotionally.

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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 10 hours ago

No, I was agreeing with you. People don't want to acknowledge the truth (ie: their car is too big to be safe, they voted for a dangerous felon). It feels bad emotionally. Most people resolve the cognitive dissonance between "I'm a good person" and stuff like "I'm probably going to kill a kid with my car" by lashing out or making up excuses.

[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Ohhhh, so these are drivers resolving their cognitive dissonance. I thought it was cyclists/pedestrians. Plenty of cyclists just see cycling as a hobby and commute via car. They kinda suck balls as far as alliance & kinship go.

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