It’s possible that a) I miss arguing in the bird site more than I realize b) chaos/rage are my brand. I say this because I have show my claws twice in the last 12 hours. Once on Facebook and once on mastodon and, gos help me, it felt good.
@Camerondotca I say sometimes a thing needs bitching at.
@PamsMyth they’re all so dumb and wrong Pam. So so wrong
@PamsMyth The Facebook people are super vexing. We just had 18 months of redoing a street beside our house. 4 meters down, all new infrastructure then protected bike paths, narrower road, trees. I love the result (my love for the process is mitigated by discovering leftover trauma from earthquakes). There are people blaming the mayor for delivery people stopping illegally...
@Camerondotca People are still bitching about our bike lanes and our mayor who hasn't been the mayor for three years and is instead goddamn Secretary of Transportation. (rolls eyes dramatically) I liked the old days when "how" people were wasn't anybody else's goddamn business.
@PamsMyth It's insane. Less than 7 % of our roading/transport infrastructure is for what we'll call "not vehicles" and they whine like babies. AND STILL in the 10 minute walk ot a local shop I nearly got hit twice.
@PamsMyth ... there are people who are convinced that protected bike lanes are more dangerous (but who cares because bikes never, apparently, ever stop at stops), There are people who are upset about the smaller lanes.. basically, there are two main camps (with much overlap) 1) car primacy/never question the status quo 2) those who hate our (woman) mayor.