Agree.

Complaining about civility is the first step toward letting morons rule.

If one is making foolish or false statements, one should expect to be humiliated. Come back when you are better educated.

If one is being an asshole for no good reason or making false accusations against another due to losing an argument, they should understand that they are now a legitimate target for everyone to dump on with impunity.

Being confidently wrong, or an asshole without cause deserves equal or greater consequences to the harm caused. Public shaming via humiliation - aka incivility - is more effective than actual punishment or moderation.

I didn’t make the original statement, which sounds more like hyperbole than specific, legal, actions.

From experience I can tell you that I have personally encountered cyclists disobeying the law and endangering my safety more than any other non-car transport.

See, I was an endurance rider for most of my life. Meaning I spent long hours, 3-4 days a week on trails, on horseback, moving at speed.

On these trails, cyclists are required to stop and move to the side when they hear or see an equestrian.

The number of times they did this, over 20 years as an equestrian? 4.

The number of times they didn’t? Dozens, possibly over a hundred.

The number of times it caused a wreck and people got hurt? 3.

Cyclists whine about horse poop and having to stop, but WE maintained those trails, they did nothing other than whine and cause accidents.

I’m sure there’s some of you that are not complete tools, but there’s a reason you are despised by all other users of trail systems.

Choosing to believe in one set of imaginary friends over another- or none- is most certainly a hobby by every definition.

It is not essential for life. It is not required by law. People willingly choose and actively continue choosing to engage in the activities in their free time, and report positive feelings from doing so. When doubts arise, other members of the cult try hard to sway them to stay, often using threats. That’s a hobby. And a cult.

Found the cyclist.

Handy information to have for when all the hospitals close in a few years.

Because who wants a back alley surgery performed by people of questionable education using non sterile medication/implements?

It is not an either / or question.

Everyone, from the creator to the audience, determines the meaning for themselves.

The subjective nature of art is the only truth about art.

The human tendency to copy others behavior also translates into this; when people lack strong feelings about a piece of art, they are more likely to defer to other’s interpretation. This doesn’t mean they share the interpretation, rather that being agreeable was more important to them in the interaction than sharing an honest opinion.

That’s far too smart a move for the average hospital admin. :)

deleted by creator

Stimulants and steamy baths- but mostly stimulants. Most of them, including ADHD versions, work great for as a bronchodilator but have obvious downsides. A meth addiction is not a suitable substitute for asthma.

There was a time when I was too poor to afford asthma medication- I learned to self-calm and load up on caffeine. This allowed me to breathe enough to sleep without getting the low O2 anxieties but do little else until it passed. It did result in my only adult hospitalization when I got the flu on top of an asthma attack- caffeine couldn’t touch it, then.

I’m old- and had severe childhood asthma that landed me in the hospital in the 70s. We didn’t have inhalers. Not even nebulizers.

Instead I was given what was essentially speed, by mouth and IV. And when my lungs would fill up, my mom would beat on my back to loosen it so I could cough it up.

They did tell me steam baths would help as well.

I didn’t get inhalers until the 80s.