CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@catsalad The Matrix where the humans burned the skies but it was the humans just trying to limit supply so they could charge AI Bots more as an oppression/capitalism model.

@JessTheUnstill @emily_s "Why are you so invested in the feelings of sex pests? Is there a particular sex pest you are worried won't be able to visit or pay for things if they aren't handled with kid gloves?"

@Phosphenes @tikaro @futurebird yes.

And moonshiners were hillbillies/rednecks that were FIERCELY anti government.

They basically bought and souped-up their cars to be able to outrun the feds... And then they started racing each other to see who could build a better shine runner and drive it better... And then when prohibition ended there were all these really fast cars and really good drivers and...

@futurebird one of the blessings/curses of the Internet is now even rural farmers can talk to some folks from Inner City NYC and be like "I feel bad about how I interacted with a neighbor that is different than me, Which parts of this were the *ism/*phobia and which parts were just me being an asshole? I feel like growing to be Less Of Either takes different approaches so I need to level-set."

@futurebird NYC is not less racist than Rural PA.

But if you live in NYC, the ability to find someone(s) who looks/acts/thinks like you to go "That interaction was fucked-up, right?" is WAY easier.

Sometimes it might not go the way one thinks ("They may or may not be a *ist/*phobe... but they treated you like that because you were being an asshole!") but that perspective from a similar background will ALWAYS be heeded faster, and that's good because cities are dense. Less room/time to learn.

@tikaro @futurebird going to high school in Charlotte, NC with people complaining about rednecks and hillbillies before going to a big NASCAR race they were looking forward-to like "Do you not realize how ridiculous you sound to anyone who knows where NASCAR came-from!?"

@JessTheUnstill @victorvonvortex More USians live around Canada in northern lattitudes than Canadians live In Canada.

And it's not like it's because Alaska is full of people. It's just that Canada's biggest/densest cities (Toronto/Montreal) are further South than some HUGE American cities (Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Portland, Seattle, etc)