we've lived fairly different lives, that much i can tell from your responses this far. i never said what you proposed was wrong, i only pointed out how it was puerile at worst and potentially dangerous at best. and i only said the not living long enough part because you essentially said we should "talk it out" and somehow tried to paint buying a vest as an illogical response to literal gun related violence. wasn't anything personal nor me wishing you an early death, i just found what you said to be dumb as **** and in line with what i would expect to hear from someone living in a first world country trying to solve problems that have plagued humanity for centuries with kind words and common sense because common sense is so common after all, right?
>You're so right! We should strive to change ourselves to adapt to harmful environments rather than try to make the environments better. Why try to reduce gun crime when you have the money to buy a bullet proof vest instead? Clearly everyone else will be able to do the same and we can keep the same status quo for ourselves and our children rather than trying to actually make their lives better.
>But I don't wanna start an argument and get mods mad at me
beckpeddaling like crazyyy. **** the mods, as far as the both of us are concerned. neither of us post content and both of us could make new accounts to continue pirating on this site with no ramifications whatsoever. don't try to stand the moral highground after saying allat.
my point was simple and largely inoffensive, really. all i said was that it's better to change/improve what you can; rather than to wait on the world to change, even when you're objectively right and the world _should_ change. believing in the level-headedness of idiots around you _will_ get you killed. i broke my back on a stationary motorcycle while following all the traffic rules to a t, just because a lady behind me "panicked" and "couldn't" hit the brakes on time before she rammed into me at a red light. i wouldn't be here today if i didn't have a helmet on, and all of that because a dumb *** forgot to take her blood pressure medication that day. and it's frustrating because i can genuinely understand and relate to forgetting to do the very important but extremely forgettable **** that you're supposed to do, and i can't fully fault her for something that could have happened to anyone of us, really. so at the end of the day, it wasn't really anyone's fault, and i just happened to end up with a broken back. **** changed my entire outlook on life, now i take every opportunity to shoe-horn my experience into literally anywhere, including but not limited to interaction fiction forums. don't wait around for a sign, take my word, please.
