It’s okay, you’re just being referee! 😉

Yeah, now that I check, I do see some of them.

Sorry if I came across that way, I genuinely wasn’t intending to be condescending. The “correction” was simply me clarifying my own experience. But that image is genuinely amusing. I’ve driven through so many towns that look exactly like it!

I’m still on Sync for now and same. But I don’t think I saw them even on desktop…?

Are you aware that you are leaking coolant at an alarming rate? What kind of robot turns down a blast of searing hot resin?

Rural towns. And yes, that’s what I’ve experienced.

I’ll give you the *second image. Like I said, I only spent a couple minutes finding them. But the *first is absolutely typical, in my experience. In small rural towns, the “downtown” is concentrated like this (maybe with 1 fewer floor, and narrower roads). I’ve seen this exact scene in multiple smaller towns, literally all over the US…

This is a typical American rural town:

This is a typical American city:

^((That took less than 3 minutes to find and link))

beating around the bush

everything that could possibly be sensitive

Being nervous and awkward

avoiding the elephant in the room

self consciousness

You’re literally strawman-ing what I said. Empathy is considering others. It really is that simple…

I can’t imagine caring that a happy family member or friend’s partner is less conventionally attractive, much less saying that to them!

You need to meet and surround yourself with less horrible people.

Honesty is telling the truth to people. Openness is feeling free to express yourself. Empathy is considering other people’s perspectives and taking their feelings into account. People should practice the last one before impulsively acting based on the first 2. It’s called being an adult member of society.

!remindme

They had to shoehorn it in.

Potato.

Depends on whether this hedgehog has enough money to buy camping gear. Maybe Sonic donated some rings…?

“Yes, Special Agent Preshuss, Officer Zetafsky just pulled over Chris Parvitol. Please send locations for their family, friends, and known High Interaction Areas.”

You think you can move faster than information!?

I don’t know why you need the first part. As you said, you’re running from THE cops, not the 1-4 in the cruiser. They have radios and helicopters and satellites and thermal cameras and license plate scanners and traffic cameras and informants and qualified immunity and stingrays and cooperation with other agencies.

“Attempted World Improvement”

THANK you. If that’s not realistic, why did they create the simulation!?

Hmmm. Hard to say. A cop pulled me over for “Operating a motor vehicle without her phone number”. Eventually, she agreed to only give me a DWS (Driving While Sexy). It feels like an abuse of power, but as she reminds me all the time, she’s the one with the gun…