More unpopular opinions
Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/
If you are in a school zone, either early in the morning when students are being dropped off or in the afternoon when they are being picked up, and you aren’t there to deliver/collect your kid(s)...
then you don’t belong there and you should know better.
If you live anywhere near a school then you know full-well the times when it is busy. Trying to travel through it at that time is an a**hole move. They’re not blocking the road — you are. You’re in their way. Get the f lost!
There is absolutely no reason you should be impatiently clogging up and driving aggressively in a school zone during those 20 minutes. (Except maybe if you are from out of town and are too dumb to avoid the school zone during those common times!)
Get yer butt up the ten minutes earlier it would take and drink your damn coffee and get out of the way before it happens. Entitled pricks.
(Obviously, no on on this forum is such a jerk, right?)
If you are in a school zone, either early in the morning when students are being dropped off or in the afternoon when they are being picked up, and you aren’t there to deliver/collect your kid(s)...
then you don’t belong there and you should know better.
If you live anywhere near a school then you know full-well the times when it is busy. Trying to travel through it at that time is an a**hole move. They’re not blocking the road — you are. You’re in their way. Get the f lost!
There is absolutely no reason you should be impatiently clogging up and driving aggressively in a school zone during those 20 minutes. (Except maybe if you are from out of town and are too dumb to avoid the school zone during those common times!)
Get yer butt up the ten minutes earlier it would take and drink your damn coffee and get out of the way before it happens. Entitled pricks.
(Obviously, no on on this forum is such a jerk, right?)
As someone who was doing substitute teaching, I don't have any reason to go early, and I'm showing up at the same time people are dropping off their kids.
Also, imagine someone going into work, and they're already leaving 20 minutes early so they can make it to work. Their only option now is to either leave 30 minutes early or be late?
I think there simply needs to be a better system for dropping kids off. Multiple lanes and one lane that's a quick in and out for drop-off and pickup. Even airports do a better job at pickup/drop off than what we have near schools.
Drop-off usually isn't as bad as pick-up, because people dropping off can be quick. People picking up end up wanting to sit there, slow to a crawl, and wait to see their child.
Once the kids leave to go home.. I do too as a substitute teacher. I have no reason to stay, I'm not getting paid to wait for traffic to die down.
Also, imagine someone going into work, and they're already leaving 20 minutes early so they can make it to work. Their only option now is to either leave 30 minutes early or be late?
I think there simply needs to be a better system for dropping kids off. Multiple lanes and one lane that's a quick in and out for drop-off and pickup. Even airports do a better job at pickup/drop off than what we have near schools.
Drop-off usually isn't as bad as pick-up, because people dropping off can be quick. People picking up end up wanting to sit there, slow to a crawl, and wait to see their child.
Once the kids leave to go home.. I do too as a substitute teacher. I have no reason to stay, I'm not getting paid to wait for traffic to die down.
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I was a substitute for years. For those schools where I did not need to be in the classroom before the kids started arriving, I found no reason I couldn’t get there five minutes before they did anyway.
But, yeah, school staff have a reason to be there. I figured that was kind of a given.
But, yeah, school staff have a reason to be there. I figured that was kind of a given.
2 jobs ago, I spent 5 years going through one every morning and on the way back as well. There was this crossing guard (she is still there, I saw her last month taking wife to a Dr appt) that is really taking the job seriously, blowing her whistle at everyone that dares break 20mph. Ok, I respect that. But... to this day (did I mention I went through it daily for 5 years) I can count on one hand the number of times I saw a kid in play. Meaning the kids were crossing the street and in danger if not for the guard or a parent or something. I never saw a bus, and the parents dropping kids off were not really in the flow (they diverted into the school's wrap around with minimal real impact on the traffic). The only thing holding up traffic was the flashing sign and the cross guard... probably due to some law or requirement that didn't make sense at that location.
Still, I agree.. if you can avoid it, do so. I would have had to leave an hour early to get through before it came on, though.. I had 9/5 ish hours and it was on before 8. It was easier to come in a little late and leave a little late (we could) to come through the afternoon side after it was shut off, and I did that mostly.
Still, I agree.. if you can avoid it, do so. I would have had to leave an hour early to get through before it came on, though.. I had 9/5 ish hours and it was on before 8. It was easier to come in a little late and leave a little late (we could) to come through the afternoon side after it was shut off, and I did that mostly.
| But, yeah, school staff have a reason to be there. I figured that was kind of a given. |
Didn't seem as a given as staff are usually there an hour or 2 earlier.
| I found no reason I couldn’t get there five minutes before they did anyway. |
I mean yea, I could show up 2 hours earlier if I wanted to, I'm just not getting paid to. I show up around the time kids are dropped off because that's already about 25 minutes before classes start.
Well, not anymore, haven't subbed a while. One less menace on the streets.
My main argument is that we should blame the system than the drivers. The system should almost always account for human behavior, because most people aren't going to change their behavior.
The only time I've gotten stuck in airport pickup/drop off ever was when the president was going around the city and traffic was blocked.
to a degree, that is the issue. Most schools are pretty large complexes and the odds that all 4 sides of it ALL touch major 9/5 work traffic flow is low. Find the side where the 9/5 crowd does not drive, open the doors on that side and funnel in from there, put the school zone over on that street, funnel the parental traffic in a sensible way to break back into the 9/5 street after drop off...
but that isn't what we have. The schools were built in like 1952 and off the beaten path at that time, but the city grew around it in ways that make the original design a bust and no one wants to own fixing it.
but that isn't what we have. The schools were built in like 1952 and off the beaten path at that time, but the city grew around it in ways that make the original design a bust and no one wants to own fixing it.
I keep seeing (still!) all the horror stories of people with their gas pedal stuck —
Shift to Neutral
Brake
How hard is that?
Shift to Neutral
Brake
How hard is that?
If you have a really fast car, like an electric one, the speed may command your full attention to the road or you'd crash quickly.
This mixed with the shock of losing control and slow reaction time can easily make shifting to neutral and braking an impossible task - especially if they have to figure it out on the fly without knowing to do this beforehand.
I know they recalled Cyber Trucks due to an issue that could cause the pedal to be stuck full throttle. Imagine having the 3 motor option and you're stuck accelerating at ridiculous speeds.. Might crash before you can even get to neutral.
This mixed with the shock of losing control and slow reaction time can easily make shifting to neutral and braking an impossible task - especially if they have to figure it out on the fly without knowing to do this beforehand.
I know they recalled Cyber Trucks due to an issue that could cause the pedal to be stuck full throttle. Imagine having the 3 motor option and you're stuck accelerating at ridiculous speeds.. Might crash before you can even get to neutral.
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Nah, that’s just part of learning how to drive.
And cars with Japanese-style controls are designed to help you there — just push forward on the shift lever and it’ll slide all the way into Neutral, without needing to press the gear release button.
Ppl always saying it ain’t their fault they didn’t know how to operate the machine they literally had to pass exams to use.
Not that that means much here in the states — at least, not when compared to some place like Germany or Japan, which are, admittedly, outliers around the world.
It is also my opinion that a lot of people just aren’t well-enough socialized to be able to handle managing complex machines. Cars are just so user-friendly that we forget it. Used to be some people just couldn’t drive at all because they couldn’t manage to handle operating a clutch and shifting.
And cars with Japanese-style controls are designed to help you there — just push forward on the shift lever and it’ll slide all the way into Neutral, without needing to press the gear release button.
Ppl always saying it ain’t their fault they didn’t know how to operate the machine they literally had to pass exams to use.
Not that that means much here in the states — at least, not when compared to some place like Germany or Japan, which are, admittedly, outliers around the world.
It is also my opinion that a lot of people just aren’t well-enough socialized to be able to handle managing complex machines. Cars are just so user-friendly that we forget it. Used to be some people just couldn’t drive at all because they couldn’t manage to handle operating a clutch and shifting.
I just tried to watch “The Dark Knight” (Batman film with Bale and Ledger).
Total drivel. I’m down to the last 15 minutes and I can’t take the garbage any more.
It was sad. I actually enjoyed “Batman Begins” — it was the first Batman film I ever enjoyed, actually. Too bad the sequel went to waste.
But, more to the point: I don’t like anti-heroes. And, honestly, I don’t like what Frank Miller did to Batman. Batman used to be a kind of true-blue good guy like Superman. But Miller turned him into a Deadpool precursor morally-ambiguous trash machine.
...which, I suppose, produces movies like this one, which people for some reason really eat up.
Booooooo!
Yeah, I said it. Booo!
Total drivel. I’m down to the last 15 minutes and I can’t take the garbage any more.
It was sad. I actually enjoyed “Batman Begins” — it was the first Batman film I ever enjoyed, actually. Too bad the sequel went to waste.
But, more to the point: I don’t like anti-heroes. And, honestly, I don’t like what Frank Miller did to Batman. Batman used to be a kind of true-blue good guy like Superman. But Miller turned him into a Deadpool precursor morally-ambiguous trash machine.
...which, I suppose, produces movies like this one, which people for some reason really eat up.
Booooooo!
Yeah, I said it. Booo!
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None of the live action Batman movies do him justice, you have to go animated:
The Dark Knight Returns
Superman/Batman Public Enemies
Batman Assault on Arkham
Superman/Batman Apocalypse
Justice League Doom
Justice League Crisis on Two Earths
Just some of my personal favorites. Many of the animated movies are just okay or don't do Batman justice either, so they're not all good. You have to know what you're looking for.
Not sure about that one. Batman has always been prone to "evil" or going to far. His enemies are interesting because they provide a psychological and intellectual battle.
He abides by a moral code to stop him from going to far - because he knows how easy it would be. The joker is always pushing him to break it, to go too far, to step across the line. It's so draining and difficult to fight with rules when the your opponent doesn't.
However, the most "true-blue" version of him you may like is "Superman/Batman Public Enemies" which I've listed, it's a very good movie with a great Batman.
Sadly, his iconic voice by Kevin Conroy is gone forever. RIP.
The Dark Knight Returns
Superman/Batman Public Enemies
Batman Assault on Arkham
Superman/Batman Apocalypse
Justice League Doom
Justice League Crisis on Two Earths
Just some of my personal favorites. Many of the animated movies are just okay or don't do Batman justice either, so they're not all good. You have to know what you're looking for.
| Batman used to be a kind of true-blue good guy like Superman |
Not sure about that one. Batman has always been prone to "evil" or going to far. His enemies are interesting because they provide a psychological and intellectual battle.
He abides by a moral code to stop him from going to far - because he knows how easy it would be. The joker is always pushing him to break it, to go too far, to step across the line. It's so draining and difficult to fight with rules when the your opponent doesn't.
However, the most "true-blue" version of him you may like is "Superman/Batman Public Enemies" which I've listed, it's a very good movie with a great Batman.
Sadly, his iconic voice by Kevin Conroy is gone forever. RIP.
Yeah, even Begins pushed it for me, but it wasn’t bad. (I had to be convinced by my friends to go see it when it first came out.)
What do you think of the Pattinson Batmans? I’ve heard they aren’t bad...
I was watching the old Justice League TV show on Netflix too, but that one drove me bonkers too. I think I made it about five episodes before being done with it.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, thanks for the recommendations. Gotta check them out.
What do you think of the Pattinson Batmans? I’ve heard they aren’t bad...
I was watching the old Justice League TV show on Netflix too, but that one drove me bonkers too. I think I made it about five episodes before being done with it.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, thanks for the recommendations. Gotta check them out.
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| What do you think of the Pattinson Batmans? |
The movie itself wasn't too bad if you just want an action packed movie, as long as you don't try to associate it with any real version of Batman.
He's no where near as intelligent or skilled as Batman. He felt nothing like Batman. It seems they just wanted a movie about a hero and they decided make one loosely based off Batman's origin and dark/grimy "mood".
The traffic chase scene everyone loves, and I just couldn't help but think how many people must have died in that scene alone..
| I was watching the old Justice League TV show on Netflix too |
Haven't seen much of it. Justice League Unlimited (the continuation) I hear is a lot better. I've seen some episodes here and there along with clips, it usually looks good.
My favorite scene has to be the Flash and Lex Luthor switching bodies. Lex takes the flash's body to a bathroom mirror and this happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPefOfu2TIU
EDIT: To be clear, my "default" version of Batman is roughly Batman from the Arkham Series games. That is a top-tier Batman.
"Batman Assault on Arkham" is a good animated movie where Batman is definitely on that level in terms of intellect and combat ability.
The other movies I mention have great versions of Batman as well - intelligent and capable.
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