TIL: Today I Learned

[Lexicus]

It's funny but not the hilarious type of funny.

Personally I don't think it's anywhere near as funny as spending several forum pages arguing that a particular gun is not a military-grade weapon and everyone identifying it as such is a fearmongering ignorant moron, then saying the reason you like this particular gun is because your time in the military familiarized you with guns that are exactly the same as it.

 

[Commodore]

TIL: Lexicus still knows nothing about firearms.

 

[Arakhor]

Moderator Action: Knock it off, you two.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[Cutlass]

TIL that Canadian police give out demerits.

https://www.narcity.com/life/the-rc...hat-you-can-be-fined-for-eating-while-driving

 

[Synobun]

Who gives demerit points in the US?

 

[Lexicus]

We call them trumpmerits here

 

[Valka D'Ur]

TIL that Canadian police give out demerits.

https://www.narcity.com/life/the-rc...hat-you-can-be-fined-for-eating-while-driving

Yes, there was a real push some years ago in Alberta to crack down on distracted driving. The major emphasis at the time was cell phones, which is understandable. I remember a taxi driver who kept yakking away on his phone while driving and I finally told him to put it down because I didn't feel safe with him not keeping his full attention on the road. He was annoyed, but complied. He must have realized that I could have reported him to his supervisor if he hadn't.

Given the part of town we were in, I think it was reasonable for me to prefer a non-distracted driver. It's an area where there have been a lot of accidents.


I didn't realize they were cracking down on eating and drinking, as well.

 

[Cutlass]

Yes, there was a real push some years ago in Alberta to crack down on distracted driving. The major emphasis at the time was cell phones, which is understandable. I remember a taxi driver who kept yakking away on his phone while driving and I finally told him to put it down because I didn't feel safe with him not keeping his full attention on the road. He was annoyed, but complied. He must have realized that I could have reported him to his supervisor if he hadn't.

Given the part of town we were in, I think it was reasonable for me to prefer a non-distracted driver. It's an area where there have been a lot of accidents.


I didn't realize they were cracking down on eating and drinking, as well.

Yeah, but demerits?

 

[yung.carl.jung]

TIL that Agamemnon comes from Agan + mimno, ie "exceedingly" + "stay (remain stable)", pretty much therefore it would mean one who is stable in his views more than it does him good.

it means "hardcore conservative"

 

[GinandTonic]

Yeah, but demerits?

Dont USAans get points on their licence? I thought it was reasonably the same across the developed world. In the UK twelve points and you are banned. Most minor infractions are three, four or perhaps six points for a couple of years. New drivers only have six points (basically equivalent to having a six point offence for two years) so they have to be extra good.

Points also mean two years of slightly more expensive premiums.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Yeah, but demerits?

What would you consider an appropriate deterrent to distracted driving?

 

[Cutlass]

Dont USAans get points on their licence? I thought it was reasonably the same across the developed world. In the UK twelve points and you are banned. Most minor infractions are three, four or perhaps six points for a couple of years. New drivers only have six points (basically equivalent to having a six point offence for two years) so they have to be extra good.

Points also mean two years of slightly more expensive premiums.

Sure. But I never heard of 'demerits' used outside of like an academic setting before.

 

[Cutlass]

What would you consider an appropriate deterrent to distracted driving?

It's not what it is. It's what it's called. That's what seem so weird to me.

 

[The_J]

TIL that Canadian police give out demerits.

https://www.narcity.com/life/the-rc...hat-you-can-be-fined-for-eating-while-driving

In the US you can get fined for adjusting your radio while driving o_O?

 

[BenitoChavez]

TIL that China has way too many bicycles...

Spoiler Bikes :

 

[dutchfire]

There are too many bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny.

 

[Broken_Erika]

That's what happens when bike sharing schemes get out of control....

 

[Sommerswerd]

TIL: That Canada has a bona-fide Quebec maple syrup cartel, and people can get sent to jail for a decade for violating their policies, which is considered "selling maple syrup on the black market." Blew my mind.

 

[Zkribbler]

TIL that China has way too many bicycles...

"Too many" for what?
Would you prefer internal combustion engines...esp. considering Beijing has some of the worst pollution in the world?

 

[Bugfatty300]

"Too many" for what?
Would you prefer internal combustion engines...esp. considering Beijing has some of the worst pollution in the world?

Too many to a point where people consider them disposable and they become just another source of mass produced trash. Plastic was once a high-tech technological marvel. Now there is a giant clump of the stuff the size of Texas floating in the Pacific.