Damn, that sounds trippy. Like you felt threatened on an instinctual level. I had a similar experience star gazing, but not in a threatening way. I saw a star moving around and dancing in the sky for me. Unreal stuff, I couldn't not see it, even if I looked away, closed my eyes, squinted, anything. It was clear as day a dancing star, twirling and bouncing. My buddy had a telescope, so I used it to take a closer look and figured out what was going on. Turns out I was looking at a cluster of stars twinkling in a sequence that gave the impression of something akin to animation. I was also on shrooms, so I was primed for an emerging pattern. Made for an awesome experience.

Wasn't on a whim. And you totally can. Whether or not it's a good idea or without consequence is a different story. However, it's not a stretch to suggest that most people who deal with road infrastructure have dealt with unsafe conditions that could be avoided with restructure. If conditions were unsafe, nothing was being done about it, and the community did something about it to make it safer, power to the people. No one is suggesting a precedent should be set by this, but I would suggest that if we don't want a repeating pattern, there ought to be a better, more expedient process in place than breaking the law to make this action unnecessary.

It really is. Slippery slope fallacy. Letting one neighborhood collectively decide to make an intersection by a park safer for children to cross is not the same as letting all people make their own decisions regarding signs and intersections. We are capable of handling individual situations as context-sensitive instead of assuming universal application is the only option.

This. I hear the same stories a lot, but I'm shit at remembering details. So that's what I say. People are happy to recount old stories, and I'm happy to hear them over and over again. Hasn't produced a problem so far.

Bass to mouth smh

I like this comment. Because you're right, I felt doom in the pit of my stomach before seeing it. Thanks for adding nuance.

I went down this rabbit hole years ago. I'm 100% convinced God is a tulpa.

It’s fucking stupid to turn your back on your family over politics

It's really not. Politics determine your opinions and intentions regarding human rights and its violations. If my dad votes for Robodolf Mechahitler, he's not my dad anymore. Someone voting for Trump would likely betray their own daughter when Gilead rises. If they wouldn't, their vote is a contradiction to their character. I wouldn't take something like this lightly.

I cannot stress enough how efficiently you ruined my ability to use the memory trick.

Food deserts are real, and they show you real fast how exploitable you can be.

God bless this pitiful country.

I grew up poor and black. The illusion was never there.