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    I had a friend who became a cop a decade ago. I started noticing that he’d be on his phone while driving even while off duty. He shrugged it off as something like, “oh, I’m just so used to doing it on the job.” We’re not friends anymore.

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      It’s the most difficult thing in the entire world, but the most rewarding. Not just for you, but literally everyone around you.

      Some folk stop caring and chalk it up to being old or some other tired excuse.

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        I don’t find it difficult to not use my phone while driving, tbh I find it difficult to try to multitask or use my phone while driving, I just can’t do it.

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    Matt Walsh is a notorious turd burglar but I don’t care if he was watching The Young Turks. My issue is with the fact that he killed someone with his car. It seems like he should be charged with negligent homicide.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    Holy shit, I was not expecting a jalopnik article to go that hard, nor was I expecting the comments to be so “”“woke”“”. I’m gonna need to read jalopnik more often.

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    The number of times I’ve seen cops distracted driving as a cyclist, I’m not surprised.

    Police should be subject to the same laws the rest of us are. Distracted driving is distracted driving. It’s dangerous in every case, be it a work laptop or a phone.

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    So distracted by hating trans people. Put him in prison. These fascists need no leniency.

    Acab