• FaceDeer
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    So the car’s presence was annoying them. That’s not exactly a great justification for torching it.

    • Flying Squid
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      The car shouldn’t have been present in the first place. It wasn’t a place for cars to be at that moment.

        • @[email protected]
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          A funny thing about life is a lot of things happen unofficially, and humans do fine at adjusting to such situations.

          • @DoomBot5
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            Plenty of humans also accidently wander into places they’re officially not allowed to be in, much less unofficially.

        • Flying Squid
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          It was the Chinatown Lunar New Year’s celebration. What do you think?

        • quirzle
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          I don’t believe it was, based on the other cars present in the videos.

        • FaceDeer
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          -810 months ago

          And were the “violators will be set on fire” signs posted?

            • FaceDeer
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              -410 months ago

              I didn’t realize that a “fireworks show” meant “showing how fire works (by burning down any cars that happen to be present).”

              • @[email protected]
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                310 months ago

                They always have fireworks in Chinatown on Chinese New Year. No human would be dumb enough to park there.

                • quirzle
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                  210 months ago

                  No human would be dumb enough to park there.

                  There’s at least 3 other cars parked there clearly visible in the videos.

                • FaceDeer
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                  -310 months ago

                  But if one did anyway, torching their car would be fine?

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        If you were to turn down the wrong street, maybe park in the wrong spot, you’d consider it reasonable if a mob torched it?

        • Flying Squid
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          I’m pretty sure I’m not a self-driving car. I’m also pretty sure if I saw a big crowd of people, I wouldn’t keep driving forward.

          • @Everythingispenguins
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            Crap self-driving cars are now self aware, posting on the Internet, and think they are human. Everybody grab a torch

          • FaceDeer
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            I didn’t say they’d torch you. The scenario can include them graciously allowing you to depart your car before they burn it to the ground.

            Seriously, you think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy a car because its presence “triggered frustrations in the crowd”? Bear in mind this isn’t France we’re talking about, where torching cars to express frustration is part of the common culture. This is San Francisco.

            • Flying Squid
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              I think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy one of the many self-driving cars that have been pissing off San Francisco residents for a very long time now when it tries to drive into them during a big celebration where cars weren’t even supposed to be.

              Who got hurt here? Waymo? Fuck Waymo.

              • @Olhonestjim
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                Waymo’s insurance company anyway. And Waymo’s reputation.

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                Alright, so you’re fine with mobs destroying the property of anyone that “pisses them off.” I’d say that’s a slippery slope, but you’re already basically at the bottom.

                • Flying Squid
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                  I’m fine with mobs destroying something that has been a public menace for years.

                  Why are you making personal attacks? I did not attack you. Are you able to carry out a conversation with someone you’re disagreeing with and not make personal attacks?

                  • FaceDeer
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                    -710 months ago

                    What personal attacks? I’m giving you ample opportunity to clarify your position on this matter, and it keeps ending up in support of mob violence and lawlessness. I think that’s a terrible position to take, but that’s an attack on the position, not the person.

    • @800XL
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      Found the driverless car.

        • @800XL
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          Two driverless cars in one thread! As I live and breathe!

          • Zorque
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            Maybe the driverless cars were the friends we made along the way…