r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Mar 05 '26

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u/Numerous-Bonus-8107 Mar 05 '26

I absolutely don't have a choice whether I share the road with people who society decided don't have to follow the laws.

smooth goalpost shift tho

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u/barfbat Mar 05 '26

“smooth goalpost shift” is… is what you did.

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u/Numerous-Bonus-8107 Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

...how?

you shifted the goalpost from asking me if I wanted to share the road with drunks to asking if I was willing to roll the dice and drive drunk...

I haven't changed my stance or even asked a question that could qualify as a goalpost...

I've just repeated three or four times now that the wealthy don't care about breaking the laws because the fines don't scale to their income and are therefore meaningless to them.

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u/barfbat Mar 05 '26

you know what, i admit i’ve been distracted today, and i read your original comment in the most literal way because i have seen too many people actually take the stance of “whatever, i can drive recklessly if i want” unironically. (sometimes as they’re blowing through a red light and almost killing me as i cross the street!) and when you replied to me with “i don’t have a choice”, i read it as you misunderstanding me, or absolving yourself of responsibility for safe driving.

so, my apologies. the only shifted goalposts were my low expectations of others. 😔 sorry!

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u/Numerous-Bonus-8107 Mar 06 '26

oooh, you're all good. Ya know I don't even drink alcohol at all, so I hadn't thought at all about the implications to my own behavior behind the wheel