Today's Alissa Walker Article Discussion Thread

"RyanFrew" (ryanfrew) 02/18/2016 at 17:51 • Filed to: Alissa Walker likes Nickelback

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Smartphones don’t Kill People, Cars Do

Go ahead, Oppos, Discuss

Chariotoflove > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 17:57

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Well, the title is not technically wrong, but like so many things Gawker, it’s a bit disingenuous. Cars kill people when both are in the same place at the same time. You can do this by removing the cars, by removing the pedestrians, or by either party taking more effort to not be in the same place as the other. I personally think that the third option is the most practical and the most consistent with our philosophy of personal freedom. But then, I tend to place an inordinate emphasis on personal responsibility by modern society’s standards.

SVTyler > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 17:57

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she dumb

Baeromez > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 17:58

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Guns don’t kill people, bullets do. Or, wait, is it gunpowder? No, sorry, I forgot, it’s anvils. Falling anvils kill people.

Urambo Tauro > Baeromez 02/18/2016 at 18:00

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Keep going...

Blood loss. Blood loss is to blame. We need to ban blood loss.

Jcarr > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:00

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RyanFrew > Chariotoflove 02/18/2016 at 18:01

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Agreed. Disingenuous is the right word, because the easy conclusion to draw from her article is simply that people kill people. If you’re driving a 2 ton chunk of metal down the road at 50mph and you’re looking at your cell phone, YOU are the problem. The car and the cell phone are not the issue.

djmt1 > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:01

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I haven’t finished reading the article yet as about half way through I felt a strong knock to my side and then weirdly I was staring at the sky.

scoob > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:01

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WHAT THE HELL IS HER PROBLEM WITH CARS?

IT’S LIKE A CAR DESTROYED HER CHILDHOOD OR SOMETHING.

Urambo Tauro > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:01

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*sigh* Not again...

Is it the clicks? Is she really doing this just for the clicks?

Jcarr > Urambo Tauro 02/18/2016 at 18:01

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Ban blood. If there’s no blood, there won’t be anything to lose.

Jcarr > Chariotoflove 02/18/2016 at 18:02

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but like so many things Gawker, it’s a bit disingenuous.

Click. Bait.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:02

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I’ve reached the point where I can’t tell if she’s serious or a professional troll. They just keep getting more and more idiotic.

Jcarr > scoob 02/18/2016 at 18:04

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She’s an urbanite who doesn’t seem to have any concept of life outside of a densely-populated urban center. As a result, she believes that her opinions on what would be best for that environment are universally applicable.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > djmt1 02/18/2016 at 18:04

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I started reading but I could feel my IQ dropping, so I skimmed instead.

bobbe17 > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:07

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My thoughts when I see one of her articles-

“Damn it, another stupid click bait article. Why the hell do they keep sharing these on Jalopnik? Well, I suppose I’ll click and read it. Damn! They got me again!”

TheHondaBro > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:11

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Oh my god.

So stop blaming smartphones or “distracted walking” for the real problem: Cheap gas is putting more drivers on the streets than ever , and cities aren’t doing enough to keep the people on those streets safe .

She must have long arms, because that’s quite a reach!

Future next gen S2000 owner > TheHondaBro 02/18/2016 at 18:17

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Elasti girl doesn’t have arms long enough to make that reach.

Captain of the Enterprise > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:19

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One of her articles was the breaking point for me I won't read the FP because I can't encourage writing like this anymore.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Urambo Tauro 02/18/2016 at 18:20

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Ban assault blood with high capacity assault bloodazines.

marshknute > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:31

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“And unlike drivers, walkers are allowed to look at their phones while they walk—they aren’t endangering other lives.”

This line is where I stopped reading. Technically, there are no laws against distracted walking, but it boggles my mind that Alissa legitimately thinks it’s permissible to obliviously walk into traffic and never be at fault.

But I do get her point that: if we improve public transport, fewer people will need to drive, and therefore pedestrians have fewer cars to worry about. That’s a fair statement (although I can think of a few dozen more important reasons why we should improve public transit). But she phrases her article in such a way that the response is completely argumentative and nonconstructive.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:33

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It argues for the lack of human thought needs to be rethought by banning cars all together. Did she realize a bicycle going at 30 mph can also kill someone who is distracted on their phone? How about a rogue bus driver? Maybe an autonomous car that has lost its bearings and crashed into a person? It’s an idiotic article

AkursedX > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:51

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I don’t even click on her articles. I see a stupid clickbait headline, see Alissa as the author, roll my eyes, then head on over to oppo to see people making fun of said-terrible article. I refuse to give her anymore article clicks

My bird IS the word > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 18:51

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Cars don’t kill people, I kill people with cars

Berang > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:02

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While I’m all for pedestrian safety, I couldn’t finish this particular article because it assumes the reader is a massive fucking idiot and the author can just pull any non-sequitur out of their ass.

McMike > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:06

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To be honest, I didn’t even read the whole thing. Part of it is true though, It’s the car that kills them. The smart phone is just an accomplice.

Oh, and this...

http://gizmodo.com/distracted-wal…

BKosher84 > Urambo Tauro 02/18/2016 at 19:09

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Yes/No. If you look at her Twitter Profile she’s a self-professed “City Walker” in Los Angeles which I assume means she walks everywhere, which in all honesty is perfectly fine, good for her.. But her Ban Cars bullshit needs to stop.. Fucking hippy.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:10

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I’m gonna go roll some coal, see you all later.

wiffleballtony > scoob 02/18/2016 at 19:11

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I think she thinks that if we didn’t have cars the roads could become fields for bunnies and playgrounds for kids and no one would need to go to work anymore.

-this space for rent- > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:12

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Can we just pretend the rest of Gawker doesn’t exist? Outside of foxtrot alpha everything is just such garbage.

El Rivinado > TheHondaBro 02/18/2016 at 19:17

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Yeah, clearly it’s those evil cars that are the problem. I mean its not like fatalities caused by plenty of distracted driving to the point where states like mine have passed laws to crack down on it are the issue, no its all those pesky cars that are doing it. Because, y’know, car accidents were such a HUGE epidemic before the cellphone was able to fit in your pocket. But like all people of her kind, she’s more willing to blame an inanimate fucking object rather than take some personal responsibility, because that would make her FEEL bad.

By the way, if you want your point to have more tangent thought than an ignorant opinion piece. Maybe don’t link to your own ignorant articles that support your own ignorant biased views. I know its fun to jerk off to yourself, but most people don't want to see you do it.

Shankems > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:26

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5 thousand pedestrians dead each year. When compared with the # of crossings happening each year, I think this is pretty damned good. Rework the most dangerous intersections, but otherwise this isn’t a problem!

RyanFrew > My bird IS the word 02/18/2016 at 19:27

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There are way too many people. You need a faster car.

DoYouEvenShift > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:29

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Always look forward to these “articles”. Its like someone posting a video of you pissing all over yourself at a party to youtube. Its there for everyone to see how much of a dumbass you are/were.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 19:37

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I’m just contributing to the problem by giving her clicks.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Jcarr 02/18/2016 at 20:13

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This is good kinja

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 20:19

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Wouldn’t it be great if she married a woman named Driver?

garagemonkee > marshknute 02/18/2016 at 20:21

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Or, for that matter, to obliviously walk into other people.

BigBlock440 > marshknute 02/18/2016 at 20:28

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Fewer cars means higher speeds of those cars.

imjustsomeucsdkid > scoob 02/18/2016 at 22:26

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She realized that she can get more clicks by pissing off car people. Car people normally wouldn’t click on her incredibly shitty articles, but by making these hate articles, people click on her article to comment about how they hate it. More clicks on her article = more money for her.

I have adblock, so probably no money for Gawker when I click on her articles by accident thankfully..

imjustsomeucsdkid > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/18/2016 at 22:27

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Professional troll. Definitely professional troll.

pjhusa > imjustsomeucsdkid 02/18/2016 at 22:49

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Makes sense.

pjhusa > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/18/2016 at 22:49

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I lost brain cells in the midst of reading it.

pjhusa > bobbe17 02/18/2016 at 22:50

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Is it ironic how we car-lovers probably end up constituting most of her views??

Chariotoflove > My bird IS the word 02/18/2016 at 22:52

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I am disturbed that I enjoyed this.

pjhusa > RyanFrew 02/18/2016 at 22:53

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“Car babies”

Okay then.

RyanFrew > pjhusa 02/18/2016 at 23:05

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This is my favorite Tweet, ever.

My bird IS the word > Chariotoflove 02/18/2016 at 23:37

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Jon Lajoie is a funny one. Some of his songs are actually good!

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > wiffleballtony 02/19/2016 at 01:07

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She probably thinks the world needs more farmers and less engineers. Time to blame engineers for cars then.

Hiroku > -this space for rent- 02/19/2016 at 07:26

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I just wish that was none of this cross-posting bullshit at all. If I want to read Gizmodo/Gawker/whatever I’ll just go to their respective pages, thank you very much.

Gotta generate them click$ though.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > RyanFrew 02/19/2016 at 12:59

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Maybe the last name “Walker” has left a lasting impression on her subconscious, and so she tries to force every other human being to only do the same.

wiffleballtony > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 02/19/2016 at 13:57

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Wasn’t that the plot of interstellar?

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > wiffleballtony 02/19/2016 at 14:07

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eh sort of.

Stef Schrader > wiffleballtony 02/19/2016 at 19:55

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