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So I witnessed a car accident while driving on the road. Fortunately it seems that all the people involved were uninjured or suffered very minor injuries, and they got out of their cars on their own. Anyway, you know how this works, it's when you experience something that you start thinking about it; and so, I was looking at accident statistics, fatalities, causes... 

Leaving aside the obvious, which is people who drive drunk or high, the most likely cause are distractions, either circumstancial (looking at your phone, having a heated conversation...) or habitual (not checking your mirrors, not using your blinkers...). Then, according to most sources I looked into, there is speeding. However, I have a slight problem as to how that is usually phrased. "Speed kills", they say, but I'm not so convinced. Yes, obviously it's just physics that the greater the speed, the more momentum the vehicle will have, therefore the greater the braking distance, the greater the grip your tires will require to turn into a corner, bla bla... but, honestly, I don't think people will usually drive at speeds so high that this is a factor, at least most of the times, perhaps with the exception of those times when the weather is bad, but no so bad that they feel threatened. You know, when the road is slightly wet and it still highly reduces the friction coeficient, but people are not aware of this.

Anyway, in most scenarios, I believe that people will generally drive at speeds that they feel comfortable with. At those speeds, they very rarely will lose control of the car; and yet, "speeding" kills. Why? Well, maybe (just my theory, feel free you guys to provide evidence that negates this) because it's not the act of going over the speed limit, but rather, the difference between your speed and the traffic flow. The traffic flow will mostly go at the speed limit, therefore if you are to surpass it, you'll create a difference in speed and increase the risk of having an accident. Oh great, so let's just increase the speed limit and the number of accidents should go down, right? Well, yes to some degree, but not quite. The thing is, as I said, the speed people drive will be the one people feel confident with in the first place, and the one enforced by the signals second. So while raising the speed limit might cause that more drivers match the speed of those other drivers who would go over the limit on a regular basis, and that should apparently diminish the std deviation of speed in the traffic flow somewhat, it doesn't account for those other people who go regularly BELOW the limit. In fact, it'd make the difference in speeds between these people and the traffic flow bigger, negating the equalization we achieved with the first measure.

And that's the thing, going far below the speed limit is as dangerous as speeding, but much, much less regulated (yes, there is a lower limit at least in my country, but way lower than higher limit). I think it should be enforced that people go no less than 10mph under the speed limit (for regular cars, that is), and not doing so should entail very similar tickets to those you can get for speeding. Maybe an unpopular opinion, as many people would instinctively claim that "they have every right to go as slow as they want, but people should not go as fast as they want cause it seems very risky", but we should legislate based on reason, all the more so if it can safe lives.

As for references I could find on the internet, well, it's a controversial topic, but I found articles like this https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/09/18/is-driving-faster-safer/ that seems to back this up.

So yeah, in my opinion and to sum it up, if you wanna lessen the impact "speed" has as an accident cause, focus more on equalizing the speeds. This can be achieved by raising the upper limit to one most people feel comfortable with (reducing the number of speeding offenders while keeping the limits fairly safe from a physics standpoint), and raising the lower limit so it's much closer the upper limit (forcing the turtles to keep up with the rest of drivers).

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So I did a urine test last week because my parents commented that there's foam in it. The results came in today and... what do you know, it came out normal. Bleh. All that anxiety for nothing. Phew. No dialysis, no kidney problems. Daijoubu. Momentai, momentai. Feel a sense of relief and slight elation. Looks like I'm going to live on for quite a while.

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18 hours ago, LemiusK said:

So I did a urine test last week because my parents commented that there's foam in it. The results came in today and... what do you know, it came out normal. Bleh. All that anxiety for nothing. Phew. No dialysis, no kidney problems. Daijoubu. Momentai, momentai. Feel a sense of relief and slight elation. Looks like I'm going to live on for quite a while.

You may wanna start drinking more water though, lol.

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I just found out that Amane from Grisaia, Sumika from Muv-Luv and Miyako from ef~ have the same seiyuu. I was flabbergasted even though it's so obvious when you think about their voices. I should probably be ashamed of myself for not realizing this earlier, considering they are not only from VNs I love but also characters I love too. Oh well :yumiko:

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8 hours ago, Thyndd said:

I just found out that Amane from Grisaia, Sumika from Muv-Luv and Miyako from ef~ have the same seiyuu. I was flabbergasted even though it's so obvious when you think about their voices. I should probably be ashamed of myself for not realizing this earlier, considering they are not only from VNs I love but also characters I love too. Oh well :yumiko:

She's also Rei (aka best girl) from Majo Koi Nikki. Just throwing that out there.

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As I don't like making new threads for random stuff, I guess I can just post it here... Tumblr suddenly lost its mind and decided to boot the only reason anyone cares about the site, that is nsfw content. I don't really care about its suicidal tendencies, but just as it happened with JiveJournal a few years ago, it would suck to see content creators that build whole communities and often their livelihoods around the site having to leave it and lose much of what they worked for. There's a petition to make Tumblr go back on the policy change - it has little chance to work, but I still prefer it over doing nothing. I encourage everyone to join in, if you don't want to see innocent anime boobs being culled in mass. :isla:

https://www.change.org/p/tumblr-com-allow-nsfw-content-on-tumblr

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19 hours ago, Plk_Lesiak said:

Just a small update - the petition crossed 220k signatures now and might even reach quarter million within 24 hours from campaign's launch. I'm still unsure whether it has any chance at making a difference, but it will definitely make some execs at Tumblr feel uneasy and if it gets rejected, I hope the huge "FU" towards the community will encourage even many SFW creators to leave the site. With this kind of response, things should definitely get interesting. :>

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20 hours ago, Plk_Lesiak said:

As I don't like making new threads for random stuff, I guess I can just post it here... Tumblr suddenly lost its mind and decided to boot the only reason anyone cares about the site, that is nsfw content. I don't really care about its suicidal tendencies, but just as it happened with JiveJournal a few years ago, it would suck to see content creators that build whole communities and often their livelihoods around the site having to leave it and lose much of what they worked for. There's a petition to make Tumblr go back on the policy change - it has little chance to work, but I still prefer it over doing nothing. I encourage everyone to join in, if you don't want to see innocent anime boobs being culled in mass. :isla:

https://www.change.org/p/tumblr-com-allow-nsfw-content-on-tumblr

Fap'em while you can! :mare: I'm sure the more risque pornographic Tumblr sites would have tons of hit over the next month. Not bad for a final hurrah for them.

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Made a rather risky move of buying two PS Vita otome games at Carousell.com.sg today (Code: Realize and Collar x Malice), a site that's been involved with multiple online scams. I only found out about this after I've transferred funds to the sellers, figured it looked harmless enough. Sigh.

Well, there's no confirmation of a scam... yet, and the hundreds of feedback given to the two sellers look legit enough (though they could be easily faked). And scamming people with Vita games do seem to be a rather dubious scheme, considering there are easier products they could scam people with. So... fingers crossed and hope my products get delivered. Will probably choose a safer means of acquiring my VNs in the future.

Amazon is safe enough, but its shipping fee is ridiculous. Local merchants selling Vita games are a rarity, but it's probably the only means of acquiring Vita visual novels in English, since the Vita games in my local PS store are mostly in Japanese or Chinese. Normally, I wouldn't even rely on such dubious websites and just go directly to the homepage of the developer selling the VN, Steam, or even Denpasoft or whatever. But PS Vita games aren't available on Steam, and probably not on Denpasoft either. They really are a problematic type of VN to purchase. Honestly, I wouldn't even bother with Vita games if I don't already own this chunk of paperweight; I would just stick with the good ol' PC games. You go to a local gaming store in my country, and you'll most likely NOT find any visual novel games, period, let alone visual novel Vita games. They are really annoying.

Sigh. My heart doesn't need this kind of stress. I think I might just stop buying Vita games for a while after this purchase, or online products for that matter. Wait for the heat of online scammers to die off for a bit before taking the risk again. Steam and Denpasoft are still trustworthy sources, of course, but games that need third-party merchants... Sigh. I'll take a break from them.

Edit: Saw this "advertisement" on another Carousell page -

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This is just a fair warning to ALL.

I am a very very VERYYYYY nice and tolerant seller. But DO NOT, push me against my limits. You think only buyers get scammed? US SELLERS GET SCAMMED TOO😡 Some of you might think I am JOKING when I say I'll make a police report. I'm not.

There has been a significant increase in online scams, especially here on Carousell. But no problem guys, Singapore is very small. Every transaction, heck, conversation made even (IP address can be easily tracked down, which will lead to which telco u use, lead to the subscriber's info used, home address tel no all can be retrieved, BOOM expect the police knocking on your door) Bank transfer? Bank acc can be traced to owner's personal details, BOOM kena caught. Meet up? CCTVs everywhere now in Singapore, BOOM kena caught also. Singapore is very small ok. Everyone knows everyone.

Think you're 16 and too young to kena caught? Check this report:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/16-year-old-teen-arrested-for-involvement-in-carousell-scams

Think you're 19 and above 18 legal age and you're already above the law? Check this report. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/19-year-old-arrested-for-online-scam-involving-tickets-to/3331330.html

Think you're 30 years old and too smart to kena caught?Check this report:
http://m.todayonline.com/singapore/man-charged-iphone-7-online-deposit-scam

Think you don't give any info about yourself, & I cannot go digging myself then publicly shame you and making you go viral ON TOP OF POLICE REPORTS MADE? Check this report:
http://wahlaoeh.sg/blog/citizenjournalism/another-scammer-in-carousell-caught

I legit can go on and on and onnnnnnnnnnnn, but the moral of the story I would like to convey here is that I'm a bloody nice and easily TRUSTING seller. If you try to fuck with me, I bet yo ass I can fuck you even more. 10 years maximum penalty for cheating is what you're looking for on top of a quick buck scam you made? Come, lai✋🏼 Couturefinds will send you all the way there. NO EMPLOYER WANTS TO HIRE SOME BUGGER WITH A CHEATING CRIMINAL RECORD IS WHAT YOU WANT? Come, lai✋🏼 you just cannot wait to destroy your life cause you too gung ho for Singapore's law right? I do for you. CONFIRM GUARENTEE PLUS CHOP I CAN DESTROY YOUR LIFE WITH A SNAP OF MY FINGERS👌🏼 Don't fucking test me.

While his words are rather... crude, to say the least, they've put me at some ease. It's true that a lot of things can be traced back to the owner in my country, including your bank account and IP address. It's not exactly a huge country like America, so if you try and scam someone, you're only screwing yourself. Good fucking luck. lol

Edit 2: Okay, so it's my mistake. Apparently, you could actually buy the two aforementioned titles from Aksys Games (the developer) and their website. But it doesn't matter, because those two titles are sold out in their store anyway. The good news is, I could at least still buy "Psychedelica of The Black Butterfly" from their store rather than from a third-party merchant. I could also buy the Steam version too, but I heard that the Steam version has a shitty translation.

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Well, well, well, looks like all of the sales I mentioned in this post (where I said I would sell my 3DS, PS4 dualshock-4 controller, and Corpse Party: Blood Drive, to make up for the money I lost buying Hitman 2) went off without a hitch, and I just made back a good amount of $190 altogether. That's almost 150% of the original price I paid for Hitman 2: Gold Edition. So, looks like there's nothing to worry about after all. Wahaha! :wahaha:

Maybe I should sell back the otome Vita games I bought too once I'm done with them, make back the money I spent and buy more Vita visual novels! Wahaha! It's a perfect plan!

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I'm not really big on Tumblr, but I'll sign the petition anyways to support the incentive anyways because I feel morally obligated to. There's no reason to deprive people of their livelihoods over a false sense of justice.

Edit: Oh, didn't realize I wasn't on the last page of this thread. Lol, oops.

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7 hours ago, Kenshin_sama said:

What surprises me even more is to see you come back to life. :pyaa:

Welcome back, Kosaki!

You know you're partially at fault for my disappearance, you know. I've done nothing but play Granblue and other mobages for the past three years! It's been a hectic life playing a portable MMO!

I recently started playing VNs again (partly to spite my friend who was planning to play VNs the whole semester break but had his laptop break on him) and I wanted some discussion, so I'm back! It's hard to sustain and keep up with it on Discord, and Twitter's a pain in the ass platform to engage anyone in, so I'll be here.

Don't worry, I won't regress back into being a spammer. :sacchan:

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5 hours ago, KosakiFag said:

You know you're partially at fault for my disappearance, you know. I've done nothing but play Granblue and other mobages for the past three years! It's been a hectic life playing a portable MMO!

You're welcome! ^_^

5 hours ago, KosakiFag said:

I recently started playing VNs again (partly to spite my friend who was planning to play VNs the whole semester break but had his laptop break on him) and I wanted some discussion, so I'm back! It's hard to sustain and keep up with it on Discord, and Twitter's a pain in the ass platform to engage anyone in, so I'll be here.

Have you considered reading Chrono Clock? It's fun, and the girls are too damn cute!

5 hours ago, KosakiFag said:

Don't worry, I won't regress back into being a spammer. :sacchan:

Hey, what exactly do you mean by regress? Are you trying to trying to imply something here?

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2 hours ago, Ouraibaa Hjyuraa said:

Yare yare daze.

The man is alive. I repeat, the man is alive.

1 hour ago, Kenshin_sama said:

Have you considered reading Chrono Clock? It's fun, and the girls are too damn cute!

I have, but I have to buy it first! Gotta get a job so I can get things on the road~

1 hour ago, Kenshin_sama said:

Hey, what exactly do you mean by regress? Are you trying to trying to imply something here?

:wahaha:

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8 hours ago, Shikomizue said:

@KosakiFag posting on Fuwa again? Is the world ending? It feels like I haven't talked to you in ages.

It has been ages. What's the best indicator? Your age now. :wafuu:

I did want to tell you something though. I finally know why your username is Shikomizue.

Sorry for disappearing for a while. Lots of things happened. But I think right now, things have never been better. I hope it's been better for you too!

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