@natecull @theruran Unix is a lot better for experts at it than the GUI alternatives. Do _you_ want a GUI-first text-editor that e.g. uses the mouse and menus a lot (or one that has customizable shortcuts etc etc)

@natecull @theruran (To be clear, I think we could make things a lot better than they are, but hard-to-learn / "expert" interfaces are _not_ bad per se -- see cars, musical instruments, most sports -- we just have this weird expectation that everything should be easy?

(And of course "capitalism" probably gets in the way too...short-term gratification etc)

@natecull @cjd (I'm certainly sympathetic to "body autonomy" type arguments, but the reality is that Canada has been _very_ careful, IME, to skirt that by always providing the alternative of "get a test". So, sure, that's inconvenient and expensive, but that's the price you pay to "do stuff in society" during a pandemic if you _also_ don't want to get a vaccine).

@natecull @cjd Nobody is actually "mandated" to get a vaccine in Canada (you can get tests every 3 days instead). The "trucker convoy" is not about "vaccines" anymore (if it ever really was). At best it's a agglomeration of far-right groups that have seen an opportunity; at worst, it's externally funded disruption.

@kranfahrer insanity that they don't come to some agreement like "I will pay you $X to keep my slot" instead of actually-flying-a-fucking-plane....