Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

MartonianJ t1_j0vtlop wrote

We’ve had it for a year now and it’s so much better than the AT&T DSL we had before. It’s about 10 times as fast and only $5 or $10 more a month. I think we pay $65. I’ve also not had to deal with customer service as I’ve not had any issues with the service where I’d need to contact them. I would highly recommend it.

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Mechanicallvlan t1_j0vrrag wrote

Installation went fine, and I haven't had any outages in the three months since I had it installed. My wired speeds were lower than I expected at first, but I think that was actually an issue with the crappy Ethernet in my old motherboard. I built a new PC, and now I'm getting the advertised speeds. This is like.... a million times better than my experience with Mediacom. I have no complaints.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but one issue I had is that "Cyber Security" in the supplied C4000XG was preventing my Plex sever from working. I had to disable that.

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AIRxJ0RDANx23x t1_j0vqjrr wrote

I haven't had to contact customer service, so I can't speak to that. I signed up with quantum about a year and a half ago. Only had one outage after a storm damaged some equipment. I haven't noticed any slowdowns and have not rebooted my ONT once. For the price the is nothing better available around here

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NotBatman81 t1_j0vqdi4 wrote

You guys seem to not understand what empathy means. It means I understand how you feel. I understand you feel ashamed by this picture. It has nothing to do with agreeing with you. I can feel your shame and at the same time agree that you are a dumbass and deserved it.

So please stop saying people lack empathy when they call out poor behavior.

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Mountain_Homie t1_j0ve1cb wrote

I've said this so many times before, but I say it again. I've lived in several big cities and a few small towns. Springfield, MO has the worst drivers by far of anywhere I've lived. I think it's because of the small town driving mind set with a larger population traffic count.

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poth3lps t1_j0v9fxc wrote

I can tell you've become emotionally attached to this, so to give a tidbit of advice, if you know anyone or can think of a single person you might care even a little about that would do this-

They might not be aware of how unsafe it is. Empathy includes hard truths. Hard truths like "grandma, you could hurt yourself or others." Hard truths like "If you can't focus good, grandpa, how can you drive safely?"

Again, I reiterate: IF YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF FOLLOWING ROAD LAWS, DRIVING SAFELY FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER, KEEPING TO OR NEAR POSTED SPEED LIMITS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE BEHIND THE WHEEL. KEY EMPHASIS ON INCAPABLE

Edit: empathy also includes mutual awareness of what is lawful and what is not. I cannot empathize with someone who chooses to break the law repeatedly.

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[deleted] t1_j0v7irw wrote

>Here's a good reason why: People are fed up with this shit because it is dangerous

That's not even close to a good reason. I'm sick of wiping my kids ass but I'm not gonna post a picture of their shitty ass on the internet.

People make mistakes. The person in this picture is living an entire life you know nothing about. Give them some fucking slack instead of trying to shame them.

This world needs more empathy.

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poth3lps t1_j0v6207 wrote

To the people defending the idiot in the red car here, I'm gonna go ahead and tell you right off that if you have any sort of empathy for this person, like actual empathy, you'd recognize the need for them to understand why this shouldn't be happening. Ridiculous comments like "Why take a photo?" Here's a good reason why: People are fed up with this shit because it is dangerous. I slow down for seemingly empty lights that I have green on, like a motorcyclist, because of the stupid shit I've seen in Springfield. Mostly from unaware drivers. Not trying to be discriminatory, but I also see a fuck load of elderly people death gripping the wheel and doing 20 mph under. Coming from a generation that was incessantly told how to behave 'correctly' by that age group. It's absolutely infuriating because they're putting themselves at risk, and basically saying 'fuck everyone else's safety, i have to get my groceries!'. It is incorrect behavior to turn the road into your own personal playground. If something is disabling you, it sucks. I know it does. Lots of my family are disabled and it makes life very difficult. But if you are incapable of driving safely, and you go out and drive anyway? That's wrong. Akin to drinking and driving. Some may see 'a guy who made a mistake'. How would a cop see this? 'An impaired driver'.

IF YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF FOLLOWING THE EXTREMELY SIMPLY ROAD LAWS AND LANE MARKERS, OR NAVIGATING THE ROADS AT OR NEAR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL. EMPHASIS ON 'INCAPABLE'

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