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Bird has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping off a turbulent year for the electric scooter company after it was delisted from the NYSE.
      • FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        As much as the scooters used to annoy me, the Atlanta ban demonstrated that their presence has a significant positive effect on both pollution and traffic, so now I’m fine with them.

        • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I agree that you’re consistent, that’s why I said the strong initial statement sounded hypocritical

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        That’s not what the term means. NIMBY refers to people trying to prevent other people from using their own property in ways they don’t like, not people who don’t want shitty companies actively throwing trash in the commons.

        • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          You’re wrong:

          a person who does not want something unpleasant to be built or done near where they live

          Another!

          a colloquialism signifying one’s opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable in one’s neighborhood.

          Maybe one more?

          opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable (such as a prison or incinerator) in one’s neighborhood

          • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            None of those contradict my definition.

            Not wanting a company dumping fucking trash in the streets is not and does not even vaguely resemble NIMBYism.

            • sim_@beehaw.org
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              1 year ago

              You’re omitting the part where OP is fine with the “trash dumping” in the streets of other locales. That’s what makes it NIMBY (as OP admits).

                • sim_@beehaw.org
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                  1 year ago

                  Yikes dude, you’re blaming me for the reddit-esque toxicity.

                  I was using the other guy’s wording (“trash dumping”) specifically in quotes because I didn’t agree with that sentiment re: scooters. I’m not making any point about you, I’m talking about the use of the term NIMBYism. Dang.