American drivers have a blinding headlight problem. It could last for years

Re:American drivers have a blinding headlight problem. It co... by JKCalhoun on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:44PM (#34822242)

I may be putting too fine a point on it, but I think that even something as perhaps seemingly trivial as being blinded by intense car headlights (these days in the U.S.) is another one of those things that fester in our subconscious building to a creeping sense of dread that the world is not how it should be — that somehow we're living in a modern society that no one would have ever designed, voted for, wished for, desired.

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Re:American drivers have a blinding headlight problem. It co... by bob1029 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:53PM (#34822435)

> somehow we're living in a modern society that no one would have ever designed, voted for, wished for, desired.

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the majority of the population doesn't seem to notice this crap, at least not in a way that affects their day-to-day happiness.

Why not vote for something that sounds good at surface level if you've never perceived that annoying sound or flicker? Why would you even think about it?

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Re:American drivers have a blinding headlight problem. It co... by JKCalhoun on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:42PM (#34823520)

I'm not so sure. So, I'm speaking more generally, but I think many people are aware that things are perhaps not going in the right direction.

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Re:American drivers have a blinding headlight problem. It co... by aliqot on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:56PM (#34823808)

> things are perhaps not going in the right direction

Just in general, a lot of things are headed this way, almost as if hubris and bliss compels and perpetuates it.

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