yeah, this was my reaction exactly. I have strong migraine-induced opinions about lightbulbs, though luckily I'm fine with most LEDs. And some environmental activists are shitty about accessibility. (The tiny subset of urbanists who insist "elevators shouldn't be mandated" or "nobody needs access to a personal vehicle" are a practically infinitesimal subset of yimbys, but when I come across them I still feel extremely punchy.)
But I would also have a knee-jerk reaction if anyone I loved suddenly said "I'm glad Trump is rolling back" literally anything, just as a matter of framing. And as you say, the lightbulb regs are systemic change, not individual!
Nonetheless LW is being an ass. Believe your GF when she says she has migraines, dipshit. And don't require her to be perfect. Will you break up if she uses a straw? Buys something in a plastic container because it's cheaper than glass? Shops at union-busting Whole Foods? Takes a Lyft home instead of biking? Uses an LLM? Buys something individually wrapped? Eats almonds? Eats food from more than 100 miles away? Where's your line? And speaking of all those hypotheticals, how many of them do you ever do?
(TBF I might break up with an LLM advocate, but that's for different reasons.)
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yeah, this was my reaction exactly. I have strong migraine-induced opinions about lightbulbs, though luckily I'm fine with most LEDs. And some environmental activists are shitty about accessibility. (The tiny subset of urbanists who insist "elevators shouldn't be mandated" or "nobody needs access to a personal vehicle" are a practically infinitesimal subset of yimbys, but when I come across them I still feel extremely punchy.)
But I would also have a knee-jerk reaction if anyone I loved suddenly said "I'm glad Trump is rolling back" literally anything, just as a matter of framing. And as you say, the lightbulb regs are systemic change, not individual!
Nonetheless LW is being an ass. Believe your GF when she says she has migraines, dipshit. And don't require her to be perfect. Will you break up if she uses a straw? Buys something in a plastic container because it's cheaper than glass? Shops at union-busting Whole Foods? Takes a Lyft home instead of biking? Uses an LLM? Buys something individually wrapped? Eats almonds? Eats food from more than 100 miles away? Where's your line? And speaking of all those hypotheticals, how many of them do you ever do?
(TBF I might break up with an LLM advocate, but that's for different reasons.)