Very few better choices. Mr. Rogers, Dolly Parton, Betty White, LeVar Burton, maybe a few others as contenders (I know some of them have already passed).

Lemmy counts.

Edit: After a brief look at your history, you’re fine.

We can only hope!

I’m in Florida. I see less than 10% of vehicles being Teslas. Still more than I like to see. Only a couple of cyber trucks in the area, though.

👈😎👈 Zoop!

No, but you could be…

Got a citation for that 123? This from the OJP says 120 or 115, depending on the type of truck. That’s certainly loud and would be uncomfortable if you were close by. That is unlikely to be a problem 4 blocks away.

I am not the person with the siren problem. I am simply debating you acting like you know what the other person is experiencing. You are not there. Federal law or otherwise, it doesn’t mean everyone is complying. As someone who works for the government, I’m definitely aware of things being enforced that should not be, things not being enforced that should, and the government acting in violation of the law. We don’t know what is happening here. Specifically, you don’t know what is happening. You may know what is supposed to be happening, but without actual data, you’re just being obtuse.

Edit: Also, they never specified they’re in the U.S. Likely, but not a given.

You are speaking of minimum requirements. Do they have maximums? Do all governments comply with the law all the time? Again, you’re trying to draw conclusions without specific evidence for this case. I can’t tell if you’re being obtuse or are just a troll.

Again, you are making assumptions. Maybe they are as you described, but unless you know them and the fire station in question, you don’t know that their fire station isn’t louder than is reasonable. In sum, it’s unfair to criticize them because you have zero evidence.

While they do have to be loud to do their job, you are making assumptions about its volume. The only one with actual experience with it is saying it’s too loud.

I don’t think the problem is having one to alert people. The issue is how loud is too loud to serve that purpose? It sounds like it may be too loud.

I think it’s been like this since money was invented.

He must be who keeps driving in front of me…

“What’s mine is…n’t yours.”

One of my favorite bands was once called “post-modern.” I was like wtf does that mean? Is that supposed to mean futuristic? Their music doesn’t sound futuristic. They’re just dorks who like science and found a way to make a livelihood making music.

My ex’s parents had a vette when we were ~20 and they let her drive it. It was decently speedy, but nothing to write home about.

My experience was that everyone was interested in knowing the gender, but no one ever had any responses other than happy ones relating to the answer. We ended up with one boy and one girl so there was an opportunity for people to comment positively and negatively for the binary genders. We had a lot of people comment on it being nice that we ended up with 1 boy and 1 girl, but I took that as getting to experience raising both binary genders. Also, everyone was excited to buy baby clothes targeting little girls and little boys. While my daughter has a “girly” side to her, she also wears hand-me-downs from my son whose clothes are not “girly.”

I will say, I have worked hard to keep people in my life who are good people and get away from the rest (e.g., I haven’t talked with my biological mother in 20 years because she drains energy and money from everyone around her). So, that may be why my experience was different. Although, I also experienced this with strangers (e.g., people in the grocery store were happy to chat with my wife about her pregnancy regardless of whether my wife was. At least they were all nice.).

Maybe it’s localized.

I’m in Florida. Newborns won’t have a chance here.

Kim’s Convenience. I’ve watched it 4-5 times all the way through. I’ll probably wait a couple more months before I watch it again, but I love the characters, especially Mr. Kim and Kimchee.