On the merits of creating freedom by forcing people to stay home on Sunday

[anon58741709]

@Tickyy

If one friend or family member always has to work on Sunday, you don’t get to meet as a group. One day of week, Sunday, everyone should have off.

I think you did.

[chenille]

When multiple people can’t tell if you would think something no reasonable person would, it may be time to reconsider the message you’re sending!

[Brainspore]

@Tickyy

No reasonable and normal person would think that.

So close to getting it, yet so far.

[anon61221983]

You say everything should be closed Sunday, that no one should work, and that will help with loneliness, but you also want essential services to operate, so why shouldn’t they get the day off too? What is different about them that they are not part of society to the point where they should get off work like everyone else?

Or… would it be better to have a more flexible way to give people the time off they need?

[anon85524460]

None of this is good faith or has been good faith.

[anon61221983]

[Melizmatic]

I think most folks here are aware.

[anon61221983]

[gracchus]

An interesting point in that article is that stores in train stations and airports are exempted from the German blue law, presumably on the same basis that stores granted a government contract in American rest stops (like Chick-fil-A) should be required to be open seven days a week.

[Melizmatic]

[Otherbrother]

@Tickyy

Do you read the article, it start by saying very few things are open Sunday. Only essential things like pharmacies and gas stations.

That article explicitly said that most restaurants in Germany are open on Sundays. Considering that this whole discussion began with you saying that restaurants should not be open on Sundays, that seems pretty relevant.

In Germany, most restaurants are open on Sundays. You can also order food at home; delivery services are working. There are plenty of takeout (imbiss) shops where you can buy a quick and cheap bite on Sunday.

In fact, restaurants and cafes are well-visited on Sundays. Especially if they are located somewhere out in nature or in an old town. Many Germans spend Sunday afternoons having cake and coffee. Of course, Sunday lunch is also popular.

[Brainspore]

This thread reminds me of another conversation we had over the summer about small towns. I recall there was some nut who got it in his head that any population center under 1000 people was automatically a “suburb” even if it wasn’t built on the outskirts of any other town or city. It got forked into its own topic and the conversation got more batshit from there.

Weird hills to die on, man.

Small Towns: How Do They Work?

Unpopular opinion, but a community with a 1000 people is not a town. These are suburbs of actual towns. These political boundaries are designed to systematically group people on class, and race. In reality, unless your town has a hospital and a college, it’s not a town. Why does it exist?

[anon67050589]

So single people have to sit at home by themselves every Sunday. Sure, that’ll help the epidemic of loneliness!

[Melizmatic]

Once again, it’s kinda like this:

[gracchus]

After more than a quarter century on the Internet, I’ve learned that any comment in a forum that starts with “this will be an unpopular opinion” doesn’t end well.

[Brainspore]

Shoot, it doesn’t even begin well.

[Melizmatic]

@gracchus

any comment in a forum that starts with “this will be an unpopular opinion” doesn’t end well.

It’s right up there with “Prove me wrong!” or “Change my mind!”

[anon23281680]

Or “I’m not a racist, but…” And all it’s bigotry-of-choice variants.

Is it too hard to just say “yeah, I was wrong” or “I didn’t think of that”

[Melizmatic]

@anon23281680

Or “I’m not a racist, but…”

Oh, that’s an ‘old fav’:

[chenille]

I feel like humanity’s greatest philosophical discovery would be that just because something is right or wrong for you, doesn’t mean it would be for everyone. Except so many people are still badly failing on it.