But if you click through to see what that's about — click here — it just seems to be different tweets on all sorts of subjects with the word "arrogance" somewhere in there. Random example:
Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky.
— DarkerNights.org (@DarkerNightsOrg) November 25, 2020
Be kind. Aim your lights down, or better yet, stop being afraid of the dark and just leave them off. We don't need most light at night. pic.twitter.com/ddeG3QKJIl
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Arrogance is telling people what to do with their holiday lights.
But nowadays, "dictators" are the sheriffs who don't want to arrest people for having gatherings in their homes, so maybe we need a new dictionary.
Arrogant is often used to mean "doesn't share my superstitions".
"...or better yet, stop being afraid of the dark..."
Stop being afraid of the light. Is condescension also trending?
Violent crime is up over the short-term.
Property crime is up.
Turn off your lights.
#arrogance
Fuck yeah. Too much light at night is terribly oppressive to us color blind folks whom have extrasensory night vision. If you can't navigate by starlight, stay home.
Openly harvest ballots illegally in 200 parks while the rest of Wisconsin plays by the rules - #arrogance
Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky.
Perhaps arrogance is assuming that the reasons people have bright lights on their property is just to ruin other peoples night viewing experiences. Or maybe arrogance is assuming that there's no good, justifiable reason why someone would want bright lights on their property other than simple "arrogance".
I dislike light pollution. But I choose to live in an area with other human beings rather than the Atacama Desert or the depths of Siberia. I understand that these human beings have concerns about security and safety at night that are fairly justifiable.
ah - the 'dark sky' movement. Totally familiar with it locally. If you want a permit to build a new home, all your exterior lights must be covered on top, and shielded so they only shine down. (no glass showing or glowing) You must submit your fixtures to the county, and they must be approved before you move forward. NO glass light source. It must look like a metal can or a metal cone. It's actually rather silly.
Ever fly into a major airport at night? Did you notice the city below? Arrogance is thinking that some schmuck out there can slow the spread of light pollution by conforming to 'dark sky' rules. In that tangled mess of residential, commercial, and municipal lighting we call... life in a city or town on planet earth.
Your Christmas lights are a big problem! The left are coming for them.
The rest of us are forced to make the leftist feel better... and aid the lining leftist pocket. While we do our best to darken the sky. conform, you arrogant schmuck.
Where do I donate?
Green new deal = line democratic pockets in the green industry.
Shall we sit back and wait - it's just a matter of time before Hunter and family strike up conversations over coffee with the latest chi com fake-green industrial leader and the environmental destruction of China's landscape for the inside of Hunters nose and the tip of his diseased dick.
Why is it that so many people are utterly incapable of minding their own Gd-Dmnd business?
Turn your outside lights off and invite the tweekers to rifle through your cars and trucks.
"Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky."
Who put up all those stars, millions of miles away, shining their light on our planet? Make them stop.
Trespassing via photons.
"Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky."
In most cases, I would say it is at most thoughtlessness, not arrogance. But when BLM thugs come to your neighborhood and shine their spotlights and lasers in your windows, that goes well beyond arrogance.
I suppose thoughtlessness bleeds into arrogance. There is a difference, between simply failing to consider other people's viewpoints, and considering them and then dismissing them. But that difference is not externally apparent.
It is funny that people think this is a joke.
Or that Twitter is not helping it along.
Or that it has nothing to do with the Green New Deal.
The low trust society is here.
The true currency of the realm will soon be .223 and 7.62X39. The futures market for that currency are booming.
Well in a couple of years when all electricity is generated via Wind and Solar we won't have to worry about light lit at night. So we can all thank Pres Harris and AOC for the opportunity to view the night sky. Of course it will the time to buy night vision equipment to better see the people coming for you.
Well, we had a young man wearing a mask and a hoodie come through the neighborhood around 4:30 AM a couple months back, breaking into cars parked on the street and in driveways. Most of us have doorbell cameras and recorded him but he was long gone by the time the police got here. He broke into the Jeep belonging to our backyard neighbor and gazed defiantly up at my neighbors when they opened their bedroom window to yell at him. Then they released their two big dogs but the electric fence let him get away. Lucky him.
Because knowing those dogs they might have licked the poor guy to death.
Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky.
Whoever wrote that is almost certainly a Biden supporter. In fact, scratch the word “almost.”
Not just Christmas lights here but every-night lights in my neighborhood. But it's a losing battle for those of us who prefer their night skies dark.
Achilles must be having difficulty entrapping you people into his FBI sting operation to ferret out wannabe boogerloo bros.
"A reputation for arrogance can be a great asset to an ambitious young man." HLM
Just too good not to throw in.
Narr
OK, "young person."
Howard said...
Achilles must be having difficulty entrapping you people into his FBI sting operation to ferret out wannabe boogerloo bros.
Get out of your house Howard.
Go see what is happening all around you.
How many have actually seen a clear night sky and the wonder of the Milky Way lighting up the sky?
You mean normal life, Achilles? Just because you live in your own head doesn't mean we are all pathetic shut-ins like yourself. You should get out of the gloomy NW. You would love New England. Very red outside the cities no cars on blocks no junkers and trailer trash, everyone mows their lawns, rakes the leaves and shovels the driveway. You need a Spirit of America transfusion.
Be kind. Aim your lights down, or better yet, stop being afraid of the dark and just leave them off. We don't need most light at night.
This message brought to you by your friendly neighborhood burglary association.
Bright lights at night make good targets : )
Howard obviously does not live in or visit Los Angeles or San Francisco. Deep blue both of them.
Very red outside the cities no cars on blocks no junkers and trailer trash, everyone mows their lawns, rakes the leaves and shovels the driveway. You need a Spirit of America transfusion.
Sounds like Los Angles when CA had a GOP Governor.
But planting windmills that obstruct my view of a natural countryside are OK, because racism. Or something.
California was fucked once you flatlanders started moving west in the 1960's.
Arrogance is people putting up light at night that shines well beyond their own property, into other people's yards, homes and the sky.
Not so much arrogance but INCONSIDERATE and self centered. Putting up a light that will shine into your neighbor's bedroom windows or glaring into other rooms of the house is just inconsiderate. Lighting up your neighbor's back yard where it used to be a peaceful haven but now is like Candlestick Park on game night is obnoxious.
Be considerate when placing outdoor lighting, if you must. Especially lights that are going to be on ALL NIGHT LONG. (IMO there is no reason to have lights on all night...but that is me.)
Shining lights on other people is just freaking RUDE.
We are fortunate to not have very many or very close neighbors. There are no lights on at night.....Other than the motion lights we have on our decks and detached shop where there are a lot of supplies and tools and our exterior doors, it is dark outside. The motion lights are only on for a few moments to alert us that there is something outside and to deter/freak out prowling animals or humans. If we want we can leave a light on at the front or back doors.
But...really....a giant light that illuminates the entire area like an airport landing strip? Rude and inconsiderate.
We can see a billion stars at night. The only lights we have are the stars and the moon shining on the river below.
In our case, it is actually safer to have no lights on outside at night. If someone is going to rob us they will have to either use night vision goggles or bring their own lights. A car trying to enter the drive will shine lights into our windows. A person with a flashlight ...ditto. It would be very very difficult to sneak up onto our property without some lighting. Why help them with their efforts and provide illumination for them?
We can hear the footsteps of the night time critters. We can certainly hear the stumble bums tripping over the bushes and trees, talking to each other from a long distance. Sound carries at night. If the motion lights come on we are aware and up.
In addition. Unless they are certain you aren't home, the thieves don't break in because they know that everyone is armed. Lock and load. (I don't understand that saying...seems like it should be UNlock (the safety) and you are already loaded)
We don't make it easy for them. Take keys out of vehicles and equipment. Lock the sheds and buildings at night. Chain the gates at the road. Spotlights to shine out onto the suspicious areas. Mountain lions don't like the spotlights :-)
Howard
California was fucked once you flatlanders started moving west in the 1960's.
Started moving west in the 1960s? Been going on a lot longer than that. Ever since California has been a state (and before), people have been moving to it. California Migration History 1850-2017.
California's history is keyed to migration. The most populous state in the union became so because so many people from other states and other lands have moved there. It was not until 2010 that the number of native-born Californians surpassed the number who had migrated from somewhere else. And still today most adults are from another state or another country.
From migration in the 1930s: Do Re Mi- Woody Guthrie.
Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day
Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line
'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl
They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find
Now, the police at the port of entry say
"You're number fourteen thousand for today"
[Chorus]
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi
Some of my mother's relatives were in the migration of the 1930s to California. A great-grandfather on the other side of the family, born a flatlander, died in California in 1916. In the 1930s, my father drove an aunt to California to visit some Quaker relatives. Question I never asked: did they know the Nixons?
Right Richard, but the meddling types didn't start the serious invasion until the 60's. Young people from the east coast. Now their spawn moves out to infect other states. Californication.
DBQ: I like your style, young Lady.
If you attend a night viewing at the MacDonald Observatory at Ft. Davis, TX, they will point out an area of the sky, on the horizon, where you can't see any stars because of industrial lights about 100 miles away. They say that if the lights were just aimed down, it would make a big difference.
"It would be very very difficult to sneak up onto our property without some lighting. Why help them with their efforts and provide illumination for them?"
Exactly.
People are so fucking stupid. Who do you think is going to be up at 3 am to see the bad guys? You? Your neighbor who you're blasting with your klieg lights?
All your insecurity light does is provide light for the intruders.
If you live in town, you don't have gates you can chain- people can pull up and park in front of your house at any time. Maybe I'm not up a 3AM but one of my neighbors is, and my porch light is enough for them to see someone skulking around. We do look out for each other here- several years ago, I called the police about something suspicious going on next door and they caught a burglar. So there's that.
I'm Not Sure - You wouldn't have noticed a motion activated light coming on?
Original Mike-
If I was awake and at home, sure. If I was asleep or away, probably not. One of the benefits (I admit there are downsides) of having neighbors is that sometimes they notice things you don't.
Your neighbor would also be more likely to notice a motion activated light rather than one that is on constantly.
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