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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago

Why did I read this in Schwarzenegger’s voice?

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

I get brainwashed outside the pod too, so there

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We're fighting the war on car dependence.

Cars are fine but car dependance isn't, our cities shouldn't be built in a way that requires a car for everyday like.

Requiring that your citizens own a $10000 - $35000+ depreciating asset just to live life is a tragedy that lessens economic mobility and punishes your most vulnerable.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

However, if you follow that train of thought, you'll often get to the point where you'd need to get rid of cars as we know them today.

If people weren't depending on them, fewer would have one. And if only few people have one (they are expensive, after all), why build roads just for them? Why all this costly infrastructure that would only benefit 5% of the population? Why use everyone's tax to fund them?

The fact that cars are built like today - basically comfort cages - is only because all this infrastructure exists. They're not used outside of that environment. So of people don't depend on it, they'd probably vanish in a couple of decades, at least outside of their respective niches.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

We still need roads for buses and trucks. Basically nothing is produced locally any more

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Recently saw something posted about how kids are actually cycling to school again in some parts of London where LTNs have been implemented. Reducing the number of cars makes it better for people.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Look up how the town Houten in the Netherlands is designed. A town designed for pedestrians and cyclists. Still accessible for cars and plenty of parking spaces and roads for them. And more than 5% of inhabitants have one. You don’t need to get rid of cars to make a city walkable and cyclable and not everyone wants to live in a dense almost car-free city like Tokyo.

https://youtu.be/r-TuGAHR78w

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cars still suck even without the dependence. I live somewhere that very much isn't car dependant but there's still too many of them and they still make places miserable.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

They are everywhere, and often park on the pavement which must be really difficult if you are trying to move about in a wheelchair and there are cars blocking everything. Public transport isn't much better as almost no where has level boarding here either so someone needs to come over with a fucking ramp - except they probably won't so you need to change at the next stop when someone wakes up and lets you off and then go back to the previous stop to get off where you actually wanted to.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Wrong.

Edit!

Also, notice this:

And this dude (lower left, immediately 9 o'clock of the "Y"):

See ya.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

still paying for that fuel subscription though.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, and you're still paying your food subscription, electricity subscription, roof subscription, etc. And if you use public transportation you have to pay your train or bus subscription. That's not the zinger everyone thinks it is.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

i know its not, i think the intention is to be a bit of a cheeky shitpost here

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they want you to sit on a metal box

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)
[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Apparently this is an unpopular opinion on Lemmy but - I like cars? Cars are fun. You can learn so much working on them and restoring them. Learn to weld, learn to build engines and gearboxes, learn to paint, learn how to do wiring. And at the end of it after all that blood, sweat, and tears - you have something fun you can drive about in!

Why does everybody here hate on my hobby so much? Its like the one thing I have in this world. Let me enjoy it.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

Cars as a hobby are cool. A society built around cars is stupid. Billions of people using cars daily is pretty dangerous to us all.

I like shooting guns. It's loud, smells funny, and you get to train patience and self-control. It's a cool hobby. A society built around guns is... well... just look at the US.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

We don't hate on cars. We hate on the fact that most cities are car-centric where you can't even walk; we dislike who buys a 5000L truck and uses it only to get kids from school and so on

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I feel ya. I'm currently waiting for a part for my motorcycle to come in so I can take apart the clutch again. But what makes it fun is that my entire ability to transport myself isn't dependent solely on my motorcycle. If I needed it running in order to get to work every day, I would never take the time to work on it - I would be forced to take it to a mechanic to ensure the job is done right, and fast, because I can't afford the luxury of making mistakes and learning on my own.

The pushback against cars is pushback against car dependence, and the externalities that cars create in our shared urban environments. Not against hobbyists who just think cars are neat.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 days ago

Same here. Especially going wild. I like windy narrow roads. When driving through the remote village in the woods I grew up in, I’m using about 37 liters / 100 km. It’s a one way road and pretty fucking fun to drive.

Outside of that I’m down to 4.2 liters / 100 km lol

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago

Your hobby is fine as long as you don't impose the externalities on other people. I don't want to hear your loud engine, I don't want to breathe your fumes, and I don't want to worry about getting hit while just walking around.

[–] Outdated4134@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

I assumed this is where I was

[–] Duranie@leminal.space 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I work in hospice, traveling to patients homes. I'd be more than happy to work from home, but the logistics of getting dying bed ridden people to travel to me has been tricky.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Imagine how smooth your travels would be, if the 70% that could work from home or use public transport would do so.

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

...brainwashed by electromagnetic radiation? Do you really believe that statement?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Propaganda on the radio, radio uses electromagnetic radiation.

[–] lazyViking@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you might have missed what community this is..

I almost did too, as this reads like the most sane /fuckcars post

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[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I think they were talking about talk radio

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's another way to say "radio waves", so when people actually listened to the radio it was a true statement.

Now it's podcasts.

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[–] fishy@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Jokes on you, I love my brainwash pod. I still take the train anywhere I can though, the Seattle light rail system is dope.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

It's this dissing the radio?

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