https://nitter.1d4.us/reddit_lies/status/1628155914774511619

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Terrorism is when you deflate tires, and the more tires you deflate the more terrorist you are.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Deflating all tires on all trucks in a suburban cul de sac equals at least five 9/11s, six if you also incude the jet ski and dirt bike trailers.

    • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      You have people in the comments saying stuff like “GOD DAMN LIBERALS SHOULD TRY THIS IN TEXAS!!! I DARE THEM!!!”

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      what if someone gets in their car and doesn't notice that before going 60mph and then the tyre blews and sends them careening into a group of cookie selling girl scouts, have you considered this

      • Vizuzia [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        The car ding dongs that tires have no air. Unless they literally dont look at their dashboard at all it shouldn't happen, and even if it did happen, driver is still at fault.

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          well what if the car ding dong also fails and the suv gets up to 100mph because the driver was speeding a bit and then they careen into a nuclear power plant and chernobyl 2.0 the usa. what then, i ask you

              • Vizuzia [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                Terrorism on the drivers part. All that road rage goes somewhere at 100mph

                • 7bicycles [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  driving 100mph is my god given right and expectng me to assure the safe condition of the childkiller 3000 I use to get three (3) packs of juice is the real terrorism

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      Technically they are, in a sort of "your terrorists are our freedom fighters" sense.

  • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Their advocacy for a 15 minute city is fundamentally flawed. Cars are the fastest means of transportation, even with traffic.

    Even in the best circumstances for public transportation, commute times are, at the minimum, twice as long as a car.

    :what:

      • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        They did link a study, but that’s a single one that goes against just about every mainstream thought of urban planning. Even the car brain engineers I know say that America’s lack of fast public transportation is pathetic compared to the world

    • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Even if you went back to 1920 with old trams and the first shitty subways it would still be better than horse carriages. Nothing changed, actually it only got worse in comparison.

      • GuerrillaMindset [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        it's hilarious how these people contort themselves into knots to justify the reality today when in actuality these same car companies dismantled the very railroads that were a threat to their bottom line

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I was in Japan recently. I decided to take the Shinkansen one direction and an airplane back, thinking the rail would be slower but more relaxed while the plane would save me time. The train picked up right from downtown and dropped me off within five minutes of my hotel. Commuting to and from the airports added two hours to my trip. Security added another hour. And then the plane was delayed on the tarmac as they de-iced the wings.

      In the end, I only saved 30 minutes on what was supposed to be a 4 hour reduction in travel time.

      Now just imagine doing that shit in a car. Jesus fucking Christ.

      • ShareThatBread [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        It’s so much better. More room. Can get up to go to the bathroom easily. Interesting scenery along the way. Can buy a cheap meal at the station before getting on.

        • TRAPSTAR_666 [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          but I don't get to tail behind the driver in front of me and shoot at him and miss and hit some bystander driver's 5 month old child on the opposite side of the highway

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Now just imagine doing that shit in a car. Jesus fucking Christ.

        I don't have to imagine. I once got suck on a 6 hour traffic jam on the Tomei Expressway. 6 hours to crawl 80kms before we tapped out.

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Fun fact: cars go faster and stop less in the Netherlands and Switzerland

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, fuck it, I'd take a 1.5hr train ride instead of my commute, what the fuck is this guy talking about? It'll be cheaper and I'd get some more podcasts in.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      That's the best circumnstance they can imagine? My shitty transit system here can run at less than half the speed of car and it needs serious work.

    • YourFavoriteFed [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      They are kings with Jester's privilege. An Emperor-Jester's privilege if you will (I'm not good at names).

      They can say whatever they want and it will be taken as gospel. They determine the truth, not any paper or research.

    • TRAPSTAR_666 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Even if that's true, who gives a shit? You can't have infinite oil, more people die from cars, everyone wants to kill each other over parking, and gas fluctuates based on the whims of random suits

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        2 years ago

        Strong, rigorous arguments herein

        https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      :trump-anguish: Watermarks, they're good folks

  • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Lmao @ the guy in the replies thinking using the British spelling for tire is “hiding extremism to get around the censors”

      • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Sometimes, they even obfuscate their intentions to commit criminal acts by appending "in Minecraft" at the end of their sentences to make the casual observer believe they are talking about performing ingame activities in the popular block-based creative sandbox video game published by Microsoft :scared:

      • FuckYourselfEndless [ze/hir]
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        2 years ago

        Even regarding the non-tyre left-speak stuff. The right-wing censors leftists online because it's "less monetizable" and leftists change spellings to get around it. Rightoid dipshits see this and go "ah, this classic leftist tactic to disguise their politics and do terrorism." When disguising their language to hide their extremist hatred is literally what rightoids do all of the time.

    • YourFavoriteFed [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      They have the same vote you do. :scared:

      Their opinions are more well-respected by the masses than your's :scared:

  • solaranus
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    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

  • Zoift [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I like how immediately vitrolic they get. Soft spot. Hit them right in the masculinity totem.

  • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    When they said they were rendering cars unusable, I was expecting something that actually damages cars like [redacted]

  • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I get to walk everywhere now but if I ever want to stop paying rent to a leech my most likely prospect is my parents land but I'd need a vehicle 'cause it's a 40 minute commute to literally anything from there. My question is, what's that little electric truck in that screencap, can you get that in the US, and would it work on a bumpy mountain road 40 minutes to and 40 minutes from work/groceries?

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      2 years ago

      What if I told you...

      ...that there's a place in America where you can buy a decent house for less than 100k, and have a <20min bike ride to get pretty much anywhere in town?

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          2 years ago

          Lol no, it's a college town. It's not Youngstown either (but that could fit the bill? Idk I've never been to Youngstown but I feel like I live in a more appealing place).

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          2 years ago

          Below 50k and banks will be reluctant to give you a mortgage for that little.

          It's like 3-4 years of one minimum wage worker's total gross wages to buy a house outright. 3 proles sharing a 3br apt, working 20 hours/wk and being thrifty, they'll afford a down payment within 1 year. How is that not cheap enough?

          EDIT: I'm talking outright, not yearly or monthly. Monthly total cost would be below $1000 including utilities.

          By thrifty most of what I mean is not operating more than 1 car between 3 people. Because car ownership costs about ($2500 + [miles per day]*100) a year.

          I would tell you all the cool things you could ride your bike to but I'd be doxxing myself.

          • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            I mean if it's that easy why isn't everyone doing it? I have no friends, no credit, and no job prospects besides the one I'm at now I lucked into. I'm hoping to get something very small on the land my parents have that's already hooked up for power and well water. I might have 20k saved up in two years from right now if nothing comes up between now and then but I'd need a vehicle too.