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  • AA5B@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldJimny
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    1 day ago

    I’m thinking the same thing but maybe not that small. I really liked the Honda Element for this, but it wasn’t right for me at the time. Maybe soon Rivian R2S or R3S, or if that’s too big, Slate?


  • As an American I’m still not convinced.

    Apple successfully sold themselves as a better choice, the “in”thing - to adults. Most adults I know have iPhones and the ones who don’t seem self-conscious about it. It might have partly to do with Android phones originally sold as the budget alternative. We’re the shallow ones.

    Kids can take their cues from adults: they see iPhones as the “better”, more desired choice. But also take it to the next level, with teasing and bullying.

    I find it hard to believe anyone cares about the color of text bubbles, especially since kids don’t use iMessage, despite all the media making that claim. It’s just an excuse, but the social stigma is real







  • But the question is deaths by car and you don’t need to entirely get rid of cars to make a huge difference.

    • inspections. It boggles the mind that some places don’t have them

    Traffic calming really can work. I’m not talking about speed bumps, but things like curb bumps to narrow the road at intersection while increasing pedestrian visibility, traffic islands, roundabouts. Even repainting lines can make a difference. My town’s master plan is driven by accident stats, so every road rework is a noticeable improvement

    A couple years ago my town repainted a two lane road into one lane plus turn lanes. Now traffic is slower and calmer yet you get through that area more quickly. Most importantly it’s no longer one of the most dangerous roads in town

    Most recently they built a median. This was a dangerous intersection because it always backed up so impatient people would blast straight through in the turn lanes, causing accidents. Now they can’t

    And yes, because of Florida Man, my town built medians at every railroad crossing so idiots can’t go around the gates. We never had that problem, but idiocy is contagious.

    Every city and town can make a difference. Now. Relatively cheaply. Just by collecting accident data and prioritizing by that. Just by making small changes a little at a time








  • Yeah but I don’t know how this happened in the first place, we’ve had decades of horse running screaming out of that barn, decades of smelling the smoke from that dumpster fire, my entire life of what a horrible person he is and why is he still in the news. Yeah, it’s decades late to close that barn door, decades late to suffocate that fire. Mango Mussolini is the very definition of failing his way upward. There was never a good reason for him to lead us out of a paper bag, and it kept getting worse

    I can only assume that insipid tv show he paid for to rehabilitate his image actually worked. Do people actually believe reality tv? Did everyone forget the decades of evidence before then? Did you actually pay attention to the script?


  • Last night I had a three hour call with my conservative brother where he explained an entirely different world than what I live in. Many of their choices are not as horrible if you accept their alternate facts. That’s the real problem, alternate reality.

    Although here’s a wholesome tale for the Lemmings …… he was complaining about the parents and grandparents, the boomers in my family, believing in all this “woke nonsense”. I don’t know how he thinks I’d sympathize with his reality