• Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    We should start packing nitroglycerin into kids backpacks to force drivers to be more careful. Sure, some kids would die unnecessarily but dead children seems to be a price Americans are very willing to pay.

    • cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      Sure but what if some parents are too lazy or bad with money to be able to buy their children nitroglycerin without receiving government handouts? I don’t want my tax dollars helping strangers kids.

      /s seems necessary here

  • Sunflier@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Yeah cars are bullshit. Yeah these vehicles are monstrosities that guzzle gas.

    But, sedans are too low to the ground. As a tall person, I need something SUV-sized (regular SUV like a buick envoy) just to get out of. The whole world is designed around someone who is ~5’7". I am 6’3". Getting in and out of vehicles, off of low rise furniture, and reaching down to get stuff off if grocery store shelves is a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

    I need a taller vehicle just to get out of. I basically have to crawl just to get in and out of an uber sedan.

    *Edit: I wish there was viable mass transit here. I’d rather have convenient metro rail. Absent that, I want an electric SUV