The person on the left is carrying bags, the one in orange is a delivery driver and a couple of people are wearing backpacks. Aside from car brained, Damaris is also blind.

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[–] 313 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Don't remember where I heard it first, but I always love to hear it.

"Whenever someone brings up bikes, suddenly everyone needs to move their refrigerator 100 miles in the rain"

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  • [–] 116 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The solution? Rental vans...

    It's like people think they need mega trucks for the time once a year or less that they have to move a couch.

    "But what about when I have to haul wood for my yearly porch renovation?"

    "Rent a fucking truck!"

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    In this vein, I saw a comment on Lemmy that speaks to this. I'm paraphrasing but it really woke me up. The person said that Americans choose on edge cases and not standard use case. I realized I felt that way about ICE cars vs EV and I am a cyclist. It is amazing how we can have blinders on.

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