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[–] 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Maybe I shouldn't tell you guys this, but sometimes I press the button even if I don't have to cross the street. Also sometimes I cross the street really slowly, drivers get especially mad about that. Obviously I'm not from the US, since I'm still alive.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Crossing suuuper slowly when there's a suv waiting is my fav, especially when the driver didn't want me to cross

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    My dad aways makes a remark when someone crosses tge street slowly. He's fat and slow as gell himself. I don't understand how you can get mad at sghit like that.

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  • [+] -18 points 3 days ago (5 children)
  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Lol wut. If a car doesn't let me cross even though I have the priority as a pedestrian, I usually hit the side mirror or the car. They can go fuck themselves with their overpriced rolling boxes. People get so mad when you touch their cars. I like it.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    You don't even need to cause any damage or even leave a fingerprint and they get so angry. Its kinda funny.

    I see so much road rage, but usually from extended family so I try not to start an argument that will lead to someone storming off in a strop. I find it funny that an adult can get so angry, but it upsets my partner.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    There was a fight between 2 security guards for different gated communities when I lived in the US. One wasn't letting the other go through the gate and "slapped his hand on the hood", causing the other to get out and fight him.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    I often walk or cycle past a school and a daycare, and here they have recently "upgraded roads" which means that they have scraped away a few pedestrian crossings. I 100% do shitty tricks to cars driving too fast or not giving enough space, especially if I am moving around the time kids are active. (Around here kids are still allowed to walk/cycle from school and often play around the town.)

    I have made air kicks, always do when necessary, but sadly so far they have missed..

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  • [+] -16 points 3 days ago (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Lol, if touching a side mirror gets you that angry you need to look in a mirror and think about whats wrong with you. Also I'm a carpenter, I most often have my tools with me, I could do way worse than "hitting" a side mirror if you really need something to get upset about. I bet you get half hard looking at your rolling box ^^

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  • [–] -1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Unpopular opinion: Cars are expensive. Vandalizing them in response to an inconvenience seems like an overreaction.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    It’s symmetrical though. Sort of like a pedestrian risking death if they inconvenience car drivers

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago

    Sure, attempting to murder a pedestrian over an inconvenience is also bad.

    Not sure I'd consider them "symmetrical" though... Maybe I'm being pedantic, but murder seems a lot worse.

    Regardless, both are overreactions, and varying degrees of crazy.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    True. However given that they're the largest "lifestyle" contributor to climate change (as opposed to things in the agricultural sector), vandalizing one in response to it simply existing seems like a slight under reaction, if anything.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago

    A medal for meritorious public service and right of first refusal to carry out the sentence against the ecocidal narcissists? That'd be a well deserved surprise for any non-carhole who's been making carholes angry.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Carbrained psychopaths look a people crossing the street and think: How dare they make me wait a few seconds longer. I'll fucking hit them with my car.

    And they think that's a proportinal response. It's just deeply sick and twisted.

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  • [+] -10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    How dare they make me wait a few seconds longer.

    ...on purpose, just to cause a reaction. You missed that bit.

    When i'm driving vehicles i have to qualms waiting for elderly or disabled people to cross the street, regardless of whether or not the crosswalk has a light.

    Dipshits intentionally walking slow just to piss me off deserve to piss off someone who gets out of the car and demonstrates their discontent in a more direct manner.

    If you want to label dislike for lack of civility as being a psychopath so you can feel better about yourself be my guest.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    I’m going to walk slowly in front of three cars just because you made this post. It’s the only reasonable response to your lack of civility.

    Seriously, you’re advocating getting physical with someone because of a perceived lack of civility — literally walking too slow. I drive almost everywhere, have done so for decades, and this is not a problem I’ve had, even once in my life. If "people walking too slowly in front of your car" is a regular problem for you, you may need to cultivate more patience. You have lost the plot. You sound like you are the problem in this social interaction.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Why though, people have places to go and public transport might not be available to them. You're punishing people for their lack of choices

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Nah, you got it all wrong. I don't punish them, I do them a favor. They mabe don't know it, but it's good for them if they stop occasionally.

    On the other hand, they punish me, every day of every week. They punish me with pollution and noise and concrete and traffic accidents and oil consumption and heat radiation.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Deciding what is good for random strangers and then forcing them to enjoy whatever it is you came up with doesn't sound like very good idea.

    And how is this helping your situation? Breaking and accelerating increases noise and pollution. If cars have to spend more time on the street instead of being at their destination, they either need more road space or they spend more time in traffic jams that, again, increase noise and pollution. Cars are the least likely to be involved in accidents when they are cruising, so you are also making your city less safe.

    Just to be clear: I'm absolutely in favour of banning cars in cities, but you are making the already bad situation worse for everyone.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I guess I'm a litte bit accelerationist(1) with my take here. But the situation will not change if drivers have it more comfortable.

    There is so much violence in driving a car, and you argue against me because I make them stop for 20 seconds. (Inner)Cities should not be build for cruising. They should be build for pedestrians. If you want to cruise, drive on the Autobahn or some Umfahrungsstraße.

    Spoiler(1) DuckDuckGo translated accelerationist with beschlagnaderungsorientiert. Since you german speaking I thought you might enjoy this.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    You misunderstand me. I agree that being a pedestrian or cyclist should be more convenient and safer, and I don't care if that means car drivers are inconvenienced by whatever it is that needs to be done to achieve that goal.

    But you are inconveniencing car drivers while also making the situation worse for pedestrians, cyclists and everyone else. What you are doing has no positive effects for anyone, except maybe you feeling righteous for a moment.

    Spoiler"beschlagnaderungsorientiert" sounds like a dangerous words from the funniest joke in the world.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Are drivers not deciding and then forcing people to "enjoy" their cars ? ^^

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    No, they don't drive their cars because they think it's good for you, they drive them because they think it's good for them.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 days ago

    Deciding what is good for random strangers and then forcing them to enjoy whatever it is you came up with doesn’t sound like very good idea.

    The birth of an authoritarian.

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