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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So you patiently wait for your little white man signal, and as soon as it finally comes on (after 2 full cycles of the traffic lights) you start crossing only to get honked at by some lady who wants to turn right on her red light...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well then, that lady needs to wait while I continue to cross with a limp that magically return at the moment she honked her horn.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I think we're the same kind of asshole!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I will slow walk the fuck through an intersection or parking lot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In America we don't wait for shit. We cross when we think we can make it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

because otherwise you're gonna be waiting for like 10 minutes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And if you're lucky, you get more than 5 seconds to cross that 4 lane intersection!

I've had to walk a few elderly people across a few intersections because they'd be 1/4 the way through before the "walk" quickly turned into "get off the road before you die!".