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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Highly recommend reading this April fools post and the many comments of people who thought it was real.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is amazing!

I'm honestly surprised a council would publish something like this that seems to directly attack the current government's policies.

It's something you might expect to read on The Civilian (which I now notice doesn't exist anymore).

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

Greater Auckland is a transport advocacy group, they're not associated with the council or AT.

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

Oh thanks! I'm not sure why but I got the impression this was the Auckland regional council.

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

It does sound like it could be, especially with the Wellington regional council being called Greater Wellington

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

Labour’s transport spokesperson wasn’t able to be reached, and it remains unclear if there even is one.

That was a great throwaway line.

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

The comment that cracked me up was the guy who said he supports the new policy to remove footpaths but now he wonders where he will park his Ford ranger.

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

There's quite a few who were clearly playing along.

I like April fools, it's good to remind numpties that they are, in fact, numpties.

I do think the article should have been shorter though, I was just skimming through at the end. Concise writing is a lost art.

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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