• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    This comment section is either too autistic or not autistic enough, because they’re either unable to identify the joke in the post, or I’m unable to identify their level 7 advanced satire.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      Okay well maybe you should count me in with the autistics because what I see in that post is a filthy windshield and driver can’t see the road with the sun in their eyes and he’s also taking a picture while driving. Major threat to road safety.

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        4 months ago

        Nothing says “I can tell this is a joke, but it’s not funny” like telling OP that they’re acting dangerously as though they’re actually doing this, and giving them actual advice as though they asked for any.
        /s

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          Joke not funny, advice dumb. People no haha, give better advice.

          Judging by those advice posts being massively upvoted - seems most agree.

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            4 months ago

            advice dumb. People […] give better advice.

            Not my comment flying straight over your head. That reply typifies what I’m talking about.

            What advice do you think the joke was giving? Why would you think a joke is providing actual advice? Who would you think that actual advice is a useful response to a joke?

            Once again, I can’t tell if you’re too autistic to understand a joke, or I’m too autistic to understand your advanced satire.

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    this is so a pre-2010s problem

    the new problem is LED headlights. I nearly hit somebody last week because I went when the light turned green and somebody was walking across the intersection on the other side, but completely invisible until the last second because of some asshole on the other side with LED headlights

    bUt ThEyRe StOcK aNd AiMeD pRoPeRlY

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      4 months ago

      and at night, when you realise their high beams were off the whole time… the hard way

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      4 months ago

      But I need to outshine the quasar at the center of the galaxy to see where I’m going!

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    you put on the hazard lights and slow down while steering to the side of the road to assess the situation or until you can see again.

    like holy shit why would you even consider accelerating when you can’t see where you’re going

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    I’ve been in the situation plenty as a driver and if you don’t know how to handle it, destroy your driver’s license.

    Jesus fucking Christ.

    You people have the privilege of being able to legally drive on public roads… FFS.

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        4 months ago

        It’s a meme sure, but it’s a dismissive meme about an issue that when poorly handled, kills people. That people have a heated reaction isn’t entirely unexpected, nor strictly unreasonable.

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        Why? If people think this is an acceptable situation to go ahead and drive in, then people are going to get hurt or killed.

        How calm should I be about driver’s being so irresponsible that they endanger themselves and everyone around them because “lol, what was I supposed to do?!?” … Exactly?

        Can’t see? Don’t drive. It’s not fucking rocket surgery.

          • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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            4 months ago

            I’ve been having a shit week and I don’t mean to be a dick about it.

            I’m not sure why I give this much of a shit about a post that should be ha-ha funny.

            I’m sorry.

            • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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              I hope you’re doing better, or will be soon. The world’s a shitty place at the minute. Keep the faith! Sorry if I’ve brought you down further.

  • Hux@lemmy.ml
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    Take a photo of your filthy windshield in the sun so you have something to post as engage-bait when you get home…

    Or don’t ever outside and just repost other people’s engage-bait…

    Either way.

  • OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    I hate this so much. I’m secretly hoping a rock will crack my windshield bad enough that my insurance will pay for a new one.

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      4 months ago

      Have you cleaned the inside of your windscreen?

      They can get scratched up, but if you haven’t cleaned the inside of the glass before, most of the crud is probably there and cleaning it will make a huge difference.

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          Vaping in my car is what made me start keeping a microfiber cloth in my door pocket. The vape went away, but the cloth is actually really handy for cleaning off the window when sitting at red lights. Would recommend to everyone that drives.

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    4 months ago

    I seriously hope OP has stopped to take that pic and didn’t just pull out the phone while driving to do this.

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            Do you think being stopped means it’s safe to use your phone behind the wheel?

            How are you supposed to make an evasive maneuver if the car behind you can’t stop? Or if someone starts crossing the road and is now laying on the road from falling?

            • Hope you aren’t using a phone to send this. Who knows what could happen during that time. Maybe someone puts the big red launch nukes button under your foot and you start nuclear winter when you go to stand up.

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                That’s obviously something that’s impossible to happen.

                If you think that neither of those are possible, or countless others… you’re a hazard on the road. There is absolutely no reason to use your phone while stopped, anything can happen, and you won’t notice while you’re sending that text.

                The life of you or someone else isn’t more important than whatever is on your phone.

                You seem to think getting rear ended while stopped at a light is an impossibility… that’s clearly not true and there’s plenty of statistics to support this is entirely possible and does happen. Now, you can also avoid the collision if you’re paying attention and have space. But obviously that can’t happen if you’re too preoccupied with your phone, instead of the road. Like you’re supposed to. At all times.

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                Move your foot from the brake to the gas and steer out of the way…? Same way you would move for emergency vehicles. Which is another reason to pay attention to the road.

                How is this even a question lmfao.

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                  You’re not quickly getting your car out of the way of someone else if you’re fully stopped. Most of them don’t accelerate nearly fast enough for that. Besides, pretty sure I would just stall the car if I tried evading someone quickly while probably slightly panicked.

                  You don’t do an evasive manoeuvre for emergency vehicles. You should hear and see them coming from quite a distance. You just scoot over in a regular way.

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      You’re still driving a car while stopped mate. This is the reasoning that leads to people drinking while they are stopped. They aren’t technically driving… but it’s obviously not safe and shouldn’t be done.

      Yet people condone it? Fucking hell.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    Yeah. City roads should have been planned on the 45°, not the cardinal compass directions. Would have prevented this and saved lives. The sun would be higher and not be in your face as much.

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        Yes, it does. But it would be higher at the 45°’s and not in your face. We planned a grid on the compass one way, it would have been no more difficult the other way.

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          I believe it depends on the latitude, since away from the equator the Sun rises at an angle and not straight up. It can be low enough to still be below the visor, but risen enough to have moved far enough south (if in the northern hemisphere) to be problematic when driving southeast in the morning or southwest in the evening.

          I found this image on Google search that I think illustrates the phenomenon: https://share.google/okYRf16lB1vegnVax

      • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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        Sure it is! In the northern hemisphere, instead of 45° going east-to-west, just plan in for 45° going west-to-east. It’s foolproof!