Just curious how commonplace these are especially the ones you can hear several cars far away no matter what other city background noises there are? And would you think its similar to or worser than the 1980's boombox popularity? (I know that a portable 'shoulder' radio on sidewalk is different from a high-power radio in a vehicle itself but..deafening noise pollution is still deafening noise pollution tho enough said?)

hey! i’m writing a paper for college focusing on car dependency and the negative impacts that come with it, and i’m trying to choose which negative impact to focus on, as it’s 500 words and my professor suggests to narrow it down to one topic, so i’ve been thinking choosing either the environmental impact car dependency has, or how dangerous car dependency can be.

i would also like some reliable sources on the negative/dangerous effects of car dependency. while i do agree overall that we as a society would benefit heavily from walkable cities and less frequent use of automobile vehicles, i would need dependable sources backing up my argument.

Broward County early voting is “a mess” they say, because and get this, there is no parking. Instead of mailing in, or Ubering/walking/cycling or going at early morning, they come to reddit to complain because their fat butts can’t exit a vehicle to physically transport themselves anywhere, and then they wonder why there is no parking. IT WAS YOU WHO TOOK UP THE PARKING SPOTS dummies, but they have the nerve to complain.

someone told me Broward County is populated 18 million. I had no clue most of the population of Florida is located there in one single county. they’ve basically created another obnoxious NYC with the same abusive misogyny without the cool shit NYc has. (Yes, all the old men angry at me are commenting on sex threads with teenage girls on reddit, congratulations I didn’t know that existed either, go reddit!)

I ve never loathed anyone on earth as much as these obese cretins.

So, like, 2 days ago, I was just on a walk with my mom, and it started to rain a bit. When we crossed the crosswalks, I look back, and this guy in a black car with a rear tow hook stopped his car, and was just about to start up. And behind him, there's this dude in a gray Audi, and he brakes, and because of that rain he slips, right, and his brakes were really loud on the wet asphalt, and his car rammed in to the car in front. No severe damage was done (I think, all I saw was a bent front registration plate on the Audi, but there was also a plasticy crunch, so maybe some inside damage? Dunno.) and the other car was saved from damage because of that hook. The two guys got out, and started argueing, all the while, a string of cars was forming. I didn't see the rest of the fight, but I found it rather funny that carbrains say that their autos are faster than public transit would be, but in reality, a light drizzle of rain with a wee bit of stupidity (The gray Audi's drived braked way too late from way too high a speed.) could stop a whole string of some 10 cars, if not more. (Marked as 'This is why I hate cars' because idk what else to mark it as. Idk. Just something funny I saw with a personal anacdote.)

While Gen Z won't remember floppy disks, if you used a computer in the 80s or 90s you certainly remember them.

Imagine if for the sake of "backwards compatibility" every computer still had a floppy drive even when a NVMe SSD can hold 8TB in a fraction of the mass of a floppy. That's basically what we are doing with urban planning, keeping NIMBYs happy even if it ruins our health and environment.

Yes if you're retrocomputing then you need floppies. But if you're using them for transporting your school paper or Python/JS code you'd be crazy if it's not some obscure legacy app. Cars are clunky the way floppy disks are, they waste land and fuel and materials and time. Time to move on.

I found this YouTube video about a community that banned cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0w3MpBstQ

An abandoned car in Germany. The government does nothing to tow it away...

I’ve not trick or treated since I was a kid. My memories are walking out my front door, collecting garbage bags full of candy. Eating so much I became sick then coming home and trading unwanted candy with friends.

Last night we took our six year old trick or treating. Usually we ride our bikes everywhere but my girlfriend is recovering from a broken leg and still can’t ride a bike or walk much more than a block or so. She’s been borrowing a friends car to get around.

Last nights trick or treating involved driving 10 miles to the good neighborhood, then sitting in traffic for 30 minutes with the hundreds of other cars. Then driving around for a half hour looking for a parking space while parents and children darted between all the cars that were looking for parking. In the end we parked 20 minutes away from the the houses. Trick or treated then walked 20 minutes back to the car along the shoulder of the highway.

The whole time I’m thinking this is insane and we aren’t the only ones doing it. I hate that Halloween now means sitting in the car, fighting traffic and circling neighborhoods looking for parking. Barring any broken limbs next year we are definitely taking our bikes. I’m not letting our version of Halloween be carbrained.