The person on the left is carrying bags, the one in orange is a delivery driver and a couple of people are wearing backpacks. Aside from car brained, Damaris is also blind.

312 points

Don’t remember where I heard it first, but I always love to hear it.

“Whenever someone brings up bikes, suddenly everyone needs to move their refrigerator 100 miles in the rain”

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117 points

The solution? Rental vans…

It’s like people think they need mega trucks for the time once a year or less that they have to move a couch.

“But what about when I have to haul wood for my yearly porch renovation?”

“Rent a fucking truck!”

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Have it delivered by the people selling you the wood.

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9 points

“That’s so expensive!”, having big goods delivered costs a fraction of maintaining your own car…

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In this vein, I saw a comment on Lemmy that speaks to this. I’m paraphrasing but it really woke me up. The person said that Americans choose on edge cases and not standard use case. I realized I felt that way about ICE cars vs EV and I am a cyclist. It is amazing how we can have blinders on.

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It’s weird because all, and i mean ALL, furniture and electronic shop in my country will do delivery for you, most even do it for FREE.

Then there’s 3rd party delivery service via an app.

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3 points

or hitch a trailer…

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16 points

I’m gonna steal that.

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10 points

You’re living up to your name, lol 😉

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How often does one need to transport a sofa, table, or desk? That’s what delivery trucks are for, which is a legitimate use of that type of transportation.

The drugstore cowboys driving Dodge Rams clogging up the streets aren’t transporting anything more robust than a 12-pack of Mtn Dew and complaining about the price of gas

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Oddly enough, the discussion is never on the other side.

“WHY DO YOU NEED BIKE LANES?! NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO RIDE A BIKE! JUST DRIVE!”

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100 points

I’d gladly remove every car from the roads that is not carrying a sofa, table or desk.

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I’m even willing to add “large amounts of water & a big ladder, or sick/injured people” to that list.

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23 points

They already move an entire sofa, audiovisual center and HVAC.

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86 points

Yea, car congestion isn’t about industrial transport, it’s about personal transport. All of the people commuting to/from work etc in single person occupied tanks.

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TIL driving to and from work is “recreational” unless you have a TV or something in the back of your car.

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He didn’t make it to the second semester of high school economics where he would have learned that labor is a service.

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