One of the great things about drivers is, if a pedestrian or cyclist offends them in any way, they’ll drive more dangerously & threaten other pedestrians and cyclists. But if a _car_ impedes them in any way, they’ll drive more dangerously & threaten pedestrians and cyclists.
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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 12:47:53 JST Anil Dash
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Joel (jpoz@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 12:47:50 JST Joel
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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 12:47:51 JST Anil Dash
@Steve8282 someday folks invested in white fragility will understand there’s a difference between something you are and some shit you spend money on. Drivers are not a race! Even race car drivers! Are you dumb or just pretending to be dumb?
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Steve8282 (steve8282@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 12:47:52 JST Steve8282
@anildash My grandfather made broad generalizations like this about non-white people and women. Good times.
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Alan Bucknam (bucknam@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jun-2023 01:04:31 JST Alan Bucknam
@jpoz @anildash @Steve8282 I’m sure this is merely correlative, not causative, right? Right?: Chart showing car vs SUV sales, 2007-2017. Source, Kelly Blue Book
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Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jun-2023 01:04:31 JST Matthew Lyon
@bucknam @jpoz @anildash @Steve8282 I have to wonder how much of this is part of the larger trend towards larger cars — as my partner and I replaced our Subaru Outback over the decades, it’s gone from a “station wagon” towards an SUV, and we’d rather have the station wagon, but they don’t make that any more
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