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   silverseams (silverseams@artisan.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 20:25:55 JST silverseams

   This is a few years old but explains why I keep trying to get into other people's cars.

   (Okay, only twice, after that I started checking the license plate.)

   I mean, I get that (1) aerodynamics and (2) safety equipment and (3) human shapes and quantities are going to lead to convergent evolution, but whew.

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     silverseams (silverseams@artisan.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:21:07 JST silverseams

     • hypolite

     @hypolite The flat front is not non-aerodynamic, surprisingly enough, and safety is a lot more than the higher center of gravity and if you looked into it you might discover that safety *equipment* has a great deal of influence on vehicle shape. But sure, parachute into my mentions to tell me I'm wrong.

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     silverseams (silverseams@artisan.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:36:09 JST silverseams

     • hypolite

     @hypolite Take a moment for a little self-examination.

     You jumped on a stranger's post to tell her she was wrong, and you got both of the "corrections" wrong (reread the post, safety EQUIPMENT, and ask yourself what I might be talking about).

     And now you're desperately back-pedaling with a SUV vs. sedan thing (hey guess what, my original post was just "why SUVs all look alike," sedans don't even enter into that equation) because reply-guys can't ever back down, it's like their whole identity.

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     andy (andy@friendica.hubup.pro)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:37:21 JST andy

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     @silverseams On top of it, SUVs are extremely ugly looking. Aesthetically they are the ultimate design failure. Retro-transmogrified cartoon versions of industrial design!
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:37:21 JST hypolite

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     • andy
     @andy Indeed, but they do all look alike.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 00:39:12 JST hypolite

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     @silverseams And yet nothing about SUVs is about aerodynamics (flat front) nor particular safety (easier to roll with a higher center of gravity). This is a pure product of marketing playing on social status and the illusion of safety.