“Western culture”? 😂

And I heard in a public consultation meeting about bike lanes that… get this… Adding bike lanes would make it dangerous for kids to get to school.

What backwards universe did we wake up in?

Does America not have school buses anymore?

I’m in Canada, and yes, we do. In fact, the buses were having difficulty getting into the school’s parking lot because of the way the illegally parked cars were quite literally at the edge of the turn (leaving little space for the bus). It’s been sheer madness these past few weeks.

And it’s hilarious (not) when people put on their hazard lights to park illegally while they pick up their kid. I swear to the gods, if my municipality ever gave citizens the ability to write up parking tickets, I’d reduce our property taxes by 10% from the revenue I’d generate! 😄

For speeding, yes, you’re right. I was talking more about general inattentiveness, bad judgment, actual malicious driving behaviour, and poorly skilled drivers. No amount of infrastructure can correct that! LOL

Graduating from school in Canada or the US is basically “Congratulations on surviving not being killed by guns or cars!”.

The way we design our roads psychologically encourages speeding.

I think most “major” roads are like that, but the school I have to get to is in a subdivision that isn’t busy. And people are still rolling through stop signs while looking at their phone. I think being in a car detaches people from the reality of what’s going on around them. Like playing a video game from behind a windshield.

It is not safe. At all.

That an area designed for our most vulnerable demographic is so dangerous that adults wouldn’t want to be in it says a lot about North American culture.

That’s honestly disgusting. Not only for the environment and public safety, but those missed opportunities to get some level of activity in your day are simply pissed away in a car.

Like, people are OK commuting by car for 1-3 hours a day… but a 20 or 30 minute walk with a dozen benfits? NO WAY!

I saw a teenager get hit crossing at a crosswalk in front of a school. Red light, driver in the left turn lane didn’t stop behind the line as the girl was crossing. She ended up on the hood and tossed.

I guess the only reason she wasn’t severely injured was that she was hit by a car and not a monster truck.

Traffic infraction bingo sounds like fun! /s

“Just to prove you are a member of MENSA…”

Yeah, inverse, but not identical.

Check this one out!

(hint: it’s the top right… totally different size/shape, but considered “identical”. FML

I had 15 of these goddamn things, and if you get one wrong they start you off again from #1, but after you’ve done the entire series!

EDIT: Also, wtf is the object? A wired personal vibrator?

Reasonable upper limits are OK. But FFS, the limit should be enough to have a passphrase with 4 or 5 words in it.

Yeah, that pretty much explains it. Sad state of affairs when you have too many people willing to support such an unethical business model. I can imagine that anyone with a gambling addition could spend thousands of dollars quite easily on their platform.

Why the hell is it so popular??? I don’t get it. Do people like these never-ending promotional games without actually being able to buy something easily?