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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

How does the car know the speed limit?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Almost feels like this law will segue into some form of subscription based nonsense…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

“Subscribe to legal updates for only $2.99 per month! Or risk getting arrested!!!”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So glad i don't live in California. Peddle to.the metal for me all the way. You apes in California just have some fun on the 5 and the 10 driving slowly anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yep. Bombing down the PCH sure ruins my nights. The canyons suuuure aren’t fun to blow through either. I’d much rather live somewhere ugly and flat with no culture

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Why would you spend such a large amount of money for a new car? I don’t get it. If you are middle class it is like 50% or more of a whole year of income. If you are wealthy it’s still stupid to waste so much money on a thing that generally will depreciate in value. I don’t understand why so many of my co workers keep buying cars so they can go to work and buy more cars.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I share your frustration. Cars are dumb. New cars are shit and dumb. It's also super bad for the environment - the manufacturing is a huge part of the total carbon emission of a car.

Seems pretty clear to me that it's a status thing - you're displaying your access to resources by showing that you can waste them. That's why I think it's legitimately useful to insult people's new or expensive cars. Deny them the social reward they seek and it puts pressure to find a new status token. Maybe instead they can waste money on carbon fibre bikes or the latest overpriced micro-transportation.

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