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[–] [email protected] 102 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"A child dented my bumper this morning."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of those insurance claim attemps "a stationary car reversed into me".

Can't imagine that goes down well

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A car tried to reverse onto me the other day, at a red light they went forward then popped it into reverse and backed up really quick but luckily stopped before it hit me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dod they pop it into reverse or was it just them slow shifting a manual and having it roll backwards?

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

No the reverse lights came on, I panicked and didn't get to pop off a honk

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago (14 children)

ever notice how this is getting rare?

we used to get a rain of bugs when travelling by car at night on back roads.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago

There are scientists who actually study bug strikes on vehicles. They use it to measure insect decline, and if you're wondering, it's massive. I think one article I read had it as high as 40% over the last 20 years in some areas.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Insects are dying. Especially close to cities. Cars are to blame, but probably even more the human impact on nature, destroying the natural living space.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, it’s climate change and pesticide. (Also cars but not the biggest factor).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

it's like saying that sport fishermen are to blame for declining fish population. They aren't technically wrong. but they aren't right either.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

remember how white vehicles were always covered with dead bugs? and how people used to put nets on their front bumper?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Ah yes, the infamous car bra.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not just back roads, it used to be almost everywhere. Even riding your bike you often had bugs smash into your face. It's really eerie now that it's not a thing anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

15 years ago i couldn't go for a run without getting a bunch of cluster flies in my teeth and eyes. now, i hardly see them anymore. and not just because i don't run as often.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

We're paving over open space as fast as possible

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

It's the same with birds.

Growing up I used to get woken up by the sounds of thousands of birds tweeting and chirping.

Now I'm lucky to hear a bird that isn't a crow

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

It's all my fault. I accidentally hit an entire swarm of bees with my car in the 90s and it's all gone downhill from there. Hell of a thing to clean off.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Didn't notice. So they guy has one joke he repeats in different versions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

What about shark infested houses?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This basically describes the first scene in The Boys

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

The consequences of unprotected handholding

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

She got what she deserved, pedestrians shouldn't be on the street where the cars and speedsters are /s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

"The tree got closer and closer and hit my car."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

What's the last thing that goes through the head of a bug hitting a windshield at 70 mph?

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Its butt.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Well, the bug was moving 67,000 mph relative to the sun.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

same fot cyclists here when they are run over. "cyclist touched car and dies" instead of "wanker in a car murdered a cyclist".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

What's the last thing to go through a fly's mind as it hits the windshield?

It's ass.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Today in bug news, 456,854 more deaths on America's roads

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

On a bad day I can do that by myself in 15 minutes

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

The bug was probably thinking - do I smell shit? Man I could go for some shit right now. ----- why?!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's the last thing that goes through a bugs mind when it hits a windshield? Its asshole.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While we're on this very topic, isnt it technically his mind that goes through his asshole?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I think that depends on your definitions of "mind", "hole", and "going"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Great title, that was perfect

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Makes me think... How many vegans refuse to drive?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm ngl. The amount of carcasses I see along the road everyday heading to work has made me want to stop driving for years now.

I'm not even vegan but seeing all those rotting animals decorating ditches day in and day out fills me with rage.

And knowing some stupid fucks go out of their way to hit animals makes my blood boil.

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

From my experience, the animals are more the stupid ones that jump out in front of the car unexpectedly. I once tried to dodge a raccoon but every time I swerved a direction, it followed me and then jumped towards my car last second :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It kind of sucks infrastructurally for sure. I dunno. I've had the thought that at least if I could go over and harvest some of it then that might at least make it a little less stomach-churning, ironically, but that's kind of my weird instinct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I don't care about most bugs.

But the very real and high risk of hurting a beloved animal did play into my choice to be an escooter/biker.

Killing people is also super high up there, but it's just less likely.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Wait, let me tune into the bug channel.... Crackling "we are gathered here today to commemorate Gary who threw himself fearless into the onslaught the bipedals have wrought upon us with their spiders of steel and glass. Even though he failed on his quest to stop the slaughter of millions by the metal madness unleashed.by.the bipedal demons, his sacrifice will shine as a beacon of hope that one day we might be able to spread our wings again"

No, they do tell the very same thing.

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

speed is relative to the observer

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