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[-] [email protected] 164 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

American here, I have no problem with them. There was a roundabout nearby in my city. When they unleashed it, the first driver brave enough to traverse it swerved off the road and died on the spot. It caused such a scene that the next 3 cars watching entered the wrong way and started to pile up. More cars piled up over the coming weeks, it couldn't be taped off because the city service workers were unfortunately not Europeans and also could not traverse the labyrinth, they too piled up and died of starvation. Eventually it collapsed into a singularity under its growing weight (Americans are fat, so it was over the Chandrasekhar limit), cars add into the eternal swirl each day and emanate slowly as Hawking radiation. It's quite beautiful to see.

[-] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago

for a country who's core values is Car, they suck at driving

[-] [email protected] 59 points 5 days ago

Our core value is taking necessary services and pricing them like a luxury.

Spread everything out really far, get rid of public transit, and, since everybody still needs a license to drive your expensive cars, make the driving test super easy to pass so almost everybody can drive. Boom, 1.2 passengers per car and nobody can actually drive them well.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

Yep. This person gets it. The auto and gasoline industry basically ruined the environment and our culture so a few select people can make a few $$$.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

My driving test consisted of making four right turns, then parking and verbalising how i would park on a hill.

No parallel parking, no back-in parking or even 3 point turn. I was never even taught to parallel park, but i saw the episode where kris kardashian taught one of her kids and it just clicked lucky for me lolol

Dont judge, the early seaons are great for cringe watching :p

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

Our core value isn't Car, it's "individual freedom, especially at the cost or inconvenience of others". It just so happens that Car aligns pretty well with that

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago

you don't have to be smart to drive, we made sure of that.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

I've taken a trip to see this infamous roundabout - it's quite pretty at night!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Interestingly they spin counterclockwise here, but clockwise in Australia.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

How can one be too stupid to use a roundabout?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't think it's a matter of 'can't figure it out' as much as 'don't like change'. We've been putting roundabouts in my shithole state and the number of people who complain about them boggles the mind. They will successfully navigate them, but they'll whinge about it the whole time.

This happened to me just the other day as I was chauffeuring some good old boy around. Mind you he wasn't even driving, but still had to let it be known that he disapproved. There was no traffic so I barely had to slow down to navigate the intersection and his input was "I hate these things, they just slow you down!". I tried pointing out that if it had been a 4-way stop we would have had to stop, so it was actually faster this way. I don't know if he was immune to logic or just unwilling to admit that something that was different than what he was used to had a benefit, but he just repeated that he hated them, so I dropped the subject.

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[-] [email protected] 206 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You can pick up a coffee mug with a $9.99 price tag, then be asked to pay $10.74 at the register. The German mind cannot comprehend this

[-] [email protected] 116 points 6 days ago

Not any sane mind can comprehend this.

[-] [email protected] 53 points 6 days ago

I can comprehend it, but I'm certainly not happy about it

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago

Not only can Americans comprehend it, they actively choose for it to be this way. Macys tried to switch to straight forward pricing and it did not go well for them so they switched back to their bs sales.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Imo it would only work here if everyone does it at the same time and if it’s implemented by legislation enforcing it. If one company does it, their competitors can take advantage of the perceived differences.

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago

I stopped off in Oregon once for some McDonald's. My total ended up being $8.00 exactly and I let out a little smile and told the cashier 'wow perfect, what are the chances'

She looked at me like I was an idiot, and I learned some things about Oregon that day.

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago

They've started using traffic circles in my state. They work sooo much better than traffic lights at intersections.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Roundabouts are even better.

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[-] [email protected] 97 points 6 days ago

>my citizens in Cities:Skylines

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[-] [email protected] 49 points 6 days ago

As an American, I can ride my mobility scooter for 74 hours and still be in Walmart. Comprend that.

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[-] [email protected] 59 points 6 days ago

You’ve never heard of NASCAR. We are good at turning left for hours on end.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago

You've been turning right since at least '80...and you started far on the right already.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago

Mr bean, is that you?

[-] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago

I really wanna know what they put in to Google to make it spit out that time estimate.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago

Probably a scripted route.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago
[-] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago

Gas is expensive over here.

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago

American here, you can absolutely drive at least one more hour than that. Idiots.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

do germans move their cars like the flintstones or how do they manage to have fuel/battery for 74hrs?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Two words: German Efficiency

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Since you're in a roundabout, you just need a large funnel into the gas tank. Every time around, someone standing at the side pours a bit of fuel in while you pass, so you get a splash of fuel per lap!

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

You can fit 74 Germanys inside a Texas roundabout. The European mind cannot comprehend this.

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

2,219km is only 1,378mi… that’s about the distance from the southern tip of California to the top of Washington State. Not even the width of the US.

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

How to correct (or exacerbate) uneven tire wear:

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

Look kids, big ben! Parliament!

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Laughs in Australian

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

There's a million things Americans can't comprehend. Not licking billionaire's boots, for one

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