The person on the left is carrying bags, the one in orange is a delivery driver and a couple of people are wearing backpacks. Aside from car brained, Damaris is also blind.

  • Dabundis@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Don’t remember where I heard it first, but I always love to hear it.

    “Whenever someone brings up bikes, suddenly everyone needs to move their refrigerator 100 miles in the rain”

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      6 months ago

      The solution? Rental vans…

      It’s like people think they need mega trucks for the time once a year or less that they have to move a couch.

      “But what about when I have to haul wood for my yearly porch renovation?”

      “Rent a fucking truck!”

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          6 months ago

          “That’s so expensive!”, having big goods delivered costs a fraction of maintaining your own car…

      • Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]@midwest.social
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        6 months ago

        In this vein, I saw a comment on Lemmy that speaks to this. I’m paraphrasing but it really woke me up. The person said that Americans choose on edge cases and not standard use case. I realized I felt that way about ICE cars vs EV and I am a cyclist. It is amazing how we can have blinders on.

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        6 months ago

        It’s weird because all, and i mean ALL, furniture and electronic shop in my country will do delivery for you, most even do it for FREE.

        Then there’s 3rd party delivery service via an app.