#fuck stroads

[yourfavehatesstroads]

The glowing eyed dog from the Goosebumps intro hates stroads

[elpen0r]

hogwarts and the world of harry potter are OBJECTIVELY bad worldbuilding. even the barest scrutiny causes the entire thing to collapse because jk rowling is a hack loser whose death will improve the world

Less magic schools. More magic universities. Unlearn the simplified models of your secondary education. Discover how to reference scrolls written by a wizard possessed by a different wizard. Identify bias in the voices that whisper from beyond the veil. Have your institution be accused of promoting a Merlinist agenda. Become addicted to energy potions.

[kabob129]

DELAWARE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING

[lifeofbk]

Not Just Bikes is always good for a solid dose of “fuck cars” and possibly “why do I live in the US?”. Their latest piece is particularly succinct and painful.

[elektroskopik]

Dear universe, bicycles are not a nuisance. They are a perfectly valid, quiet, and rarely violent means of transportation.

Cars and trucks, on the other hand, are like the AR-15s of the freeway. Maybe, just maybe, we should take a moment and reflect on how many deaths they have caused.

[kirbzy]

The last image is the cross section fo Culver and Walnut in Irvine, CA. This is one the largest and most successful Company Towns in the world – almost entirely owned by Irvine Company – with a population of over 100,000 citizens. Irvine Company also owns a large portion of the neighboring city of Newport Beach which contains some of the countries wealthiest zip codes (multiple in the top 10)

This image also belies how beige the city is.

Also the owner of Irvine Company likes to fly his helicopter around to check on all of his property. Probably to make sure that there's no vibrant colors or fun to be had in Beigeville.

Also that's a new Ioniq 6 in the turn lane.

Buckle up, European and Foreigner Tumblypoos, because I'm about to learn you a thing about AMERICA.

You see these delectable motherflippers? These are called STATES. You stupid foreigners might not be able to wrap your head around this, but basically they're administrative subdivisions of the country.

And here's the thing: They are totally heckin' different from each other! For instance, New York:

Looks TOTALLY DIFFERENT from Kansas:

And they both look TOTALLY different from California!

So before you make fun of an American for not knowing where tiny third-world countries like "Check Republic" or "South Korea" are, maybe think about how much we have to learn about the unique regional differences in our OWN country. Maybe you should think about AMERICA more.

[inbabylontheywept]

so my highschool was huge, and for god knows what reason, cross country was super popular. at my highschool of maybe 6000 kids we have close to 750 cross country runners. we needed four or five busses to take us to meets. it was absolutely fucking insane.

anyway, i have this core memory of us running as this big, thundering herd down the main stroad of my hometown, and this one car had inched up pretty far past the stop sign to try and see around the car, and the guy leading our group decided, for god knows what reason, to open this big car's passenger door, scooch across the back three seats, and pop out the other side.

but then the guy behind him did the same, and we all just decided, why not, so we all did, and there was this old guy yelling at us but he couldn't just pull away because there was this unending 750 person long conga line of overheated hyperventilating sweat slick scrawny mormon kids slithering all over his leather seats and if hed tried to pull away at any point after the first guy he'd have kidnapped at least three of em.

for bonus points this guy lived in the area, and every time we ran past him he'd just lay on the horn, but to get back at him wed run into neighborhoods that we saw him enter and wed make these giant congo lines at crosswalks and shit just to fuck with him. we tormented that man.

[caninetofive]

We all hate traffic

But nothing about driving is worse than traffic while waiting for a chance to make an unprotected left

[realbacchus]

Learning about stroads makes me want to bite tear and maim

[theeeveetamer]

Don't mind me, just dropping a link to a YT channel that is seriously amazing at presenting information about why walkable cities are literally the greatest thing ever on every single level. Financial impact, social impact, health impact, climate impact, safety impact, you name it. It's super digestible, easy to understand, and now you can educate everyone you know about Stroads in the hopes that it will fuel the political action necessary to rebuild our cities to be livable for people :)

i love you walkable cities i love you pedestrian-centered infrastructure i love you bikeshares i love you free public transit i love you separated bike lanes i love you mixed-use urbanism i love you car-free streets

[newfruits]

im not psychically and spiritually strong enough to withstand the noise of the infamous st patricks day street parties.... its 8pm and im hearing ppl outside now.... its only just begun

[yourfavehatesstroads]

Rasmodius from Stardew Valley hates stroads

[rouxlz-kaard]

Just waded through a puddle that went up to my knees. I hate this city

[elektroskopik]

Cars are basically AR-15s. More people are watching YouTube and other shit on their phones WHILE driving. Like, distracted driving is as bad as drunk driving. Just focus on the road. Too many pedestrians have been killed and more are being killed each year because of dangerous drivers, and bad civil engineering.

man I realize that changes in road design could make huge differences in the numbers of crashes & traffic fatalities and solely blaming people for driving badly shifts the focus away from changes that really need to be made to the way we approach driving as a society. but also. and I am not being hyperbolic at all. people are not at all conscious of how fucking dangerous driving a car is and I think if you get caught driving drunk, blowing through red lights, speeding in areas with pedestrians, you should get your license taken away for the rest of your life and never be allowed to drive again

[venomphilter]

something has shifted in the wind i fear -_-

[snail-friend]

Watching YJ-s1e13 (Alpha Male) despite WHAT IF HE'S CRINGE instincts making me wary on the rewatch and I'm pleasantly surprised he's. NOT badly written. Like this is a Captain Marvel who's Mature. Who listens and responds and doesn't take orders but accepts them where needed. He gives advice calmly, without patronising tones, and it's pretty well received. Rambling under the cut!

Cool as FUCK punching with lightning (could've been the tech getting destroyed BUT ITS LIGHTNING PUNCH TO ME) He gets caught by stepping into a trap while aiming to free Tawny(?) AND THAT IS VERY BILLY. but how the fuck that trap work to take down such a guy as the cap. gravity field??

Poor guy looks so stunned...

He doesn't know what the hell has happened. Maybe even what form he is, until he speaks. He's calm but his words are clipped and short- he's still scared.

Love how fucking TIRED of the bullshit he looks. Like. Man you ugly tho bro don't give me that facelift. And he KNOWS almost no weapon can break his skin so he's just. Stuck here while Brain fucks around he thinks.

AND THEN TAWNY FUCKING DECKS THE BASTARD HELL YEAH

Aqualad: You're not coming back with us???? Cap: Nah, gotta fly!

Hmmm Fawcett shots. So Billy (or at least Dudley?) lives in a 3-4 tier residential area on a stroad? Pretty high end of middle class to me, ngl, would've expected cheaper. At least coming from the UK. Like how it resembles the shots of The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)'s intro sequence! LOVE the way he comes in through the fully open window lmfao. Only in America. (I wonder if its top opening or door like?)

Captain Marvel in a normal house is so funny to see. I like how ABSOLUTELY UNPHASED Dudley is by him in 'work clothes' akjhdkjashd. ALSO. The lightning comes from within him it looks like? I'm sticking to orbital divine laser for him in my head. More funny. And makes indoor transformations a bit tougher!

Also... that's him that's my boy! THAT'S THE LIL GUY! He yawns and goes to bed right away. Eepy beepy needs his sleepy without the stamina of atlas. Maybe even because of it? Does being cap tire him out here???