Jojo, Lady of the West @ Silentiea @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Oh, shit, you're right. I was looking at kilograms. Thank you.

But yeah, the point stands that small cars are lighter and safer than big cars, especially for the things they hit.

The irony is that I do, in fact, like mudkips.

I thought it was paved with being a bigot?

I'm saying smaller cars are usually lighter than bigger cars, even when the smaller cars are electric. And the car I was comparing to was the Chevrolet bolt "electric utility vehicle" that's trying to be an electric SUV. Which is 1600 kg.

Where a Ford fiesta that's almost the same size is still 1100 kg.

Edit: corrected units to kg.

Back right: half of my phone (unless I'm carrying my purse)

Purse: pencil, pen, journal (X2), book I'm reading, pocket mirror/makeup pouch, sunglasses case, portable battery, cloth mask, house keys, car keys, mini flashlight, Bluetooth headphones, wallet, phone

But they absolutely need their shiny, factory clean F-350 so they can go to the drive through and get McDonald's for dinner after picking up the kids. What, you expect them to drive a sedan? Or a minivan!?

Also, an astounding proportion of fatal pedestrian collisions happen at low-speed, close to home where these sightlines explicitly matter.

I had a student get just the worst giant diesel truck that was constantly breaking down so she could "stick it to the libs".

Girl was 18. Future of the nation?

I mean they're getting heavier, but not, like, whole number multiples heavier. An electric might be some 60% heavier than a comparable gas car. But the aforementioned hummer is more than 5 times heavier than even a heavy electric "utility vehicle". That's more than 400% heavier.

Even the small cars have been progressively getting bigger over time, it's horrible

Still pretty shitty. I.e. you're still paying more for worse care unless you're like, literally in the 1%

I mean I can hope, but it seems unlikely

In the US, every employment contract has a line where any "invention" of an employee belongs to the company, so

Thanks, I just hope my $5000 will be enough

What sounds weird? The idea that people believe the scary strangers are stealing and eating cats?

Or just the word cat sounds weird?

Basically every "tipped" job gets paid minimum wage (or below).

That sounds like interstate commerce, so any law requiring that would have to come from Congress

I was wondering what that word meant. Thanks for the context.

I can't help but read it like the name of a magic card, "The, (the) Lord of the Rings" which would make The his given name and Lord of the Rings his title.

I don't know. Probably not.

I tend not to pay a lot of attention to people like him.