just drop people in, fast commute!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
what about a pneumatic tunnel that shoots people around without a vehicle
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
Or better yet, shoot people out to space!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
shoot them to mars
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
seems like all of this could be done more easily with rope and elbow grease
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
a sling shot
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
I was thinking a rope and pulley system, but that could probably be enhanced with sling shot modules
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
a paternoster lift, but for cars
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
(i didn't mean paternoster, did i. what's the one where you step on and off every floor?)
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
That’s just a standard pre-bedtime routine to ward off spirits, I think
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
― koogs, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 9:14 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― koogs, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 9:19 AM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
that's a paternoster
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
i called him a dumb fuck yesterday and it kinda blew up, had to mute the convo before the stans got there
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
Elon Musk-rats are some weird fucks
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Kinda wish he'd get hit by a truck and have Guy Fieri bake him into some new Flavortown concoction
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:35 PM (forty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
You’re not going to solve the problem by insisting that people use a form of transportation that is objectively less convenient than cars.— Regyptian Slut (@RegyptianStrut) September 16, 2020
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
markets determine correctness; if there are enough rich people who want to drive, they should be allowed to turn the city into a honking traffic sewer for everybody else, there are no other options
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
The car is so convenient there must be tunnels under other tunnels to conduct them.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
(a cursory glance at google was giving me a doorless lift that moved in a continuous loop and went over the top as a paternoster. not what i was after. which they used in mines...)
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
fuck cars. yeah, now and then I like going for a drive, but one of the things I love about visiting NYC is that I don't gotta rent one, the subways are easy to navigate, cheap, and hey, it's part of the experience.
all we have in Florida is the terrible Lynx bus system and the very limited SunRail. I wish I didn't have to drive.
but it's more important to get somewhere at 1:18 pm than a subway getting you there at 1:25 pm
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
lmao i love the idea that we can tackle climate change without any sacrifice convenience
clearly the best way to combat climate change it to keep pumping out $80,000 luxury sedans
serious question: is Tesla as a company even carbon neutral??
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
the car is so convenient, all it asks of us is the melting of the polar ice caps by its byproducts, decades of murderous imperialist policy to provide its fuel, the complete transformation of landscapes at a continental scale to create markets for it, and ongoing mass death caused by its operation by barely-trained amateurs. until you can answer to that unprecedented level of convenience, then *shrug* i guess there's a reason they call elon a genius and YOU'RE a nobody!!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
I really believe that people who think “cars are convenient” have literally never had the chance to live anywhere that’s walkable, with limited parking and decent public transportation. Cars are astoundingly inconvenient and expensive to boot.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
cars are in almost every way a huge pain in the ass
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Cars are fun to drive, that’s about it
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
most of the time theyre not even fun youre just trying to get somewhere in a deadly machine that you control and theres a ton more deadly machines around too, and dont even get me started on parking!!
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
I own a car I bought before moving to a city, and when I even remember that it exists I mostly hope someone steals it
― rob, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
h8 cars so fkin muchh8 car cultureh8 how everyone in a car culture intense place talks about cars
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
h8 old cars, new carsh8 car showsalso driving is so painful and hard on your body
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
last point so otm, I used to love driving when I was young and supple.
I would gladly sit on a bus for 30mins extra just to not have to deal with the sustained adrenaline-pumping stress of urban driving; hell even taking a cab/car can be terrifying
― rob, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
i have a hooptie right now so that probably has something to do with it but i swear more people drive like maniacs now than ever. feels like constantly dodging bullets out there!
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
what we absolutely need is dark tunnels full of computer controlled cars with nothing to anchor perspective, definitely the way forward
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
working from home has been such an unexpected joy, and a big part of that is no longer wasting 30 minutes a day on a highway, and saving $80 a month (at least) in gas.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
save on wear n tear too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
NB I still read Jalopnik and can’t wait for The Grand Tour to come out with more episodes. I hate cars too but I’m drawn to single-minded enthusiasts of all stripes (also see: me still reading The Ringer despite having stopped following any sports)
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
Lagoon I thought you liked cars these days?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
i like cars... in some ways
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
map just described the shitty climax of the shitty fourth Fast & Furious movie, maybe we just need to get Musk to watch some of the other ones and we can look forward to new Teslas tuned up for "drifting"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 September 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
it's called Fast & Fourious, you're welcome
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 17 September 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
i also hate cars and cannot drive. but i've spent lockdown watching literally hindreds of episodes of Wheeler Dealers, Fantomworks, Fast and Loud, Misfit Garage etc.
― koogs, Thursday, 17 September 2020 12:18 (three years ago) link
Left lagoon, right me
added a couple updates in response to feedback pic.twitter.com/YKMUqQpttC— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw) September 17, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 17 September 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
left caek right me
https://i.imgur.com/JTEx4x6.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 September 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
lmao I can't get this out of my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSJORwb134
― frogbs, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
I saw the Starlink for the first time last week on a clear sky, and it must have been the big one because this thing stretched *far* across the sky. Looked like an armada of spaceships invading, quite something, wasn't expecting the satellites to be so close together.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 08:54 (three years ago) link
@BoringPrufrock @BoringLoopLV @boringcompany this scenario shows 12pax AEV arriving every 6 seconds at a station with 5mph speed and 40s average dwell time per bay. Its a bit chaotic but the whole LVCC Loop system does end up moving 21,600 people per hour. pic.twitter.com/4dZUESsrXL— Phil Harrison (@phlhr) November 14, 2020
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Comments have been counting the number of people run over in this simulation.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
what if I got in on the wrong side of the car when I was picked up - do I have to scoot across the seat to get out, or get murdered by the next car in line?
now, what if all the cars were connected, and moved in sync between some sort of "station" built for unloading them? just a thought.
― vcrash, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
Why not just invent teleporting pods instead of wasting time with these cars.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
lol nice simulation good work
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
my friend has a Tesla and he took me inside.
i was converted into digital data.
fuck
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
at the end of this the bottom car disgorges like 20 people
― a certain derecho (brownie), Monday, 30 November 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link