3 things you hate about where you live.

Plankton · 12-26-2017, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

you know the stereotype that Canadians are too nice?

this is a province near me

https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/can...-too-nice.html

One of the worst driving offenses imo is the person in heavy traffic trying to prove to themselves they're a good person by waving someone through. What about the people behind the person doing the waving? They're essentially telling all of them to **** off while they sit in their little made-up bubble of superiority. They've maybe helped one person get to their destination a few seconds faster, while simultaneously adding more time to the commute for multiple people behind them.

rubber soul · 12-26-2017, 09:57 AM

I like the ones that let you go through when you need to take a left without any disregard you might get nailed by traffic going the other way.

Plankton · 12-26-2017, 10:07 AM

Common sense eludes many. Like the person who decided to stop their vehicle and talk to their friend on a corner of a busy street, making me stop behind them with the rear of my vehicle sticking out in traffic on a snowy day in VERY slick conditions as a line of cars headed my way doing 45mph. I laid on the horn for a good 30 seconds while they looked at me as if I had just murdered their children.

DwnWthVwls · 12-26-2017, 11:17 AM

1) Bad rep from stereotypes that represent a minority of the state.
2) Soo much heroin.
3) The traffic sucks, unless you're in the country.

The Batlord · 12-26-2017, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Common sense eludes many. Like the person who decided to stop their vehicle and talk to their friend on a corner of a busy street, making me stop behind them with the rear of my vehicle sticking out in traffic on a snowy day in VERY slick conditions as a line of cars headed my way doing 45mph.

As a bike rider I hate waiting to cross a road or turn for like five minutes cause the cars just keep coming, but it's almost as annoying when a car on a busy road stops to let me through when they could just keep going and be out of my way long before I'd be out of there's. Then I just feel awkward and obligated to speed up. And the ones who stop when I'm not even really close, when they would have had time to go through, pull a U-turn, pull another U-turn, and then cross in front of me again before I even got there... I just don't understand how you could be that mathematically challenged.

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I laid on the horn for a good 30 seconds while they looked at me as if I had just murdered their children.

Sounds it would've saved the world a lot of trouble.

**Frownland** · 12-26-2017, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And the ones who stop when I'm not even really close, when they would have had time to go through, pull a U-turn, pull another U-turn, and then cross in front of me again before I even got there... I just don't understand how you could be that mathematically challenged.

This actually comes down to how our minds interpret oversized objects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

Plankton · 12-26-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

As a bike rider I hate waiting to cross a road or turn for like five minutes cause the cars just keep coming, but it's almost as annoying when a car on a busy road stops to let me through when they could just keep going and be out of my way long before I'd be out of there's. Then I just feel awkward and obligated to speed up. And the ones who stop when I'm not even really close, when they would have had time to go through, pull a U-turn, pull another U-turn, and then cross in front of me again before I even got there... I just don't understand how you could be that mathematically challenged.

Sounds it would've saved the world a lot of trouble.

I bike a lot too. When that happens, I'll just give them a look while crossing as slowly as possible.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

This actually comes down to how our minds interpret oversized objects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

I blame it on genetically enhanced bad depth perception and not enough critical thinking exercises in their diet.

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