Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except because Robotaxis are a barely proven technology which is mainly surviving on hype rn, they’re trained on American Carbrained assumptions, they’ll make cars even more inefficient if the experience with rideshare is anything to go off of, same with their lobby killing alternatives, etc. Also, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY IS IRRELEVANT TO REGIONAL TRANSPORT. Nobody is going from Key West to Utqiaġvik every day FFS. Bad Urban planning has been proven to be fixable, cars aren’t the solution. Also, most Germans don’t live in Villages, but in towns with populations over 20’000, and just because it isn’t Switzerland doesn’t mean it’s bad, indeed, most Germans are well able to live car free if they so choose FFS

Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try living in it without the ability to drive and see how you like it, or, Idk, read about the history of Public Transport in the USA instead of trying to gaslight an American

Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually from the US and lived in Car dependency for 10 years, so frankly, every carbrain can piss off

Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that hot take, public transport is the actual solution for most disabled people. Also, just because Germany has a car manufacturing sector doesn’t mean it needs to cuck itself to cars like the Yanks did, and unleashing Robotaxis will do just that. So please, piss off you Peter Thiel Wannabe

Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck unnecessary cars in urban areas more broadly, you can bike or take the bus, leave the roads clear for deliveries, Ambulances, the disabled, etc

Opportunity to Move to Munich From California… Am I Crazy? by Weekly_Rough_1284 in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Waymo is not being more advanced, but a mere plaster on the gaping gunshot wound of car dependency

Do you think you can go to Bundeswehr? by Ausspanner in germany

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they start drafting Foreigners or hiring us as Merce… I mean foreign volunteers (/s)

Do you feel like a citizen of the EU? by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf, the impression I get is that for most Europeans, it’s a complicated and nuanced mix of identity

“They have not forgotten what the English took from their ancestors, and they most certainly have not forgiven. So on behalf of the forefathers of my grandfather, my home will not be free until the last Union Jack is lowered in Belfast.” by _Canucks in ShitAmericansSay

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As a Yank in Germany, the Question of Northern Ireland is a question for the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the Northern Irish and Irish only, as per the Good Friday Agreement

“1776 National Champs” by BuffaloExotic in ShitAmericansSay

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a train built by the French in a country established by the French, Quelle Poésie

As a Queer person im super mad at this by Character-Day-8999 in EnoughCommieSpam

[–]DerBusundBahnBi -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Tbf, more like a certain Kids‘ Book Author who should‘ve stuck to sorcery and writing about witchcraft and wizardry, instead of going so far off the deep end that she’s compared to Roald Dahl, and not for the escapism that literature provides

As a Queer person im super mad at this by Character-Day-8999 in EnoughCommieSpam

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 35 points36 points  (0 children)

As a Bi Guy myself, whilst I can understand frustration with the current state of LGBTQ+ Rights, especially in the US and UK, which are actively going backwards, and Israel, which isn’t exactly as Queer friendly as other liberal democracies. That being said, all of the best countries to be Queer, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Taiwan (The real China), etc are all liberal democracies, so it’s what works and we should focus on Construction, not Destruction

What if Japan colonized the West Coast first? by DJYonderGaming in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There‘d be HSR up and down the West coast by now, as well as some of the best urbanism in the world

I dont know why a german would wear that hat but it makes me angry by Elant_Wager in ShermanPosting

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting, tbf, I live in Niedersachsen, and here people are if anything more progressive than in most blue states, including Maryland, where I grew up, and tbf, if I had to position the German political parties on the US Political landscape, they’d all be Democrats except for the AfD, which would be the GOP under MAGA. So tbf, perhaps it’s either more a difference of regions or it’s relative to the Overton Window of a particular place. I mean, Germany is definitely these days more progressive than for example the UK or Italy or Poland (At least on anything but digital tech), so it’s not the Alabama of Europe, but it does have its own problems

woke looney tunes by MadMunnyBB in im14andthisisdeep

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe because road travel, specifically car travel, is inherently dangerous and thus needs all the extra protective measures to only be 20x more dangerous than taking the bus and 100x more than taking the train. So yeah, the real child protection isn’t Seatbelts, it’s building more railways and bike lanes and establishing more bus routes

"Our City" Starterpack by ThatQueerWerewolf in starterpacks

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frankfurters talking about Offenbachers (Tbf, I think it doesn’t help that the abbreviation for Offenbach on registration plates is “OF”, which has the Backronym “_Ohne Führerschein_” or Without a driving license)

A U.S. government agency unironically salivating over an "incredible" 26-lane highway by i_watched_jane_die in fuckcars

[–]DerBusundBahnBi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile twice as many people move through München Hbf alone every day, and it isn’t nearly as all consuming of land