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Pretty sure I’ve never seen anyone properly explain humor, even humor everyone in the conversation gets. But thanks for expressing it’s not for you.

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Interesting

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I’m not sure how much my brother costs, but the three of us brothers were running across the top of monkey bars and jump kicking each other. I kicked my youngest brother off and he busted his head on the ground. It’s ~40 years later and he still has the scar on the back of his head.

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Oh wow, yeah I see that now. Oops!

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Oh damn, Sync was giving me errors and I couldn’t see it post. I need another app…

BallShapedMan OP ,
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I’ll give it another go. Last year when I tried it, I wasn’t where I wanted it to be yet.

BallShapedMan OP ,
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My mother in law too! Does she have an intense desire to cover everything in ketchup too?

BallShapedMan OP ,
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They might be related then, mine does that too lol.

And that’s great to hear you’ve got a good relationship with them.

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Best reply yet lol!!!

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Took the picture at a red light. Though I would have followed him for a while to get to a red light to get the picture.

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😆

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This episode was pretty great!

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Traffic (the book) says most Americans merge into traffic wrong when lanes reduce (from say 3 lanes to 2 lanes for example.)

The right way is waiting until you are at the very end of the lane that’s reducing. When that happens up to 60% more cars per hour get through the bottle neck in heavy traffic and accidents resulting in killed or serious injury are reduced by up to 80%.

Bottom line having multiple entry points in a queue with multiple slow down points due to the multiple entry points is the cause of the reduced performance with the way most Americans do it.

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I read this wrong… Let me see if I can find one.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/091264bd-fcc9-44bc-a424-dd7776e4fd7a.jpeg

This gives you an idea. Nothing special about the lane, it’s like a lane anywhere else. We just overall merge early and at random distances causing chaos.

BallShapedMan ,
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Exactly… Now I’m armed with some data. I look forward to the next interaction.

BallShapedMan ,
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I try to be a patient and understanding person, and I hope that person stubs their toe, and right as it’s about to heal they stub it again, and on and on until death.

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Agreed! Though the book says multiple studies find people who leave 2 seconds or more are more likely to rear end someone. While the studies didn’t identify why it was hypothesized people who most often leave 2 seconds practice distracted driving. I know the last time I was rear ended my rear dash cam clearly showed he has 200+ feet and didn’t look up from his phone until right before he hit me.

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I mean they aren’t increasing the KSI rate, so I disagree with that position. They may be assholes, or maybe they have a loved one dying in the hospital and are trying to get there before they die?

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The studies were done on highly congested areas. So there wouldn’t be an easy way to fit in like I imagine you mean. If it’s not congested then I bet it doesn’t matter.

As for people not letting you in the study didn’t say but I’ve not found that to be the case. People realize you are at the end of the road and just let you in overall. Not that I’ve driven everywhere mind you or that a sample size of whatever my experiences are is statistically significant. If it doesn’t freak you out too much maybe give it a shot?

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That’s interesting.

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🤣

BallShapedMan ,
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They mostly solved for that with our HOV lanes in Colorado. Some places you can’t enter or exit, some places you can enter but not exit, and others you can exit but not enter. Also merging with slow lanes instead of fast lanes. And all monitored by the people who charge for HOV lanes. Adherence looks to be pretty good overall.

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I didn’t know that term until this post

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Probably

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That’s a fair point, when driving my wife’s EV it has the fancy cruise control that leaves a good sized gap and people are always taking advantage of that.

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The pizza place was an easy 4.8 out of 5. It does not mess around!

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Totally! I drove through a town getting here where every single store in downtown was boarded up and closed. Some were in a mild state of demolishment where it looked like someone decided it wasn’t worth continuing like a decade ago and just left it as rubble.

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Duncan.

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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1d781492-035a-4ea6-94e8-d8b1318f16db.png

BallShapedMan OP ,
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My first time not just passing through just the pan handle. It’s a new experience for me.

BallShapedMan ,
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Yup, all the evidence scientists point to agree that if anything we are early to the party.

BallShapedMan ,
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For reals! Then the young races introduce themselves and we demand they dab as an introduction lol

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I’d eat it, but why is the hotdog sticking further out than the pickle?

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The thought of a hotdog smart enough to be scared is unsettling.

BallShapedMan ,
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That’s better than it being scared lol

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I’ve played through the game a few times and am at it again in VR. A good use of the $60 I probably spent for it.

BallShapedMan ,
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Is that container microwave safe?

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Our house cleaner does an amazing job!

BallShapedMan OP ,
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Good point… I should just eat the plastic container on it’s own next time 🤣

BallShapedMan OP ,
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It needs a much hotter oven…

BallShapedMan OP ,
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It’s more of a saucer than a bowl.

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Damn, impressive!

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Melted. Where the thicker area is is what’s left of the base of the bowl.

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