Didn't want to inconvenience anyone
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A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o'clock one evening from his son who hadn't turned up home.
"Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?"
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat... but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn't pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
"I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me... and when he didn't, I just sat and waited until the end of the line".
Poor soul.
As someone who has grown up with social anxiety, this easily could've been something that happened to me...
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Except it doesn't, you got the implication wrong. If I say "Astronauts sometimes eat apples" that does not imply that all people who eat apples are astronauts. The statement can still be true even if some/most people who miss their exits are not good drivers.
You're focusing on the wrong part. If I say "astronauts never eat oranges" then that implies that if someone eats an orange (misses an exit), they are not an astronaut (are NOT a bad driver).
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When you have all the time I the world to switch but suddenly the wanna be Nascar drivers show up in the last mile before the off ramp and box you in.
That's the plot of Cars
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it doesn't say that at all.
it said that good drivers SOMETIMES miss their exits.
it did not say ALL good drivers miss their exits. it did not even say that ALL good drivers sometimes miss their exits. it said that there are times where good drivers miss their exit. there's no imperative.
even if you want to be the most pedantic person on this autism boat of a website; in this case you're just plane wrong.
It says bad drivers never miss their exits.
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I used to think the same before I tried driving in California (European btw) and the left lane WAS AN EXIT???
Yeah there's quite a few of those in Texas as well.
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When you have all the time I the world to switch but suddenly the wanna be Nascar drivers show up in the last mile before the off ramp and box you in.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Practically everyone trying to make a right hand turn at the intersection where my apartment is. You have exactly 1.5 miles to get into the right lane, but 90% of drivers wait until they get right to the turn, with 5% getting in the lane well ahead of time and the last 5% turning from the straight lane around the little pedestrian island thing instead of actually using the right hand turn lane.
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I love memes that celebrate and encourage gross incompetence. If you cannot drive, please, do not drive. This is a public service announcement.
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Where I live, it's illegal to pass on the right, and anywhere else it is more dangerous because it's unexpected.
Keep off the passing lane unless you are passing another vehicle.
I never cruise in the passing lane, ever. It's a major pet peeve of mine. If I'm not passing anyone, I'm as far right as possible.
Unfortunately literally nobody else does this in my town. They drive side-by-side and then get upset when I try to go around. Going the speed limit does not give you the right to block traffic, assholes. Drives me insane.
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you have no idea how much of a-hole you sound right here. do you drive a white bmw by any chance??
wrote last edited by [email protected]Huh? How does changing lanes to pass someone make me an asshole? That's what passing lanes are for! Please explain. I don't understand these downvotes.
And no I don't drive a BMW. I think they're ugly, especially in a boring color like white (except for the Z series, and even those still have the ugly BMW grille).
No. I prefer Asian vehicles. I drive a 350Z Roadster Touring 6MT w/the DE engine in Daytona Blue.
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it doesn't say that at all.
it said that good drivers SOMETIMES miss their exits.
it did not say ALL good drivers miss their exits. it did not even say that ALL good drivers sometimes miss their exits. it said that there are times where good drivers miss their exit. there's no imperative.
even if you want to be the most pedantic person on this autism boat of a website; in this case you're just plane wrong.
How many times did you get dropped on your head as a child?
in this case you're just "plane" wrong
Oh, you're just American
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Yeah, but that saying is absolutely brain dead, because if you take it literally it states anyone that has ever missed their exit is a good driver, which clearly isn't true
false dichotomy. There are not strictly "good drivers" and "bad drivers", there are also "okay" drivers.
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There are some stops where the bus always stops, and others where you have to signal the driver to stop (known as request stops). You will typically find the first kind in high density areas like cities, and the other in suburbs or in the countryside (there are even "stop areas" in some very rural places, where the driver officially must stop anywhere along it when asked).
The same applies to trains too, although request stops are not as common as they are for buses (and I don't know of any stop areas for trains)
there are even “stop areas” in some very rural places, where the driver officially must stop anywhere along it when asked
In my city late night buses do this anyway, even in areas where the daytime route uses mostly request stops.
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Honestly, I think what he got lambasted for was almost innocent compared to all the other #metoo stuff.
I'm pretty sure what he did was, at the time, under the guise of a consensual sex act that the other party agreed to. Now of course there is a power imbalance and he admitted as much (His statement is here) but I found it pretty mild compared to all the wild shit happening and that happened.
I'll admit it's gross and he did abuse his power over those women but he owned up to it and was honest. Huge difference between jerking off with someone watching/participating and actually raping someone though and that distinction is important.
I'mma be honest, when I read @[email protected]'s comment, I forgot all about the sex thing. It was because he's part of that group of boomer/Xer comedians who hate the idea that comedians should maybe not punch down. Who might be generally liberal in their politics (or at least have started out that way), but who manage to become beloved by the right because of making fun of trans people, and who double down when called out.
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Practically everyone trying to make a right hand turn at the intersection where my apartment is. You have exactly 1.5 miles to get into the right lane, but 90% of drivers wait until they get right to the turn, with 5% getting in the lane well ahead of time and the last 5% turning from the straight lane around the little pedestrian island thing instead of actually using the right hand turn lane.
for anyone else wondering, ℅ is a "care of" sign and is apparently used in writing addresses on envelopes.
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A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o'clock one evening from his son who hadn't turned up home.
"Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?"
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat... but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn't pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
"I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me... and when he didn't, I just sat and waited until the end of the line".
Poor soul.
How many of us haven't actually done that but feel like we should have?
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I hate when the info saying what lane goes where is showed last moment, always makes me stressed
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Huh? How does changing lanes to pass someone make me an asshole? That's what passing lanes are for! Please explain. I don't understand these downvotes.
And no I don't drive a BMW. I think they're ugly, especially in a boring color like white (except for the Z series, and even those still have the ugly BMW grille).
No. I prefer Asian vehicles. I drive a 350Z Roadster Touring 6MT w/the DE engine in Daytona Blue.
I'm not sure I understood you. Do you pass people on the faster lane, or on their blind-spot slower lane? Do you pass people already driving the speed limit? Do you give slower drivers the chance to switch to the slower lane before you go around them? and nothing personal man it's all cool lol
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for anyone else wondering, ℅ is a "care of" sign and is apparently used in writing addresses on envelopes.
wrote last edited by [email protected]How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I'm assuming the person you're responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @[email protected] lol
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A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o'clock one evening from his son who hadn't turned up home.
"Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?"
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat... but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn't pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
"I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me... and when he didn't, I just sat and waited until the end of the line".
Poor soul.
I can’t say I’ve never done almost exactly that
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