• MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Is he suggesting that playing in the streets was something he used to do before the advent of cars? Like there were all that roads everywhere with kids just playing on them willy nilly, until one day Henry Ford met General Motor and said, “You know what we oughta do with all these fuckin’ roads?” And ever since then, kids haven’t been able to play on them any more?

    Is that the version of history we’re pedaling here?

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      3 months ago

      Even if it were historically accurate, look at the absolutely depressing statement that makes it : I had to give up playing in the street to make way for cars, that’s just the way it is.

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      3 months ago

      I don’t know if using pedalling vs peddling was intentional, but it was funny

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        3 months ago

        Roads have been around for thousands of years, but not really the type of roads he’s talking about. Especially since he doesn’t remember them before cars anyway.

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        3 months ago

        Neither is fucking Jensen Huang, the car was invented over 100 years ago for fuck’s sake.