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[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

or the oil industry teaming up with the US government to kill off electric transportation 60+ years ago and prior to that killing off rail transportation

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one believes me when i mention that electric cars used to be a thing >100 years ago.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah but they were filled with their own contemporary brain worms. Like being presented as more feminine, while greasy... Oily... Rough... panting

Excuse me. While the dirty~ mechanical cars were marketed as the prime expression of manliness. I guess these brainworms could be even found nowadays.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Getting killed by cranking the engine was a sign of masculinity 😂 not even joking.