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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Anons brother was at fault in the accident n deleted the footage so he wouldn't get in trouble... Assuming this isn't fake, and / or...

[–] fatboy93@lemm.ee 7 points 7 hours ago

This is why you hardwire the dashcam.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 49 points 14 hours ago

Probably for the best - since the accident was probably little bro's fault.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Who else had a older sibling buy a car for them (You) ?

My parents bought mine, which I inherited from my older siblings (we shared the third car). It was a pile of crap and was older than all of us kids. In fact, after the first and second ones died (never drove the first, only drove the second for a few months), the third (the one I used the most) cost $150...

My siblings helped me with them though, so I think it counts.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 15 hours ago

Should have given him a phone charger

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recently got an email reminder to pay for a toll via an e sticker thingamabob on my car.

Problem: My car got stolen over a year ago.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 55 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The good news is that the thief has been taking good care of your car.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 22 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] cleverusername24@lemm.ee 12 points 15 hours ago
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 47 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Well if they're lucky then their idiot brother won't be making that mistake again.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yeah, what idiot blocks the charging port (cigarette lighter) and doesn't give an alternative? That's expected behavior if you think about it at all.

Literally the first accessory I got with my dashcam was a lighter plug with 2 ports so both can be running at the same time.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Narrator: They weren't lucky.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 64 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why do they only have one working car port anyway?

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 23 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The better question is why were they using the car port? Most dashcams come with power adapters to plug into a standard fuse box and can be very easily routed through interior panels with basically no tools, no permanent modifications, and absolutely no expertise required.

Absolute worst case, a local garage will almost definitely do a fitting for less that £50 and it's worth it to avoid this exact thing happening.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Most cars, especially older ones, only have one cigarette lighter. How many cigarettes could you possibly need to light?

[–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 13 points 23 hours ago

The cigarette lighter port is not a great connector because of how big it is, and it's pretty inconsistent when it turns off between cars (never does in 2007 Škoda Fabia). I replaced the dashcam adapter's contacts with wires and installed it in the fusebox (accessible when driver door is open), branching off the headlight adjustment servo fuse. No loose cables anywhere.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago

Both of my dash cams came with a dual port adapter

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago

"lots of wattage" is debatable

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 24 points 1 day ago

As bad as this is, just be glad that the last word of the greentext isn’t “vape”

[–] MattMatt@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Yep. My fam does the same thing.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anything expensive, a kid should earn. No way to appreciate value otherwise. First car? Kid has to earn it. Doesn't matter if it's a sweetheart 0% interest loan - they need to make payments.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

This is why I give my children a bill for the past year on each birthday, starting from their first. Those deadbeat ingrates still owe me hundreds of thousands.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

That's what they get for hiring the first parents who ask for the job.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 19 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I have a friend who eventually had to go no contact with his parents because of his abusing mom. She then started trying to harass him with what looked like lawsuits to make him pay back all the money they’d spent on him over the years. Still had receipts from the Chick-fil-A they bought him for lunch when they moved him into college a decade earlier, things like that.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 13 hours ago

That's mental mental chicken oriental

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is your brain on Chick-Fil-A.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

What I never got about that chain is why a Christian fundamentalist fast food chain has a name that is essentially a sexual innuendo.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

........ok, I'm the most giggly at even the most obscure sexual references. You can't even talk about putting things in a box without me mentally giggling.

That being said....what's the innuendo?

Ha ha! In you end-o! It's buttsex!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Is it, though?