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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 208 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

You can pick up a coffee mug with a $9.99 price tag, then be asked to pay $10.74 at the register. The German mind cannot comprehend this

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 115 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Not any sane mind can comprehend this.

[–] DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can comprehend it, but I'm certainly not happy about it

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not only can Americans comprehend it, they actively choose for it to be this way. Macys tried to switch to straight forward pricing and it did not go well for them so they switched back to their bs sales.

[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Imo it would only work here if everyone does it at the same time and if it’s implemented by legislation enforcing it. If one company does it, their competitors can take advantage of the perceived differences.

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

I stopped off in Oregon once for some McDonald's. My total ended up being $8.00 exactly and I let out a little smile and told the cashier 'wow perfect, what are the chances'

She looked at me like I was an idiot, and I learned some things about Oregon that day.

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 163 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

American here, I have no problem with them. There was a roundabout nearby in my city. When they unleashed it, the first driver brave enough to traverse it swerved off the road and died on the spot. It caused such a scene that the next 3 cars watching entered the wrong way and started to pile up. More cars piled up over the coming weeks, it couldn't be taped off because the city service workers were unfortunately not Europeans and also could not traverse the labyrinth, they too piled up and died of starvation. Eventually it collapsed into a singularity under its growing weight (Americans are fat, so it was over the Chandrasekhar limit), cars add into the eternal swirl each day and emanate slowly as Hawking radiation. It's quite beautiful to see.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (3 children)

for a country who's core values is Car, they suck at driving

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Our core value is taking necessary services and pricing them like a luxury.

Spread everything out really far, get rid of public transit, and, since everybody still needs a license to drive your expensive cars, make the driving test super easy to pass so almost everybody can drive. Boom, 1.2 passengers per car and nobody can actually drive them well.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago

Yep. This person gets it. The auto and gasoline industry basically ruined the environment and our culture so a few select people can make a few $$$.

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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Our core value isn't Car, it's "individual freedom, especially at the cost or inconvenience of others". It just so happens that Car aligns pretty well with that

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[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

you don't have to be smart to drive, we made sure of that.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (10 children)

How can one be too stupid to use a roundabout?

[–] Wolf 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't think it's a matter of 'can't figure it out' as much as 'don't like change'. We've been putting roundabouts in my shithole state and the number of people who complain about them boggles the mind. They will successfully navigate them, but they'll whinge about it the whole time.

This happened to me just the other day as I was chauffeuring some good old boy around. Mind you he wasn't even driving, but still had to let it be known that he disapproved. There was no traffic so I barely had to slow down to navigate the intersection and his input was "I hate these things, they just slow you down!". I tried pointing out that if it had been a 4-way stop we would have had to stop, so it was actually faster this way. I don't know if he was immune to logic or just unwilling to admit that something that was different than what he was used to had a benefit, but he just repeated that he hated them, so I dropped the subject.

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[–] Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 97 points 1 week ago (2 children)

>my citizens in Cities:Skylines

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You’ve never heard of NASCAR. We are good at turning left for hours on end.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You've been turning right since at least '80...and you started far on the right already.

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[–] evergreen@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As an American, I can ride my mobility scooter for 74 hours and still be in Walmart. Comprend that.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really wanna know what they put in to Google to make it spit out that time estimate.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 27 points 1 week ago

Probably a scripted route.

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've started using traffic circles in my state. They work sooo much better than traffic lights at intersections.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Roundabouts are even better.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 34 points 1 week ago

Gas is expensive over here.

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[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 week ago

Mr bean, is that you?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

American here, you can absolutely drive at least one more hour than that. Idiots.

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Look kids, big ben! Parliament!

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (13 children)

2,219km is only 1,378mi… that’s about the distance from the southern tip of California to the top of Washington State. Not even the width of the US.

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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How to correct (or exacerbate) uneven tire wear:

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Drive around the other way at night when nobody sees it.

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[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You can fit 74 Germanys inside a Texas roundabout. The European mind cannot comprehend this.

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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

do germans move their cars like the flintstones or how do they manage to have fuel/battery for 74hrs?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Two words: German Efficiency

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[–] GreenCrunch 14 points 1 week ago

Since you're in a roundabout, you just need a large funnel into the gas tank. Every time around, someone standing at the side pours a bit of fuel in while you pass, so you get a splash of fuel per lap!

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[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

America's been adopting roundabouts in the last decade.

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