Emerald

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[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It increases the efficiency of car traffic, not moving people. It's still good engineering from a car perspective, but terrible urban design.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How so? It's a total traffic killer, in more ways than one :P

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The designer of this intersection type actually touted that island as a place where you can "beautify" the intersection with a sculpture of landscaping. Lmao

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean... the second exit is usually going straight. So that makes sense. First exit would be a right turn (or left in the UK)

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Apparently this is actually less wide compared to his original concept that served 19,000 vehicles per hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwE3GzzHIhI

21 lanes wide, however there are medians making it wider than that.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

if exercising imminent domain is on the table

It isn't. This concept was not ultimately chosen for this intersection. In fact the inventor of this concept was a pretty... interesting guy.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/04/23/greg-parsons-bomb-threat-tampa-fdot-district-7/

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

It honestly is quite amazing from an engineering standpoint but would be pretty immoral to build in real life

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I hate when I hit those children and my car slows like 20 miles per hour so I have to waste gas getting it back up to 70.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

This comment provides no value to this discussion. If you want to contribute, you should explain the big deciding difference and not just expect everyone to magically know the point you are trying to make.

 
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you are fine with being circumcised, that seems like the best possible outcome and I'm glad you are happy with your body in that way. However, many people were circumcised and are not fine with it. After all, it is a choice made for them without their consent. Also, it shouldn't matter what women prefer. It should be your body, your choice. If someone wants to get circumcised later in life, that is their choice.

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[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
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School speed limits are unnecessarily complicated. So many times I'll pass a school speed limit sign and sometimes it's just "while flashing" which is easy to understand quickly. However, other times it has in very small print conditions such as during certain times or during weekdays or even the really vague "when children present". Sometimes I won't notice all of the print before I pass the sign, so I'll just do the slower school speed limit and the driver behind me starts tailgaiting me because I'm going under the limit. So I suggest instead of having these limits be conditional school speed limits, they should just be the normal limits all the time. It wouldn't hurt people to slow down when kids aren't present, so just make the speed limit reduced all the time on roads around the school. Additionally, if this was the case, drivers would be used to going slow and wouldn't forget to slow down during school hours

 
 

Whenever I'm driving, I appreciate a good traffic delay, as long as it doesn't make me late. I tend to leave at a time where I'll be 20 minutes early if I need to be somewhere, so a modest delay for traffic just adds some extra excitement to my day. I love examining the traffic shockwaves caused by road work and such as well. I look forward to my morning traffic now that a road I drive on is a work zone.

Additionally, traffic is just super cool and human. Its the perfect balance between predictable and unpredictable. Also when I'm in really dense traffic I enjoy hanging out with all the other cars too, like I have some (very temporary) friends. and when I exit the highway, I always tell the traffic still on it "goodbye, have a nice day!" even though they can't hear me

lastly, when I get somewhere on time despite the traffic, it feels so good. It energizes me and makes me feel like I've gone on a grand adventure. Sometimes I'll even take detours through the gravel county roads and such and that makes for quite a wild adventure as these often get backed up as well when others have the same idea as me.

edit: by within reason I mean like a 10-30 minute delay. Additionally, I'm not a huge fan of congestion on roads with traffic signals, but on the motorway where we're all going 5-20 mph consistently its fun

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It has no additional flavor other than adding sweetness. I would rather have no syrup than "fake" pancake syrup (e.g. Ms Butterworths).

I much prefer maple syrup. Of course it is expensive, so the Log Cabin table syrup is a good substitute that still has actual flavor and is affordable.

Edit: Also if you still want maple flavor for cheaper, a mix of half maple and half cane works good, like the stuff at Cracker Barrel. It doesn't deserve the hate.

 

For me it's calculating. Too many people put math into their search engines and not their calculator.

 
 
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