I took this awhile ago and thought maybe someone would be amused by it. I miss that car.

  • @[email protected]
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    5710 months ago

    there are a lot of adults without family.

    Also a family needs a family car and not a truck.

    • @meliaesc
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      I think, especially in remote areas of Canada, the standard family car would not be sufficient.

      • @[email protected]
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        1310 months ago

        and whats the percentage of people living in remote canada in comparison to the total population?

        • @meliaesc
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          110 months ago

          To me, a Jamaican, anywhere with snow or ice.

      • @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        This photo is taken in Toronto though, pretty much as far away from remote as you can get.

      • dontwakethetrees (she/her)
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        410 months ago

        Maybe not a Civic or Altima but I’ve seen many a Subaru go to places that a “standard family car” wouldn’t be sufficient. Without needing to be an oversized.

        Hell old jeeps are a fraction of today’s trucks and SUVs in size and could go deeper into rural territories.

    • @LemmyIsFantastic
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      Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving larger vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.

      • @beetus
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        2910 months ago

        Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving smaller vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.

        • @[email protected]
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          810 months ago

          Fuck that shit, they’re tailoring a product to someone who is not ME. This is the most grievous of sins.

        • @LemmyIsFantastic
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          010 months ago

          Where did I shame anyone? We’ve really gone full circle here.

      • @mulcahey
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        410 months ago

        TBH I don’t think we have to read these posts as shaming the driver of these cars, necessarily. We could read them as indictments of all the choices we’ve made as a society that result in poor transit options & large vehicles.

        Choices like:

        • under investment in public transit and rail
        • Regulations that encourage/subsidize SUVs
        • low density housing policies
        • And, if we’re being really honest, the racism that drives so much of American public policy

        All of these are worthy of critique and fair targets

        • @LemmyIsFantastic
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          010 months ago

          You have a far more positive outlook than me. I’ve seen quite a bit of shaming at drivers. ESPECIALLY truck drivers.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        The larger the car, the greater the externalitites (including DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE), the greater the shame.