Doesn’t understand rotation of an object. Drives a cubic ton of metal on wheels in the streets.
My only thought as to why this could occur is that either the person is intoxicated or has some sort of cognitive issue like dementia OR that it was deliberately done as a sketch to make a viral video. The former are scary to think about. I can understand a “normal” person making this mistake once or twice, but the fact that it’s continuous and repeated would lead toward impairment.
I immediately thought this is a person on opiates.
Source: saw my mother do this when I was young.
I’m really sorry to hear :(
Appreciate it but luckily it was like 30 years ago.
Drives a cubic ton of metal
What’s a cubic ton?
Is that like making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs?
It’s a poor translation on my part.
Cubic tonne of metal would probably make more sense. But there is nothing cubic really in a car so I don’t know why I choose this wording.
As far as I know an heavy car is close to 1000Kg which is a Tonne in the metric system.
Cubic is a measure of volume, not mass.
Cubic isn’t a measure at all, it’s a shape.
I don’t think I said it was a mass.
I meant cubic as in cube shaped?
Super pedantic edit:
Now that I think about it cubic isn’t really a measure of volume :
“cubic” on its own is not a measure of volume. It is an adjective that describes something related to a cube or three-dimensional space, but it requires a unit of length to provide a meaningful measure of volume.
A cubic metre of water weighs a tonne.
I’m just noticing that metre is the correct spelling in English.
Isn’t “meter” the commonly used translation?
I realize it must not be commonly used anyway with the imperial system being used in the US.
“Meter" and “metre” are both correct spellings of the word that refers to a unit of measurement in the metric system:
“Meter” is the preferred spelling in American English, while “metre” is preferred in British English and other forms of English outside the United States.
In India, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (75 to 25). In the Philippines, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (100 to 0). In Canada, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32). In Australia, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32).
What’s your point?
If fresh water, at sea level, under certain barometric conditions and a temperature of 4 degrees, at the equator.
Yknow we could just be seeing an extreme bout of dyslexia in a tired person.
I don’t like your new year resolution…
Yall never worked in trades and saw the group dyslexic figure east was west, north was south, write shit backwards until the coffee got to his brain and things reverted to normal/reality. Can’t even argue with them because they make rational sounding statements that are half batshit, but, they are 100 percent sure on until they get to be old dyslexics and recognize the tells from what others are saying.
The fact that someone that stupid is allowed to drive.
And too stupid to realise the hoses are designed to reach the other side of the car here too.
I don’t know about where you live, but very few stations where I am have hoses long enough to do this. I think costco pumps are the only ones I’ve seen that are long enough.
Here in the midlands they’re mounted up high and have decent reach. The Shell ones pull out and retract too.
Fancy! I still don’t know why every pump doesn’t do it, it would make too much sense.
She’s just going to drive away with it anyway.
This person should not be allowed to operate a vehicle ever
I’ve been practicing driving with a person who shouldn’t drive. She has no feeling for the car, i. e. doesn’t understand how you would correct your position, drive in reverse etc., and it feels like she’s asleep with her eyes open. Imo driving is a constant stream of decisions and she just doesn’t make any. “Why are we driving here?” - “I’ve been looking for somewhere to turn around.” - “We’re passing suitable locations every 3 seconds and you’re going 50.” - “I can’t decide in time which to use.”
She’s afraid to go the speed limit, highways are off limits. The other day she just straight up drove out into an intersection from a yield side without breaking and stopped in the middle. I warned her it was coming, there were signs and everything. She doesn’t know the speed limit when it’s always very clearly signed. She doesn’t read directions and can’t navigate by herself; “if I say nothing, go straight, or right if straight is not an option” is forgotten after 5 minutes. She’s been driving with an instructor (which I am not) for 20 lessons and we’ve gone at least ten times, too.
Having a society that’s designed so everyone has to drive is absurd.
I mean sometimes you just have to admit someone is dumb or has a specific deficiency and move on.
I’m pretty sure I have some deficiencies, but I’m lucky I got to learn pretty young on a farm. I’m torn between wanting to advocate kids have access to like go kart tracks at school vs funding more public transit and walkable communities, as someone else said. Both would be dope tho
Protip look at fuel gage you’ll see a symbol telling you which side ◀️⛽ Sadly modern technology can only take us so far
Not in every car though. My car doesn’t have this. (Opel Meriva A)
I’ve seen it where the side of the pump that the hose is on in the symbol acts like an arrow, any possibility that’s it?
Yes, I think it’s possible.
Nifty. An opel insignia would… At least if it had a Buick badge.
My wife’s hyundai has two and each has an arrow going a different direction. Gets me every time because my car has the fill hole on the passenger side and hers is on driver side so I always look down at the arrow.
One I guess has the arrow to the right to signify how much gas is left and the other has an arrow to the left to say what side the pump is on but they are both the same icon
FILL HOLE
People like this are why I support walkable communities and convenient, free mass transit.
We should strive for the least common denominator :-/
When it comes to accessibility, yes
Sorry I also don’t want to interact with this person on foot, or in a store, or be behind her at self checkout, or watch her use a tablet to order food. I would prefer to never have to think about someone with this level of brain activity. I also don’t want them to vote.
Fun fact, just hitting the down arrow without a response just puts you in silent solidarity with someone who is so stupid they can’t figure out how to
pump gasalign two objects within 8 ft of each other :)Welcome to life, where occasionally you deal with things you don’t want to. I do hope you never experience a similar situation, but if you do, I hope it is handled with compassion.
Oh hey a response. I don’t really get what your response has to do with anything, but you used words so good for you!
Your entire point, in the context of my message, is “sometimes life isn’t perfect”?
For my part, I sincerely hope you never reach the mental state where you think you can drive a car but in fact can’t align two objects within 8 feet of each other. Because that’s sad, and deserving of compassion from people who care about you.
I will have open solidarity with that person, thank you very much. Society should accommodate everyone. If it can’t, it’s a bad society.
And if you can’t tolerate people like this existing, you’re a bad person, and I don’t want anything to do with you.
I feel bad for her - because that’s got to be dementia or something - but she shouldn’t be driving.
probably just booze and pills
Some people were never meant to operate machinery of any kind, much less machines physically larger than they are.
Like, don’t even let this person touch a lawnmower.
Am I the only one who did pump fuel perfectly fine from the “wrong side”?
Usually the hose is long enough to do it safely as long as the car is not too behind the pump.
In the Miata community, it’s called “Doing The Thing.”
Meanwhile Triumph TR4 is like, “What do you mean which side?”
There’s a station near me with hoses that are long enough to do that with most vehicles (obviously my pickup wouldn’t fit, but every car I’ve driven is fine). But I don’t think most stations have hoses long enough to do that for anything but the smallest cars.
Just a reminder that in Europe we use normal sized cars :)
So the average car here in France can definitely fuel from the wrong side. You still need to park the car close to the pump but it works.
Now if you try to do that with a Cybertruck…
Now if you try to do that with a Cybertruck…
…Then your confusion runs considerably deeper than which side the gasoline filler door is on!
There’s no sound but all I can hear is Yakety Sax
Benny Hill screaming loudly in my head
Like a slapstick comedy 😂
I was doing Y2K updates for Quik Trip and these clerks had me crying over a story about a drunk guy doing this. The shit convenience store clerks see, Jesus those guys were funny.
The legends say she is still circling the pump to this day.
No spatial awareness. Absolutely none.
I have met people who have zero ability for 3D visualisation. I’m thinking this is one of those cases, plus a small panic after the second try.
