Everyone keeps thinking this is a highway stop. Yeah no. Thats not a highway. I am pretty sure that is just a tacobell at the edge of a farm town.
So yeah apparently it couldn’t be comprehended.
I think they’re referring to people actually eating that crap
Nah. You don’t have to tip there. They’d be fine
Pacifica, CA. I went there once. They have a walk up window on the ocean side. Guess they started serving booze.
Not fair the Pacifica location is the Taj Mahal of Taco Bell.
OP image looks decent, I would send them to the Taco Bell in Kettlemen City in August for a terrible image.
Linda Mar taco bell is a whole different level. Where else can you surf a usually barely decent often closing out wave with various degrees of nasty runoff from the parking lot, 10,000 kooks, and great whites, and then take a break on a cold norcal beach drinking a boozy Baja blast freeze?
(As I type all that out I realize it doesnt sound great but honestly Linda Mar can sometimes be totally heaven on earth)
They have a full bar at this location.
What ungodly hour did they take that picture? That parking lot is always impossibly full lol.
Probably photoshopped everything out. The beach and Bell were slammed when I went as well.
That location does look somewhat nice. A pity they only sell organic waste in there.
Europe has truck stops too.
I went to one in Ireland where they sold Irish coffee and it was sublime.
Sure, but they’re on the wrong side of the road
So how do people get to them?
That works out well, I’d drive in the wrong side of the road too if I was a few Irish coffees deep!
Lol good answer
That’s not a truck stop.
Rest stop?
It’s literally just a Taco Bell
That’s just a stop. You usually see this of the side of the highway after an exit, and there will be a few other food options and gas stations available.
this one will give you food and gas!
Isn’t it just coffee then?
You Americans should see the truck stops in the Netherlands. You can have proper food and bathrooms/showers actually look nice.
Those exist here, too. The US is a very big place (your whole country is the size of a small state) with a ton of truck stops, there’s bound to be crappy ones especially in the middle of nowhere.
Not sure that’s a truck stop in the photo, though. Looks like a fast food/gas pit stop for general travelers.
I drove from UK through Germany. There were soo many rest stops, well equipped with toilets, seating, plenty of parking, sometimes ev charging - I was gobsmacked.
You guys got Buccee’s too?
You guys really do love your franchises, don’t you?
You do understand those are not necessary for a good roadtrip, right?
You say that like everyone likes them. Trust me I’ve been up and down the western states, the franchises or the worst places to stop at, always smell weird. Regardless I’m pretty sure what they’re talking about is actually a privately owned chain in the south, fuck if I know I’m from California.
Let me tell you something about America:
We have a document called the Bill Of Rights. It’s the first ten amendments to our Constitution. During the constitutional convention, the Constitution wouldn’t pass without these ten extra provisions guaranteeing rights to individuals and lower tiers of government. The First Amendment includes the rights of free speech, free press, peaceful assembly, practice of religion and petition. The second protects the right to bear arms. The fifth protects the rights of the accused. From which amendment does congress get the power to enact intellectual property law?
It’s a trick question. That’s not in an amendment, it’s in Article 1. Copyrights, patents and in this case trademarks are more foundational to society than even free speech.
I do prefer franchise or chain rest stops on a long trip, because they have an established reputation. The business owner defends their trademarks largely as a marketing exercise, to prevent competition from stealing their sales by putting the same name on the shelf. The customer wants those trademarks defended because they are powerful tools for accountability. A business does a bad job, avoid their products and services.
I’ve never gotten food poisoning from a burger chain, I have gotten food poisoning from a “proper” restaurant with a chef. I’ve never gotten contaminated gas from a Sheetz, I have gotten contaminated gas from Ma And Pa’s Kountry Kitchen. If I’m gonna drive across this nation again, I’d rather fill the car with Buccee’s gas and eat nothing but McNuggets on the way because that way I’m sure neither the car nor myself will be on the side of a Mojave highway spewing unidentifiable fluids.
It’s a trick question. That’s not in an amendment, it’s in Article 1. Copyrights, patents and in this case trademarks are more foundational to society than even free speech.
Not really. Article 1 provides a whitelist for things that the senate can regulate, which necessarily is just a big list of all sorts of crap.
And FWIW, trademarks are not remotely the same thing as copyrights or patents, no matter how much people conflate them via the term “intellectual property”. Trademarks are about preventing fraud, while copyright/patents are about encouraging innovation. In fact, you could say the job of copyrights/patents is to:
promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Trademarks are not about innovation of any sort, and are explicitly perpetual as long as the business is still using/enforcing them. This passage from Article 1 obviously doesn’t apply to trademarks.
Now, trademarks are still in Article 1, probably, via the line that says “[congress shall have power] To Regulate Commerce”. Which I will concede is part of Article 1. And by your own logic, regulating commerce is more foundational to society than Free Speech! As is punishing piracy on the High Seas, apparently.
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Good one, Billy! Show it to them commies!The second protects the right to bear arms.
No it doesn’t actually… If you read the whole thing.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
We can support gun control without resorting to language games.
That clearly states that it’s the right to bear arms that shall not be infringed. Versions ratified by the states variously lacked the commas that make it weird to a modern reading, and the right to weapons is one of the historical rights they complained of being restricted in the declaration of independence.It’s sufficient to just say that we’ll accept restrictions on the second amendment in line with the restrictions on every other enumerated right.
A well-regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
–the whole thing.
And what are you doing as a well regulated militia, necessary for the security of a free state?
You owning a shotgun while sitting on your couch isn’t well regulated, or security.
Ah, this retarded argument again. With the exception of ignorant hippies, I’ve only ever seen that nonsense brought up as a reason to disarm black people. So which are you? Idiot or racist?
Windows XP background Taco Bell
Suddenly late stage capitalism.
I’m not sure I quite comprehend it.
Car = bad.
That anyone would want to eat at Taco Bell? I’m confused.
Going by their sales its a lot of people: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/top-50-fast-food-chains-ranked-2025/
I won’t say its food that’s good for you, but I do love it occasionally.
I used to eat it more often than I should, then at some point it got more expensive than just going to locally owned actual Mexican restaurants. So now I just do that. The food is way better, cheaper, and you get more food. And it feels good to support local rather than some enormous publicly traded corporation
crunchwrap, nacho fries. they got my number. granted I have not eaten fast food in years. when it was a paltry amount I indulged in it to regularly but now it might as well be costingtons.
I tend to make my own tex-mex, but there’s a place nearby that I love to go to when I’m feeling down.
That said, sometimes when I’m out and I want something “close enough” that I can eat while driving (one hand and I can drop it without it going everywhere) I get a bean and cheese burrito with a cup of nacho cheese.
It’s wild to pretend that the Crunchwrap Supreme isn’t delicious as hell
I love a bean burrito with extra onions, grilled, because I’m cheap.
I think it’s more that the Taco Bell is seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but still has a bunch of people at it. That’s my read anyway
It’s a pretty disgusting place to eat.
Does Europe even have that much open land left?
Do you believe all of europe is one mega city?
Be pretty killer if it was though.
Can I interest you in a Japan?
That was my biggest culture shock. I expected never ending cities and suburbs like in New England.
Bro, go a like 5 miles west and it’s all cornfields and shit.
Paris is a bit like that, walk all day and you’re still in the center, but that’s an exception.
I havent read that much of it, but I imagine Europe also has mega cities in the Judge Dredd documentaries.
I waa going to write something snarky but instead I’m just going to recommend you spend some time browsing google earth or playing geoguesser.
Go with the snark. Thats what my comment was made with.
Europe is mostly an endless sea of knolls with quaint windmills and no internet access.
I knew it!
Someone really ought to do something about all those evil windmills
There’s a lot of freaking wild lands in Europe. Just travel anywhere around and you’ll notice right away. Some of the most beautiful naturescapes are in Europe.
Tbf this is how northern scandinavia looks like, especially certain parts of iceland id say.
Iceland yes, but Norway and Sweden usually have trees unless you’re way up in the mountains.
I literally am right now so yeah. But i do agree most places have trees, but starting with mellannorrland there are highlands which are very barren. Its just that basically nobody lives here.
Norway as had a different policy than Sweden so we stil have a rural population. And spart from the really northern part we dont have that taiga “look”
The cartoonist Kellerman even comments on it when he is driving to Arjeplog from Norway how Norway is like Lord of the Rings and then when you get to Sweden it’s Lilja4Ever
Yeahhh thats sweden…
Listen, it’s not our fault if you guys live in the backrooms!
Average Autobahn stop looks better than than so, yeah, kinda?
what am i lookig at, american?
A wide expansive scenery to accompany the finest gourmet poop that only Taco Bell can create.
Freedom!
Our very worst fast food chain after Chicfilet.
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What part are they talking about?
There’s your proof. They just can’t even begin to comprehend.
