Saw some dude go into a wild tangent over a scenario that only exists in his head about the whole "pedestrians needing to grab a brick to cross the road" post that has been going on ("But what about MY safety while driving a murder machine???") right before blocking them, and I have to believe that this brand of driver psychopathy is exclusive to the northern hemisphere or something
I remember a few sessions ago I was trying to explain something during a game and told the others "You know how pedestrians always have the right of way?" to set a baseline to what I was going to say later about mechs, but instead was met with several "huh????", having to say that yes, when you're driving a 2 ton death machine, the fragile meat and bone person will always have the right of the way
Guess this is the difference of mindset you get when you say crossing the street is illegal instead
I mostly think about this 2020 study that found people that drive nicer cars are worse drivers and then if you live in the US it's even worse cuz so much revoles around having a car even if you dont need a car to get around it still creates a 1st and 2nd class citizen dichotomy.
My favorite demonstration of US car culture is when someone on the birdsite posted a video of the stuntman minigame from Infinite Wealth, and some QT'd with "this is just what it's like to walk anywhere in America"
And they're not wrong.
