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Fuck Cars Bot 🤖"30 American people waiting for coffee vs 30 French people waiting for coffee"
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Gio GuillemetteI like the sentiment, but let’s not pretend half the people in the bottom photo didn’t fly across an ocean to hang out on the Left Bank (full disclosure: I’ve had coffee in that very spot). Walkability should be about everyday life, not just holidays.
Florent@gio Yep, lots of bullshit here in France as well regarding how public transportations, traffic, etc, are handled. We have a higher population density, so public transportation for everyone should be a priority.
@gio (Still, the photos speak for themselves on the absurdity of all of this.)
@floflow there’s just so much to unpack. The pedestrian-hostile design up top is obviously an abomination, and there is no excuse for that to exist. But the lone parked car suggests peak COVID, which is clearly not the situation at the sidewalk cafe.
And the notion that rich tourists with plenty of leisure time are somehow morally superior to working stiffs who just want a cup of coffee on their way to work is hard to scroll past.
(side note: I guess we’ve located the chip on my shoulder 🤷)
@gio good points! 😁
firebreathingduckThis drives me batty. I know some people have health risks, some have young kids, some have social anxiety (I have agoraphobic family members). But that can't be everybody. 90% of the time, I park my car, walk in, and walk out with my order faster than the people in drive through even if I didn't order ahead.
Neil E. Hodges
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@firebreathingduck @fuck_cars_bot you missed the point - yet it doesn’t matter
If you mean that my coffee shop should be in walking distance and a car-based economy is an ecological disaster, I know. My rant was tangential - and I can't afford to move someplace where I wouldn't need a car.
@firebreathingduck @fuck_cars_bot +1 for ‚tangential‘
U.Lancier@fuck_cars_bot
"coffee" and café
"coffee" and café
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥@fuck_cars_bot This made me laugh 😊
aardvark@fuck_cars_bot “coffee”
CherylBlueWaveI adore French cafes.
Talking with people over food enlivens the soul.
Jassy@fuck_cars_bot put "coffee" in inverted commas, for the first pic.
What they call "coffee", the people from the second pic wouldn't even touch with gloves.
What they call "coffee", the people from the second pic wouldn't even touch with gloves.
Stefano@fuck_cars_bot I know where I would rather be...Garcon, un autre demi-tasse s'il vous plait.
C0ppertop@fuck_cars_bot Americans, riding in their little isolation bubbles; listening only to music they like; or tuning into radio programs or podcasts , listening to only voices and opinions they agree with, have lost ability to communicate with other people and understand other points of view.
networkException@fuck_cars_bot The image description on this sucks, here's my attempt at better one:
The image shows two places:
The upper one is an arial view of a starbucks surrounded by parking space, a few patches of lawn and roads. Over 30 cars are forming a line to the drive-in, blocking a lane on the road.
The lower one shows a street corner restaurant in what looks like a pedestrian zone. About 30 people are sitting around tables outside under parasols.
Nomi@fuck_cars_bot
See the joke is, the Americans will all get their coffee first
See the joke is, the Americans will all get their coffee first
creezy@fuck_cars_bot @Ann_Effes That‘s gorgeous!
hanscees@fuck_cars_bot @glynmoody Isn't it wonderful we have a social media network that has a fuck cars bot.
This is what society means. Express yourself by any means.
This also should include our right to make screenshots on any #netflix series.
We claim our right to memify this world 🖖👊
This is what society means. Express yourself by any means.
This also should include our right to make screenshots on any #netflix series.
We claim our right to memify this world 🖖👊
Glyn Moody@hanscees the right to meme... @fuck_cars_bot
Jim Breeds@fuck_cars_bot
Since no cars are parked in the parking spaces in the top photo, I'm going to assume it was during covid lockdown, and that maybe there was more than one person per car, so let's say 50 or 60, whereas the bottom photo was not during lockdown and is a bunch of tourists. Apples & pears.
@wood5y
Since no cars are parked in the parking spaces in the top photo, I'm going to assume it was during covid lockdown, and that maybe there was more than one person per car, so let's say 50 or 60, whereas the bottom photo was not during lockdown and is a bunch of tourists. Apples & pears.
@wood5y
⁂ Fish Id Wardrobe@fuck_cars_bot Count the cars.
In Search of a Better World@fuck_cars_bot One of those is triggering my social anxiety so very hard, the other is not.
Carolleisa@fuck_cars_bot Why throw 5-10 bucks at the billionaire’s chain store then get back in traffic and your coffee gets cold or spills. Wake up a few minutes early. Sip delicious homemade roast with toast and an egg and pet the cat.
Richard Marr@fuck_cars_bot yeah but Parisians get really weird when I take my steering wheel into the café and toot my little horn when I get bored.
Shaman@fuck_cars_bot in addition to this obvious insanity to sit in an idling car instead of sitting down in a real cafe and experience having coffee, drive-ins are polluting our planet with single-use plastic and other trash - to hell with future generations!
Where are the religilous zealots that otherwise don't miss a chance to protest for the rights of the yet to be born? #TrashNation #Carmagedon #banplastic #StopDriveThrus #fuckcarsgobike
Where are the religilous zealots that otherwise don't miss a chance to protest for the rights of the yet to be born? #TrashNation #Carmagedon #banplastic #StopDriveThrus #fuckcarsgobike
Alex von Thorn🇨🇦🇺🇸🚀🖊🖖@fuck_cars_bot Funny. I've been to Les Deux Magots. It's very #French.
sortius@fuck_cars_bot at least the coffee is bad in both places
*hides*
Julio 🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸@fuck_cars_bot Different worlds.
Huang Fei Hong@fuck_cars_bot
Gringos, from the Evil Empire. America is a big continent with a lot of countries and several cultures.
Gringos, from the Evil Empire. America is a big continent with a lot of countries and several cultures.
hugo roy@fuck_cars_bot @hbons Pretty ironic since I'm quite sure you can go today in this Café and ask for everyone's citizenship and probably not the majority will be French
agile_otter@fuck_cars_bot Imagine that your only access to fresh-made coffee was out in the middle of a parking lot in the middle of a field like that.
Would you walk 2-5 miles to get a cuppa and sit out in the sun like that?
Having a town with a square is a great advantage.
I grew up easily 10 miles from the nearest town. I didn't see a cafe until I was in my teens.
Would you walk 2-5 miles to get a cuppa and sit out in the sun like that?
Having a town with a square is a great advantage.
I grew up easily 10 miles from the nearest town. I didn't see a cafe until I was in my teens.