Sabrina Meindlhumer
XKCD Bot#3167 - Car Size
Aprettyture! [0172]@xkcd the fucking additional text is sending me
-carrie
JohnMashey@aperture @xkcd
“Why Johnny Can’t Speed” took this further than clubs.
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/144557/short-story-about-road-rage-arms-race
For years, the largest private collection of military vehicles was located in my small town, and now and then I was very tempted to ask the owner to borrow an armored car.
Earthshine@xkcd Not seeing the lie.
Kevin C 🎬
Tim G@kcarr2015
So shiny, so chrome.
Draken BlackKnight@xkcd
Whirling spike clubs is one way to get rid of tailgaters on the interstate.
Whirling spike clubs is one way to get rid of tailgaters on the interstate.
Æ Sea F."The baggage claim carousel is too crowded. If I don't stand right at the conveyor belt I'm gonna miss my bag."
If a tree doesn't grow tall enough in the forest it's gonna starve of sunlight.
Analog AI@hcf @xkcd Actually, if a tree isn't tall enough in the forest, or lacks deep enough roots to get consistent water, older "mother" trees pass it water and nutrients. https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
Doesn't always help enough, but it keeps saplings growing that otherwise couldn't.
Drivers, however, are not always so helpful.
Underground Networking: The Amazing Connections Beneath Your Feet
Next time you’re exploring a forest, consider what lies below the soil, leaves, and moss that carpet the ground. Underneath the forest floor, intertwined with the roots of the trees, is a fascinating microscopic network of fungus.
So you are saying that if I get hit by a huge SUV my mother will pass me water and nutrients? That's reassuring, of course she will, but... that wasn't my point.
thermonuclear small claimsThis exactly! Our understanding of nature is modelled on our own society, so we see it as a soulless competition for resources. But nature is far more communal and cooperative than it is competitive. The whole forest works together to survive.
MWT@fullfathomfive @Retreival9096 @hcf @xkcd well except that they mainly only help their own species and are pretty cutthroat competitive otherwise.
Z̈oé@mwt @fullfathomfive @Retreival9096 @hcf @xkcd there are numerous examples of interspecies symbiosis, from single cell organisms to orcas and whales
You're thinking of mutualism, which is a type of symbiosis. Yes, there are lots of examples.
Going back, of course, to that first example of the mother tree. Trees communicate and pass nutrients to one another through a symbiotic network of mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. The trees and the fungi cannot survive without each other.
iwein@fullfathomfive @mwt @uint8_t watch out for the natural fallacy 😉
There's cool collaboration, just like on the road sometimes, but there's also brutal violent competition, within species even.
Spikes and shields and teeth and claws and chemical warfare are not human inventions.
All of which is totally off topic of course, but that's fine with me 😁
meduz'
Slash909uk@xkcd Spike Milligan was right. The best thing to do for road safety is fit a 6 inch nail in the middle of every steering wheel!
notthatkindofdoctor@xkcd
Ah that last panel tells me he's been to Houston before
Ah that last panel tells me he's been to Houston before
Alopece
Zeborah@xkcd The only solution I see is to pass a law that in case of accident, the heaviest vehicle bears all liability.
Kingsley Bugarin PLY OAM 🇦🇺
Jeff GriggI know where I'm going with this!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsFc2gguEg
Mortal Engines - Official Trailer (HD)
Mortal Engines - Official Trailer (HD)
Logan Five Thousand@xkcd If anyone should be on the Fediverse, it's XKCD.
Maxi 12x 💉
Sepia Fan
AndyW@xkcd 20 years ago I walked away from a crash on my bike when a driver failed to stop at a sign before crossing a bike lane. I slid across the car’s hood. I’m not sure the outcome would be the same with most of today’s cars.
We don't need AI. AI needs us.@xkcd
I'm waiting to see when someone will go shopping in a tank just to be safer than in a SUV.
I'm waiting to see when someone will go shopping in a tank just to be safer than in a SUV.
Mark Gjøl
DaSchnott🌞@xkcd
Endgame
Endgame
Ian
Lunar 🛸 ♾
crabmusket@xkcd Yes, big car safe! 
Citoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️@xkcd It's called an arms race
Tomas Stanislawski
Can You Find the Mechsuit?
Cavyherd
Andy@xkcd Obligatory reference to Not Just Bikes Video: «These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us».
🔗 https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-these-stupid-trucks-are-literally-killing-us
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
Not Just Bikes — These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work.
John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴🧡✊🏻✊🏿
YOGA~ZEN 🙏@xkcd
This is similar to what happens with the arms race...it's madness!
This is similar to what happens with the arms race...it's madness!
.·° ＶＩＸＩ °·.@xkcd
Cars are literally weapons
Cars are literally weapons
K_L_Cooper@xkcd
In most cities, 4-lane streets are now 3, with the center used as a turning lane (NOT a passing lane to go by the pea-brained driver oblivious to ALL).
Perceived congestion is higher & the SUVs hog space & precious visibility.
90+% have ONLY 1 occupant (in a mini-schoolbus).
I'd rather have to follow a "predictable" Freightliner.
SUVs SUCK... big time❗️😠
In most cities, 4-lane streets are now 3, with the center used as a turning lane (NOT a passing lane to go by the pea-brained driver oblivious to ALL).
Perceived congestion is higher & the SUVs hog space & precious visibility.
90+% have ONLY 1 occupant (in a mini-schoolbus).
I'd rather have to follow a "predictable" Freightliner.
SUVs SUCK... big time❗️😠
Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)Maybe we need to force all ways with more than one lane to have all of them narrow enough to fit small cars, and only one wide enough for big cars.
Do you want to drive a big car? OK, but you will go much, much slower.
eribosot
Pacman@xkcd Many or most bike riders here don't seem to care about their safety. In these dark evenings with heavy traffic and impatient drivers rushing home and focussed on their mobile phone screens I'm almost the only bike rider wearing a helmet, a reflecting "neon" vest and equipped with bright lights on my bike and helmet. However, the problem will presumably solve itself. In accordance with the Darwin principle careless riders will tend to remove themselves from the gene pool.
Magnus Ahltorp