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[meme] “Cyclists take up so much room” says man from 4 metre wide Emotional Support Vehicle (anarchaos.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com)

submitted 9 months ago by lystytsiaverschmitzt@anarchist.nexus to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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The whole piece is quite funny as well, check it out: https://adelaidemail.com/single-post/2024/01/16/cyclists-take-up-so-much-room-says-man-from-4-metre-wide-emotional-support-vehicle/

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[–] teft@piefed.social 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

13 feet or so. Meters are a little over 3 feet so just multiply by 3 and you'll get a close enough answer to visualize.

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And then add 10% on top of it to get closer.

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[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

I didn't want to confuse the op. If they can't remember a meter is pretty much a yard then asking them to add 10% to a sum might be a bridge too far.

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Fair enough. At this scale the 10% doesn’t matter much anyway.

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