▲ 265 ▼ Like its a drag race (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by capcool@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (4 children) Ironic considering honkers are usually impatient/mad and are misusing the car horn because of that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) There is a period of time in which it becomes reasonable to honk at someone who hasn't moved. In the extreme example it is not polite to sit behind someone who misses the green light entirely because they aren't paying attention to the road. At some point the person in front is holding up traffic for everyone behind them and they are the one being rude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago The original discussion is specifically about people who honk instantly. Obviously at a certain point it's not only acceptable but necessary as parking at a green light is a road hazard itself. You're just accepting the altered framing from the original example to the counter example while I'm trying to keep it grounded on the original example. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) We all have places to be, get out of the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* Yeah, I get it Chet, you gotta get to the frat party and you're all jacked up on stimulants so a second seems like forever . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (4 children) Ironic considering honkers are usually impatient/mad and are misusing the car horn because of that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) There is a period of time in which it becomes reasonable to honk at someone who hasn't moved. In the extreme example it is not polite to sit behind someone who misses the green light entirely because they aren't paying attention to the road. At some point the person in front is holding up traffic for everyone behind them and they are the one being rude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago The original discussion is specifically about people who honk instantly. Obviously at a certain point it's not only acceptable but necessary as parking at a green light is a road hazard itself. You're just accepting the altered framing from the original example to the counter example while I'm trying to keep it grounded on the original example. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) We all have places to be, get out of the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* Yeah, I get it Chet, you gotta get to the frat party and you're all jacked up on stimulants so a second seems like forever . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) There is a period of time in which it becomes reasonable to honk at someone who hasn't moved. In the extreme example it is not polite to sit behind someone who misses the green light entirely because they aren't paying attention to the road. At some point the person in front is holding up traffic for everyone behind them and they are the one being rude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago The original discussion is specifically about people who honk instantly. Obviously at a certain point it's not only acceptable but necessary as parking at a green light is a road hazard itself. You're just accepting the altered framing from the original example to the counter example while I'm trying to keep it grounded on the original example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago The original discussion is specifically about people who honk instantly. Obviously at a certain point it's not only acceptable but necessary as parking at a green light is a road hazard itself. You're just accepting the altered framing from the original example to the counter example while I'm trying to keep it grounded on the original example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) We all have places to be, get out of the way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* Yeah, I get it Chet, you gotta get to the frat party and you're all jacked up on stimulants so a second seems like forever . permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* Yeah, I get it Chet, you gotta get to the frat party and you're all jacked up on stimulants so a second seems like forever . permalink fedilink source parent
