Why aren't we doing this? I personally haven't found the option to turn into a bat yet

“We expected that they fly around each other and they never have physical contact,” Hristov said. “We have found, shocking to us, that bats crash into each other quite often. It’s a messy situation, but generally it’s very safe and it works very well.”

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In the US, only 33 cars for 50 people is optimistic

I have a better question - why isn’t this posted in the !bats@lemmy.world community? We would love it here. Stealing and crossposting now.

Vampire propaganda.

The 50 pedestrians vs 50 people in a bus is messing with my brain.

So a bus is more space efficient than pedestrians?

The nice part about riding the bus is you can kick back, relax, and smoke a ton of weed while you travel.

Yeah, fuck busses. Bats are way more eco friendly.

It's more efficient to stack pedestrians on top of each other.

Where do I invest?

Imagine the amount of mosquitoes you could fit.

And now the traffic report:

"I'm over Ventura Blvd., and all the vampires walking in the Valley are heading west."

You will certainly not regret having 150,000 bats.

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really? only 150 bats? are these fruit bats or fat american vampire bats. i would like to speak to mathematic's manager please.

Those humans are quite large.

Does it need to be a full-size bat, or can it be one of those mini replica bats? I bet you could fit at least twice as many of those bats.

Do they all want to go to the same place?

And, cannot the bats fly? Surely there could be far many more.

Speaking of flying, lets just have spaceships for everybody.

Love this

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Replace people with bats!

The bats go dormant during winter. We got about 6 months of that.

Also, replace pedestrians with buses

Or... get pedestrians way closer together... way... way closer... 😏

How do I turn into a swarm of bats?

What if, to save space over cars but keep the personal comfort, everyone had their own hiding place with entrance hidden by brick and rubble?

How many wolves to bats?

Its awful to go on public transport.

People have cars for the same reason people like their own apartment or their own house. Other people are awful to be around. They will have no problem making loud noises, caughing at you, smelling bad... People dont care, at all.

People actually pay very much to own a car, and why do they do that? Because public transport is a horrible experience. Im addition to the things above, it takes you at least 2-3 times as long to get anywhere using public transport compared to a car.

I really hate it, no joke. Cant stand using it for more than maybe once per month if I have to.

Vampires travel by turning into bats. Am I advocating that every single person get turned into an immortal, undead monster just so we don't need roads anymore!? Yes... Yes, I am.

In daylight? And then it's the question of body mass. Do you have any idea how many bats I have to turn into?

When car-to-bat conversion technology is as good and cheap as it is, what excuse do we have?

Relevant XKCD

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I support this.