this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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Fuck Cars

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[–] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad.

Was he fined 10 times the car was worth and forbidden from driving anything more complicated than a lawnmower for a decade?

[–] DominicHillsun@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, it makes it sound like he crashed into the tree. He scrapped his car mirror off into the tree. Dumb but that tree has seen a lot worse, stop with the damn clickbait

[–] G32@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The driver is an idiot, but then there was the guy who thought it was a good idea to build a road through that tree.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Of course it was a SUV...

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like something like this should have a steel structure the same shape or a little smaller on either side so that if a dumbass like this tries to get through with too big of a car they just damage the car not the tree. Kinda like those things before parking garages or drive thoughs for height, but on the sides

[–] Mishmash2000 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or, what if we just don't drive through trees at all?! Like, walk through, bike through, but not drive through. This living tree looks like it has been carved out more than it originally naturally was to specifically accommodate cars?! This munter didn't just gently scrape their wing mirror, they tore it almost completely off by grinding it against the interior of the tree!? Fuck cars! And fuck this specific car and its owners! I hope they enjoy their repair bill!

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the idea of armored trees.

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I was more of thinking a little ways from the tree, but on the tree would look cooler

Also maybe make it pointy so it would shear off excess material to make a tree-hole-shaped-car lol

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it was the tree's fault. 🙃

[–] Bombastic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Satan's oldest tree VS God's Drunkest Driver

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

The only thing damaged was the passenger side mirror. I’m sure it happens all the time there.

[–] Anonymoose@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love how everyone here is more or less on the same side but still kicking each other in the shins what the appropriate level of anger is.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't actually like it when everyone agrees with me. It's... useless. I prefer dialectical friction.

[–] strangeAlpaca@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

R/AngryUpvote

[–] farttoilet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What an awful comment section.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Cars do bring out the worst in people