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[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Urbanist and car enthusiasts are not mutually exclusive: car can be a hobby, but hobbies belong on tracks or in garages.

I have met a vintage car enthusiast living happily in Amsterdam, he restores small early japanese cars and collect them, but that doesn't mean he need to drive them every day to work. His car is in a garage near Amsterdam, and he still bikes when he travel within the city.

Like I enjoy starcraft, but I'm not asking my government to spend interstate money to keep starcraft alive or host tournaments; nor will I defend it if it interfere with other people's need, right, and life.

Starcraft also don't kill 1.3 million people a year BTW, so if anything is getting foundings, starcraft should have more priority over cars...

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Nobody cares that you like driving, it's the fact that we're forced into it via the forced elimination of other options.

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

That's the thing! There are beautiful cars out there! You love tuning? Nice! Racing is your thing? Happy for you!

All of this has nothing to do with individual mobility.

[–] drkt@feddit.dk 7 points 1 year ago

Well I, for one, liked the video.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Downvoting because I don't want this is clearly a ad for your YouTube channel.

Id downvote twice if I could because the obnoxious YouTube image.

[–] ProdigalFrog 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm not the creator of the video (I used the video's title when posting it here), I just thought it was interesting that even a dude who loves cars can't look past the downsides of them, It's almost, but not quite like seeing a car magazine shit on cars.

[–] looz@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was a good watch and nice to see a YouTuber speak their mind about downsides of car culture, even if there's a huge risk of annoying their audience.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Id recommend not giving them the clicks and just summarizing.

Influencers make cringe bait because they know people will share it. And you played right into their hands.

[–] ProdigalFrog 7 points 1 year ago

Do you believe he is being disingenuous? I didn't really get that vibe from him.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

Welcome to Lemmy.

Lemmy doesn't have ads like reddit, so there's no rules against self promotion, which only existed to drive folks to pay reddit money.

Self-promotion is welcome on Lemmy.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago

What a cringe video.