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  • Cetomascetomas@mastodon.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 5:30 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti my kids still bike around the hood, walk to school and this driver sacrifices a lot of time driving kids to and from numerous activities

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  • Magnus Ahltorpahltorp@mastodon.nu
    Aug 2, 2026, 12:46 PM

    @iju @RadicalGraffiti What newer car do you think is more about protecting pedestrians than an older car? Because all I see is higher hoods, lower visibility, and heavier cars.

    What are these magic fenders you’re talking about? And is that a sacrifice for the driver?

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  • Juho Mäntysaloiju@mastodon.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 2:58 PM

    @ahltorp @RadicalGraffiti

    First, the above was slightly sarcasm. If a car needs to protect either itself or pedestrians around it, we're designing them wrong.

    Second, I haven't checked but I'm almost certain that Wikipedia has an excellent article about the evolution of fenders.

    Third, not many "higher hoods" on my neighbourhood, so I didn't really consider above that they may exist somewhere else. Somewhat myopic, but I never claimed the above post was written with peer-review in mind.

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  • Conny Naschconnynasch@mastodon.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 7:09 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti In Luxembourg they have installed little humps for cars to slow down in front of schools, where the speed limit is 30, sometimes 20 km per hour, depending on the district.

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  • Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)beandev@social.tchncs.de
    Aug 2, 2026, 10:07 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti
    The image shows a black sticker on a post with a critical comparison regarding urban traffic and child safety. The sticker is divided into two contrasting columns:

    Left Column: "THINGS KIDS HAVE SACRIFICED FOR DRIVERS"

    * Playing on their street
    * Safe school streets
    * Walking to school
    * Biking to school
    * Walking to the park
    * Random play
    * Crossing the street
    * Playing at night
    * Independence
    * Quality street life
    * Air quality
    * A planet
    * Their lives

    Right Column: "THINGS DRIVERS HAVE SACRIFICED FOR KIDS"

    This column is intentionally left blank.

    The sticker is signed by Rovélo Creative.

    #MissingAltText #alttext4you

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  • hömmakommaKucken@ruhr.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 10:21 AM

    Thank you, @beandev , for providing alt-text, so I could boost that instead for my blind followers. Because the sticker is really good 👍

    @RadicalGraffiti

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  • rubbelrubbel@snabelen.no
    Aug 2, 2026, 10:30 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti Most of these points are about bad city planning, some are about bad parenting and some do not make sense at all. The last point is true though, but statistically not always relevant.

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  • rubbelrubbel@snabelen.no
    Aug 2, 2026, 2:57 PM

    @MisuseCase I honestly don't think they cared. Cars were so popular the first few decades that they didn't have to. After that it was just a habit when planning. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

    @RadicalGraffiti

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  • Misuse CaseMisuseCase@twit.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 3:40 PM

    @rubbel @RadicalGraffiti Also…have you ever been to New York and wondered “gee why are all these bridges over the Hutchinson River Parkway too low for buses” and “why is there no subway line to the airport?”

    Those were deliberate choices by New York’s premier urban planner at the time, Robert Moses, who wanted to make sure that only wealthier (and mostly white) people who owned cars could have access to amenities.

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  • Misuse CaseMisuseCase@twit.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 3:54 PM

    @rubbel @RadicalGraffiti You can’t convince me that formerly fascist regimes and dictatorships in Europe didn’t do some of the same things.

    Like, Germany’s Autobahn is a relic of the Third Reich even

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  • lknlkn@lneely.de
    Aug 2, 2026, 11:08 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti letting the kids be independent is a big reason why I stayed in Europe, only to find "more of the same." In Germany, these effects can be largely attributed to Deutsche Bahn's negligence of its own infrastructure (which, I hope, it's starting to fix). It's *still* better than in the States where cars dominate (I guess depending where you are), but I really hate this trend.

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  • Misuse CaseMisuseCase@twit.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 2:17 PM

    @BoomlandJenkins @RadicalGraffiti This is a silly thing to say when most of the reason children don’t go outside anymore is because of either real or perceived danger.

    How do I know? I can kick my kid outside to play around the neighborhood for a few hours because it’s built in such a way that he can stay out of the street and I can trust my neighbors not to call the cops for child neglect. Many people don’t have this option.

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  • ARGVMI~1.PIFargv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Aug 2, 2026, 4:14 PM

    @BoomlandJenkins

    Made outside too forbidden, I think you mean. Kids aren't denied independence by cars; kids are denied independence by their paranoid parents.

    And no, the Internet is not to blame. That paranoia is the result of “stranger danger” propaganda decades ago.

    Also what @MisuseCase said. Even if you're not paranoid, your neighbors might call the cops on you because they've decided that allowing your children independence is some kind of crime.

    @RadicalGraffiti

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  • ARGVMI~1.PIFargv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Aug 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

    @BoomlandJenkins

    Then I fail to see what's so engaging about the trash content you'll find on the big sites.

    Like, have you browsed the Yahoo front page lately? Ads, ads disguised as news, ads disguised as celebrity gossip, ads ads ads, and there's no interesting conversation going on in the comments.

    Only way I see an energetic kid being engaged with any of this is if they're desperately bored and have no alternative.

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  • ARGVMI~1.PIFargv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Aug 6, 2026, 6:02 PM

    @BoomlandJenkins

    Which would you prefer?

    YouTube? TikTok? That's nothing new. We had that back in my day too, except we called it TV, and the existence of TV never stopped anybody from playing outside.

    The pearl-clutchers back then did wail incessantly that TV would indeed poison the minds of the youth, just like they wail about TikTok now. Which is how I know they're full of shit.

    X? Facebook? I haven't been there myself, but from what I've heard, it's all bots and old people.

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  • Dan BocainBoomlandJenkins@mastodon.social
    Aug 7, 2026, 4:57 PM

    @argv_minus_one

    You mentioned a few of the most popular website/social networks. People do like being on those websites. YouTube and TikTok are nothing like the TV I grew up with in the 80s, 90s, and early 00s. It's not like the TV in 2026 either. Algorithm driven content is so much worse.

    You do not not have to like those websites. I'm not fond of them either, that is why I'm on Fediverse platforms for the majority of my "media" needs.

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  • ARGVMI~1.PIFargv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Aug 7, 2026, 6:02 PM

    @BoomlandJenkins

    Browsing the algorithmic feed on YouTube, it's very easy to get bored. I have to search for stuff or follow channels to find something good.

    That's the big scary algorithmic bogeyman everyone is so afraid of? You've gotta be kidding.

    My guess is this whole “muh social media addiction” thing is fake astroturfing by Meta et al to outlaw alternatives to their platforms (like Fedi) and thus stop their users from leaving.

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  • punIssuerpunissuer@universeodon.com
    Aug 2, 2026, 11:25 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti #altText4you Black sticker on a lamp post, with white border and a line dividing it in two columns. Left side reads:
    "What kids have sacrificed for drivers
    - Playing in their street
    - safe school streets
    - walking to school
    - biking to school
    - walking to the park
    - random play
    - crossing the street
    - playing at night
    - independence
    - quality street life
    - air quality
    - a planet
    - their lives"
    Right side reads:
    "Things drivers have sacrificed for kids"
    (empty)
    Bottom line reads: "ROVÉLO CREATIVE".

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  • nikolnikoleavic@fe.disroot.org
    Aug 2, 2026, 2:52 PM

    @RadicalGraffiti Their time to take them to school, and all the activities. It is quite a sacrifising thing, if one can imagine. Money for benzine. So, put these together their concentration or their free mind. IMOpinion.

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  • William B Peckhamwbpeckham@techhub.social
    Aug 2, 2026, 11:06 PM

    @RadicalGraffiti Originally, streets were made for people. With occasional traffic of horses or carts, but mostly for people. I don't know how we allowed ourselves to be convinced that people have no right to streets. But I suspect that whoever was behind that made and sold cars for a living.

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  • PhrackerPhracker2Art@mstdn.social
    Aug 3, 2026, 11:15 PM

    @RadicalGraffiti
    I'm more concerned with rich people's private jets than cars. I read somewhere that a single flight on a private jet uses more fuel than your car burns in its entire lifetime. But as usual, it's always the poor who are responsible for fixing the problems caused by the rich.

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  • Felixfelurx@troet.cafe
    Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM

    @RadicalGraffiti Hm. "Sacrifice" implies that it's willing (to me). "Things drivers have taken from kids" fits better imo

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