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| Bad Egg |
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Now padded posts so the British can walk down the street without getting a concussion. We can laugh at them now, but we probably will be going there too, eventually. Society is making everyone into fucking pansies. Check this out:
British lamppost padding to protect texting pedestrians
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Britain's first 'Safe Text' street has been created complete with padded lampposts to protect millions of mobile phone users from getting hurt in street accidents while walking and texting.
Around one in ten careless Brits has suffered a "walk 'n text" street injury in the past year through collisions with lampposts, bins and other pedestrians.
The 6.6million accidents have caused injuries ranging from mild knocks and embarrassing cuts and bruises through to broken noses, cheekbones and even a fractured skull.
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| CKXtreme |
HAHAHA... A buddy and I were walking down the street one day, and he was looking at some chick and drilled himself into post. I think if youre not paying attention, you deserve the hit.
Plus its funny as hell when someone does it. |
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| Graphicdude |
| And I thought only in America would you see something so stupid |
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| Inzane |
This is bad bad bad... society is basically trying to engineer out the whole concept of Darwin's theory.
What's next... pad automobiles to protect pedestrians who don't pay attention when they cross the street? (the sad part is we are part way there with the revised front bumper standards some parts of Europe were adopting recently). |
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| Cyanide Ride |
How do you explain the evolving shape of automobiles these days Jason?.
The rounded hoods and gentle contours are to cushion the drunk pedestrian who has wandered into the path of you vehicle. |
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| Inzane |
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Originally posted by Cyanide Ride
How do you explain the evolving shape of automobiles these days Jason?.
The rounded hoods and gentle contours are to cushion the drunk pedestrian who has wandered into the path of you vehicle.
Maybe we should all install cow-catchers on the front of our cars and call it done! |
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| tokes |
| The Brits are fucking CRAZY with texting. Ever see those plans for Rogers where you get 2500 texts a month and laugh at whoever can go over that limit? Yeah, the british. I have a friend from England and he said him and most of his friends were topping 4000 messages a month. If you're up for 14 hours a day that's sending a text message once every 7 minutes, non stop. They're horrible. |
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| Prudz_lude |
| i used to have consistent bills of 4000-5000 texts a month. I did that for 5 months straight. I eventually came to the conclusion that texting is terrible and a 5-10 minute call can achieve just as much as 100 texts. |
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| midnite |
| The worst are the people who do it while driving. I usually pull over, because if I start texting I get closer to hitting things. |
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| Graphicdude |
| I hate texting. Drives me nuts. What ever happened to picking up the phone and making a call? |
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| Perilous_Enterprises |
I love texting, I'd rather kick out an sms than waste ten minutes on the phone discussing what can be said in a few short words.
That being said, I like to think texting, as with all things, has it's time and place. If people are so unaware of their surroundings, perhaps they shouldn't walk and text at the same time. Same deal with driving and texting, or talking for that matter. Phone companies should be required to test thier users to see if they are even capable of multi-tasking.
The test would be simple; walk a straight line whilst chewing bubble gum.
Or we could just put pads up on every light post, bus stop, tree, and whatever else since its apparently less cost effective for stupid people to smarten up...
Actually, why not just invent the "text while you walk" padded suit?? Could be a hit.... |
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