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If you say I hate the automotive designers who can't design properly angled headlights, I'm criminalizing your shit take too

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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 96 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

squidward-scream-point Gas-powered leaf blowers should be banned, or at least heavily regulated

Oh and personal ownership for pickup trucks should require proof of need. Otherwise, have a communal pool that people can borrow from on the off chance they are actually hauling something

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

U-Haul geordi-no

WE-Haul geordi-yes

[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago

Pickup trucks requiring a CDL or other similar licensing is a hill I will die on

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gas-powered leaf blowers

Fuck these things so hard. There's no reason for them to exist except for deeply entrenched grillman brainworms

[–] Tomboymoder@hexbear.net 84 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Loud motorcycles and cars should be banned

[–] drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In most places they are, but cops don't give 2 shits about enforcing it to the point that nobody knows there are dB limits to vehicles

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[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think we should give this communism thing a shot, non-politically

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

How is that controversial you dweeb. Say something actually controversial like "all bread tastes the same, what are white people on?"

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

non-political opinion

those don't exist cruelty-handler

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Lawns should be banned except in situations where there is genuine a recreational purpose for the public (sports fields, dog parks etc.)

Schools should have a public health focus for each term and students should be exposed to the importance of a particular public health issue, the consequences of failing to address that issue, the victims of the issue, and ways to manage or mitigate the issue. I'm talking seatbelts, polio, diabetes, you name it. Get a person who has a traumatic brain injury who is employed as a public speaker to meet with students and talk about what happened to them when they didn't wear a seatbelt and the ways that it affects their life to this day, show documentaries about victims of polio, that sort of thing.

Chopsticks are the most versatile implement in the cutlery world.

Most ingredients in domestic cleaning products should be banned or at the least restricted because we don't need the widespread use of things like bacteriostatic agents and we don't need to be exposing children and waterways to that kind of shit.

Most advertising campaigns that are against addiction are actually an op and they serve to encourage people to engage in those behaviours and to relapse.

There should be a hotline that the government operates which records a question or concern that you have and then communicates this to a qualified expert in the relevant field who then contacts you to provide you with a response based on the best, most up-to-date science. The responses should be collated into a sort of FAQ/encyclopaedia with written responses and short video lectures so that the most commonly asked questions can be addressed immediately and so that this can help guide the development of educational curricula.

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[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The angle thing is bullshit. Yes, it makes the problem worse, and it should be dealt with, but no matter how well you angle things it won’t help when someone crests a hill and blinds me

I see your hot take and I’ll raise you one though: We should mandate a return to sealed beam headlights. You get no choice. There are 2 designs of headlight and the car manufacturer gets to figure out where they want to fit one of those two designs on their car.

Reject modernity, return to tradition

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Sealed beam was great because you could easily replace every bulb on your car. The modern design where you sometimes need to totally remove the housing just causes issues where it's too expensive or difficult to replace headlights.

You could even split the difference and have LED sealed beams that can be traded in and refurbished for a discount on new headlights.

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[–] The_sleepy_woke_dialectic@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't say your salsa is "hot" if the hottest pepper involved is a jalapeño.

If I see a keurig in your house I'm going to think there's something wrong with you.

You should learn to put up with a level of obnoxious behavior from children, even in public. Yes even if you don't have kids yourself. They're going to be paying for your social security when you're old.

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[–] context@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you just want me to keep my eyes open while driving but i'm not falling for this woke bullshit

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

moisturized, unbothered, in my lane (probably), thriving

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[–] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Not sure if this is the most radical, but light pollution has to go or lessen. In urban areas nobody can even see the stars anymore. In my country it is impossible to see the milky way, it was still visible about ten years ago in remote areas.

It also affects trees and plants, stresses out wildlife and just in general is bad. Also pointless energy consumption.

Also ban big ad screens that blink or exist in cities or roadsides.

This is definitely political, but I struggle to think of anything that isn't.

[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I will also add the idea of "cities that never sleep" where all lights are still on even if people are literally sleeping. It's an horrible concept and should be immediately abolished once we overthrow capital. No, I don't need a lights spectacle every fucking night, once or twice every month is okay but let the city have some darkness ffs. Avoiding visual contamination is important for the well being of people.

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[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Preventing people from harming other people's eyes also falls in the political domain.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago

Stop bringing politics into my hot takes! pronouns

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

if you told me you got out of your car with an axe and smashed up a pair of badly adjusted LED headlights I would nod solemnly and tell you well done.

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago

The only food items that should be "for a limited time" are ones produced with seasonal ingredients

Especially soda

Is Tab good for me? Definitely not

But it needs me

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

People should be allowed to take dogs on public transit

[–] The_sleepy_woke_dialectic@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Have pet and non pet cities. Pet cities you can have pets everywhere including restaurants. Non pet you can have pets nowhere not even on the sidewalk.

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

You should be required to demonstrate at 9 months that your dog can sit, heel, stay, is not reactive to strangers, children, or animals, and will return when commanded to. If you fail any of those you lose your dog and your privilege to own dogs. No exceptions.

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[–] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

advertisement needs to die and so do the people who work in it.

[–] graymess@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is this controversial? I make trailers for a living and even I agree with you. Kill me.

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[–] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)
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[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It doesn't really matter which way you place your toilet paper

If you piss standing up, sink pissing should be just as acceptable, you are showering the room with piss either way (this obviously applies only to private residencies, I'm not sitting down in a public toilet)

All customer service workers should get a taser and one free tasing per month (either customers or management)

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Hot take, nuclear take, cold take

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not every hack and slash game needs to be souls like.

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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Stand-pissing should be completely banned outside of urinals

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[–] hypercracker@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

All dog ownership should be banned. Humans are straight up not responsible enough to be entrusted with this.

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[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago
[–] SirKlingoftheDrains@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

It's not even radical, but there should not be any vehicles allowed near schools, particularly elementary schools, without special permission based on need. It should be a safe area for people to walk and play. I can't tell you how many people barrel through the parking lot of my kid's elementary school just to avoid being tardy (another concept which should be reformulated). I work at a university, and a 19 yo with a 2 ton truck struck a pedeststrian yesterday afternoon, sending them on an airlift to a not close by hospital.

[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Small towns should somehow make room for even more pizza places. Having 10 is not enough choice and the free market demands it.

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

i have a kebab place in my town that also does the world's worst pizzas. that's it

the next town over has a domino's, and that's it for pizza. it's depressing

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[–] SnowySkyes@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (7 children)

People who drive dangerously (such as traffic weaving, driving 30+ over the speed limit or making dangerous traffic maneuvers) deserve to have their licenses either revoked or forced to reacquire their license as if they never had one. I'm genuinely sick and tired of almost getting rear-ended or merged into on a daily basis.

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[–] nothx@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I judge people for being a shoes on household.

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[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Every time this question gets posted half the comments are people saying they hate dogs and the other half is people saying they hate cars.

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[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

animals are as smart as we are and its not because they're geniuses but because we're far closer to them than our egos allow us to believe

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Barring emergencies and necessary maintenance personnel, everyone should get one day a week where nothing is open and we all just hang out. A day where almost nobody is working and you only do activities that don't require other people's labor. Proletarian sabbath/shabbat, basically.

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