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GargleBlaster 113 points 10 months ago

Is this a USA comic I'm to European to understand?

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kersploosh 133 points 10 months ago

The European mind can scarcely comprehend the soul-crushing sadness of suburban America.

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essell 74 points 10 months ago

Grindr has retail locations in America?

WTF are they selling?

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archchan 41 points 10 months ago

Meatballs

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ILikeBoobies 39 points 10 months ago

A safe meetup point, it’s crazy, they have no front doors. You have to enter from the back.

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Gork 32 points 10 months ago

Top Men.

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okwhateverdude 24 points 10 months ago

Bottom Men.

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kyonshi 8 points 10 months ago

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ameancow 6 points 10 months ago

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jve 6 points 10 months ago

Sausage

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ininewcrow 6 points 10 months ago

Flesh

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_stranger_ 2 points 10 months ago

I, not being from any place where they use that word to describe a sandwich had a very similar reaction in college when I learned that fact.

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ameancow 33 points 10 months ago

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luciferofastora 7 points 10 months ago

We've been dominantly settled farmers for millenia now, but that doesn't change the equation: walking to the fields, walking to fetch water, walking around the house and attached vegetable gardens, going outside to chat with neighbours to keep up with local news and maintain social relationships as a fundamental part of survival.

The elites also weren't spared the obligation to survey their holdings, visit their vassals or patrons/liege, participate in visible displays of wealth, influence and leisure to maintain legitimacy...

Particularly (but not only) post-industrial literature is teeming with works on the depressing alienation in cities.

Just walking through the neighborhood on the way to work, home or to the grocery store and greeting people I meet – strangers, for all intents – helps my mood.

Humanity thrived on activity and interaction. Let's try to keep that.

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Zwiebel 4 points 10 months ago

Tbf we do have spots like this too in Europe, not everywhere is some picturesque scenery

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BarbecueCowboy 27 points 10 months ago

This is every town in the US right next to where you get off the Interstate (Highway).

This looks like South Carolina, but think it's out of date. I don't think there are any Grinder locations left.

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dditty 1 point 10 months ago

What kind of food did they serve? I've never heard of them before. I googled it and got a few results about Italian-American food and sandwiches?

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BarbecueCowboy 3 points 10 months ago

It's in the name, they served grinders.

Seriously though, it's just a sub with an extra focus on having a ton of meat. I remember them being good, but I was also pretty young last time I had it and I wouldn't trust my opinion.

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roguetrick 0 points 10 months ago

Submarine sandwich, grinder, hero, hoagie, wedge, spuckie.

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atomicbocks 13 points 10 months ago

Are you sure you want to throw shade?

Historic photo of Piccadilly Circus in London.

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LodeMike 14 points 10 months ago

This is like sending a picture of LA when someone says they're American

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atomicbocks 19 points 10 months ago

Which is exactly what the commenter is doing by referring to the one picture as representing the USA. Thanks for explaining my comment.

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Thedogdrinkscoffee 4 points 10 months ago

But it's damn near everywhere in the US and it's ugly as sin.

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FosterMolasses 1 point 10 months ago

This is like accusing Tokyo of being too urbanized.

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prole 7 points 10 months ago

I would much rather walk this than the photo in OP

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MrsDoyle 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, I still want to throw shade.

That's Piccadilly Circus, in the middle of London. Don't like it? Hop on one of those buses and go somewhere else. Or use the Underground - there's a station right there. Direct route to Cockfosters, and the station there is right next to Trent country park. http://trentcountrypark.com/Welcome.html

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ObtuseDoorFrame 12 points 10 months ago

too*

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swicano 42 points 10 months ago

Wow, what year is that picture from, McDonald's with a playplace?! We wish things were as nice as they were then

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OR3X 42 points 10 months ago

Kids these days will never get to experience the bliss of wading through a pit of plastic balls that all smell vaguely of piss.

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Peppycito 10 points 10 months ago

I make floor pads for the company that builds the playlands. They still exist, in Canada at least. I sent a whole bunch to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, but they were for Burger King.

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taiyang 4 points 10 months ago

I've heard of these things from a documentary from that era called Mac and Me. I think they also routinely held something called a "birthday party" at them. Unfortunately there are no physical records to confirm that I am aware of.

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AngryCommieKender 1 point 10 months ago

Norm?

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Lexam 36 points 10 months ago

Bonus there is no sidewalk.

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ch00f 21 points 10 months ago

You get 8 seconds to cross eight lanes of traffic.

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Zwiebel 8 points 10 months ago

Heard the police stops and asks you what your're doing/ if you need a ride when you walk in the US

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ch00f 10 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't say it's that bad. At least not where I live.

Mostly I see completely half-assed attempts at walkable infrastructure such as:

  • Sidewalks that just end
  • Bike lanes that say "lane ends, merge with traffic" on a 45mph (72km/h) road right before an underpass with no shoulder.
  • Crosswalks only ever mile or so, so you either have to walk a mile out of your way, or get yelled at for "jaywalking."
  • Bike lockup outside a furniture store that's surrounded by 10 acres of parking lot where the nearest residence is like 10 miles away.
  • 3ft wide lanes with person figures painted on them on the side of the road because a white line is enough to protect pedestrians.
  • 3ft wide bike lanes on the inside curve of an uphill 45mph road with sharp turns and a steep concrete embankment on the side.

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coherent_domain 18 points 10 months ago

I wish america was this dense, going outside means either I get to see my speedometer for 2/3 of the trip or endless lawns, endless car noise and emission, with endless political signage that all looks the same.

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CubitOom 15 points 10 months ago

Wait...there is a physical grindr app?

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saltnotsugar 4 points 10 months ago

Yup! You just fill out the paperwork with a pen.

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BanMe 3 points 10 months ago

There used to be, it was at the end of the paths under that one bridge in your city, but it's just a homeless encampment now.

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roguetrick 0 points 10 months ago

What do you think truck stop bathrooms are for?

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brem 15 points 10 months ago

Go outside.

No McDonald's to freeze next to.

Nothing, for miles.

Just red dirt.

It's cold, and all I can grow is

P O T A T O

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foggianism 6 points 10 months ago

Idaho?

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MajorMajormajormajor 4 points 10 months ago

Whodaho?

Udaho!

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StrongHorseWeakNeigh 14 points 10 months ago

I hate this accursed concrete jungle that I live in.

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ruuster13 9 points 10 months ago

My favorite game to play on river walks near my home (it's really a canal) is to count syringes and naked body parts.

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BanMe 5 points 10 months ago

Total dismemberment you say

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ruuster13 1 point 10 months ago

Less gore; more sex and feces.

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ianhclark510 7 points 10 months ago

Ride transit to nature! shows a route with like 8 transfers that takes 4 hours each way

Well drive! shows gas a 4$+ a gallon

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Geth 4 points 10 months ago

Is that... About $1/liter? That's amazing. We paid almost $2 in the pandemic, now it's round 1.5.

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moody 6 points 10 months ago

Yes, American gas is heavily subsidised.

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frankpsy 5 points 10 months ago

I'm glad it's Florida winter here finally. There's plenty of nature and trails where I'm at but none of it is enjoyable when it's boiling outside with a 118F heat index with mosquitoes from the swamps that are 5x larger than normal and attacking from all angles.

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Saapas 4 points 10 months ago

No appreciation for some top notch burgerpunk. Smdh

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