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  • Being a pedestrian in Amsterdam can be pretty bad. Dutch on bikes are insane. No slowing down is allowed. The bike might be rigged like the bus in Speed or whatever. Ready to explode.

    People on heavy e-bikes are riding 25km/h over pedestrian crossings with poor visibility.

    It is dangerous, and should be treated as such.

    Cars in Amsterdam is a much smaller consern than bikes. Really.

    Been there. Beautiful city. Terrible biking culture. The Dutch know. They reference it occasionally.




  • Crampon@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldTethered plastic caps
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    8 months ago

    So. In Norway we have this great system for returning used bottles for cash. We get 0.2$ for a 0.5 liter bottle. People are returning the bottle with the cap on. Seeing bottle caps laying around isn’t a thing.

    Instead of attaching the cap to the bottle. Make a return system for the bottles. People are not systematically seperating the bottle and the cap as the cap keeps the sugary residue left inside the bottle in place instead of in the bag you carry them with to the store for returning them for that sweet cash.

    Attaching the cap is a solution looking for a problem.

    Having travelled a lot around in Europe I have never seen bottle caps laying the street alone. People throw them together or not at all.

    This is bureaucracy time spent on caps instead of actual problems. So they could focus on actual issues instead of this shit. It’s a testament to how they blame every issue on random people instead of the industries inventing new ways to fuck up any ecosystem.


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    8 months ago

    I’m so fucking tired.

    It’s estimated the fishing industry is losing around 400 metric tonnes of fishing gear into Norwegian waters every year.

    Now we are punished for this by attaching the stupid caps to the bottles. Why are we not able to fix problems in this society hellbent for self destruction?

    Why are every problem pushed down on the working class just wanting to enjoy a soda in this capitalistic hellscape.