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[–] 9488fcea02a9 31 points 3 months ago (6 children)

If you asked an alien who had never seen a car before, "design a vehicle that carries one single human for 90% of the trips and sits idle 90% of the day", they would never in a million years come up with something as hideously oversized and wasteful as a modern car....

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think if you add the requirement to have protection from the elements, you won't be too far from a car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

@AceBonobo @9488fcea02a9 Unless they're familiar with something like a raincoat.

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