NarrativeBear@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCity of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down130 cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.catoronto@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1-14arrow-down1imageCity of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.lemmy.worldNarrativeBear@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.catoronto@lemmy.ca
minus-squaremaxprime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat does this have to do with cars?
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down24·edit-22 days agoThe poster seem to normalise people being hit or run over by cars. (Note the tire marks) A pedestrian hit by a car, and no blame in the poster is associated to a car, the car is not visible in the scene. It seems to associate the intelligence of a person with that of a animal that made the same mistake, ie. wanting to cross the road safely.
minus-squarePhegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoYou are overthinking this.
minus-squarefl42v@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think you’re looking into it too much
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoAnimals are really smart. Racoon would never make a dumb post like this one, for instance.
What does this have to do with cars?
The poster seem to normalise people being hit or run over by cars. (Note the tire marks)
A pedestrian hit by a car, and no blame in the poster is associated to a car, the car is not visible in the scene.
It seems to associate the intelligence of a person with that of a animal that made the same mistake, ie. wanting to cross the road safely.
You are overthinking this.
I think you’re looking into it too much
Animals are really smart. Racoon would never make a dumb post like this one, for instance.