I think it’s a joke that American houses (in the eyes of Europeans) are made out of sticks (stud framing in the house) and paper (drywall is made from gypsum and has a paper backing)

In European countries, their houses are made of tougher materials like stone, concrete, or some other material I’m forgetting about

It’s a known thing in America that stray bullets end up in people’s houses (and sometimes their residents) when it’s an American holiday like 4th of July or Memorial Day

Probably iOS. I use AdGuard and sideload a YouTube tweak to dodge most of the ads on my browsing experience

It’s wild how short some videos are with sponsorblock enabled to skip almost everything. I don’t watch LTT for ethical reasons anymore, but damn, did some 10 minute videos go by in like 2 minutes

As an American, I too need to know where the bag went

My favorite version of this joke was seeing NakeyJakey spell Drew as Jrew as a gag, which makes Anjrew a valid spelling too

Soon enough we’ll see robots argue against each other about tipping culture

This is a good move for wiki maintainers and users. Fandom needs to lose their stranglehold over the wiki farm “market”. Info like this shouldn’t be polluted and bloated with advertisements and it shouldn’t be able to be modified by the whims of Fandom either.

The ‘H’ and ‘S’ in Rhode Island are already silent, so it really is a meme saying that they live in Rhode Island

It’s a subversion of the “I live in Spain, but the ‘S’ is silent” joke

As long as you follow the rules of the road, I’m cool with it. The problems I have are with scooter users who ride against traffic

And personally I wouldn’t want you to go on the sidewalk. I’d rather you stay the course and let me pass as it is a bit more predictable that way

After that? An M1 Abrams. He just wanted to stop by and ask some questions

It is kind of a new thing, but there has been more activity within recent years for employees at tech companies to unionize. Most notable would probably be NPR, Alphabet, and NYT

So basically the state has been ignoring the need to get funding for maintaining the units (a lot have been condemned) and to get additional staffing to screen applicants

Mass made a switch from local housing authorities having their own application system to a statewide online version. Ideally it sounds good, however there weren’t enough people to screen through the apps fast enough. And like online job apps, there is a way to “game the system” and loads of people would mark their interest in living everywhere, but would rather live in only one area

Basically a half-baked solution that the state fails to correct despite the 5-10 years of complaints from those working in the system asking for improvements

At the cost of “the funny”, that’s what I was alluding to. That Gen X is the generation between millennial and boomer, and that they are always forgotten about

Millennial is code for young people. Anything above the age of 40 is automatically a boomer, and no, there is no in between

Devs from a city builder game (SimCity or Cities: Skyline) tried to replicate the scale of buildings/lots in real life, but then they realized that a small percentage of the lot is the actual building and it’s mostly parking lots.

Gotta love the cost of free parking here in America

Japan annexed Korea back around WWI - WWII, and committed a fair amount of atrocities. I believe that the older generations of Korea do not like Japan, understandably. I don’t think it’s common for younger Koreans to share the same sentiment of the older generation

I think there was a community that was called enoughmuskspam, and I blocked it because it had too much spam of that thing

tl;dr tell local officials you want to make roads narrower, make parking spaces smaller, put posts and bollards to restrict access to roads, and restrict vehicle access to roads by schools

Overall, the rise in pedestrian deaths are due to taller and heavier vehicles. Sedans and station wagons had low bumper heights and allowed for pedestrians to roll over the hood. Crossovers and trucks now allow for pedestrians to see the underside of a car more easily

The heavier weight in cars not only means that more energy is transferred in a collision at the same speed, it also damages the road more. This problem is exasperated with EVs due to the heavy battery packs. New York has a bill (stuck in committee) that proposes a new progressive registration fee based on vehicle weight. The heavier the car, the more you exponentially pay to keep it registered 

Unfortunately, change like this requires that some grassroots efforts are to be made to roll out these changes. It all starts with you talking to your local city officials to make these changes happen