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: canadatoronto
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: canadatoronto
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down24·edit-21 day 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-down1·1 day agoYou are overthinking this.
minus-squarefl42v@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think you’re looking into it too much
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoAnimals are really smart. Racoon would never make a dumb post like this one, for instance.
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.