cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23395832
This was funny in the comics community.
Here however, it comes of quite a bit psychotic.
And in case it needs to be said: NO, blowing up a bridge with mostly innocent people is bad, mkay?
It’s fairly dire to assume that people in this community will read this comic and go “Oh snap! Why didn’t I think about this before?”
As I just posted in another comment, my read on the comic is that the person we see in the last panel is intentionally depicted as psychotic, and not an aspirational figure… but yeah. Don’t blow up people to prove a point about infrastructure.
We are all normal people and realize that blowing up a bridge with cars or people on it is not allowed. It would be great if motorists understood this and did not kill hundreds of people with their cars every day
We are all normal people and realize that blowing up a bridge with cars or people on it is not allowed
This is the internet. Everyone is here, even the not-normal people. Even the not-normal people inclined to actually blow up bridges, who will interpret your “cars kill hundreds of people” statement as some kind of twisted casus belli. Everyone is here, even the carbrains looking for reasons to discredit urbanists.
I don’t think posting “art” like this is constructive, to put it mildly.
motorists understood this and did not kill hundreds of people with their cars every day
Motorists generally don’t go out looking to kill people, the majority probably won’t kill someone in their entire time driving, they just want to get to work/other places and try to avoid accidents (but make mistakes), and IMO they generally don’t even deserve angry looks (much less implied death) since it’s really a problem with infrastructure and policy.
Of course, motorists, people going about their day, going to work, picking their kids up from work. How dare they not understand that that killing people is bad!
But for real, most car related deaths are accidents. It has more to do with infrastructure and education, both of which not directly the fault of motorists. Feel like your blaming the wrong people.
The real (modern) london bridge is mostly bus lane and pedestrian traffic. 2x bus lanes, 2x wide pavements, and 2x car lanes (probably mostly taxis). I’d guess - from when i used to regularly use it 10-15 years ago, the pavements move the most people by a decent margin , especially at rush hour. I always thought they should close one of the bus lanes at rush hour to give to pedestrians.
It’s not clear which bridge they’re trying to draw though, normally people depict tower bridge which is way narrower. I think just 1 mixed lane in each direction - that is often a log jam of buses and cars - still fairly decent width pavements though, but no where near the rush hour (pedestrian) traffic of London bridge. Thats just because its a worse location.
Of course the nursery rhyme refers to the old medieval london bridge that was covered with houses and shops and stuff. Of corse in those days people went to Southwark for different reasons.
Maybe they’re depicting the dartford crossing?
So…kill hundreds of innocent people is the answer? This isn’t some Luigi shit. that would just mostly people trying to get to or from work and the message here is they should all die for that?
It’s a dark joke about a nursery rime. It doesn’t read like a call to action.
I think you’re the only one taking the comic this literally?
The top two panels do have some !fuckcars energy, but the lower half about the bombing is about a delusional and/or haunted guy who is spurred on by a ghostly woman. Not exactly a call to action against private motorists.
As someone who used to cycle, walk or ride a bus across these bridges, please don’t blow them up. In fact, I think all the central London bridges have bus lanes, plenty of walking space and some have cycle lanes. Theres one bridge for people only. I know im taking this too seriously but it’s a very scary thought
What the fuck? No wonder people think we are unhinged. Get this shit outta here. I just want to be able to walk to the grocery store.
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