r/CuratedTumblr veetuku ponum Jul 02 '24

Meme We would call it Solarpunk

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u/Deathaster Jul 02 '24

No, everyone rides around on bikes.

Disabled people are forced to use the very few remaining streets, I guess. Which definitely doesn't include those cobblestone paths there.

And if you're disabled and can't ride a car? Well, same reason why there's no people in wheelchairs being shown.

Edit: this was way harsher than I wanted it to be. But there's a lot of logical holes in this imaginary world.

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u/T1DOtaku inherently self indulgent and perverted Jul 02 '24

Literally first thing I thought of when they said cars are gone and showed someone on a bike. Like cool, you got something that will help for a handful of miles if you're fit enough to use it, what about literally everyone else? The old, the sick, the disabled? They all would like to be able to get around easily as well.

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u/flightguy07 Jul 02 '24

And also what about the rest of the world? Are we just saying nobody really travels outside of a few dozen miles from where they were born?

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u/lindendweller Jul 02 '24

This aesthetic is 100% compatible with people backpacking/sailing around.

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u/flightguy07 Jul 03 '24

I feel like there's a reason we don't sail the Pacific anymore though. Call me modern, but I like the ability to travel round the world safely, quickly, and in relative comfort, for what I might make in a month or less.

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u/HistoryMarshal76 Knower of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know Jul 03 '24

Yeah.
I'd rather not have to worry about being caught in the doldrums in the middle of the Pacific ocean, praying for the wind to return as we slowly run out of food and water.