• rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    Some people were never meant to operate machinery of any kind, much less machines physically larger than they are.

    Like, don’t even let this person touch a lawnmower.

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    I have met people who have zero ability for 3D visualisation. I’m thinking this is one of those cases, plus a small panic after the second try.

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      And too stupid to realise the hoses are designed to reach the other side of the car here too.

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        I don’t know about where you live, but very few stations where I am have hoses long enough to do this. I think costco pumps are the only ones I’ve seen that are long enough.

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          Here in the midlands they’re mounted up high and have decent reach. The Shell ones pull out and retract too.

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            Fancy! I still don’t know why every pump doesn’t do it, it would make too much sense.

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          Sorry I also don’t want to interact with this person on foot, or in a store, or be behind her at self checkout, or watch her use a tablet to order food. I would prefer to never have to think about someone with this level of brain activity. I also don’t want them to vote.

          Fun fact, just hitting the down arrow without a response just puts you in silent solidarity with someone who is so stupid they can’t figure out how to pump gas align two objects within 8 ft of each other :)

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            Welcome to life, where occasionally you deal with things you don’t want to. I do hope you never experience a similar situation, but if you do, I hope it is handled with compassion.

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              Oh hey a response. I don’t really get what your response has to do with anything, but you used words so good for you!

              Your entire point, in the context of my message, is “sometimes life isn’t perfect”?

              For my part, I sincerely hope you never reach the mental state where you think you can drive a car but in fact can’t align two objects within 8 feet of each other. Because that’s sad, and deserving of compassion from people who care about you.

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            I will have open solidarity with that person, thank you very much. Society should accommodate everyone. If it can’t, it’s a bad society.

            And if you can’t tolerate people like this existing, you’re a bad person, and I don’t want anything to do with you.

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        It’s so hard to tell though, every other time she gets in and out of the American side

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            But at the beginning she clearly gets out of the left side

            And maybe I need to add /s, that’s my bad

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                She does if you, also, don’t understand rotation. She’s on the left (of the car) and then on the right.

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                  No she isn’t. She uses right door all the time and you can even see a steering wheel on the right hand side.

                  Are you blind or you don’t understand sides? At the beginning her right door are actually on our left side as she is facing us.

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          Ha ha ha ha …. Now all I can think of is the outstanding prank that could be. “Hey honey, can you please pump the gas?” Then “oh sorry, let me fix it, can you please pump the gas now”, over and over 🤣