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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j8db74s wrote

Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort

Besides allergens and physical makeup, there is little difference between a toddler and a dog. Your position is inconsistent, and my conclusion is that you really just personally don’t wanna see dogs in stores and you’re cherry-picking parts of legitimate arguments not because they’re important to you, but because they’re convenient for you.

If you really want these rules enforced, send your complaints to Walmart or Delhaize, not Reddit. S’not gonna happen on current wages and benefits.

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mainemandan t1_j8daph4 wrote

What’s worse is people don’t realize you can buy SAE DOT approved LED lights so you CAN drive with them on, legally. The lens typically has a different diffusing pattern to allow for on road use, but people don’t know any better and run the off-road only version instead.

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BackItUpWithLinks t1_j8dajze wrote

> Is this relativity common for others, or am I just being overly dickish about it?

It’s way too common.

I travel a two-lane road very often between 8-10pm and in my 4 mile trip i usually count half a dozen cars with no lights on and don’t know it because their DRL make them think lights are on.

Why don’t people put lights on auto? I turned my lights to auto when I bought the car and haven’t touched the switch since.

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j8d9jd0 wrote

Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort

The point is that if you’re making this argument, you should agree that 1. we should consider having similar legal constraints in place for young children and 2. that employees of these establishments should be incentivized to take the risk enforcing existing laws, which they are not.

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Coffee-FlavoredSweat t1_j8d8z8t wrote

Rear fog lights are the best.

My Saab used to have them, and Volvos have them as well.

Someone tailgates you? Turn the rear fog light on and they’ll either think you’re brake checking them, or it’s so bright they back off cause it’s annoying to look at, either way, you get the space you need.

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alpha417 t1_j8d86rx wrote

a few of the more savvy brands have a threshold setting which allows more or less darkness to trigger them. each one hides it somewhere different and calls it something else in the UI. Fords used to make it easy and had a sensor, low down in the center of the dash by the windscreen, and you could just put small pieces of black electrical tape on it to make it trigger earlier. sensor was black anyway so if you were careful, you couldn't tell it was applied.

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MrLonely_ t1_j8d3owr wrote

It’s a not very fun fact tbh. Loons sometimes mistake parking lots for lakes. They than land and can’t take back off because they need a running (swimming) start. Another thing is if you see loons fishing near where your fishing don’t keep fishing, wait for them to go by, they’re going to scare the fish off anyways and you don’t want to catch a 10 lb pissed off bird.

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