I'm not sure what your point is. You come in here with this passive aggressive tone even though this community had nothing to do with the protest you're talking about. I get that it made you mad and you need a place to vent but this is not it.

Also, forming your political opinion based on the fact that some people made you mad is fallacious reasoning and very immature. Even if the protesters were advocating for the same points this community does, them being annoying does not invalidate (or validate) any of the arguments. Funnily enough, good public transport is actually the best and often only viable way to meaningfully improve traffic so you're acting against your own self-interest here.

Waah they should hold the protests where they affect nobody so everyone can just ignore them waah my spoiled milk

This feels like an attempt at satire, but they failed to mention what was actually being protested. It probably is because it's very self-centered ("oh no my milk is spoiled! Who cares that 100 ppl are killed everyday day because of cars, I want my milk!!")

If it's not sarcasm, then you're right! A train would have gotten you home on time 👍

Your sorry attempt at a sarcastic post actually proves cars are inferior.

A train would had simply torn those protesters to pieces and got you home on time 🙂

are you sure that they were protesting "because cars exist" ? I'm sure they had another motive and you're trying hard to ignore their reasons just to rant about cars

This is a thinly veiled attempt at sarcasm I assume.

Lots of logical fallacies though.

Fuckcars is a movement about providing equal infrastructure prioritisation to public transit and soft transit (walking, biking) instead of near-solely focusing on cars.

We don’t know what that protest is and acting as if we as a community must be in support of said protest for the sole reason it blocks cars is nonsensical.

I really don’t think your post is in good faith, I can only assume this protest really bothered you and you’ve come here to blow off some steam? Anyways, this isn’t a very polite way to act, please keep this kind of attitude of lemmy.

Sorry about your bad day. Hope you have good sleep and feel refreshed in the morning 🖖

The idea that protest is about convincing people of something is such a daft idea, I don't understand where this comes from. Everyone seems to think it but I can't remember any protest, and especially any direct action protest where this has ever been the goal or the effect.

Do you know for sure they were protesting cars, not emissions, not raising awareness for any other cause? It doesn't matter, I'm just curious.

Your complaints about public transportation make no sense. "Public transportation is bad so don't spend money on it." Obviously, if we spent money on it, it would be a viable alternative. I spent some time in Austria this year, a country with excellent public transportation. I could step onto a bus (there was one at nearly every stop about every 10 minutes), be at my destination with no delay, hop off, all without ever needing to show my ticket or talk to anyone. Cars would have been vastly more inconvenient to get around the cities, finding parking takes time, and you almost never have the right of way over other vehicles/pedestrians (as you shouldn't, you're in the safe metal box and they're vulnerable). With effective public transportation, I was able to get out into the Alps, go hiking, and come back into the city without needing to worry about any of the complexities of a car. I could hop on the tram, grab dinner downtown, and be back, without ever getting stuck in traffic. It was so much easier and more convenient than anything I've ever seen living in the US, and I fully don't understand the argument against it. No one is stopping you from owning a car! I own a car, and I won't stop. There are some things I need one for. This movement is about effective public transportation, and there is no reason to be against it except insecurity, and apparently a fragile ego. What's next, antifascism protestors block your way to work and you start wearing a swastika? Being reactionary accomplishes nothing good for yourself. If you're that easily manipulated, every false flag will work on you with no questions asked.

The dairy groceries that I picked up on the way back from work had begun to spoil.

Watch Dominion

The worst traffic I ever hit on my bike is when I have to go where cars are. I wonder what the common thread is...

Austin Powers did a artistic interpretation of this event before

People will reflexively reject new and different possibilities when advocates are too radical or aggressive in their approach. That's why it's important that we try to win people over using reason and logic, rather than protests. The fact is, cars are an expensive and inefficient means of transporting people and things. That doesn't mean cars don't have their use cases. They certainly do, and that's why I don't think cars and small trucks will or should go away completely, but in an ideal (ie maximally cost effective and efficient) scenario, cars would represent a relatively small percentage of total conveyance methods.

So some jerks made a traffic jam and your takeaway is to blame cars?

You know they'd be doing the same to busses/light rail if it gave them the same 15 minutes of fame.