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Re:A Lost Monument to Industry and Traditional Urbanism by ehnto on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:27AM (#19171610)
We spend so much space on parking. Our local hospitals most recent achievement is a new parking lot. More floor-space than the rest of hospital, and bigger in footprint than all the rest of the campus. Future archaeologists will probably think we were a society of sentient cars that kept people as pets.
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Re:A Lost Monument to Industry and Traditional Urbanism by ethebubbeth on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:32AM (#19171661)
https://youtu.be/wFaHArkYLsM

"This animated short proposes what many earthlings have long feared -- that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one long, unending conga-line of cars, a crew of extra-terrestrial visitors understandably assume they are the dominant race. While humans, on the other hand, are merely parasites. An Oscar® nominee, this film serves as an entertaining case study."

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Re:A Lost Monument to Industry and Traditional Urbanism by ehnto on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:20PM (#19172717)
That was perfect!
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Re:A Lost Monument to Industry and Traditional Urbanism by pixl97 on Friday February 15, 2019 @04:46PM (#19175020)
>Although Ford had taken great care to blend into Earth society, he had "skimped a bit on his preparatory research," and thought that the name "Ford Prefect" would be "nicely inconspicuous." Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form." The Ford Prefect was, in fact, a British car manufactured in the 1950s. When he first arrived on Earth, Ford was almost run over while attempting to greet a blue Ford Prefect. He was saved by Arthur and this is how the pair meet.

We will miss you Douglas Adams.

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