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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by Symbiote on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:41PM (#37731696)
Are you serious? That's 400m. One lap of the athletics track. Should take about 4 minutes at walking speed.

Aren't there shopping malls in the US longer/wider than this?

I think I walk further than that between buildings to get to the canteen at lunch time. I tell people I live "really close" to a metro station and it's 380m away.

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by micromacrofoot on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:02PM (#37731867)
I knew someone that drove their car to work every day… 100m away.
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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by dataflow on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @01:07AM (#37748184)
> Are you serious? That's 400m. [...] Aren't there shopping malls in the US longer/wider than this?

It's not like people go to malls as frequently as they go grocery shopping, so this doesn't really imply anything. Also don't forget you're carrying potentially heavy bags. Also don't forget not everyone is a fit 30yo.

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