• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    You’ve activated my “thing”. No one seems to have noticed that the bottom of the ecosystem just fucking dropped out.

    When I was a child, dad taught me to always clean the windshield when we stopped for gas, and sometimes in between. I have not done this in years, easily more than a decade.

    We drive hundreds of miles of back country highway to pick up my kids. Talking the South here, mostly Alabama which is 77% wooded. Nada.

    Screw it, I could tell stories for an hour, too depressing to go on.

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      A part of it is how car aerodynamics have changed.

      My work car has a flatter windshield and gets a lot more bug splatter than my personal car.

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      10 hours ago

      Took the words out of my mouth. I used to plan for a car wash after every trip through the countryside. Haven’t done that going on 15 years now. Amazing how few people notice.

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      10 hours ago

      I drove from San Diego to Boston with my buddy a couple years back and it never even crossed our minds to wipe the windshields the entire trip