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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Parallel parking is just 180degree handbrake turn parking but with fewer style points and more steps.

Genuinely though, it's car specific but my driving instructor had a bit of tape on the rear windscreen, and once the last part of the car you were next to passed that bit of tape, you started your turn in. It was a delightfully simple system that took 50% of the work out of parallel parking.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Somehow I got my license 34 years ago and did the parallel parking, and I've avoided it ever since.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 9 points 8 months ago

It's something of a necessity in the UK. A lot of high streets in town centres have on-street parking which are regulated just by the sizes of the vehicles currently there - there rarely any defined parking spaces on the roadside. Parallel parking is an essential skill to be able to park on the roadside in most major towns.

That, or there's outdoor car parks or multi-storey car parks at shopping centres or large event venues for those who prefer to find a marked-out space to drive into.

That said, it's nothing that can't be practised with two cones and a plank of wood in a clearing somewhere, if you're so inclined.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I got mine a little over 18 years ago. Parallel parking wasn't part of my test but it was for my younger siblings. Different states.