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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They aren't windmills, they're the actual giants, so go forth and vanquish you valorous knight! We are legions of Sancho Panza.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Knights were basically police for rich owners in feudalism. Dont glorify them. AKAB.

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are cool though. Great parody of knighthood even if four centuries old.

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

grillman: "Cities? Public transportation? That's for poor people!"

Oh man, I fucking wish.

[–] janus2@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 months ago

me on my bike:

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But isn't the whole message that the windmills are an imagined problem not a real one like cars? Or am I missing a layer of this?

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think an alterative caption would be "what car infastructure advocates would have me believe (and how I sometimes feel)"

[–] jakob@soc.schuerz.at 1 points 10 months ago

@The_Jewish_Cuban

Yes.

But... it feels, like fighting against an virtual enemy, because so many people do not see the problemtic of cars...

@spread

[–] thessnake03@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Tilt that windmill

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dutch wind turbines are bad??

[–] AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Did you heard about Don Quijote de la Mancha?