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[–] [email protected] 204 points 1 month ago (26 children)

They expected her to humbly step aside when her uber came, when she saw the regal couple-to-be!

Yeah I hate that shit too. My guess is it's a variation of "2 people walking side by side on a sidewalk automaticallly have priority over a single" - wtf, no, walk in line if there's people coming.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sorry I’m from the US. What’s a sidewalk?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you mean not from US? because Sidewalk is a particularly american term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It is, but it's unambiguous enough that OpenStreetMap adopted it instead of the British English term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Are you being sarcastic? Surely some of your streets have them?

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