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Submitted ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    *9 and 3.

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    • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Came here to say that whoever wrote this is old, like me.

      The switch from 10/2 to 9/3 is because of airbags. If you’re doing it the old way, you’re more likely to have the airbag catch your hand and whack you right in the face with it.

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      • zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        10 and 2 was always stupid. When I was young I got an opportunity to go to a racing school and that was one of the first things they talked about. If you mime driving a car, do you put your hands at 10 and 2? No, you’ll probably do 9 and 3. Better control, less going hand over hand.

        Also you should push the steering wheel with your outside hand, not pull it. Smoother input.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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      • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s mainly for better control of the vehicle. At 9 and 3, you can pull the steering wheel straight down to turn.

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      • Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I thought the risk was degloving.

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      • tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        My driving instructor said the airbag could rip the skin off your arms lol

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    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      *7 and 5

      Less arm fatigue and safer with air bags.

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        With better control the airbags won't go off.

        9:30 and 2:30 is optimal and hands are to the side for an accident.

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      • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No it’s not.

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    • Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Til they updated the standard.

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      • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That is the updated standard.

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    • Lycist@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thought they were teaching 7 and 4 now? Due to airbags I’d heard.

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      • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        just go with 0 and 0 with a knee on the wheel.

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      • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        7 and 4 isn’t even centered

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      • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You also need to keep in mind thumb placement. If you have a vice grip on the steering wheel with your thumb and forefinger wrapping the wheel, you’ll get your thumbs ripped off/sprained in a crash.

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      • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No.

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds annoying to drive with your hands to the side

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      • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, it is the proper way to drive. That is why the signals are at the side, so you can operate them without moving your hands.

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  • philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Which Bluey episode is this?

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  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have so many memories of my dad driving us up to the corner store, beer in hand, to put $5 in the tank and rent us Megaman 4.

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  • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sad that the default of the current world is “can you drive?”

    Mate, I can barely hold a conversation with people Ive worked with for 3+ years. How am I going to communicate via flashing lights to strangers, while driving a 1000kg hunk of metal at 50kph?

    I think I can contribute to society. (I haven’t been fired yet. So I must be doing something right) but must I be cut out of social weekend events, or anything after 6pm, JUST because i cant drive?

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    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well there’s always Uber and public transportation but both of those can be inconvenient at times. Someday I will get better at driving to get my own car though

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  • KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes,because dad cool, mom uncool.

    Funny sexism from the 50s.

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    • Wren@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It goes deeper than that, too.

      Pop culture painting dads as irresponsible parents comes from the idea that women are natural caregivers while men are just boys who work. It’s a cultural bias that still affects legislation and custody rulings, and why it’s a goddamn fight to get changing table in men’s public washrooms.

      Funny drunk dad meme is just the scum on the surface of a shitty lake.

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes because dad criminal, mom not criminal

      Sweet sexism.

      ::: NOT EVERTHING IS FUCKING SEXISM, THE MEME WAS ABOUT DRUNK DADS

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, it perpetuates the harmful stereotype that only men can have addiction issues. Gender stereotypes are harmful to all genders.

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    • 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Unfuckable comment

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s putting it a bit abrasively, but there’s a nugget of truth there.

      An anecdote: I saw some (drug?) commercial where the wife orders pizza because the Dad’s a bumbling idiot for even attempting to use the kitchen. Everything about the way it was presented just screamed… ‘50s sexism’? That’s a good way to put it.

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  • Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does anyone have the original of the dad doge

    Gonna need it so I can use it as a reaction lol

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    • The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Did some digging and found these:

      A zoomed in screenshot from this meme

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      a cutout of the doge edit

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      and what I assume was the original source image

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      • Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Goat

        Thanks

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      • Xenny@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Original is still edited. Pretty sure someone put human eyes on him to make it more uncanny

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  • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No joke I took my driving test in a random minivan because my dad wrecked his car that I practiced in in a DUI

    No wonder I don’t like driving lol

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  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thumbs up on the wheel, not around it. Again, due to airbags.

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    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Urban legend m.youtube.com/results?search_query=MythBusters+ai…

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      • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’ve been forcing my thumbs up for years for nothing?!?! It looks like having your thumbs directly on the airbag is bad news but I was sure I’d have broken thumbs with my hands at 10 and 2.

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    • wischi@programming.dev ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What? I’m pretty sure that’s complete BS and the thumb is probably the least of your problems when the airbags deploy

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