758
submitted 3 weeks ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Naich@lemmings.world 213 points 3 weeks ago

This is one of the most American things I've ever read.

[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago

lacks guns and burgers but I'll take it

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

The driver was distracted because he was eating a Big Mac while cleaning his pistol.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 2 weeks ago

If only there had been a good ambulance with a gun.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago

If America the legal battle will cost the EMS a huge part of their budget.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] asret@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's awesome! But as an outsider, the ambulance story still seems more "American" to me. There's been a significant shift in how America is perceived here over the last 30 years.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm an outsider and I stand by the 4th of July vet shooting an eagle free story.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

That made me swell with a sliver of American pride. Which is a pretty remarkable achievement this week.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

150 shots with a .22 to hit the branch. I'm amazed he didn't hit the fucking eagle.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

150 shots to hit and cut the 4 inch (10 cm) of rope (I guess about 1/4 inch (6 mm) at least not more than 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick) between the eagle and the branch located 70 feet (20 m) above ground, so realistically 100 feet (30 m) distance with a rifle that is not his, i.e. without knowing the aiming point.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He didn't hit the rope but the branch. If he was shooting for the rope he really would've shot the eagle.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Last Thursday, Jason Galvin used a .22-caliber rifle with a scope to fire 150 shots at the distant rope that was tangled around the eagle's leg.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah watch the video. It has a picture of the branch he shot down.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah ok. Interestingly, he shot the left part of the branch quite close to the eagle.

this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
758 points (97.7% liked)

Fuck Cars

9663 readers
91 users here now

A place to discuss problems of car centric infrastructure or how it hurts us all. Let's explore the bad world of Cars!

Rules

1. Be CivilYou may not agree on ideas, but please do not be needlessly rude or insulting to other people in this community.

2. No hate speechDon't discriminate or disparage people on the basis of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or sexuality.

3. Don't harass peopleDon't follow people you disagree with into multiple threads or into PMs to insult, disparage, or otherwise attack them. And certainly don't doxx any non-public figures.

4. Stay on topicThis community is about cars, their externalities in society, car-dependency, and solutions to these.

5. No repostsDo not repost content that has already been posted in this community.

Moderator discretion will be used to judge reports with regard to the above rules.

Posting Guidelines

In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:

Recommended communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS