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[-] grandma@sh.itjust.works 128 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

> be me

> live in a relatively new part of town in the Netherlands

> bike 20 minutes to the city center

> no hills or mountains because netherlands

> See almost no cars because most bike routes are completely seperated and shorter than car routes

> Park my bike in a surveilled parking area funded by the city

> Do all my shopping for the day and return

> MFW my friends and family don't even realize how good we have it

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

So how easy is it for an American to move to the Netherlands? Asking for myself

[-] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

If you are skilled labor, yes: https://www.expatica.com/nl/finance/taxes/the-dutch-30-ruling-explained-101641/

But what @abbadon420 said is equally true. Housing market's fucked beyond belief. Now, if you want to WFH and live out in the sticks, you'd be set.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Or you'll need to bring like 500k. No, that's not a joke.

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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

I guess it's easy enough, but good luck finding a house.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Scooby-Doo and the Case of the Missing Houses

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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 97 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

1 gal of gas: ~29k calories - $4.609
~29k calories of rice: ~$600 <-- sus math btw ๐Ÿค”

It's simple: drink the gas.

ย 

okay, update:
my math was wrong. new cost of rice: ~$11.5 (ordering in bulk)

CONCLUSION
Drink the gas.

[-] qwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 months ago

100 grams of raw white rice is 365 calories, meaning that it's about 3650 calories per kg. 29k calories of rice is 8 kilograms.

Where are you buying rice that it costs $75/kg???

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I did my math wrong lol

Found some at 66c/lb. Need 17.5 lbs. $11.5 ๐Ÿ‘Œ

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 29 points 2 months ago

If you drink a whole canister of gas, that's enough to cover your nutritional needs for the rest of your life!

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago
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[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah but I don't have to carry an actual ton of weight on my bike.

Except when I'm taking yo mama home after date night

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 17 points 2 months ago

stfu nerd
My mom has lost a ton of weight and im v proud of her ๐Ÿ˜ก

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Okay I'm sorry that was mean

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[-] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Taking this further, that $4.60 of gas will power the most efficient car for about an hour.

That $12 of rice is enough energy for you to power your bike for like 50 hours.

Conclusion: Just drive your car. Do you really want to waste 49 hours on your bike? /s

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[-] JayDee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you bike regularly, you actually don't spend more calories. You only see calorie burn uptick when first taking on new exercise, which falls off over time back to your usual normal calorie cost. Because of this, that calorie cost for a biker is calorie intake they'd already consume even if they didn't bike. It's essentially free, in contrast to the gas of the car which is always a cost.

Checkmate liberal. /s

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

You can't convince me of free energy

NICE TRY SCIENTOLOGY

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[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 73 points 2 months ago

Actual unironic gigachad moment

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And park directly in the immediate front of the building I'm visiting. No circling around and around without finding a space to park my overly expensive rust box. Just arrive, lock the bike to a post and be there.

Totally different experience in that aspect alone.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hm... Is there any law that says I can't ride my bike in the store? ๐Ÿค”

Sure would make shopping faster.

[-] HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

where I live is quite common to ride bikes for transportation, lots of places have stickers disallowing riding the bikes in the buidings

You can still take the bike in in some cases, but not ride it.

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[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 months ago

> be me

> be downtown on bicycle

> actual protected bike lanes

> zipping past hundreds of people that decided to drive for some reason

> bumper to bumper traffic

> road capacity literally maxed out

> honking and yelling at almost every intersection

pic related

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[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Be American

Living paycheck to paycheck

Need job

Good worker

Work overtime when needed

Trying to pay off car

Smug biker does a driveby near open car window

Rethink my life

Realize U.S. infrastructure often requires vehicles

In middle of daily 40min commute, one way

Realize the same distance on bike would be two hours

Depresso

[-] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

This is why we need good public transit on top of good biking infrastructure. The two working together let's you get anywhere a car can go while not taking a lot longer.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

I miss Japan's public transport. Never felt like I needed a car while in the city.

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[-] _bcron@midwest.social 41 points 2 months ago

Be me

Download Pokemon Go

Start running to work

Gotta catch them all

4 months later run a 50K

"What was your training like?"

"I dunno, run more?"

(true story back in 2022)

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Bro pokemon WENT

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

You might want to check out walkscape to run even more

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ngl, I have a nice ass and legs. Nice compliments, too! It's worth it to bike everywhere if your city allows it

I forgot to mention that the cost of repairs is also dirt cheap here.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 months ago
[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

I'll let these babes do the talkin'

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[-] SuDmit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 months ago

Given that's a greentext, legitimately expected anon to somehow get injured or killed by some not paying attention driver on unsafe road or something. Glad he didn't.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 2 months ago

I do think it's funny that America has the worst traffic in the western world, yet in Europe we can get by just fine with roads built by people that even the Romans considered to be ancient.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's because Europeans invest in all forms of transport, so you don't get people who can't fathom the concept of taking any trip from point A to B in anything other than a car.

Edit: not sure why I'm getting downvoted. I think Europe does it way better if that wasn't obvious

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Would be great if Europe actually invested in all forms of transport. Where I live, the rail system is run into the ground instead of getting maintenance and expansion.

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Yes, but you have a rail system.

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 13 points 2 months ago

It has to be said that people from one place underestimate the other...

In Europe, 100 miles is a long distance.
In America, 100 years is a long time.

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[-] Mojave@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My job is 15 mountainy miles away, and when I show up drenched in bicycle sweat everyone in the office says I smell bad

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

People shouldn't live that far away from their workplaces. They didn't used to, before we invented shitboxes.

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[-] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

You could get a decent e-bike?

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[-] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Me unironically wanting to do this

100F outside most of the year because Florida (that's 38C for you europoors)

Have to wake up at 4am before sunset to be able to ride at all

work at 9

Can't into roadbike :(

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I always wanted to learn how to ride a bike. Always looked like fun.

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