https://twitter.com/rabbitfordinner/status/1740609135044083919

this mf thinks we still have medieval walled cities, like dude, you can literally just… walk out of the city. I mean, yeah, you can indeed disrupt logistics, but there’s a pretty big gap between “trucks can’t get in to deliver supplies” and “entire population is trapped inside of the city”. Also railway transport isn’t real I guess

also love the idea of completely destroying supply routes into the city with… backhoes and gravel. I guess city folk don’t have any construction equipment of their own to clear and repair their roads. Also I guess the roads are just going to be conveniently completely empty for however many hours it takes you to block them, because, uh…

do an area study nerd

    • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      30·
      11 months ago

      He kind of has a point in the carbrained sense where the only transportation method is car. Not in the civil war style scenario but otherwise you’d need surprisingly few people to basically throw an entire cities car transportation network into a multi day gridlock

      • Zoift [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        you’d need surprisingly few people to basically throw an entire cities car transportation network into a multi day gridlock

        Back in 2006 some students from Georgia Tech shut down Atlanta for 12 hours by driving the speed limit, side-by-side, around the circular I-285 Atlanta bypass during rush hour. Got traffic to snake all the way around the circle and form a car ouroborous. They tried to charge the kids with conspiracy & domestic terrorism & shit at first, because 2006, but most they could get them for was obstruction of traffic.

        So yeah, proof of concept at least.

        • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          28·
          11 months ago

          Lmao, took them all of 4 people to do it.

          But yeah, pretty much. Disrupt traffic flow at a major intersection a bit by your usual non-enforced traffic infractions like double parking inconveniently or missing much or all of the green phase due to being on your smartphone or similar, 3 other people do the same at feeding arterial roads for like 10 minutes until all the impatient carbrains start trying to cheat their way onto non-cleared intersections and ta-da, gridlock that’s now become a massive headache to unfuck. x10 if you can convince someone to get into a minor fender bender after it and then start arguing and taking lots and lots of photos on the road. Takes like 4 guys with all of the conviction of “maybe get a ticket” to pull it off, I’m genuinely surprised no one ever tried it.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            11·
            11 months ago

            There’s some push button crosswalks around a major bottleneck bridge where I am. I’m certain 3 people just crossing the streets over and over would bring traffic to a halt