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[–] [email protected] 133 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mother fucker tired of thru traffic on his street. Not gonna just bitch and moan, man of action right there

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This was the actual reason if I recall correctly. He lived on a small side street that suddenly had lots of traffic. He realized Google maps was suggesting that street for directions and came up with this ingenious plan to get Google to redirect traffic elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

The article says that it was just an experiment and the artist's original post doesn't mention anything else.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Nobody drives down that street anymore, it's too crowded."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody drives anymore. There's too much traffic

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Actual thing New Yorkers say 😄

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

Is that a Yogi Berra quote variation? I love it, my dad would always say that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I couldn't tell you who said the original, I was riffing on a version I read in a joke book where it was a restaurant instead of a road. "Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore..."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, as far as we know, it was just an (art) experiment of sorts