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[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you read the comment I was responding to…?

[–] wieson@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

pretty gross rack design

You're absolutely right

It's a normal rack, I disagree with the grossness.

They didn't [...] tell him "hey that doesn't look right, please draw again"

But it does look right.

[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I disagree with the grossness.

I don’t.

https://www.dwds.de/wb/Felgenkiller

But it does look right.

No, it looks like the shitty bike rack that destroys your wheel it is.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

BUT THEY ARE ALL OVER THE NETHERLANDS SO IT DOES LOOK RIGHT

[–] deur@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wont use all caps but they are indeed all over the netherlands. This discussion is hella lacking context. Yes those racks are very common and normal, and no amount of what you think changes that. This is a dutch ad which is based on what NL actually looks like.

Acting like the 80s were a new time for bikes... by then the netherlands was not occupied and the dutch were indeed allowed to own bikes again :)

[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

oh great the millionth wise ass with bUt ThEy Do LoOk LiKe ThAt.

I know that. It’s not about that.

Read the fucking comment I responded to. And go annoy your teacher, Hermione.

And yes, btw, the 80s were a different era. I was around then. In the NL 🤡

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

We've all read your comments, even the deleted one and we're saying you're just wrong and your comment was at least partially about this.

Nothing in this comment is useful, you're now just throwing jabs at people for no reason and you have thrown away all your credibility along with it.

Deleted comment:

You’re absolutely right, but this ad looks like it’s maybe late 80s, probably early 90s, so give them a little bit of slack. They were just figuring out what really good bike racks need to look like.

Also, bikes at that time were a lot more basic and cheaper, there’s not much need to be overly cautious about them.

Edit: Also also, the guy who drew this was kind of a big guy in his day, so they either got him for free or paid him way too less, either way they didn’t have the means to tell him „hey that doesn’t look ~~right~~ good, draw it again, please?“…

[–] Z27F@thelemmy.club -1 points 10 months ago