There is an anecdote about my oldest brother. He said to another kid “green is go, red is stop and yellow is go very fast”. Guess they learn from what we do, not what we tell them to do.
The belief in American Exceptionalism isn’t exclusive to how we perceive ourselves on the global stage. It’s just as potent domestically within our society. We inherently see ourselves as better than any and all plebeian NPCs around us and above any rules established to keep our communities safe. It’s the definition of toxic individualism and the single most deadly sin of American society.
At least in my country and I suspect many others, yellow / amber mean “stop if it’s safe to do so”, effectively the same as a red light.
“Green means go, Yellow means go faster” was the mantra for our instructor.
green means go ahead… yellow means hold on… and red means where tf did you get that banana?
Red means you can stop wiping
but the shame is there all the same
https://youtu.be/nBEoH06WoQ8
FYI now YouTube embeds your account in the link if you don’t remove the tracking part (?is=…). So you can doxx yourself by accident.
It’s a line from Pauly Shore in Encino Man.
It long predates Encino Man
I didn’t realize that driving instructor was such an influence on Mr Shore.
That’s the same everywhere
Here driver’s ed taught
green = go red = stop Yellow = proceed with caution
Not that it’s the rule I follow, but that’s what gets drilled into kids heads.
The advent of red light cameras turned yellow into “Can I safely stop without being plowed by a jacked up SUV/Pickup?”
There is an anecdote about my oldest brother. He said to another kid “green is go, red is stop and yellow is go very fast”. Guess they learn from what we do, not what we tell them to do.
Ah yes let’s teach new drivers that green light means go without any nuance about red light running.
The belief in American Exceptionalism isn’t exclusive to how we perceive ourselves on the global stage. It’s just as potent domestically within our society. We inherently see ourselves as better than any and all plebeian NPCs around us and above any rules established to keep our communities safe. It’s the definition of toxic individualism and the single most deadly sin of American society.