Yeah y'all really don't want to end up like us. We're not the land of the free. The streets are most definitely not paved with gold. We're just a giant ponzi scheme.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Paved with gold? Lucky they're paved at all this time of year.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

No kidding. Their "fix" every year is to either fill all the potholes with asphalt, which the spring rains promptly loosen and get kicked out, or a thin "repaving" layer, which gets destroyed by the summer monsoons. I'm convinced Caltrans is a jobs program for people that can't get a job otherwise, because those guys can't seem to get anything done correctly.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 points 8 months ago

It's actually insane how many of our institutions are actually based on pyramid schemes. No wonder we all use it as the symbol for conspiracy because it is a huge portion of how anything runs in the US. Cover the costs by convincing more people to join in at a less beneficial or profitable step down the pyramid and hope someone else will be coming behind you for you to take from as well.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have a pothole literally 2 feet wide and at least 10 inches deep on my street that our city just can't find the funds to fix...

[–] Saurok@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Start a social media account for pics of the pothole. Keep tagging city officials in it. Call or email someone every time you're reminded that the pothole exists so they will be too. Make the city rue the day they gave Cave Johnson lem... Potholes.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If they won't do it some helpful citizen might end up reading something like https://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Pothole