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Innovation makes useful things smaller - overconsumption makes them bigger and more meaningless (norden.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Pretty stupid to compare a sedan and an SUV. Not a good way to get people to see your point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Many normal car models are now SUVs though, at least in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

OP could just compare the E30 3-series and the G20 3-series and there would already be a size difference. Of course, much of it stems from safety features taking up extra space (hello crumple zones, airbags, etc) and there's also simply a little bit of more space in a modern car.

To truly make a point here, you might want to compare a pickup truck from the 80s or 90s vs the 2010s or 2020s. Those have gotten unnecessarily big with no excuse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They ahould have uaed the original Mini and the BMW Mini as a comparison

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Dumb phone vs. smartphone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

But SUVs and trucks are increasingly the cars that most people own.