Melonpoly@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWe cant fix all the potholes but we might arrest you if you domybroadband.co.zaexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down12
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkWe cant fix all the potholes but we might arrest you if you domybroadband.co.zaMelonpoly@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareWillem@kutsuya.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agothe article makes some good points on why not though, also they offer anyone that wants to help to first ask them. in the end its “their” property that you’re trying to fix, with them responsible for it when you do it wrong
minus-square0x0@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 month agoJust graffiti dicks around the holes instead
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoPlanting flowers in them also appears to work. Really anything that brings them attention.
minus-squareMelonpoly@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIn Johannesburg the plants grow naturally. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-17-johannesburgs-most-famous-pothole-the-symbol-of-a-broken-city/
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoNot even that it’s “their property,” it’s a public road used by hundreds, if not thousands of people regularly. You need a licensed professional engineer to put their seal on that shit, and for a reason. I guess pardon me for not trusting some uneducated, unlicensed rando with my public utility repairs 🙄
the article makes some good points on why not though, also they offer anyone that wants to help to first ask them.
in the end its “their” property that you’re trying to fix, with them responsible for it when you do it wrong
Just graffiti dicks around the holes instead
Planting flowers in them also appears to work. Really anything that brings them attention.
Honestly, I don’t hate this idea
In Johannesburg the plants grow naturally.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-17-johannesburgs-most-famous-pothole-the-symbol-of-a-broken-city/
What happened to wanksy?
Not even that it’s “their property,” it’s a public road used by hundreds, if not thousands of people regularly.
You need a licensed professional engineer to put their seal on that shit, and for a reason.
I guess pardon me for not trusting some uneducated, unlicensed rando with my public utility repairs 🙄
Muh properthy!