Life Without Tinted Windows
Why aren't these people all in cars?
They shouldn't be outside and not also be in a car. It's almost like going outdoors without any clothes on.
And people can see you. In a car with windows tinted a deep black, no one can see you. Then you can turn your sound system up to the point where it damages your years, and you won't have to hear any of those annoying sounds of the city - you know, like fire engines and police cars and people screaming obscenities at someone who ran a red light. I wonder who ran the red light?
Now, in America, that's what we call living outdoors.
Just look at all these people walking and biking and sitting outside and having dinner. They actually look like they're having a good time. Poor deluded souls. I guess they're not really American.
Maybe we can help them. Let's trash the barriers keeping the cars out and restore the street to the condition that God intended. In the early days of the current mayor's administration, a call came out of city hall to give the street back to the cars, and the barriers were removed. But only briefly.
It turns out that these non-Americans actually have some political power. I was disappointed. Maybe I'll move to Montana.
(For more on the removal fiasco, click here and here and here and here.)
All the photographs in this story were taken between 6:43 pm and 6:47 pm on Friday, May 12, 2023.
See also Up in the Air and Down on the Ground; South Portland Avenue, Brooklyn; Flexible Vanderbilt; Of Planters and Whimsy.
