My only complaint with this watch is that the minutes are printed dominantly, and the hours are tiny. If you don’t need the numbers to tell the time quickly, then it’s fine, but if you’re like me and need the visual, it takes an extra tick (pardon the pun) to work it out.

My only complaint with this watch is that the minutes are printed dominantly, and the hours are tiny. If you don’t…

Got it. I missed the point. Hooray!

Is this sarcasm? Because the article is dumb, and most of the comments explaining it make complete sense. Does anyone even know what mansplaining means anymore? Or is the entire point here to be silly and hyperbolic? I can’t really tell at this point.

Yes, unfortunately. I wasn’t introduced to this wonderful establishment until a recent road trip through The Southeast.

I’m not following. If both lanes are full, there should be little opportunity for passing to occur. Both lanes would be going about the same speed.

It never happens because, for some reason, everyone has decided that the closing lane should be empty. That’s not the case.

The traffic slows regardless of where the merge is. Having an empty lane is useless, and it makes merging more troublesome (i.e., it makes it much easier for there to be the “asshole” mergers who are just taking advantage of the open lane). Both lanes should be used until the end.

Nope, you are wrong here. Both lanes should be filled right up to the closure, and the people refusing incoming merges at that point are the biggest assholes. Queuing up miles beforehand is much less efficient and causes a bigger traffic jam.

Well anyone driving on the shoulder just to get ahead is an asshole.

The “prick trying to merge at the absolute end” is actually doing it right. Zipper merges are most efficient when both lanes are filled until the closure.

Speed will decrease regardless of the merge. A lane closure in a large flow of traffic will always cause that — even if everyone merges perfectly.

Zipper merging works most efficiently when the merge occurs at the closure point — not miles ahead of it. You’re actually being the biggest dick of the bunch.

False. The merge should occur at the closure point — NOT “a mile back”.

That’s actually EXACTLY how a zipper merge is supposed to work. The best place for the merge is at the closure point — not miles ahead of it.

That actually doesn’t help the merge. Both lanes should be full until the closure point. Zipper merge works best that way.

If there is still space to drive in the closing lane, then everyone is doing it wrong. Zipper merges should occur AT the closure — not miles beforehand.

Yeah, but what Justin is saying is that the colors match those of a pester ball (supposedly). That’s kind of interesting.

Not quite true.

Not quite true.