For reference, Japan taxes gas at US$1.30 per gallon (before adding consumption tax) and driving expressways from Tokyo to Kyoto costs US$73 in tolls (25 yen/km)
I vaguely recognize this guy as an asshat who says nonsense stuff but does he just straight up lie? is this a "I take no pleasure in reporting this" kinda guy?
0.000001% chance this is true (and I haven't seen anything remotely close to corroborating it) but I like to sometimes daydream what if it was true, what if municipal transportation policy actually swayed a nine-figure baseball player to go elsewhere
1) Has he looked at his data, realized that the price of his cookie might have been rising linearly ever since the Republicans took over the House in November of 2022?
2) Is his cookie roughly $32.50 this month, as a continued linear progression would suggest?
Gas taxes bring the price close to $6/gallon
You're not allowed to buy a car unless you have a private place to store it
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"Overall, tolls in Japan are the most expensive in the world"
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
You really think a Japanese baseball star, signing $325 million contract is concerned about an extra $6/day?
This mf will be chauffeured every-fucking-where.
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but the actual args you hear are more like this.
1) Has he looked at his data, realized that the price of his cookie might have been rising linearly ever since the Republicans took over the House in November of 2022?
2) Is his cookie roughly $32.50 this month, as a continued linear progression would suggest?
https://heatmap.news/economy/tokyo-anti-car-pedestrian-paradise
Gas taxes bring the price close to $6/gallon
You're not allowed to buy a car unless you have a private place to store it
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"Overall, tolls in Japan are the most expensive in the world"
hearing roki sasaki's picking a west coast club because of NYC's policy on mandatory parking requirements
You really think a Japanese baseball star, signing $325 million contract is concerned about an extra $6/day?
This mf will be chauffeured every-fucking-where.