Waiting for 30 minutes to access the Web site of the Road Safety Authority, the Irish equivalent of the DMV. Too bad they don’t have physical offices where I could queue personally…

  • burningmatches
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    8 months ago

    They didn’t assume most people are US-based. They assumed the DMV would be the most widely recognised and understood example to use.

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        8 months ago

        I’m superficially familiar with it from watching simpsons episodes.

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        8 months ago

        Are you being obtuse? English is the most commonly spoken language in the world and US culture is extremely popular worldwide.