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		sheepscreek on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jaywalking legalized in New York City While travelling in Germany, I got to know the man in the pedestrian lights has a name: Ampelman (Ampelmännchen). The fact that they gave it a name - no wonder it’s a touchy topic for them.

Symbiote on Oct 31, 2024 [–]

In Britain he has roughly as much of a name: the Green Man (or the Red Man), as in "wait for the Green Man" said to a child.

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