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plorg 4 hours ago

Might as well complain about how we get free roads and fire services.

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SV_BubbleTime 4 hours ago | parent [-]

No one has accused roads and fire services of being free.

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benregenspan 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This is a good example, because a "freeway" is free at point of use, but obviously understood to not be free of construction and maintenance cost. It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy.

	▲	thunky 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy. This is wrong. "Freeway" comes from free flow of traffic: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/freeway.cfm