Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[PNWRoadgeek]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

OR 205, which runs along the Donner und Blitzen River in southeast Oregon.

Isn't it also near Christmas Valley?

Wait that's closer to US 20.

[1995hoo]

US-17. The number corresponds to 1-7, January 7, the date of Orthodox Christmas, which is widely overlooked in favor of the more popular Western date—much as US-17 is widely overlooked in favor of the more popular I-95.

[xonhulu]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

OR 205, which runs along the Donner und Blitzen River in southeast Oregon.

Isn't it also near Christmas Valley?

Wait that's closer to US 20.

Yeah, Christmas Valley is quite a bit west of there. I thought of it, but only county roads run through it. Which would have made it a worse answer, come to think of it.

[Max Rockatansky]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

Donner Pass Road because it sounds like a place you'd find a reindeer at.  Also a fantastic place to have a picnic with all your friends and family.

[vdeane]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

I-4, because of all the people that go to Disney World for Christmas.

[pderocco]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

US-101 in Carpinteria CA, because it takes you to Santa Claus Beach.

[ModernDayWarrior]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

US 52 in West Virginia. It's where Santa Claus gets all the coal he leaves in the stockings of everyone on the naughty list.

[kkt]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

Donner Pass Road because it sounds like a place you'd find a reindeer at.  Also a fantastic place to have a picnic with all your friends and family.

Or, if things go poorly, a picnic OF your friends and family.

[hotdogPi]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

A good (not worst of) answer to use as a baseline:

Gasoline is per gallon, electric is per kWh.
87: $6.799 (red)
89: $7.599 (red)
93: $8.299 (red)
Diesel: $7.799 (green)
Slow (home charger speed) EV: $0.359 (blue)
"20 minute fillup" EV: $1.199 (magenta)

[GaryV]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

Priced in liters everywhere in the world. Except in the US, of course.

[wanderer2575]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

Price per square inch so it looks cheap.  (Similar to how flooring is now sold by the square foot instead of the square yard to take advantage of people who don't realize until too late that the equivalent is nine square feet, not three.)

[xonhulu]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

Currently, a gas station can cost anywhere between $250,000 to over $2,000,000. So in 20 years, 10 million dollars seems like a reasonable guess.

[Scott5114]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

They will be on a high-resolution LED display in a font chosen to coordinate with the retailer's brand image.

[Sapphuby]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

They'll still be on those broken pixel displays that show half the price when you go in so you're even more surprised at the price when you get to the pump

[NE2]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/byFyBViemq1EaVp47

[kphoger]

12-25-25:

What's the most-Christmas-y highway in the world and why?

The Mogadishu-Jowhar Road, because of all the Christmas decorations set up by the Somali government along it.

[kphoger]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

a QR code

[kurumi]

December 26, 2025: What will gas station prices look like in 20 years?

a QR code

On your app. Your car's app. Dynamic pricing, based on your fuel level, how far you've driven this trip, how far since your last stop, your likely destination, the current weather, the count and ages of the passengers in your car-

BRB refining my company pitch

[Sapphuby]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

[Max Rockatansky]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

There should be a sink every 300 feet so people can throw up when they need to.

[kphoger]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

Every Tuesday morning, from 9:00 to 10:45 am MST.

[xonhulu]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

Never. If you want to rest, get off the highway first.

[kphoger]

Never. If you want to rest, get off the highway first.

It's like a rest period at the pool.  Everyone stops for a rest, with only emergency vehicles being allowed to proceed.

[pderocco]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

Whenever they're not tired.

[Big John]

12/29/25:
How often should rest stops be on a highway?

At the end of the musical line from the tining of the roadway grooves.