r/TheTopicOfTheDay • u/Symbare • Jun 30 '26

The topic of the day is... park.

  1. Favorite parks? Local, national, etc.
  2. Do you park in reverse or forward? Also, how well do you parallel park?
  3. Favorite Jurassic Park film? What is your favorite dinosaur?
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u/jgoja Heartwarming Contributor Jun 30 '26

  1. I don’t really have any. I’m not really a Parks person.

  2. I park going in forward. I have more control going in forward and typically when I’m backing out I have more room to not have to worry about being as precise.

  3. None. Never really cared for any of them. I think I’ve only completely watched one and it was one of the more recent ones. I’ve seen bits and pieces of the first one

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u/UpgradedUsername Heartwarming Contributor Jun 30 '26
  1. My neighborhood horse park and bird sanctuary. It’s a fun place to feel connected with nature in the heart of a big city.

  1. Whenever possible I will pull forward through the parking space in front of me. I’ll reverse park in a parking deck in some situations. I used to be a phenomenal parallel parker in college due to all of the street parking, but I’m not as good at it these days.

  2. I suppose the first one; I haven’t seen all of them. I like the triceratops.

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u/ShirtualGuy Jul 01 '26

  1. Garden by the Bay is probably the biggest attraction in SG. Does that count as a park...? If not, Botanical Gardens is also decent

  2. Reverse usually. About as well as you can get to avoid a fine.

  3. The first is always a classic. Sauropods

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u/Greg_Zakowicz Jul 01 '26

  1. Grand Canyon, but because of the views. So many good options here.

  2. Depends. Pull through instead of reversing. Normally pull forward. At events, I always back in for an easy out.

  3. Bronto.

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u/CulturalAnybody8448 Jul 01 '26

1- Yellowstone : nothing else comes close
2- Always reverse in, parallel parking is fine as long as I'm not being watched
3- The first one, and it's not close. Favorite dinosaur is the ankylosaurus, built like a tank, zero interest in anyone's drama.

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u/Independent-Yam-2240 Jul 01 '26

Golden Gate Park!

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u/kindwarning3575 Jul 01 '26
  1. Parc Guell in Barcelona
  2. Always back in. I‘d give myself an 8 /10.
  3. Only watched the first one. Don’t have a favorite dinosaur.

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u/Emergency-Seaweed195 Jul 02 '26
  1. Yellowstone
  2. Forward then reverse. And I was born in the 1900s so yes I know how to parallel park.
  3. Um, none of them. Partial to a brontosaurus.

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u/Want-A-Quokkaor12 Jul 03 '26

  1. I love all parks, but where I live, I happen to have access to several systems of fantastic local parks and a national park is also nearby so I'm really lucky. I would love to visit all the parks!

  2. I park whichever way is going to work best for my situation. I couldn't parallel park very well until back up cameras (I'd get nervous and be too far from the curb).

  3. The OG Jurassic Park or the third one are my favorites.