I’ve got a solution. It’s called a train.
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gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 21 hours agoI think it’s a barometer for the overall mental health climate. We’re any combination of overworked, broke, tired, we got news organizations trying to keep us mad at each other all the time…and then we get on the road where it’s easy to pretend those other metal boxes aren’t filled with human beings.
I’m not above it. I’ve participated in my fair share of road rage parties. And I don’t have any solutions, just observations and memes. That’s all I got.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 19 hours ago
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
Works really well when the nearest station is over a dozen miles away from your home, and you’ve got a full load of shopping bags with you.
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 5 hours ago
It boggles the mind that Americans cannot figure out any other way to buy groceries than by using a car.
I cover all of our shopping needs comfortably with a bike along with walking to the closest store.
The problem is that you’ve fundamentally fucked up your built environment, and trying to paper over your failure with car apologia is just not going to cut it
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 19 hours ago
I’ve got a solution for that one too. It’s called a train station. We need to build more of them.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
Who needs the actual railways, amirite?
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
What about a bus?
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 10 hours ago
Buses are awesome too!
But I think any bus route that runs for more than 5 years should just be replaced with a tram at that point, because trams are even better. Buses are great for temporary changes to routes, but they can’t beat trams for efficiency or convenience.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
Take that Centralizationist attitude back to Reddit.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 19 hours ago
I think you deserve more freedoms. Right now you’ve got a car as your option, and if you’re lucky you can walk or bike to work. I want you to have your choice of bus, train, or tram to get to work. I want all three to be available to get you there in a reasonable time. The train goes faster, but you have to walk a bit farther to the station, so it’s good for exercise. The tram is slower, but you get to see the city as you go along and it’s very disability friendly thanks to level boarding. The bus goes along the lower traffic routes, it’s more direct but comes less often. I want you to have all three of those options, plus what you already have. And then you don’t have to risk your life or road rage. You can play Mario on your Nintendo while the train takes you home from work.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
That’s a lot of infrastructure. Seems like it would require an exorbitant population density to support all that.
Why are we stacking everyone on top of each other? Every person, urban or rural, needs 2 acres of cropland to sustainably provide their food. That’s 320 people per square mile of agricultural land.
Why are we cramming 25,000 people into a square mile of urban blight? Why not spread out enough that we aren’t all huffing each other’s farts?
Malyca@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Better than nothing
marcos@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It’s deeper than that.
People have been doing this since cars became fast. There’s something in our brains that automatically turns driving into a battle.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
Nah, it’s not just driving cars - I’ve seen the same happen with shipping carts in the grocery store.
Janx@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I don’t know. I have never seen a shopping cart dispute half as bad as the aggressive/asshole drivers I see every damn day. I think it’s the anonymity…
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Have you been to Costco?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
This is a really good observation.
And there aren’t any traffic laws for shopping carts. Of course they are also less deadly.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 13 hours ago
but a whole lot more dangerous when you have 4 turning wheels instead of 2
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I mean, you roll up on anyone in an aggressive/adversarial manner, regardless of the situation, you’re more likely to encourage pushback than agreement/compliance. Even if it’s just the perception of aggression, our primate brains are wired to stand our ground. Doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right, it’s about locking horns. It’s why online arguments are the way they are.
marcos@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
So… Aggressivity always escalates if people interact at random without a cooling period?
That’s quite a hypothesis. Seems quite realistic. I wonder if anybody tested it.