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• dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You might want to meet more people

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    yeah, it sounds like dude here has only driven shitty cars.

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    • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have yet to see someone that doesn’t hate everyone else’s car, at least during traffic, meaning every driver either also hates their own car as well or they are a hypocrite.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        i mean, i smoke a lot of weed so that might be part of it. it takes a bit of a philosophy and perspective change from [I’m stuck in traffic] to [I’m traffic]. I view it as somewhat of a daoist or buddhist perspective (because the lightswitch flipped while i was reading an Alan Watts book, Tao, the Watercourse Way. or The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. i read them one after the other. Excellent reads. I’m not an expert on taoism or buddhism or eastern religions or philosophy so don’t take my word for it) Also i have kickass music all the time i drive and an extra song to listen to is never unappreciated.

        i’m weird though, i get it. i know i’m an outlier.

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• binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Everyone I know IRL hates cars and driving in rush hour, and all of them live at least 30 minutes away from work. I don’t think they properly weigh their options when choosing a place.

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  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not everyone has a choice sadly - work tends to be in the cities, and prices for a family home in a city are beyond most couples.

    So, you’re forced to commute by car.

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    • binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not everyone, certainly, but some people do have a choice, and willingly choose the commute.

      I knew a guy in Alaska who drove three hours one way to work every morning because he didn’t like having neighbors. I’m not sure why he cared about his home situation so much when he was inly there to sleep, but here we are.

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