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I love traffic jams. You can watch the stages of grief in every driver when you pass them on bike or foot.
When you go by train (especially on your daily commute) it's even better. You can't see their faces, but you see the amount of cars and hear of your colleagues that take 3x the time you do to make the daily commute and it just brighten your day 😁
sure it's fun to be smug, but those angry drivers will just focus their anger on removing bike lanes or other stupid things. Drivers are too stupid for any kind of self-reflection on their self-inflicted problems.
@9488fcea02a9 @AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor
It's amazing to me how millions of Americans complain about traffic every day but never think about how to alleviate it.
they gave up on alleviating it a long time ago....
leather seats, premium sound system, in dash entertainment screen, extra large cupholders, reclining seats....
they've already accepted their prison sentence and just do everything to make their prison cell more comfortable instead of trying to free themselves.
@9488fcea02a9
That's the American mentality all the way: individual solutions to societal problems. Traffic taking up your time and killing the environment? Just buy a comfy car with good AC. Lethal traffic accidents? Just make sure your car is bigger so the other person gets killed. School shootings? Don't ban guns, just give your kid a bulletproof backpack.
It's a disgusting way to live, honestly.
When I do commute to work, I unfortunately take a bus after my train, so I'm affected by the traffic. I avoided commuting in December because the traffic was so bad it more than doubled my commute time from 1.5 hours to well over 3 hours. Thankfully I can work from home, but I do like working in the office with my team when I can.
I've had so many conversations with coworkers about not having a car, and most of them just don't get that yes public transport is slow, but it's only as slow as it is because everyone has a car. If more of those who are able to use public transport did, traffic would be so much less for everyone and public transport would be a fast option.