It’s the same guy!
Everyone wants to say fuck cars but no one wants to be a civil engineer or whatever and build the public transport that would replace cars. So everyone in this thread should sit down unless they have real solutions. Listen, I hate cars and driving too, but I’m not taking 3 trains into town, totalling 3 hours. That’s not reasonable for a commute.
This isn’t and unsolvable problem. There are cities that have working public transport and commute is reasonable.
On the other hand, you have to put a gun on my head to make me work that far from my home (im assuming, something like an hour worth of car travel?)
I fucking love cars.
I also want to be able to not be FORCED to drive one day in day out. I want a robust public transport network, a robust electric car network and a reasonable ownership proposal for limited ICE engines in enthusast cars.
The old dude driving slow in the morning probably doesn’t want himself to be driving at rush hour, either. Maybe if we had some kind of system where professionals planned and implemented a ride sharing systems, perhaps with planned routes and really big cars that lots of people could sit in? Maybe we even put it on rails so it uses less energy while moving?
I think we’re all shocked you’re not already retired, Mickey. ;)
Always interesting on social media sites trying to guess if the poster is male/female and how old
I have never commuted by car, but I plan to get a car when I retire so I can drive around in the mornings.
a bunch of old geezers cruising the local ‘strip’ from 7-9am just like we used to back in high school at night on the weekends.
I don’t have any problem with someone driving under the speed limit as long its within the legal amount. My problem is buttplugs. Buttplugs are creatures who crawl up someones ass and refuse to pass. They prevent the people behind them from legally passing and just sit there for mile after mile.
A mutation of the buttplug is the plugipede. Where you have mulitple buttplugs all up each others ass and content to follow one another at less than two car lengths apart.
I never blame the guy going five under at the front.
butt plugs with LED headlights, no less
nothing makes a tired annoyed version of me happier before dawn than going extra slow just to piss off the asshole riding my ass with LED headlights lighting up my whole cabin
*to clarify, the situation I am talking about is where I’ll be doing my usual up-to-20% over the speed limit minding my own business on my way to wherever in the morning, and some jackass with LED headlights at the same height as my face comes up behind me and rides my ass for several kilometers despite multiple passing opportunities. when that shit happens, my dreary morning just got interesting and I have something to keep me entertained
I usually just pull over when possible and let them get ahead of me. Not worth the drama.
I give them the chance to pass by moving all the way right in the lane and slowing down at passing opportunities. after a few missed opportunities, I’ll fuck with them for the entertainment.
but yes, not always worth it.
Get rid of your car. Problem solved.
Replaced with what? There’s no infrastructure here.
I just retired, and my wife still complains that I drive too fast. I’m joining a gym next week and getting back into writing and fermenting, and so won’t have much time to annoy Frank Freeway during his commute from hell.
It’s even worse on public transport. At least where I live. They have the whole day available but decide to use the buses between 7 and 9 in the morning and 15-17 afternoon when most people go to/from work/school
Have you considersd that they may still be working due to poor wages and a lack of social safety nets?
Nope. Because they would not have the free red ticket for retired people
Sure, but if they’re boomers and still couldn’t make it, I’m not sure what the issue was. The generation that took everything and then pulled the ladder up behind them should be stable in the modern day.
I’m really not trying to be an asshole here, but my experience with this is my girlfriend’s dad. A boomer who lives in his car. He lost his six figure job in the late 90s and then did nothing. He made no effort. He was a horrible father. My girlfriend’s mother died and he STILL never picked his life back up. And now he’s just become a nuisance in our lives. I have absolutely no sympathy for people like that.
Whereas my parents, also boomers of the same age, are retired and looking at finding their final home. All you had to do was keep doing what you’re doing.
Whereas us, now, that’s not good enough, anymore.
It is very hard for me for feel sympathy for the generation that got everything, when my friends and I are struggling to exist, and with decent jobs.
Major “Main Character Syndrome” vibes. Other people have their own lives and their own reasons, ya know?
Is it though? I am not saying they are not allowed to use them or anything. I just wonder why they use them when everyone else does as well. I have taken buses outside those times and not many retirees or old people take them. If I had the whole day I would probably not take the most crowded bus and take the one that is almost empty.
Strike up a conversation and find out how their day is going. Maybe you’ll get the answers you seek.
Retire? Fucking hilarious!
Used to
