Let me be clear: I hate commuting by car. Trains, bikes, whatever else is fine. I cannot stand being stuck in traffic with everyone else that seem to have no patience and no presence of mind to leave a bit earlier so they have the time to sit in traffic.
Driving is fine. A nice long drive can be amazing.
don't get me wrong I hate cars with a passion but as a frequent transit user (ab Canada), transit is still quite a beast
I've witnessed beatings, aggressive and unstable people making a ruckus ornsxene or getting on the offensive to other passengers. I don't pull out my phone on the bus in certain areas.
This isn't a problem with transit though. This is like saying the problem with shoplifting is having shops.
Violence in society is not solved by puting everyone within there own metal box. This just gives protection to all of those that can afford the metal box and makes the issue of violence worse as only the less privileged are exposed to the violence.
Also, you normalize the deaths caused by car accidents in your area. Which I can guarantee are significantly higher than anyone being randomly killed on public transit.
Dallas Politicians apparently: What we need is vast swaths of conrete nothingness. To really max out the temperature. I won’t be satisfied till being outside literally leads you to melt.
I mean, show me any picture of this many humans packed together and I'll run screaming. Doesn't matter if its a train or a bus or walking...ick. Not for me.
I think a lot of americans are the same really. We dont want to be around anyone who isnt our family or friends.
However this photo could be replaced by like 1 train or 10 buses. So yeah.
I get it. The privacy of a car is very nice. Its also nice at night vs riding the subway alone and wondering If at the next stop youll get mugged or shot when some crazy gets on. Its just a creepy feeling to me, I'm not used to it.
Also I don't live somewhere where theres really traffic. I enjoy driving, myself.
That's the thing. It could be ANY city in the US. Car-dependent infrastructure kills local culture. It makes everywhere look like the same, ugly concrete jungle.
I agree with the premise of this post, that car infrastructure is generally ugly and unpleasant, but I have to point out that this is doing the same thing that people do with every picture of an urban area that they want the viewer to dislike, which is make sure its taken on the most humid overcast day possible. To its credit though this isn't during the fall, so at least there's leaves on the trees.
Hmmmmmm, well.......42 years ago your mommy and your daddy decided it would be fun to have some sex. Yes. That's real. That happened.
Yadda yadda yadda, and now in the modern day, you have a dead end job, a family that hates you, and gas prices that never stop going up because a pedophile is president.
But enough about that. You're already 15 minutes late because of this traffic jam.
64 Comments
transscribe9468@literature.cafe · 61 pts · 113d
i hate driving so fucking much
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 27 pts · 113d
I hate commuting (edit: by car) so fucking much.
bstix@feddit.dk · 17 pts · 113d
Driving is worse.
If you commute by train or bus you can at least get a streak in candy crush, read a book or stare at people while deliberately eating too slowly.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 16 pts · 113d
Let me be clear: I hate commuting by car. Trains, bikes, whatever else is fine. I cannot stand being stuck in traffic with everyone else that seem to have no patience and no presence of mind to leave a bit earlier so they have the time to sit in traffic.
Driving is fine. A nice long drive can be amazing.
underscores@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 113d
don't get me wrong I hate cars with a passion but as a frequent transit user (ab Canada), transit is still quite a beast
I've witnessed beatings, aggressive and unstable people making a ruckus ornsxene or getting on the offensive to other passengers. I don't pull out my phone on the bus in certain areas.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 113d
All I'm hearing is that you got a free show!
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 112d
This isn't a problem with transit though. This is like saying the problem with shoplifting is having shops.
Violence in society is not solved by puting everyone within there own metal box. This just gives protection to all of those that can afford the metal box and makes the issue of violence worse as only the less privileged are exposed to the violence.
Also, you normalize the deaths caused by car accidents in your area. Which I can guarantee are significantly higher than anyone being randomly killed on public transit.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 112d
As and Australian,.I am.with you, fuck driving, fuck cars, they ruin citiies.
peacepath@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 113d
They are very happy!
This is their freedom!
inari@piefed.zip · 32 pts · 113d
Scenes from North America
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 113d
Specifically Dallas while building a whole new I-635 section that runs between and under the original lanes.
FundMECFS@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 112d
Dallas: suffers from terrible heat.
Dallas Politicians apparently: What we need is vast swaths of conrete nothingness. To really max out the temperature. I won’t be satisfied till being outside literally leads you to melt.
borkborkbork@piefed.social · 3 pts · 113d
take the TRE instead. oh, that's right, it's fucking useless
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 23 pts · 113d
We massacred the buffalo and First Nations for THIS (｡♡‿♡｡)
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 113d
Well.. not for this. We did take a lot more land than what we use for highways. 😅
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 113d
All I'm hearing is that we need to build more highways on ancient indian burial grounds.
What could POSSIBLY go wrong???
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 113d
Nothing. We got the laws for it.
Lag@piefed.world · 22 pts · 113d
Is this the checkout line for Walmart?
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 19 pts · 113d
No, it looks like it's moving.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 113d
No, this is the line for the costco gas pumps
Okokimup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d
No it's the Walmart pharmacy line.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 1 pts · 113d
No, Whataburger at 3 AM.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 113d
Adding a couple more lanes would get things moving. /S
Caesium@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 113d
Just one more lane bro and that'll fix traffic I swear
laranis@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 113d
Falling Down vibes.
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 113d
Not quite where my mind was going, but definitely something along the line of "Fuck it", leave the car right there and just ditch.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 112d
Now imagine a data center in the middle. My God... It's just so beautiful I almost cried.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 112d
All the flat concrete walls of this data centre would be perfect for huge LED billboards!
TBi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 112d
And more lanes! Heaven on earth.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 113d
I mean, show me any picture of this many humans packed together and I'll run screaming. Doesn't matter if its a train or a bus or walking...ick. Not for me.
I think a lot of americans are the same really. We dont want to be around anyone who isnt our family or friends.
However this photo could be replaced by like 1 train or 10 buses. So yeah.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 113d
Hell, I don’t really want to be around my family that much.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 113d
Definitely not here either. Only a select few
KentNavalesi@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 111d
@bridgeenjoyer
@unglueclass23
Americans would rather sit in a car for an hour than next to a stranger for ten minutes.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 111d
Yeah, I would. Just dont like being around random folks. If its at a concert or something sure, we have a shared interest, but otherwise, no thanks.
KentNavalesi@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 110d
@bridgeenjoyer
I just don't get the appeal. I'd rather read a book, scroll Mastodon or look at the scenery while traveling than have to focus on the road.
I don't think Americans realize how many hours of their lives get wasted just so they don't have to sit next to strangers.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 110d
I get it. The privacy of a car is very nice. Its also nice at night vs riding the subway alone and wondering If at the next stop youll get mugged or shot when some crazy gets on. Its just a creepy feeling to me, I'm not used to it.
Also I don't live somewhere where theres really traffic. I enjoy driving, myself.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 113d
Because they're building a train in the middle, right?
Right?!?
unglueclass23@programming.dev · 7 pts · 113d
just 1 more lane this time it will surely do it
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 112d
nononono...TUNNELS will do it!
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 112d
No smartphones in sight, just people living in the moment
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 112d
I don't want to live in that moment
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 113d
Is this Texas?
Ravenheart@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 113d
That's the thing. It could be ANY city in the US. Car-dependent infrastructure kills local culture. It makes everywhere look like the same, ugly concrete jungle.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d
I agree that’s the point, but here are the Texas things I see:
edit: Turns out I was right. That’s a Texas plate. Gives me Austin vibes.
Kinda fitting since Texas has become the epitome of the US.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 113d
Specifically Dallas while building a whole new I-635 section that runs between and under the original lanes.
moakley@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 113d
Oh, well if that's Dallas then that's actually a great view.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d
Dallas was my second guess.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 113d
I agree with the premise of this post, that car infrastructure is generally ugly and unpleasant, but I have to point out that this is doing the same thing that people do with every picture of an urban area that they want the viewer to dislike, which is make sure its taken on the most humid overcast day possible. To its credit though this isn't during the fall, so at least there's leaves on the trees.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · 18 pts · 113d
This wouldn't look appealing on a sunny day either 🤷
albbi@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 113d
Mmmaybe that's smog and not just overcast.
judgyweevil@feddit.it · 6 pts · 113d
Sunny summer photos of traffic jams give me second-hand heat stroke
homes@piefed.world · 6 pts · 113d
Any reasonable person: “Explain how this is ‘life’”
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 113d
Hmmmmmm, well.......42 years ago your mommy and your daddy decided it would be fun to have some sex. Yes. That's real. That happened.
Yadda yadda yadda, and now in the modern day, you have a dead end job, a family that hates you, and gas prices that never stop going up because a pedophile is president.
But enough about that. You're already 15 minutes late because of this traffic jam.
Back to work, dickhead!
dan69@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 112d
“I know how to fix this: another 116 lanes.. that way everyone 200 cars in that particular direction has their dedicated path.” - sarcastically
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 112d
This is about 1/4 the size of the Toronto Brakelight festival, every day from 6-10am and 3-7pm.
chrizzowski@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 112d
Brake light Festival lol how have I never heard that. Perfect summary of the 401.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 112d
Huge Tourist attraction, people join for hours. The pulsing red lights are pretty at night.
woodytrombone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 113d
Almost as
badglorious as Breezewood, PA.strop@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 113d
🥹
nosuchanon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d
Just one more lane! I promise it will help ease traffic.
/s
nulltape@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d
This feels like michigan lol
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 112d
1/10 Too many cars, not enough trains
plutopos@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 112d
Pretty neat moment so long as you ain't the one driving, or you havr nice music
atro_city@fedia.io · -2 pts · 110d
Keep voting against "immigrants". I'm sure it'll solve this issue.