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Driving is always a very stressful experience for me and lately it has gotten so much worse

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[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 23 points 9 months ago

Cool, guess the bus system will pick up the slack for me. Oh, wait!

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Get an ebike or something, cager

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 21 points 9 months ago

lmao, this is the silly teen edge this forum was missing

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Tell hexbears to stop driving their fucking deathboxes and they all turn into maybe-later-kiddo

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 27 points 9 months ago

being a leftist is about personal responsibility maybe-later-honey

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago

Idk about that. In my country if you can't drive your:

  • job prospects suck if you're anywhere that isn't a city centre, most jobs require a full driver's license
  • getting food is difficult if you don't have a small grocery shop within walking distance
  • public transport is awful even in big cities, that your commute is longer, with not many bus or train times (if they even exist where you live)
  • getting around even with a bike sucks because the infrastructure consists of maybe a bikelane, and drivers have homicidal road rage if they see cyclists because they think cyclists are bougie and don't know the road rules, and because they "don't pay taxes for using the road because they don't pay fuel taxes"
  • because there's no infrastructure for other forms of transportation, you're very socially isolated as you can't go to events etc. unless you have someone drive you
  • and there is a weird one I've found: many people are unwilling to have romantic relationships with people without a license.

There's probably a lot more but yeah these are the key ones I've found

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

I'm not a cager. I walk and bus when I can. I also help people in my life who can't drive, either due to disabilities like epilepsy, or just life circumstances. Of course, helping people out in shittier circumstances seems to be a bit beyond you, as is the concept of understanding issues with infrastructure. You don't just push the unshittify button in a place as shitty as the US.

P.S. Biking is a bit of an issue in the winter here and people have been known to use the few bike lanes here to pass other drivers at red lights.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

This should be as bannable as anti-veganism. More so, even.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago

You call me a cager, but you really sound like you haven't been outside for a while. I'm sorry that I use my position of privilege to help people when I can.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

lol love to ride my ebike 15 miles when it's -20 and blowing snow

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