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this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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I don't want to live in that moment
“I know what help: another 116 lanes.. that way everyone 200 cars in that particular direction has their dedicated path.” - sarcastically
Now imagine a data center in the middle. My God... It's just so beautiful I almost cried.
All the flat concrete walls of this data centre would be perfect for huge LED billboards!
And more lanes! Heaven on earth.
i hate driving so fucking much
I hate commuting (edit: by car) so fucking much.
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.
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.
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As and Australian,.I am.with you, fuck driving, fuck cars, they ruin citiies.
This is about 1/4 the size of the Toronto Brakelight festival, every day from 6-10am and 3-7pm.
Brake light Festival lol how have I never heard that. Perfect summary of the 401.
They are very happy!
This is their freedom!
We massacred the buffalo and First Nations for THIS (｡♡‿♡｡)
Well.. not for this. We did take a lot more land than what we use for highways. 😅
All I'm hearing is that we need to build more highways on ancient indian burial grounds.
What could POSSIBLY go wrong???
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Scenes from North America
Specifically Dallas while building a whole new I-635 section that runs between and under the original lanes.
take the TRE instead. oh, that's right, it's fucking useless
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.
Adding a couple more lanes would get things moving. /S
Just one more lane bro and that'll fix traffic I swear
Is this the checkout line for Walmart?
No, it looks like it's moving.
No, this is the line for the costco gas pumps
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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.
Hell, I don’t really want to be around my family that much.
Definitely not here either. Only a select few
Falling Down vibes.
Not quite where my mind was going, but definitely something along the line of "Fuck it", leave the car right there and just ditch.
Pretty neat moment so long as you ain't the one driving, or you havr nice music
Is this Texas?
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 that’s the point, but here are the Texas things I see:
- Valero
- super tall lighting
- feeder roads
- top of censored plate looks like it could be five letters
- the concrete barrier and weird empty space next to it in the bottom left
- widening the freeway by adding lanes in the middle of it
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.
Specifically Dallas while building a whole new I-635 section that runs between and under the original lanes.
Oh, well if that's Dallas then that's actually a great view.
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Any reasonable person: “Explain how this is ‘life’”
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!
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Almost as ~~bad~~ glorious as Breezewood, PA.
Just one more lane! I promise it will help ease traffic.
/s
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.
This wouldn't look appealing on a sunny day either 🤷
Mmmaybe that's smog and not just overcast.
Sunny summer photos of traffic jams give me second-hand heat stroke
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