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Average US Car-Brained Citizen Starter Pack (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 66 points 3 weeks ago

I was talking to a coworker about how I thought public transit was superior to individual cars, and so we should put a lot more investment into it, and his response was, "You'll have to pry my car keys out of my cold dead hands."

Like, dude, I wasn't even talking about that.

Anyways, my point is that a big thing missing from this is how people often build their identities around their stupid fucking cars.

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 39 points 3 weeks ago

For so many, everything is black and white. They don’t understand that when we want better public transport we aren’t saying to get rid of the roads. We’re just saying that if people have more options maybe those roads won’t constantly be under construction, traffic won’t be as bad, and maybe the roads won’t have to be as big so we can build more cool stuff instead.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

That's kinda what makes them carbrains. If they had an ideology around it that would imply some amount of thinking.

Even if I was pro-car for myself, I would love to see more public transit funding. It would take cars off the road and make my time driving nicer.

[-] adhocfungus@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

I saw a study once that you only need to take 20% of the cars off the road to cut congestion by half. So every person who takes public transit equates to more than one person off the road, for those still driving. Which is just to say these people should be extra grateful instead of constantly defunding it.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well I mean they're dumb, so

[-] SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Motorcycling would be so much more fun with less traffic so I fully support more public transportation options. For now I mostly stick to off-road motorcycling because the chances of getting turned into road pizza by a texting driver are so much lower.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I miss bombing around on my little Indian motor scooter. I had a Bajaj Legend. It was such a rubbish scooter, but I loved it. If cars were more scarce I'd be rocking something like that. Totally car free though, these last 5 years and no regrets

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 14 points 3 weeks ago

People build their identities around their cars because society is making sure that you feel confined without a car.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

When my grandmother got too old to drive, she became confined because of cars. There was no public transit in walking distance. There was nothing in walking distance except houses.

She just sat at home by herself and waited for the end. Hoping someone would come to visit her. It was insulting and inhumane.

[-] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah! That and the fact that our society has erased several or most of our ways to communally build identity and shifted us to build identity based on consumption items

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

There’s such a stupid mentality around “Everyone must ”.

Lacrosse exists. I don’t care for it. I’m not going to dictate no one else play it. I imagine if the government mandated everyone play Lacrosse it would become hard to find the equipment for it because it would be in such high demand.

And yet, whether it’s meat, cars, guns, as soon as we suggest “I know this stuff has a place but we should use it a little less” they process it as an effort to completely ban the item in question.

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[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'd like to use public transit but due to my work it's just not an option

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

My best commute was once when I lived within walking distance of my work. The only downside was that they one time figured I could make it into the office when nobody else could due to snow.

My second best commute was via a bus.

By far my worst commute was one time when I moved in with a friend who liked cars and lived far away. With zero traffic, the commute was 45 minutes, but there was always traffic.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Being walking distance from work is fantastic!

[-] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 weeks ago

Anti-pedestrian infrastructure

[-] SnotFlickerman 26 points 3 weeks ago

Where I currently live there's literally no sidewalks to the nearest bus stop.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fuuuuuck... I don't know how things work there, but in this part of ~~these~~Texas, you can call the city and they'll do a survey to find out if a sidewalk could be installed. If that doesn't work, you can write to your city council.

I hope this gets remedied for you.

Edit: Corrected insanely stupid typo. Don't drowsy browsy the internet, kids.

[-] laurelraven 11 points 3 weeks ago

Unlikely, they'll probably be told "lmao just get a car" or something like that

The amount of car-superiority mindset here is unbelievable, and any attempt to improve non-car transport options or infrastructure gets met with strong public protest

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, even when I’m walking, I get road rage. People can’t fucking drive and it’s my job to make them understand how inadequate they are as not just commuters, but as human beings.

[-] yessikg@fedia.io 17 points 3 weeks ago

The car picture is incorrect, it should be a Truck and SUV

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As someone who occasionally drives a bmw, I agree.

When I have to drive somewhere, because there's no inter-city passenger rail where I live, I want to do it as comfortably as possible, and bmw is one good option for this(unfortunately I can't afford a Rolls and/or a chauffeur 😞)

[-] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 16 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, US will soon be too poor for their own cars. They will all be riding 48 person elon "taxis" to get to their jobs.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Bold of you to assume Elon's taxis will make it anywhere.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

riding the elon taxi straight into the gates of heaven

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Passenger: "Wow, this robotaxi ride is heavenly!"

St. Peter: "Uh, yeah, about that..."

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

Just wait until we can't afford gas any more .... everyone will start bicycling, running, walking and using public transit and asking for trains like it was the logical thing to do all along.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

More likely they will beg the government to heavily subsidize gasoline or they will beg the government for a heavily subsidized EV.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Then wait a little longer until we get to the point where gas is so expensive that even subsidized fuel is no longer affordable.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I hate how this has obviously been coming for decades and yet they still refuse to listen. Even if someone doesn't believe in climate change, oil is non renewable. That's just how fossil fuels work

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fossil fuel is renewable .... we just have to wait millions of years for it renew itself

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fair enough. In the meantime I'll take a train and use photovoltaic power

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Are you nuts? That's a limited resource that's going to burn out in about 4 billion years!

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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 weeks ago

The bmw should be one of the ugly ass suv ones not the more normal sports car. Those are even a bit fun to drive and US carbrains dont like to have fun.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's hilarious, I legit picture people who unironically say "car-brain" like that:

Love the comm though, we need better infrastructure

[-] Soulg@ani.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Man I really like the idea of this sub but these memes are just deranged ramblings half the time

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 2 points 3 weeks ago

why are you here?

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[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

what's that even ? at the bottom, the left "car "?

[-] huppakee@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks ago

ChatGPTs interpretation of this communities worst nightmare.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like a car version of capybara. Carpybara

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, carpybara is the capybara equivalent of a mermaid. The word you're looking for is "capybus."

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Dude, granny with the bat while still sitting in the car, she gonna fuck up someone's mailbox for sure.

[-] Mesophar@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Driving is fun, but it also shouldn't be the default mode of transportation. Society and infrastructure should not be designed around the expectation/requirement of driving a personal vehicle to get there.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

slowly driving through the countryside, or racing on a course, are fun

driving the same route day in and day out at high speeds should be left to bus and light rail drivers

[-] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

I also find cruising on the highway with other safe drivers enjoyable, but maybe that just makes me car brained :D

Cars feel fine anywhere but a city. There they induce so much danger anger and waste.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Spot on! In Europe, I parked the car and walked around. In the damn USA, I park the car, do my shopping and then drive 500 m to next store. WTF is wrong with me!!!

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's not you, it's the way the USA have decided to build their country

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