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scarabic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!
Comment on You arent stuck in traffic, you are the traffic.
scarabic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!
Salad_Fries@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Youre never “nothing”… youre always something special! I promise :)
Example: when there is no traffic, youre still a noise & particulate generator that lowers property values, warms our planet, and makes the built environment more hostile/dangerous and depressing for everyone nearby.
scarabic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Whew thank god. Who cares if I’m ruining everything as long as I exist!
FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Okay, how do I get to my job then without encountering all of the passive aggression? Lol. Maybe car haters should be attacking the systems that made it impossible to live within walking distance of our places of employment: capitalism, city zoning, and substandard wages for a start. Otherwise, you’re just complaining about the rain when you should have been pulling out an umbrella.
Salad_Fries@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Completely agree! Its why in addition to making relatively lighthearted insults on the internet, i actually advocate for such changes by regularly attending government meetings and contacting my elected representatives.
Hell, just this week, i participated in a meeting to change my city’s zoning code to allow more density, wrote to all of my representatives (granted this week, my email to them was about the lack of worker protections associated with PTO…) and researched all the agenda items for the upcoming city development and transportation meetings.
If im missing something that would help change the system, please let me know… im all ears!