Oh good. This is gonna be just like reddit. Things that are literally decades old.
You arent stuck in traffic, you are the traffic.
Submitted 1 year ago by Scarronline@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Scarronline@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Isn’t reddit content just a reflection of people, and people also exist on this platform
President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 1 year ago
Did you expect people would really change compared to how they acted on Reddit?
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What’s wrong with this post?
number6@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Be the traffic you want to become.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Ahh, the Lemmy meme.
MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You aren’t shitposting in Lemmy, you ARE the Lemmy!
beneeney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
We do not live in a society. We are a society. 😔
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And you can actively choose to better or worsen society, just like you can choose to better or worsen traffic. Vote for legislation to improve public transit. #fuckcars
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!
Salad_Fries@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Whew thank god. Who cares if I’m ruining everything as long as I exist!
FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You aren’t in an orgy. You are the orgy.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Where orgy?
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can’t get there, too much traffic.
GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The traffic is stuck in the traffic🚦
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
More traffic per traffic.
dangblingus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You were watching Not Just Bikes in the shower?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
You don’t?
notExactlyI20@lemmy.world 1 year ago
mmm yes, the traffic is made out of traffic
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
“I’m stuck in traffic” implies they aren’t part of it but that it is something that is happening to them.
You’re not stuck in it, you are it.
thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is not not enough parking, there are too many cars
troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s plenty of parking on the highway
malloc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Been working remote since onset of pandemic. Never going back to the office bro. Couldn’t pay me enough to share the roads with the rest of the grinders.
So many hours wasted in traffic.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Meanwhile i quite enjoyed my commute to school on a 20-30 minute bus, it’s quite unparalleled to begin your day gazing out the windows at a foggy morning countryside.
malloc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I hated it in high school. I just hated waking up early af. Was so glad to get a car and license. Then come college, I loved it again. Getting a parking permit, going into traffic with other people was a pain.
Moved to a place that was near a college bus route, never had to get a parking permit or get into traffic. Take the bus and relax.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I had to go into the office throughout the pandemic and I agree. All the rest of you stay home and leave the roads clear for me.
LegionEris@feddit.nl 1 year ago
They’re not mutually exclusive states. You can be part of the traffic, but if you can’t get out, you’re still stuck in it. You’re part of traffic but not stuck in it if and only if you have the opportunity to exit the traffic experience.
maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is a Bill Burr bit.
PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
State Anthem of the Soviet Union plays in background
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was here before the traffic
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now I’m stuck in the damn traffic that I’ve helped damn create. Dammit!
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
dangblingus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I love this episode of Doctor Who so much.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
No wonder I hate myself.
jedi_hamster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Part of the ship
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
pontata@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just one more lane bro and we fix traffic, trust me.
Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Or take an existing lane and charge people to use it and call it the “express lane”.
lightnegative@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That actually works. It’s like your healthcare system, those who pay the most get the best service
dandroid@dandroid.app 1 year ago
California Bay Area in shambles
david@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I think people downvoting this didn’t spot the sarcasm.
ByteWizard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Induced demand is a myth. www.cato.org/blog/debunking-induced-demand-myth
Adding more lanes does improve throughput even if congestion is still a problem.