Yeah but some people are more traffic than others.
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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insert lifted truck hogging 2 lanes
insert soccer moms with massive SUVs
Lol
Insert the guy in a Prius going 30 mph under the speed limit and slamming on his brakes for no reason.
Insert everyone in the passing lane that isn't passing.
What is this "passing lane" of which you speak? All I've ever seen in America is the fast lane and the slow lane(s).
Mfs hitting they brakes because they TAPPED the speed limit and dont want to go over
And all these far lane fucks that hold up an entire line of traffic because they want to pull into the far lane and can't comprehend using the close lane to pick up speed to just get over
Honestly “soccer mom” is probably a better use of street capacity than most usage of cars. One adult and six kids in a Suburban is much more efficient than three adults each with two kids in the back of three sedans.
True, but the vehicle in all likelihood was purchased out of "fuck you i'm rich/leveraged to the tits, I deserve a gas guzzler the likes of which Mansa Musa would find ostentatious" mentality.
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Even though your downvotes pale in comparison to your upvotes, who tf can disagree with this statement?
🚘 🧠 people, I guess. Most people are just born/live in areas where it’s nearly impossible to get around their area that’s not by a personal vehicle.
Getting groceries? Hop in the truck/SUV, drive 5+ miles to grocery store
Want to eat out? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 10+ miles to restaurant
Visit friends? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 10+ mi to friends house in the exurbs (and they already live in the suburbs 💀)
Going to work? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 20+ mi to work.
Going to the bars? Call a rideshare, pay $50+ for one ride, get drunk. Most people probably think they can still drive while under the influence and get home safe.
Only describing 1-way travel, by the way.
These people trying to imagine there’s a more scalable and safer way to transport people is a foreign concept in their mind — despite the rest of the planet figuring out how to properly move people.
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If you swerve in and out of lanes to try to get ahead, you can be traffic for an easy 3 or 4 lanes!
Love the peeps that risk killing everyone around them to get ten feet ahead in bumper to bumper traffic.
And only end up being farther back than if they had just stayed put, as everybody else had the same thought, making the new lane the slower one.
And even if it doesn't, they lose any time they could have possibly gained the moment they get off the highway and hit a red light.
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Just one more lane bro and we fix traffic, trust me.
Be the traffic you want to become.
Ahh, the Lemmy meme.
You aren't shitposting in Lemmy, you ARE the Lemmy!
Nah, I am the main character. The world happens to me, get these NPCs out of my way.
Jesus Christ has come for his second resurrection, and his name is Intl
You aren't in an orgy. You are the orgy.
Where orgy?
Can't get there, too much traffic.
So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!
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.
Whew thank god. Who cares if I’m ruining everything as long as I exist!
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The traffic is stuck in the traffic🚦
Mix powdered traffic into your traffic.
More traffic per traffic.
mmm yes, the traffic is made out of traffic
"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.
This is a Bill Burr bit.
State Anthem of the Soviet Union plays in background
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.
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Now I'm stuck in the damn traffic that I've helped damn create. Dammit!
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.
No wonder I hate myself.
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