Post #2362116

2026-05-07 13:13 UTC

I typically carpool in the cold season, bike in the warm season. This week, though, I&#39;ve been driving myself in my wife&#39;s car and I&#39;ve noticed: like me, most people are 1 to a car, people drive aggressively and with little to no regard for others (especially cyclists), parking is expensive, gas costs a fortune, I get to work shaken and spend the day irritable. Bike is at the shop today. I&#39;m going to see if they can expedite. Driving is crazy! #bikelife #fuckcars #cycling #cyclecommute

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@chu@climatejustice.social 2026-05-07 13:31

@askDNA@urusai.social It's amazing so many people would choose to drive regularly. It's a kind of brain rot that normalized being miserable. We somehow convinced people to buy cheaper and bigger houses further and further from work and get a nice big car and be miserable for two hours everyday getting there and back and they went for it

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@anicasts@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 13:49

@askDNA@urusai.social In many ways I sacrifice a bit by not having a car, but at the same time that’s exactly what I don’t miss. Like driving by the book is genuinely not that hard, but man does it seem like some folks feel a mix of entitlement and maybe displaced anger that comes out behind the wheel that can ruin a day.

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@hamishb@mstdn.ca 2026-05-07 14:12

I sometimes wonder if the rise of the right isn't a byproduct of the frustrations of the driving commute and the dissonance of that with the "freedom" the car represents. @askDNA@urusai.social

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