I have a hard time accepting that everyone should have their own vehicle in the first place.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2024
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This entire post will age poorly if we ever transition out of this incredibly self-indulgent and wasteful period of human civilization.
We should have walkable neighborhoods, mass transit of gleaming efficiency, bike lanes as priority, we should be encouraging socializing and creating spaces for people to gather that aren't profit-driven, but with plans to create comfort and recreation to better the people and foster a sense of belonging to a community. It's absurd we all live in places with lots of people but have no sense of belonging to a community. This goes against literally millions of years of our own evolutionary history. We NEED community to function and have healthy minds.
I mean, it's not likely to happen. But maybe when the next great apocalyptic event happens the survivors can try to remake things with a little more planning. After the whole period of darkness and cannibalism of course.
We should have walkable neighborhoods, mass transit of gleaming efficiency, bike lanes as priority, we should be encouraging socializing and creating spaces for people to gather that aren't profit-driven, but with plans to create comfort and recreation to better the people and foster a sense of belonging to a community.
Not everyone wants to be packed like sardines. That's the beauty of individualism. You might think this sounds like some sort of utopia, but to me this sounds like hell.
The suburban hellscape that is most residential coded zones is far, far more sardine-like than what I'm describing, which is an environment far more like many cities in Europe that evolved to be, and have been maintained as walkable cities. The reason you're repulsed by the idea of urban environments is specifically because you're used to American residential areas that are hard, brutal and packed next to busy highways and multi-lane avenues that are constantly packed with people trying to get to and from work, with huge parking lots that act like hot deserts in the sun, with sprawl and noise and pollution and no good reason to leave your sardine can because there's nowhere to get to within 30 minutes of walking except more sardine cans.
If a neighborhood is designed to be walkable, you will have condos and apartments and medium to high-density living spaces, sure, but you will have an entirely different aesthetic and atmosphere around it so it feels more welcoming, and encourages community.
If you're opposed to community entirely, that's your prerogative, there are still vast, vast tracts of land across the world you can live in and be left alone, and that's fine. My comment isn't addressing that lifestyle, because for MOST people, cities represent opportunity, safety and essential services. We can't look down at the vast bulk of humanity who want to live around other people just because you yourself are bothered by your own memories and experiences of city life.
I can't even entertain this premise. There's no way neither of them has a preference...
Maybe they just have 2 of the same cars lol
Personally, I'd still have a favorite...
Wow what a couple of freaks. I bet they probably even sleep in the same bed. Who tf does stuff like that. This is the biggest scandal that has ever been posted on lemmy.
Yeah, but they almost certainly have their own "side" of the bed. What kind of monsters wouldn't?
This is an excellent follow up question to OP
I also want to hear about psychopaths that grab the nearest side and conk out. Or, hell, sleep crossways idk. This is some real chaotic neutral shit.
They're probably some generational rich that randomly choose a bedroom to sleep in at night or something
this should break the whole internet anytime now
My wife and I share the cars like this. Is it so weird? We usually select the best car for the job at hand.
Best for the job, sure, but not randomly.
Yea, why is this such a surprise. Especially with kids or groceries. Different trips require different transportation needs.
Same. And the best car at hand is the EV one, 100pct of the time. Whoever goes out takes that car. In the off chance the second person need to go out at the same time, they take the older crappy car.
What if it was a daily commute for both you and your wife? Would you play eeny miny moe with the cars every morning?
Good point. She commutes a few days per week, but I'm 100/% work from home. Can't say I miss commuting.
Commutting 40min+ each way every day, I envy.
sharing things with your spouse????
Lol, my wife and I happily drive whichever car, unless there's a specific reason we need to take a specific car. Equally we definitely have cars we think of as "ours"
We share a single car between family members. And we do not live in the same household or even the same cities / towns.
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