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Re: Non-fandom pet peeves
(Anonymous) 2022-12-18 08:55 am (UTC)(link)I stuck at a low-paying job because of good hours and still my health is fucking useless shit and I don't know what to do.
Also this car thing is the most American thing ever. People shouldn't need to operate heavy machinery that can easily become deadly to have a job. This is some scary shit
Re: Non-fandom pet peeves
(Anonymous) 2022-12-18 10:35 am (UTC)(link)“Also this car thing is the most American thing ever. People shouldn't need to operate heavy machinery that can easily become deadly to have a job. This is some scary shit”
As an American, fucking this. I had to learn to drive just to get around, even though I was terrified to do it then, and I still hate it now. I was told it would get easier, so easy it would be second nature. It’s been decades and that’s never happened. But public transportation is awful in America, and just as expensive if not more than driving depending on where you live. So driving is all some people can do, and it sucks. My brother has epilepsy, but before he was diagnosed, he was afraid of driving so never finished taking lessons. It was expected of him to eventually get over his fear and do it, “because that’s what adults do”. But then he started getting seizures, and now him having an epilepsy diagnosis means he doesn’t have to drive. But I think people should have respected his wishes to not have to even when it was just a fear. Driving isn’t bad for everyone, but not everyone should have to it they don’t want to. But the economy here is so dependent on cars and gasoline that public transportation will never get better. They even got rid of perfectly good train lines that already existed to make more roads for driving, and now trains are almost always just for cargo.
Re: Non-fandom pet peeves
(Anonymous) 2022-12-18 11:49 am (UTC)(link)I hate car culture so much. We have quite developed public transportation, but still through my life I've been pressured into driving. It's an adult thing you Have To Do. Fuck this
Re: Non-fandom pet peeves
(Anonymous) 2022-12-19 12:26 am (UTC)(link)You don't have to. I haven't owned a car in more than ten years. BUT you also can't live in a place where a car is necessary to get around and then complain that you're expected to have a car to be able to get around. There are plenty of places out there where a car is in fact not necessary to be able to get a job.
Re: Non-fandom pet peeves
(Anonymous) 2022-12-19 11:26 am (UTC)(link)Ehhh, that assumes they have the means to go somewhere where a car isn't necessary. I'd say in most of the US, you absolutely do need a car. The US is very much a country built around people driving cars.
You need money to move. To get money, you either have to be lucky enough to have a family that finances your move, or you need a job. If you're in a place where you need a car to get a job and you can't drive, you can't make money. So you can't move to a place where a car isn't necessary either.
You make it sound as if living in a place where you need a car is a choice. I think that's true for only a small amount of people.