i think driving fills people with a kind of temporary madness in which they view themself as a sort of living automobile and view other motorists as fellow members of their automobile species and view regular humans as a type of mushroom
seriously I keep saying driving is the worst thing for everyone including drivers
the fact that we have a term for "road rage" should clue us in that maybe we should minimize the amount of driving people need to do??
I like to pretend I'm in a cool mech and refer to good and safe driving as "protecting the civilians" I'm pretty sure I got this madness worse than most
At least you are responsible with it. Many adopt a kind of embattled us-vs-them solidarity with their fellow carnoids
Ik i was being a lil goofy but this has been on my mind a lot lately. I think some people are just really disconnected from the side of society you miss out on when you're not constantly in some kind of secluded box. I got lucky in not feeling that disconnect bc I'm like the friend that people call when they need a guy with a car, so I'm hyper aware that pedestrians are like my neighbors and friends and stuff. But I think for other people, it's just another way they are disconnected from both society in general and, more importantly, people society wants them to see as less human. Anyways, sorry for the long rant, fuck cars, and death to capitalism!!
The one I can't get over is how casually suburban drivers in particular talk about wanting to roadkill pedestrians/cyclists. Even my family said shit like that while I rode a bike to get places.
cars are the dominant species on the planet. we are mutualistic symbiotes to them. like mitochondria.
I read something a while ago about how when someone is proficient at using a tool, and uses it a lot, their brain begins to regard the tool as an extension of the body itself. I think it explains a lot of the weirder ways people react to their vehicles.
Are passengers like symbiotic mushrooms (along the lines of algae on a sloth) or parasites
Depends on the driver. I've certainly ridden with people where I felt like a parasite
Honestly as a pedestrian minoring in cyclist I too feel like the automobiles I encounter are living beasts with the driver as a sort of tapeworm
There was a time where roads were for people (and sometimes horses). Shame we never got to see that.
