• Mac@mander.xyz
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        2 months ago

        I’m not sure how me driving to work with an automatic vs manual transmission affects that but okay buddy

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          2 months ago

          It’s about the whole driving experience stuff. Cars are utilitary and they made us believe it’s about passion.

          I wrecked my car 3 years ago and we decided to not buy a new one. We’re doing just fine without a car. We need one from time to time but car sharing has proven to ve really cheap. It seems like we have spent over 600 Euros a mont on our car before. Now we just spend a fraction of that.

          Riding for pleasure is something for the tracks, I suppose.

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            2 months ago

            You couldn’t project any harder if you were a fucking Epson.
            “They” don’t make me believe shit.

            Congrats on ditching your car. If people who didn’t give a shit about cars weren’t forced to drive we wouldn’t be in this mess.

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              2 months ago

              Took me a while to get that reference. In my mind Epsons are printers not projectors.

              I live in a country where cars are part of your salary. Especially because that part of your wage doesn’t get taxed. It is very clear that ‘they’ installed a very car centric thinking into society. Sure, some people aren’t affected or influenced but way too many people are.

              Since a few years bikes are treated in a likewise manner and now 30% of my colleages chooses a bike over a car. That has resulted in a surge of bike sales and that unfortunately. made them terribly expensive.

              I do like cars though. That’s why I hit the track a few times a year.