• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Sounds great if you don't have to commute many miles 2 times per day in an area with no public transit.

    All just to keep the roof over your head

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Yeah the long commute is of course an immuteable fact of life and cannot be changed

        • AOCapitulator [they/them]
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          10 months ago

          What they were implying with their statement was that your life was made to be this way by the decisions of dead capitalists who caused infrastructure and the way we live our lives to be this way so that they could make money

          Housing laws caused suburban sprawl which has been worsened, at least in the US, by utterly foolish parking minimum laws. Thats why you have a commute like this, because cars were forced on us instead of trains, biking, and walking.

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          I'm thinking societal changes not individualist ones. Think bigger, who the fuck enjoys a long commute?

          • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            Original comment I replied to said "save the planet, ride a bicycle" and my reply related to that.

            I'd love a combination teleporter/blowjob machine but for now a shorter commute would be a treat

            • 7bicycles [he/him]
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              10 months ago

              but for now a shorter commute would be a treat

              This is achievable though is my point

              • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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                10 months ago

                For many, job shopping is a luxury, and moving is a very high cost.

                You're expressing a privileged opinion.

                That's ok, we all have them, but what seems logical and obvious to some, is a simple impossibility to others.

                • 7bicycles [he/him]
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                  10 months ago

                  Why are you so into solving this on an individualist basis, I made it pretty clear I'm talking societal changes here

                  • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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                    10 months ago

                    Because individuals buy and use cars, and the original comment I replied to implored commuters not to use evs and adopt a public transit /bike only lifestyle.

                    My comment discussed the pressures of life on the individual.

                    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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                      10 months ago

                      Because individuals buy and use cars, and the original comment I replied to implored commuters not to use evs and adopt a public transit /bike only lifestyle.

                      Yeah if you really want to interpret it that way, it's just a slogan man

      • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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        10 months ago

        True, but given the right government policy the provision of high quality, high speed, highly affordable public transport very much can be changed.