Currently in a car with a relative, I've had to listen to them yell about how everyone who tried cutting in front of him is an asshole and everyone who doesn't let him cut in front of them is also an asshole. It's been 20 minutes

  • Tomboys_are_Cute [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Driving is an inherently atomizing experience and because you don't see people, just cars, you no longer feel like you are dealing with people and any resistance to frustration with another person is lost

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, covering up a person's face definitely has an effect on empathy. Just think of things like blindfolds and executioners masks.

      • culdrought [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        That doesn't explain the sheer blind hatred that drivers have for cyclists

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          As someone who's been knocked to the ground by a cyclist proceeding full speed through an intersection during green pedestrian lights, I can assure you that you don't have to be a driver to hate cyclists.

            • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              I did only hate that one dumbass until I told the story to some people I work with and several of the cyclists defended what he did.

              One person sarcastically asked me "what did you expect him to do? Stop?!"

        • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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          3 years ago

          It's because a lot of cyclists are pretty reckless about their own safety weaving around massive machines and blowing traffic lights and stop signs whenver they want.