I've been borrowing a car for all of three days and I'm about ready to blow my brains out. I do not have the temperament for this. Who does?
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There's a thrill to it, for sure, there's something fun--but do I ever approach that fun in ordinary daily driving? Hahahahahaha
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Driving a car is fun when you can go as fast as you want and there's nobody else to share the road with. In other words, virtually never.
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For my sanity it's best not to go into the trivial bullshit that transpired during the commute today. That it's common only makes it worse.
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Most people--myself included--should really never be behind the wheel. For some, it's because they're too slow, have terrible reflexes...
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...make awful judgement calls due to an apparent lack of depth perception or spatial awareness, etc. Others, it's bc they're too reckless...
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...aggressive, etc (the category into which I unfortunately fall). A few people are both competent AND have good temper, bless them.
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Driving is a professional activity but the bulk of the world's drivers are dilettantes incapable of going pro. So we overdesign roads...
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...to try and mitigate their inevitable daily fuckups, and in the process spread people and places ever further apart, ensuring no escape...
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...from car hell. For most places in this country, refusing to drive is tantamount to putting yourself under house arrest.
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There's no denying that I'm much more mobile with this car than without it! But that's the whole problem: I have to choose between...
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...being able to travel freely and being able to retain my sanity.
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Boi I will race your ass in heavy traffic and win. Proper driving is simply against the law, much to my dismay.
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You've never had to deal with real East Coast traffic, your reflexes aren't ready for this
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I've driven them! You don't know what you're getting into here, pal
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