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Replying to @iridienne @arthur_affect
I can't even let the handbrake off in a car without feeling twitchy about the seatbelt. Hell, it's instinctive even as a passenger to start buckling up. Masks and cycle helmets. One is possibly halfway from the other, chronologically. This could get messy....
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Replying to @OwainAlty @arthur_affect
i mean, that's a culture-change thing, though. Nobody was twitchy about seatbelts in the 1970s. People successfully changed the culture around seatbelts precisely because a) they're very effective and b) they're a thing that has to be an unconscious habit in order to work.
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Replying to @iridienne @OwainAlty
I have a whole thing about how much I rely on ingrained, mechanical habits to function and how this apparently offends other people Like my dad gave me shit for always reaching for the turn signal to turn regardless of whether there were other cars around
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"Who are you trying to signal? There's nobody behind you, this is an empty residential street" "If I have to think about it every time I signal then I'll forget about it someday when it matters"
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"Arthur, if you're not consciously aware of the situation on the road and taking account of it at all times then that makes you a bad driver" "OKAY SO I'M A BAD DRIVER AT LEAST I'M A BAD DRIVER WHO ALWAYS SIGNALS"
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It wasn't just him, I got into a huge pointless fight with an ex over my habit of setting the parking brake every single time I turn off the car, even on a completely level surface (Iike inside the garage)
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"What's the point of that?" "The point is there are no negative consequences to doing it when you don't have to but the negative consequences of not doing it when you do have to are enormous so you should do it 100% of the time That's just math"
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Ehhhh, I don’t know about this example. If you accidentally drive off with the parking brake on you can damage your breaks.
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If you set the brake every time you park so you have to start driving by unsetting it every time then this is much less of a factor
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I mean, maybe I got used to this from driving a bus with air brakes, which don't give you a choice
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