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Fuck Cars

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I've got to admit that when I first heard of the anti-cars community, I was a little skeptical. "Whats wrong with cars?" I thought. But the more I lurked, and the more I watched youtube channels like Not just bikes, the more I understood just how shitty the world is around us. Fuck Cars.

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[โ€“] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Initially:

  • Traveling for a minimum of 90 minutes daily for education/work in an area with adequate public transport, and not having many other places to drive to. I would rather sit down and relax or work, and not drain myself on stroads.
  • Not enjoying the risk of driving a car.
  • Not seeing value in the initial and ongoing costs of cars

I was still skeptical of /r/FuckCars when I first saw the name, but the first few posts I saw were nothing but facts. Same thing again with the anti-lawn groups: it's so normalized that until you are prompted to think about it, it's just something most people never stop to think about.

Adulthood:

  • wow now that I realize it this is just recklessly dangerous and overnormalized
  • society shouldn't actively promote unhealthy expensive wasteful modes of living
[โ€“] sexy_peach@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

wow now that I realize it this is just recklessly dangerous and overnormalized

That but it's also fucking expensive. Like diamonds for a wedding ring it's something that society tells you you need to do but it's utterly stupid if you calculate risk, cost and gain.