As Jason said in the Not Just Bikes, Every Reason to Hate Cars (39:10), video: Everybody hates other people’s cars; we either don’t have one, or don’t make an exception for our own.

  • vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
    1·
    2 months ago

    Kind of but cars are a big burden:

    • you have to keep on top of maintenance, on a bike too but if you kill the chain and sprockets you don’t have to scrap it, the parts are not as expensive and complex
    • even the cheapest cars are a lot of money to run, and renting more than two or three times a year is also a lot of money
    • cars protect you from the elements and they’re pretty comfortable but it comes at the cost of being sedentary and most people don’t need to spend more time being almost immobile
    • car insurance is a stressful scam in a lot of places: scuffing someone’s paint on a parking lot because the wind swung your car’s door open too hard is a big deal if insurance gets involved, where it’s mandatory they really milk it to the bone by holding ”risk” over people’s heads even for stupid mundane shit whereas injuries are paid off as minimally as possible
    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      cars protect you from the elements and they’re pretty comfortable but it comes at the cost of being sedentary and most people don’t need to spend more time being almost immobile

      I agree with the rest but partly disagree with this point. Having a car doesn’t necessarily mean you are sedentary, especially if it’s a secondary means of transportation in a walkable/rideable city. The sedentary lifestyle is more often the result of where people live, especially in rural/suburban areas- which often yes, is a result of car culture destroying human experiences