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Wow that'sa lot of assumptions to make about me from single statement. While it is amusing, doesn't HN encourage people to be civil?
by ChrisSD 8y ago
Wow that'sa lot of assumptions to make about me from single statement.
While it is amusing, doesn't HN encourage people to be civil?
- klyrs 8y agoYou described the average driver as "absolutely terrible." Are you actually offended that I painted you with a similarly broad brush?
- mmirate 8y ago(Note: I'm not the OP.) I don't get paid by-the-hour to drive; I get paid to arrive on-time. So commuting in my opinion (like IT in MBAs' opinion) is purely a (time-)cost center. And from that POV the average driver is indeed absolutely terrible. Ever since I started working in the software industry, I don't think I've ever taken the wheel of my car and driven it somewhere, without getting angry at another driver along the way. Granted, different drivers can be terrible in different ways. Some of them do stupid mutually-harmful BS like pulling out right front of me with minimal margin and no intent to travel at even half the speed-limit. Others think that because they have an 8-cylinder engine and a traditional automatic transmission, that they should rule the streets - which they can and do, but that doesn't make me any less angry at them when they e.g. pass me at a 20mph relative-speed on the same side into which I was signalling to change because I was behind a schoolbus.
- ChrisSD 8y agoI'm not offended, I'm bemused that you couldn't resist attacking me while making your point. And no, talking about the avarage human being's ability to operate a specific machine over the course of their life is not painting any individual with a broad brush. Also, an individual can be a good driver. People in general may not be. That's not a contradiction or an insult. Heck even a "good" driver can drive badly.