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I agree with you. However, our opinions on efficient traffic flow are irrelevant for two reasons. First, the only rule of the road generally recognized, follo
by Xurinos 16y ago
I agree with you. However, our opinions on efficient traffic flow are irrelevant for two reasons.
First, the only rule of the road generally recognized, followed or not, is the letter of the law. What some random Internet guy thinks should also be a rule of the road, even if he is 100% right, does not matter. As someone else mentioned, that is politics.
Second, the key point I have been trying to make in this scenario is that honking your horn (or whatever reaction) is a reflection of your narcissism, your self-absorption. You feel entitled to attempt to control somebody else in order to get your way (even if you rationalize your way to be "for the good of others around me"). Sometimes that control is okay.
The entire thread regards angry reactions. We are angry when something happens that is out of our control, out of our perfect little plan for the world. We are angry because it should go our way.
- burgerbrain 16y ago"First, the only rule of the road generally recognized, followed or not, is the letter of the law." I really sincerely hope that you do not have your drivers license, because that is incredibly wrong.
- Xurinos 16y agoNow I have a choice. I can get bent out of shape over your highly disrespectful statement (you could have expressed that in a much more civilized manner), I can try to elaborate, or I can ignore you and move on with my day.
- burgerbrain 16y agoVery well, I'll explain myself as well. Firstly, the statement "the only rule of the road generally recognized, followed or not, is the letter of the law." genuinely does concern me. Secondly, I feel that anyone who seriously suggests that signaling your alarm to other drivers in unsafe situations is a display of narcissism is not actually interested in an intelligent conversation, and is probably a troll.