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"Your fun is bland, hollow and empty" is so hilariously self-righteous, presumptive and condescending that it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself. I
by antiterra 5y ago
"Your fun is bland, hollow and empty" is so hilariously self-righteous, presumptive and condescending that it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself.
I enjoy translating poetry from Japanese and Spanish. I enjoy playing classic and modern music on piano-- I played violin in an orchestra when I was younger. I enjoy learning to read various writing systems. I love watching films new and old, including those of Kieślowski & Roy Andersson. I have fallen in love and been loved. I have eaten a Liège waffle in a park watching the sunset. I have arrived in Paris at 6pm and walked around with a camera until my train left at 10am. I have sat on the grass outside a Mexican airport drinking beer with other travelers and employees waiting for the massively delayed single flight of the day. I enjoy sailing, swimming, cycling.
In addition to those other bland, hollow and empty pursuits and experiences, I also have a passion for driving and autosport.
Every trip I make by car requires me to, from a stop sign with no ramp, enter or cross a 65 mph divided highway that is often busy. It's happened many times where I've pulled into an empty lane and a car going faster than 70 switches to my lane and closes in at a dangerous rate behind me as I'm still accelerating. Sometimes cars accelerate spontaneously after I've entered a gap that is normally plenty of room. Other times, drivers behind me rage with horns or dangerous maneuvers if I don't enter when they feel it's safe. All those are solved (save for errant hypercars) with a simple sub 4 second 0-60 time and the stability of all wheel drive.
In addition, on road trips, I can close the exhaust valves, raise the ride height and soften the suspension. Then, I can talk to other people in the car without shouting, and I don't have tinnitus ringing in my ears for hours after. Those two things are definitely not boring.
Hooking up a trailer ramps up the inconvenience significantly if you're just driving to a beach condo or attempting to park in a normal lot. That said, my vehicle can tow around 4 US tons if I wanted to go that path.