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It’s not the commute that sucks, it’s the lack of sense of agency sitting in a public transport that starts and stops on a whim going to places you don’t care a
by marderfarker2 5y ago
It’s not the commute that sucks, it’s the lack of sense of agency sitting in a public transport that starts and stops on a whim going to places you don’t care about.
- gruez 5y agoSo sitting in bumper to bumper traffic is better?
- inglor_cz 5y agoTried both. Both suck. I can at least read when I am not driving, but random smelly individuals do not enter a private car. I no longer own a car, but the fact that it was fairly clean was enjoyable.
- skrebbel 5y agoTraffic jams form a similar kind of agency loss.
- nerdponx 5y agoI personally am not bothered by the agency loss. In fact I want the agency loss; it's my thinking and mind-wandering/clearing time. But driving itself can be very tiring, at least if you are trying to drive safely. That's the main reason I don't ever want a driving commute longer than 30 minutes, but would be okay with a longer transit commute.
- marderfarker2 5y agoReally depends on where you live. In where I reside being stuck in traffic driving to precisely where I want is faster than being stuck in traffic on a bus.
- partido3619463 5y agoInteresting. I find it liberating because you can completely tune out the world. Don’t have to pay attention to anything.
- throwaway743 5y ago> you can completely tune out the world ...not on the subway
- TOMDM 5y agoDepends on the location. I have fond memories of letting the world go on the Sydney trains on the way to/from uni