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I can’t tell what kind of story this is supposed to be. It feels like satire but I’m not sure of what. It feels like a PR spin on not being able to afford a car
by Waterluvian 3y ago
I can’t tell what kind of story this is supposed to be. It feels like satire but I’m not sure of what. It feels like a PR spin on not being able to afford a car. It feels like a story of achievement, but not having a car in London is pretty common.
- chasd00 3y agoa lot of the comments here are like a humble brag on level of misery. "i walk to work in -20F", "you get use to biking in sub-zero temps", i guess but why? Is the feeling of superiority worth the suffering? Maybe i'm just old and don't get it haha.
- Waterluvian 3y agoI think there might be a level of needing agency. You retain control of a situation if you own it like that. In a way I really respect that.
- FooBarBizBazz 3y agoI got the same vibe. The only concrete stories here are ones where he was robbed while he was a pedestrian in London (really? How common is that?); there's the crazy assertion that London is unsafe for women (what?!); and he described himself as a "woke, kale-eating metrosexual", despite the word "metrosexual" being passe for about a decade and "woke" being meant in the watered-down Fox News sense (just from the other side). You can even hear it, as a joke, in the voice of Jeremy Clarkson. And, absolutely, tons of people live in London without cars. Like you say, it's incredibly common.