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That seems to be generally a US thing. Many of my colleagues from Texas, Washington and Virginia tell distance in minutes/hours that they (would have) spent dri
by dr_kretyn 3y ago
That seems to be generally a US thing. Many of my colleagues from Texas, Washington and Virginia tell distance in minutes/hours that they (would have) spent driving. It's always funny to ask how far away someone lives and they answer "it depends". They mean that it depends on the traffic but I imagine that they live close to an orbiting massive object which curves the space.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago> It's always funny to ask how far away someone lives and they answer "it depends". I hadn’t noticed that before but I probably will now. That does seem to be a US thing. Often a person will respond in units of distance and time, one after the other. It does make sense given the effect that traffic conditions in a city can have on the travel time but “how far?” “it depends” is really funny. > I imagine that they live close to an orbiting massive object which curves the space. My thought was their home is some kind of moving fortress. A city on the back of a turtle wandering along the coast.
- mintplant 3y agoI think there's an implicit cultural understanding that when someone here asks how far away something is, what they really want to know is how long it will take them to drive there.