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Besides going fast, what does a car allow people to do that they couldn’t before?
by dartos 2y ago
Besides going fast, what does a car allow people to do that they couldn’t before?
- jason_zig 2y agoare you serious?
- dartos 2y agoYea
- DontBreakAlex 2y agoReach farther places? Move around heavy loads?
- dartos 2y agoPeople traveled almost the entire world and built pyramids before cars were invented. They make it easier and faster, but don’t add new capabilities
- sunshowers 2y agoI think "carrying something heavy without slavery being involved" is a new capability compared to "enslaving people and making them carry something heavy".
- kelseyfrog 2y agoGo through drive-thrus.
- dartos 2y agoShit, you right.
- jermaustin1 2y agoI got yelled at once at the bank in my office's parking lot for going to the drive up ATM instead of going inside to a teller. So they definitely agree with that. Not allowed to walk through a drive through.
- mikedelfino 2y agoCars allow people to travel longer distances more conveniently, access remote areas, transport goods efficiently, and have greater independence in their daily lives. They also enable emergency services to respond quickly, support economic growth by facilitating trade, and provide opportunities for leisure travel that were previously impractical.
- dartos 2y agoYes, they make things faster and easier. My question was what do cars let us do now that we couldn’t before. We moved heavy objects and traveled long distances long before cars.
- itishappy 2y agoThey let us do things efficiently. Sure, you could have moved a truckload of goods up the coast using 20 wagons, 40 mules, 20 drivers, 10 security, and a week's time. Today, one dude can move a truckload of goods up the coast same day. (Numbers have been entirely fabricated, feel free to send adjustments.)
- recursive 2y agoGoing faster and carrying more is enough to enable things that aren't otherwise possible. For example, I can take my kids to visit their cousins for the day and make it home by bedtime.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoUtilize car washes.
- gabrielhidasy 2y agoTravel [long distance], relatively safely, in [short time]. LA to NY is a long roadtrip, but you can do it in 2-3 days with a few friends to rotate drivers. Walking that is a months long journey with a very real risk of death if you don't have a support vehicle.
- daedrdev 2y agoIn a day I can travel many times farther than I can walk, carrying hundreds or thousands of pounds of stuff with me if needed.