• taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Honestly seems more of a critique of grind culture we’ve got in the US. Used to be you had time in the morning or afternoon to enjoy a cafe but now you’ve got a job you can’t afford to quit in a town you can’t afford to live in and need to drive an hour to get there with gas you can’t afford… that last part because there are no trains anymore, too.

    Yeah, halfway through that, I admit it’s also still bullshit car culture nonsense, too. Lol

    • esa@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      People absolutely stop by coffee shops to get something to go in an urban context too. But the queueing that happens inside one of them, maybe even spilling out of the premises, still requires very little area and is pretty benign in an urban context. Especially if you wind up having a little chat with someone.

      • shartgargle@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        That’s the thing for me. You take away any comeraderie (sp?) and societal benefit from this style of capitalism. Nobody knows their neighbors anymore. It’s all just a grind and you wind up selfish because you see people as NPCs. Even just a chat with someone for 10-15 mins would give people some sense of empathy.

  • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    In the upper photo it’s more like 15 people at most. The inefficiency of cars astounding once you actually start paying attention to it. Moving to cars for every transit mode is in the 10 ten worst decisions humanity has ever made.

  • Ajdee6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Personally, I dont want to sit with that many people. Get in my car and drive away from them as far as I can