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Definitely has his grip on reality, this one

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[–] aaron@infosec.pub 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'd say he's right. In a way. Cars don't create congestion, they are congestion.

Fine. And with this realisation let's end the phrase "I'm stuck in traffic". Cars aren't stuck in traffic, they are traffic.

Every bike on the road is one less car.

Other than that this guy seriously needs to get out into the fresh air and spend sometime around people (if it is a guy, it's overwhelmingly most likely a bot and so a genuinely harmful thing to engage with, get angry about, republish here, or do anything with other than ignore).

Social media is just getting worse, and although there is much to like about defederation, a lot of the content here is not healthy.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

let’s end the phrase “I’m stuck in traffic”.

I'm contributing to traffic? I'm doing my part joining the traffic?

So many tempting options highlighting our individual responsibility to the collective problem... yet none of them actually used. Ever. I wonder why. Surely it's because of "others"!

I like "I'm traffic." Succinct, to the point.