carbrain is “this is the fault of 3 million parallel, separated, individual actors” a lot

  • DogThatWentGorp [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    15 days ago

    I love watching tailgating. It’s a microcosm for the futility of hyper-individualism.

    No, the car in front of you will not de-matrrialize like an ghost if you get behind them long enough. Nor will I. I am in charge of your destiny if not only because you put so much stake in trying to egg me on instead of passing.

    I’m not even sure if those kinds of people don’t consciously either I swear like 80% if the time someone will tailgate, maybe pass or have the person in front of them change lanes, and then just tailgate the next person

    And oh FUCKING man, when you notice someone driving like an ass on the freeway and you pull up 1 car length behind them on an offramp when you just hit the second lane and cruise controlled at 70 the whole time: that shit hits like a drug. Nothing like it.

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      And oh FUCKING man, when you notice someone driving like an ass on the freeway and you pull up 1 car length behind them on an offramp when you just hit the second lane and cruise controlled at 70 the whole time: that shit hits like a drug. Nothing like it.

      My favorite is when someone is riding aggressively and tailgating and then try to pass the person they were tailing on the right when there’s perfectly clear lanes to the left and I can slow down just enough to block them from being able to get in front of that other car and force them to slow down to get around the car they were tailgating just to pass on the left.

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      I’m not even sure if those kinds of people don’t consciously either I swear like 80% if the time someone will tailgate, maybe pass or have the person in front of them change lanes, and then just tailgate the next person

      The cyclist anglophone world calls this MGIF-Syndrome: Must get in front.

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        14 days ago

        The cyclist variant of MGIF-syndrome is when you pass someone and then at the next red light they catch up to you AND they pull in front of you, but they’re still slow as shit so you pass them again and this pattern continues. I would understand if they at least accelerated fast, but they don’t. I always feel like grabbing them and asking them “WHY???”