• dlpkl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The car ofc 😂. Air conditioned, my own music, private space, no waiting for a table, no listening to other conversations. But this is a stupid comparison altogether. I wouldn’t go to the drive thru for a social coffee and I wouldn’t go to the cafe for a quick coffee.

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        1 year ago

        Most of the people in this thread have evidently never been to a café. They are describing it like some hellish experience, which to be fair in America it probably is

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        1 year ago

        I think most of the people here probably haven’t. I myself have only been once.

        The issue with this comparison is the cultural differences. Like in America that bottom image would be basically impossible to get in and out of on the way to work. Whereas Starbs or Dunkin is like a 5 minute pit stop tops

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          1 year ago

          Again, wrong. In Italy or France it’s perfectly normal to pop into a cafe for a quick coffee on the way to work.

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            1 year ago

            Okay?..I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. In America people generally don’t do that… Which is a cultural difference… How is that wrong? Lol

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                1 year ago

                I would argue lacking appropriate infrastructure to support a walking city is a cultural thing. Americans like their cars man.

                I personally would love to see some more public transportation and walkable cities but I know enough “car guys” to confidently say that a substantial percentage of Americans prefer it like this. I think it’s shifting away with each generation but we aren’t anywhere near Europe yet

                • Pablo M.U. :vericol:@col.social
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                  @Goblin_Mode But why do they like their cars? It’s not spontaneous. It’s because the automotive industry lobbied to destroy any other transportation option, so they need to have a car to survive. Obviously you’ll like the thing that helps you survive. It’s not that they like their cars, so they built their life around it. It’s that their lives are built around them, so they don’t have any other option but to like cars.