I once actually thought that when movies and shows were developing, I thought that they were being made within the year of their release date. I didn’t know that these projects were sometimes done in advance or took years to make.
That when ‘Commercial Breaks’ happened during shows, I thought they meant that the actors needed a break before resuming. Not realizing that episodes are already made and commercials just interrupt things to just sell you shit.
When I learned food and drinks were energy for your body, I actually thought that when I got sleepy or tired, I just needed to drink or eat something. Not realizing that it wouldn’t have mattered.
You just invented the Maglev xD
Unironically has some truth to it. As someone who feels strongly about minimizing my commute, I am baffled about how many people I have known who have long commutes for no significant reason.
Rarely there will be a reason like “My kids have a better school here”, but often after digging a little I find out someone is actually paying higher rent and commuting 45m+ to a lower rent area because moving is a hassle or some similar motivation. I knew a guy who commuted 3 hours one way in Alaska because he liked having a big yard. Like, when do you see it? You get home and immediately sleep.
Absolutely crazy to me. Never more than 30 minutes again unless I truly have no choice.
Eric Cartman, is that you? There was an episode where he tried to kick a girl in the balls. It did not work.
A perpetual motion machine! I love it!
i do wonder why more people don’t just live where they work, spending and hour or 2 every day just shuffling inbetween work and home never made sense to me.
is it just an affordability thing? if some real estate mogul wasnt a rent-seeking piece of shit and just built a business around building/selling as many quality homes/apartments as possible for a decent profit (instead of maximized extraction at every level, as it is now) wouldn’t more people chose to live closer to work?
Okay so in our case it’s very California-specific. We managed to buy a house (hooray!) after the housing crash. Because of the way California handles property taxes, we will never move unless we decide to leave California for good. If we take a job that is not close to us, too bad, we’re factoring commute into the offer, because we can’t move. My husband seriously considered a job that would require either a 1.5 hour drive or train ride because the money was amazing but ended up taking a much lower-paying WFH job, and the commute was a huge factor.
I would choose to work closer to where I live, not the other way around unless the only available job was hours away. That said, there are jobs closer to home than my current job, but I think they kinda suck.