So every working person is an asshole

Nah, most of them are just working for an asshole.

and the only ethical way to obtain food is to steal it

Well, you could also grow it yourself.

But, sure, stealing is one of the most ethical ways to obtain food.

That’s rough, buddy.

but they’re probably not ripping you off and reporting billions in profit.

Nah, they’re just ripping you off and reporting thousands in profit.

They’re doing the exact same thing, just on a smaller scale. And if you got rid of the big corpos, they’d grow to fill the void left behind and start doing it on a bigger scale.

Just because a business is small doesn’t mean it’s honest.

You’re right, I should overthrow capitalism today, instead of waiting for ideal conditions.

*stealing anything. (As long as they’re stealing from a business, at least.)

You could be holding the cashier at gunpoint and emptying out the register, and I didn’t see shit.

Okay, sure … but on that note … what kind of maniac would put all those fresh fruits and vegetables all just piled together inside, with no packaging at all to keep them separate/intact and then add a baguette in there as well, just stuffed in among the vegetables? And, somehow, the worst part is that they have 4 red peppers, and the peppers aren’t even all in the same general area, they’re just tossed in there randomly…

True, true. Less commuting would be a benefit for just about everybody (except wealthy commercial real estate landlords).

Just wanted to point out that saying everyone should stop commuting is pretty hyperbolic.

This could backfire magnificently.

Let the (typically upper-middle class) people in the airport witness and deal with ICE thuggery directly … just before the budgetary debate. Let them see small children arrested, families being torn apart, threats and violence against innocent and non-threatening people just based on how they look. Let them see fascist thugs marching around saying ‘papers, please’ to everyone who isn’t pasty white. And even if they’re sociopathic enough not to care about any of that, ICE will cause delays at the airport, and that will annoy air travelers. Let all those moderately wealthy people with time on their hands make a stink to their congresspeople about what they saw.

It’s going to expose a ton of people to ICE brutality who are normally insulated from this kind of shit. And that’s going to shape opinions at a crucial political time.

Also depending on how much shit you need to transport.

Even if there was a store within walking distance, I wouldn’t fancy walking with a week’s worth of groceries.

Turns out, spending 40 hours a week driving makes you pretty good at driving.

I don’t want to be crowded around strangers, feeling awkward and anxious, in a shitty big vehicle that is constantly jerking and rumbling and takes 4x as long to get where I need to go.

Bicycling would alleviate all of these … except for the last one. (Now it takes 10x as long to get where you need to go. But it’s not crowded, no social anxiety, no shitty big vehicle, less jerking and no rumbling…)

6 hours? At that point, I’d drive a camper to work and just sleep in the parking lot.

And if we’re going to go that route, I prefer “embrace the suck” as a more fun and helpful thought terminating cliche.

Sure, sure … but it’s important to remember that not all jobs are office jobs.

For your delivery drivers, retail shelf-stockers, sanitation workers, farmers, nurses, construction workers, etc, etc, etc … remote work doesn’t really work for them. Remote work is fine for IT jobs, clerical jobs, and administrative jobs, but a lot of jobs can’t be done that way, which means a lot of people still need to commute.

This is by design. Conservatives get outraged if you try to add critical thinking classes to school curriculum.

They have the most access to misinformation as well.

I don’t need gas or oil to cycle.

Well, technically, it really helps to have a teensy bit to lubricate your bicycle’s bearings. But that’s all.

Trying to use a laptop for work at all is pretty terrible.

The ergonomics are shit – either the keyboard is too high or the screen is too low, and as long as the two are connected, there’s no changing that.

Nothing wrong with horse pussy.