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nobody delivers Sudafed by the case anymore

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I know what you are talking about.

My wife got a flat tire. Put the donut on and had to drive slowly to the tire place. People behind are furious at us..even when they were clear to pass, they were mad.

People were riding our butt so close, I am not sure how they did not hit us. Some would see the small donut tire on the left front when they passed, but most just flipped the bird and roared off.

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Ive been driving in traffic for a long time now, many years. I spend somewhere between 1 hour and 2 hours of my day in traffic. Four lane wide, 6 mph to 11 mph type of traffic. My body has given up on caring how fast i get to work. Ill get there when i get there and there is no point in worrying or trying to rush my way through to get there. Ive learned to just sit back, relax, chill out to audible and mentally prepare for the day.

Ive learned instead of riding everyone's ass in traffic, just to give myself a a wide berth with the person in front of me. Shocker i know, what a rebel . That way if a sudden stop comes up or people want to cut me off, ive got plenty of room. Like 3-4 car lengths atleast. Since all four lanes arent going any faster than the others, who gives a shit anyways, right?

Holy jesus, i might as well be riding around with a Nazi and confederate flag flying on my commuter car. This little concept ENRAGES the fuck out of people. I used to get upset, like, come on man, its not a race, ill pass you in 5 mins anyways. Now, after a few years, i get pleasure from it. Almost everyday this week ive looked in my rear view mirror to see this.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/304344/driving-1-258501.JPG

Which makes me laugh, out loud, like a mad man as i watch them with maniacal fascination. They are just screaming at their windshield. Pounding on their steering wheel. They are ready to murder with extreme prejudice. Since both lanes arent moving any faster and we are moving at a 4 mph pace, they have no other choice but to look at my 4 car lengths in front of me and envision a world where they are 4 car lengths closer to their destination. Sometimes ill even slow down MORE. We've got 10 more miles at 4.5 mph buddy, better get strapped into that pretty hate machine youre piloting.

Sometimes they will get lucky. They will change lanes and get to pull up next to me and i get this.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/304344/driving2-258503.JPG

Now, my commuter car is small and shitty. So maybe these people think they are going to pull up next to me and scare me? Yell obscenities at me to make me feel bad? I dont think they expect to get me looking back with a big ass smile and a wave. A big, bearded dude, with bunch of scars on his face, smiling like an idiot never breaking eye contact. The situation deescalates very quickly.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/95eb7519d13e4bfea542b2e1b8e19f1b/tumblr_njqh4fq4lU1tdy0nco1_500.gif

So, traffic is actually entertaining sometimes.

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If everyone on the road was driving like you (patient and giving room) the whole lot of traffic would be moving faster and more efficiently.  I don't know why more people don't see it.

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Op, what's your commute time one way? And are you going into the heart of DC? I've been debating going the WV route for a little while to get more land, space, less assholes, and being able to find houses that aren't 1500 sq ft and $500k+

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I try to leave several car lengths between me and the guy in front.

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If everyone in that picture left a 4 car length in front of them while they drove, there wouldn't be a traffic jam in the first place.

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You know what is really fun?  Seeing a light turn yellow and red, and COASTING to the light.  God that makes people mad.  The horror.  They want to go 78 MPH until they have to jam on their brakes, like somehow in their tiny little brains they actually believe that THIS time all the cars in front of them will either magically evaporate or just instantaneously accelerate to 75 MPH.

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The events are probably largely true but consider the perspective of the authors.

For example, nobody alive in Noah's time, or quite some time after, could honestly say there was a world-wide flood because nobody knew enough about the world. The authors attribute the flood to God but didn't understand the mechanics of rainfall. There may well have been a cataclysmic flood but given people's limited knowledge they could only default to magic for an explanation. If such a flood occurred today think how many people would argue that global warming caused it.

I really don't see science as refuting God. God is a spiritual concept and science simply does not address spiritual matters. People want to present "miracles" as evidence but if you are a believer, evidence is irrelevant. Spirituality does not require evidence.

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Ive been driving in traffic for a long time now, many years. I spend somewhere between 1 hour and 2 hours of my day in traffic. Four lane wide, 6 mph to 11 mph type of traffic. My body has given up on caring how fast i get to work. Ill get there when i get there and there is no point in worrying or trying to rush my way through to get there. Ive learned to just sit back, relax, chill out to audible and mentally prepare for the day.

Ive learned instead of riding everyone's ass in traffic, just to give myself a a wide berth with the person in front of me. Shocker i know, what a rebel . That way if a sudden stop comes up or people want to cut me off, ive got plenty of room. Like 3-4 car lengths atleast. Since all four lanes arent going any faster than the others, who gives a shit anyways, right?

Holy jesus, i might as well be riding around with a Nazi and confederate flag flying on my commuter car. This little concept ENRAGES the fuck out of people. I used to get upset, like, come on man, its not a race, ill pass you in 5 mins anyways. Now, after a few years, i get pleasure from it. Almost everyday this week ive looked in my rear view mirror to see this.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/304344/driving-1-258501.JPG

Which makes me laugh, out loud, like a mad man as i watch them with maniacal fascination. They are just screaming at their windshield. Pounding on their steering wheel. They are ready to murder with extreme prejudice. Since both lanes arent moving any faster and we are moving at a 4 mph pace, they have no other choice but to look at my 4 car lengths in front of me and envision a world where they are 4 car lengths closer to their destination. Sometimes ill even slow down MORE. We've got 10 more miles at 4.5 mph buddy, better get strapped into that pretty hate machine youre piloting.

Sometimes they will get lucky. They will change lanes and get to pull up next to me and i get this.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/304344/driving2-258503.JPG

Now, my commuter car is small and shitty. So maybe these people think they are going to pull up next to me and scare me? Yell obscenities at me to make me feel bad? I dont think they expect to get me looking back with a big ass smile and a wave. A big, bearded dude, with bunch of scars on his face, smiling like an idiot never breaking eye contact. The situation deescalates very quickly.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/95eb7519d13e4bfea542b2e1b8e19f1b/tumblr_njqh4fq4lU1tdy0nco1_500.gif

So, traffic is actually entertaining sometimes.

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What you're describing leans distinctly toward the passive-aggressive side rather than defensive. 

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The events are probably largely true but consider the perspective of the authors.

For example, nobody alive in Noah's time, or quite some time after, could honestly say there was a world-wide flood because nobody knew enough about the world. The authors attribute the flood to God but didn't understand the mechanics of rainfall. There may well have been a cataclysmic flood but given people's limited knowledge they could only default to magic for an explanation. If such a flood occurred today think how many people would argue that global warming caused it.

I really don't see science as refuting God. God is a spiritual concept and science simply does not address spiritual matters. People want to present "miracles" as evidence but if you are a believer, evidence is irrelevant. Spirituality does not require evidence.

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Op, what's your commute time one way? And are you going into the heart of DC? I've been debating going the WV route for a little while to get more land, space, less assholes, and being able to find houses that aren't 1500 sq ft and $500k+

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When the car in front of me leaves a gap in front of him, then people from the sides will fill in that gap, putting him, me, and everyone behind us even farther back in line.  He'll slow down even further to open the gap back up, whereupon more cars come in from the sides to fill in the gap.  I'm okay with him not riding the bumper of the car in front of him, just as I try my damndest to not ride HIS bumper.  But when there's a steady stream of cars passing us both up, I tend to get annoyed.  Keep the fuck up with traffic is all I'm asking!

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I bet you are one of those assholes who actually pulls over and stops for emergency vehicles too, instead of what you should actually do.  Which is pull slightly over towards the shoulder (only a few inches), and maintain full speed and pace the vehicle.  Oh and block that off ramp while you are at it.



How do you sleep at night.