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The overwhelming majority of people should just own a small sedan
\- 80% of all trips are single person
\- the average truck driver uses the bed of their truck twice a year
\- the birth rate in America is around 1.5 births per woman, so having 3 or more kids is rare
I swear to god, most of the time when I’m seeing trucks on the road, there’s nothing in their bed and their truck is sparkly clean. Escalades and suburbans have just one person in them
The majority of people for the majority of tasks just need a small sedan. A Toyota Corolla, basically. It would be more efficient to rent a truck from Home Depot when you need it than to buy a truck that costs $50k when a Corolla costs <$30k (and has better gas mileage)
People just buy cars for image and because it’s the car they think they should buy, not an actual measured and practical choice. They buy a truck cause they want people to think they’re rugged, not cause they need a truck. The most obvious example is jeeps. Those cars *suck* at what they’re advertised for, but people don’t even know that because they never take it off road
Realistically, at least 80% of passenger vehicles should just be small sedans. It should be kinda rare to see SUVs, jeeps, etc
#conversation
\- 80% of all trips are single person
\- the average truck driver uses the bed of their truck twice a year
\- the birth rate in America is around 1.5 births per woman, so having 3 or more kids is rare
I swear to god, most of the time when I’m seeing trucks on the road, there’s nothing in their bed and their truck is sparkly clean. Escalades and suburbans have just one person in them
The majority of people for the majority of tasks just need a small sedan. A Toyota Corolla, basically. It would be more efficient to rent a truck from Home Depot when you need it than to buy a truck that costs $50k when a Corolla costs <$30k (and has better gas mileage)
People just buy cars for image and because it’s the car they think they should buy, not an actual measured and practical choice. They buy a truck cause they want people to think they’re rugged, not cause they need a truck. The most obvious example is jeeps. Those cars *suck* at what they’re advertised for, but people don’t even know that because they never take it off road
Realistically, at least 80% of passenger vehicles should just be small sedans. It should be kinda rare to see SUVs, jeeps, etc
#conversation
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Sales and marketing is inherently exploitative and the people working in those fields should feel bad
I get that you aren't actively causing physical harm to people, but your entire career is built around separating people from their finances in such a maximalist kind of way that it teeters on the edge. Whether that be holding people's time hostage through a sales pitch they've already stated they're not interested in, or selling them a coverage you know they don't need, it's all largely the same. Especially if it's something the buyer doesn't fully understand (looking at you store credit cards). And of course, to some degree it's a necessity to have outbound information on what products are available but it seems now more than ever the entire industry is explicitly predatory
#conversation
I get that you aren't actively causing physical harm to people, but your entire career is built around separating people from their finances in such a maximalist kind of way that it teeters on the edge. Whether that be holding people's time hostage through a sales pitch they've already stated they're not interested in, or selling them a coverage you know they don't need, it's all largely the same. Especially if it's something the buyer doesn't fully understand (looking at you store credit cards). And of course, to some degree it's a necessity to have outbound information on what products are available but it seems now more than ever the entire industry is explicitly predatory
#conversation
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I don't believe most people are good people, and the way they drive is proof of that.
People love saying that most people are mostly good but the way people behave on the road makes me doubt that.
Every day I encounter people tailgating, cutting others off, changing lanes without signaling, weaving through traffic, and forcing other drivers to brake because they couldn’t be bothered to wait for a safe opening.
And it’s not some rare occurrence. This happens to me and all around me constantly every single day.
Before anyone tells me “everyone makes mistakes” I’m not talking about mistakes. I’m talking about people who knowingly and repeatedly put strangers at risk for their own convenience.
While driving you’re anonymous, surrounded by people you’ll probably never see again, and never really held accountable for being a jerk.
How do you choose to treat those people?
I think that’s a far better measure of who they are than how they behave around their friends and family.
If you’re willing to endanger someone else’s life because waiting a few seconds inconveniences you that’s not simply poor driving ability. That’s selfishness and a lack of empathy.
And I think people cling to the belief that most people are good because it’s comforting. Nobody wants to believe they’re surrounded by people who care more about their own convenience than the safety of strangers.
Being a good person isn’t just about how you treat people you care about. It’s about how you treat people who can do absolutely nothing for you.
Maybe most people aren’t genuinely good. Maybe they’re simply good when being good is convenient.
#conversation
People love saying that most people are mostly good but the way people behave on the road makes me doubt that.
Every day I encounter people tailgating, cutting others off, changing lanes without signaling, weaving through traffic, and forcing other drivers to brake because they couldn’t be bothered to wait for a safe opening.
And it’s not some rare occurrence. This happens to me and all around me constantly every single day.
Before anyone tells me “everyone makes mistakes” I’m not talking about mistakes. I’m talking about people who knowingly and repeatedly put strangers at risk for their own convenience.
While driving you’re anonymous, surrounded by people you’ll probably never see again, and never really held accountable for being a jerk.
How do you choose to treat those people?
I think that’s a far better measure of who they are than how they behave around their friends and family.
If you’re willing to endanger someone else’s life because waiting a few seconds inconveniences you that’s not simply poor driving ability. That’s selfishness and a lack of empathy.
And I think people cling to the belief that most people are good because it’s comforting. Nobody wants to believe they’re surrounded by people who care more about their own convenience than the safety of strangers.
Being a good person isn’t just about how you treat people you care about. It’s about how you treat people who can do absolutely nothing for you.
Maybe most people aren’t genuinely good. Maybe they’re simply good when being good is convenient.
#conversation