• Codex@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ok but it does seem like people drive way worse now than just a few years ago. I have theories though.

    Theory 1: Existential dread. People are so beat down by climate, endless war, failing economy, and more that they’ve gone completely insane.

    Theory 2: Long covid brain.

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      12 hours ago

      I think the number of people with little care for those outside their vehicle has increased. At least a chunk of it is due to the vehicle design - it’s hard to be aggressive in a 1970s car, it’s easy in how separate you are, how isolated from people outside, in an SUV

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      1 day ago

      Theory 3: Trump and other authoritarian world leaders/parties/orgs has validated unmitigated rage and contempt towards almost anyone for almost any reason.