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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by goatinaboat on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:38AM (#22853870)
Many millennials don’t drive

An aside but I’ve always found that turn of phrase bemusing. The right word is “can’t”, nobody says “I don’t swim” or “I don’t wire a plug”. It’s like people realise that it’s something they ought to be able to do and are deficient in it.

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by pjc50 on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:09AM (#22854004)
There are also urban dwellers who can drive, hold a license, but don't own a car due to cost or space issues.

Undoubtedly more common in Europe - lots of Londoners don't own cars because there's nowhere cheap to park at either end of a trip, the traffic is bad, and the public transport is usable.

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by goatinaboat on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:03PM (#22868434)
who can drive, hold a license, but don't own a car due to cost or space issues.

In my experience those people never use that phrase, they say “I don’t have a car”.

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by matsemann on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:29AM (#22854079)
Huh, I got a license. Even inherited a car when I was 19. But I sold it, biking everywhere is faster and cheaper.
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