If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity

Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by sershe on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:51PM (#36934639)

You treat the walk as the default and car as something that needs to be justified. That's BS. I think you are too privileged to live in a safe neighborhood, in good climate, to be healthy enough to walk with load, and to own a good backpack :P

To me car is the default solution, it's simply better in every way for most people. Making one's life better doesn't need to be "justified".

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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by spost on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:55PM (#36935869)

> You treat the walk as the default

Is it unreasonable to treat “moving around with your body” as the default vs “moving around in a $x,000-x00,000 device”?

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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by sershe on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:37PM (#36945207)

It is! Just like not having surgery, not using AC/heating, or not wearing glasses, etc. All those things are unnatural and some are expensive, but luckily we are not hunter-gatherers anymore ;)

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