Car Owners Fall Behind on Payments at Highest Rate on Record

Re:Car Owners Fall Behind on Payments at Highest Rate on Record by vwcx on Saturday October 28, 2023 @12:44PM (#38051248)

Some of the most fun I've had outdoors with friends is when they want to try biking (or bikepacking) with me. You're right that people generally have no understanding of what they're capable of (and that no herculean effort is required).

I suspect that some of this is a result of humans being increasingly unable to estimate true distances. In my city, it can take 45 minutes to drive 3 miles, so most non-bikers understand 3 miles to be an insurmountable distance.

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Re:Car Owners Fall Behind on Payments at Highest Rate on Record by globular-toast on Sunday October 29, 2023 @05:16AM (#38056915)

That's a good point. Americans I've met seem to only associate miles with cars. While a British person might say "let's walk, it's only a mile", Americans would say "you can't walk, it's a mile!".

Of course, if you do walk a mile then that's a "hike". In British that's also just called a walk.

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