• Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    I’m not talking about the behavior of the fumes, but the perception. Having a smoker next to you is a lot more visible and disgusting than having a car 20 meters away on the road literally already driving away.

    That difference in experience makes a massive difference in how bothered people are. Hence there is a sensible reason people might pick different answers

    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Except it’s not one car. It’s MILLIONS everywhere you go. Inescapable. As much as cigarettes were in the 70’s. Did we do something to change that, I can’t really remember…?

    • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      I wear a respirator outside because of the cars. I don’t have to see them even and I can smell them the moment I leave my excessively air filtered house. There is no more go outside for fresh air in North american cities. I can’t run or bike without the respirator or I will feel out of breath instantly, walking feels like a chore. Maybe it’s better deep in the woods but people don’t live there. Compared to some small towns in europe I’ve been to where cars are only used when absolutely needed, we are so polluted yet everyone is blind to it because its always there. People literally drive their cars 400 meters to go to the local shopping center or to drop off their high school age kids at school.