I’m speechless. Congrats, to me this is unthinkable lol
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2025
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Congrats, that's a real unpopular opinion
I don't agree but I can appreciate this opinion.
I also leave at a time where I’ll be 15 to 20 minutes early.
It still stresses me out when there’s a traffic delay, because I’ve no fucking idea how long this traffic delay will be and if it exceeds my extra time.
I think you need to see a therapist. Tell them you like traffic, they’ll know what to do with you
I wouldn't mind it so much if I wasn't dealing with the worst, most homicidal people on the road.
I live in a small midwest suburb so people are generally pretty chill. There is the occasional person who passes on the shoulder but nothing major
Immediately reminded me of When you Drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUUUj4IU48
"When you drive, you practice mindfulness of driving. It is possible. When you stop at a red light, you look at the red light and smile. You look at the red light, you smile, and you breathe in and out, and sit back, relaxingly. Breathing in, I calm myself. Breathing out, I smile."
"And the red light become a friend, become a bell of mindfulness. Something unpleasant become something pleasant. We have the habit energy of wanting to arrive. That is why we want to go as quickly as possible. But according to this practice, we arrive at every moment. Life can be found only in the present moment. Everything that we look for must be found in the present moment. Peace. Joy. Happiness. Buddha. The kingdom of God."
"What is our final destination? If we abandon the present moment, our final destination may be our death. We don't want to arrive there, we want to go in the direction of life"
I've always hated traffic. I just keep reminding myself that we're all just trying to get home or get to work or something. The important thing is to get there in one piece.
When I had to drive for work I enjoyed it but only because I was getting paid. In my private life I have better things to do.
A 30 minute delay is totally not within reason.
Well, when I was getting my driver's license I loved traffic, but only because I have anxiety when driving and traffic was a nice relaxing break from stressful driving.
Yup. That's an unpopular opinion alright. You could say you're down for killing babies and I think I'd agree more than this current unpopular opinion, lol.
You'd rather kill a baby than sit in traffic? Cancelled!