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I find walking with transit more freeing. You can just go anywhere, no dealing with parking nor worrying about a massive expensive vehicle. You don’t need to apply for a license and take classes before you can do it, and people of all ages can safely participate. No worrying about taking the same modality back either.

When did we decide that isolation was freedom.

You're welcome to own nothing and be happy, you don't get to force that "freedom" on others.

> I find walking with transit more freeing. You can just go anywhere

Here was my summer vacation this year — good luck with that lmfao https://i.ibb.co/5XxDvbyK/Emi-2026-10-06-18-12-00.png

Do that if that’s what you like. No one is stopping you.

In exchange, consider extending that same optionality to others whose preferences are different from your own.

No it isn't. Choices we make must consider externalities, tragedy of the commons, etc. Otherwise we're not bearing the full cost of and responsibility for our decisions.

How many other people are you willing to kill for that freedom?

How many are you alleging me to have killed? Last time I checked, that was wrong no matter how you might do it. Do you struggle to avoid temptation when you have the means to kill and must choose not to?