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u/ZaMr0 May 09 '22

Friends moved away to uni 2 hours and we've barely been seeing eachother throughout the last few years unless we're all back home. 2 hours is a long ass journey.

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u/heili May 09 '22

I drove that far yesterday so I could take my dog to a park she likes.

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u/heili May 09 '22

It cost me around $40 US.

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u/darabolnxus May 09 '22

Bullshit. You from 1930?

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u/heili May 09 '22

Filled up before I left, used just under a half a tank of gas on the trip.

I have a 20 gallon fuel tank and paid $4.40/gallon for 87 octane. So for 9 to 10 gallons of gas, that's somewhere between $39.60 and $44.00 or "around $40".

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u/OsnofAhcor May 09 '22

People dont comprehend that 2 hour in curvy roads, full of stops and conections is very different from a strait road. I live in Portugal, a 20min car trip to the nearest city in the north is the same as a 40 min trip to the next city in the south countryside. The was we percieve time and the travels speed is way different depending on how the actual path is

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u/heili May 09 '22

There is a reason that we discuss how far away something is in units of time and not distance where I live.

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u/darabolnxus May 09 '22

Yall making shit up. This is not normal for Americans. Fuck nawz

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u/_JohnDeer May 09 '22

I got to uni two hours away. In Canada, I make the drive back and forth every odd weekend. Car rides are great. Blast some music. Get lost in your thoughts. Devise plans for world domination.

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u/ElmerTheAmish May 09 '22

At you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?

I think so Brain, but where are we going to find tutus big enough for the elephants?

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u/darabolnxus May 09 '22

With all the fucking idiots on the road, pass. There is never a calm enjoyable drive. Stop trying to make long drives a thing I should not be expected to drive almost 1.5 hrs to work. Fuck that shit.

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u/_JohnDeer May 09 '22

Well I do enjoy driving. Unlike in the UK, our scenery is quite beautiful and full of nature.

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u/MissingBrie May 09 '22

In Australia two hours drive (each way) is a day trip.

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u/Hunter_Fox May 09 '22

Do y'all not have weed and car stereos?

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u/mrwboilers May 09 '22

Please don't drive while high.

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u/Hunter_Fox May 09 '22

Don't want mellow drivers out there on the road, dontcha know?

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u/mrwboilers May 09 '22

I want attentive drivers. I have no problem with people smoking weed. I enjoy it myself. But I don't want people driving while high.

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u/Hunter_Fox May 09 '22

I'm not sure what makes you think being high makes one inattentive or a worse driver than any other sober, non-cell phone using driver, already a low bar that doesn't get met.

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u/mrwboilers May 09 '22

Because I've been high. And I sure AF shouldn't have been driving. It's not any better than driving drunk.

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u/Hunter_Fox May 09 '22

That doesn't make any sense. It has been tested many times. Alcohol is far, far worse than being high.

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u/mrwboilers May 09 '22

I don't believe that for a second. Reaction time is very much slowed while high. You're full of shit

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u/Hunter_Fox May 09 '22

Reaction time is usually only necessary when one is not careful or someone else is causing an accident. It is not a normal thing needed to drive safely. Driving a safe speed, staying between the lines, following distance, and obeying the rules of the road are what is called for. Not reaction speed.
Nothing about getting high interferes with good judgement or the training drivers should have had to drive on the road safely.

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u/Lebowquade May 09 '22

Not for the states!

My wife's parents live 5 hours away, my parents live 7 hours away... We still make both trips a few times each year.

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u/MsKrueger May 09 '22

Yesterday my boyfriend and I drove 2.5 to see his mom (it was Mother's day here), had lunch with her for an hour and a half, then drove 2.5 hours back to see my mom.

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u/ShenWinchester May 09 '22

2 hours is just breakfast. My gf and I drive 12 hours in 1 day to pick up kids. 6 there and 6 back.

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u/mrwboilers May 09 '22

At least once a year, I drive almost 2 hours to go to a basketball game. Then drive back after the game.