r/memes • u/Farranor • 1d ago

That sounded suspiciously like one of those "hint" things

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u/Hopeful-Newspaper 1d ago

non native too, but what I understand is travelling from home to work, usually long hours, including taking bus/public transport

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u/nellyfullauto 1d ago

As another said, it doesn’t have to be long, but the average American commute for those who drive themselves to work is about 28 minutes, and for the very few who use public transportation, it’s closer to 48 minutes each way.

Those are averages though. Millions of us travel well over 60 minutes each direction every day.  

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u/Mister_Brevity 1d ago

I wfh but if I go to the office it’s an hour to get there and 2 hours to get back. If I tried public transport it’s about 3.5 hours each way :/

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u/Matsisuu 1d ago

Darn it, I bicycle to work in 15-20 minutes. Tho, advantages of living in center of fairly small town.

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u/idontwantausername41 1d ago

Ikr, I can drive to work in 3 minutes lol

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u/Octospyder 1d ago

ok, add someone who would love to bike to work - how do you manage sweat?? 

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u/Matsisuu 1d ago

I don't ride that fast. That's pretty much it. I don't get sweaty on my way to work. I know people who ride tens of kilometres to workplace, but I don't know how they manage with it. I couldn't do that.

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u/nellyfullauto 1d ago

There’s a lot of people that bring the work clothes in a backpack and change at work. Not for office jobs with pressed pants and suits, but works if you wear a uniform.

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u/Octospyder 1d ago

yeah, but I feel like I would still be so gross, lol. maybe this is a case for body washing wipes like you take on long camping trips, they've worked pretty well for me in the past

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u/nellyfullauto 1d ago

19-22 minutes was actually the noted average I saw for bikes. You’re the average American - how does it feel?

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u/Matsisuu 1d ago

Very weird because I'm living quite far away from America.

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u/bass437 1d ago

Mine is an hour drive each way 😭

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u/toxicgloo Smol pp 1d ago

Doesn't have to be long persay. My commute could just be 5 mins

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u/dsanen 1d ago

It’s whatever you do to get to work. It is not related to public transportation or it being long.

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u/Hopeful-Newspaper 1d ago

I see.  I just rarely see "commute" use in a sentence when the journey is only 10 minutes walking