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driving to take a walk me crazy, but unless you live in a “big” city (New York, for example) you shouldn’t have drive miles from your home go for a quiet walk. I’m not talking about near silence here, but I sincerely believe that a person should be able go for a stroll through their nearly-rural, or suburban neighborhood and not be inundated with things like the bumping of car stereos or the overly loud, purposefully modified exhaust systems of vehicles in general. That level of noise is ridiculous, and even more so because it is purposeful, and done strictly gain attention. The pure lack of common decency, respect, courtesy or whatever words you might want use is offensive the extreme. It’s gotten so bad for me that I moved an entirely new city, hoping escape the noise of the one I was previously living in, only find the same people with the same desperation for attention (and lack of respect for others) live pretty much everywhere now. You simply can’t escape them, it seems, unless you literally escape by moving an isolated or lightly populated area. That’s my next step. Why am I talking about this garbage, yet again? Well, I’ve found myself avoiding going outside, specifically for walks, because the city / neighborhood I currently reside in is rife with the above mentioned loud vehicles, driven by uncaring, disrespectful assholes. Yesterday I needed a break from the computer, the sun was shining, but it was the 2nd / second day of a 3 / three day weekend so a lot of people were out driving around aimlessly. I already go for walks wearing headphones and playing music drown out the sound of screeching birds and barking dogs, but it doesn’t work with loud bass and rumbling, rattling mufflers going by me just a few feet away. So there I was, in my room, gazing out the window and trying decide whether or not go. I picked up my phone and sent a text my new roommate, whom I know is very empathetic, and lamented the fact that I was having such a conundrum. Her simple reply was that I should just drive somewhere quiet and go for a walk there. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a bad idea at all, I just have a problem with it on a very stupid (and questioning my mental health) level. I am angry, disappointed and saddened that we live in the kind of society I am describing, where people care so little for one another that they act in these ways. You are probably shaking your head and thinking I’m being petty, but I see simple courtesies and acts such as this being ignored, or no longer practiced, as a sign of certainty that society in general continues collapse at an alarming rate. As stated above, I don’t think a person should have get in their vehicle, burn fossil fuels unnecessarily, and risk injury themselves and others during the drive just go for a quiet walk. I won’t do it, on principle. If I live in a neighborhood where the houses come with acreage, I shouldn’t be able hear your car stereo or exhaust system coming from 4 / four blocks away. The fact that I do is appalling, but the truly shocking thing me is how quickly this particular trend and attitude has proliferated. I’d expect this sort of nonsense from big city dwellers, as stated above, but not from those living on the edges and outskirts. I would expect it from large, densely populated places but not in the smaller cities. It turns out I am naive think any of that makes a difference. No matter where you go, or who you surround yourself with, there are going be an abundance of the lower forms of society. Those who think of nobody but themselves and know nothing of common decency or respect until it is beaten into, or somehow forced upon them. These people are still or neanderthals on an evolutionary scale. Yes, that’s a lot of name-calling. Yes, I am lashing out in anger. And now I am done - but the sad truth is that none of “them” will be any time soon. That is why my next step is remove myself from the equation by doing my remove myself from society. How very sad that is what I have resort . |
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