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Sitting in the car (PARKED EDITION)

A close relative of sitting in the shower (something I also love), sitting in the car while parked is neither about the journey nor the destination, but you being contained. The world may be your oyster, but sometimes you want to stay in your shell, OK?? P.S. if you want the deluxe version of this experience, have a little bevvie to sip while you sit with the car turned off for, say, a minimum of fifteen minutes after getting home. Sacred.

@howdyprincess

Sep 19, 2024

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sticking your head out the window

it’s when i feel most alive. i’ve recently realized what a privilege it is to be in control of your transportation. to move from one place to another under your own volition. to drive or be driven. to be lovingly carried somewhere new, where the air is cooler and the sun is lower. feel the breeze on your face and let the wind run it’s fingers through your hair. drive fast with the windows down. even in the winter. feel it all and feel it hard. i hope i will never grow out of the desire to smile out at the world as it whirs by.

@dailey

Oct 7, 2024

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Sitting in a Parked Car

Especially late at night, but it works during the day too. I think because you’re not on the move but you’re also not at a destination or at home. It’s kind of like the ultimate in-between state. There’s something very romantic about it to me, and I like other “in-between” settings for the same reason, like airports and rest stops. I think it’s because your thoughts appear more naked to you when you don’t have something familiar around you to latch on to. And you also aren’t in a position to take any kind of action at the present moment, so it’s easier to confront your thoughts. There’s a book called Non-Places: An Introduction to Super-Modernity by Marc Augé that kinda speaks on this. So I’ll recommend that too.

@curtis

Aug 17, 2023

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staying alive

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@obutor

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picking things up off the ground

stuff > germs

@obutor

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the decline of western civilization (1981)

a documentary about the punk scene of 1980s LA with lots of interviews and music performances. a snapshot of the attitude of the cool kids who weren’t cool

@obutor

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