Post ASfxI64FMP2HX37GRU by evan@prodromou.pub
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 (DIR) Post #ASesBr5FSmNEOUpT9M by evan@prodromou.pub
       2023-02-13T05:51:38Z
       
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       What is your preferred mode of transportation for a trip of 500 km (~300 mi)?#Poll #EvanPoll
       
 (DIR) Post #ASesBrjJ3qPsOjZSaW by motorola68k@electron.ninja
       2023-02-14T03:57:13Z
       
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       @evan I love driving.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxI3zD69op4qkDJY by evan@prodromou.pub
       2023-02-14T13:19:57Z
       
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       Most of the comments are, "I want to want to take the train, but I don't."I'm train by default. This distance is also pretty tractable by our electric car. It's not great by plane.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxI5D4Y6V8s8EnYm by evan@prodromou.pub
       2023-02-14T16:02:23Z
       
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       Many people in the US responded that the train system there isn't good, so they wouldn't use it.I am mixed about the results, as before.The question doesn't ask about travelling in any particular place, nor about travelling from your home.I may specify that in the future.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxI64FMP2HX37GRU by evan@prodromou.pub
       2023-02-14T16:05:16Z
       
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       I also find the idea of what your preference would be in counterfactual universes a little hard to grasp.A lot of the responses said things about how if the train system near them were faster, more frequent, more convenient, etc. they would prefer it.It is a strange kind of discussion. We could come up with counterfactuals on any mode of transportation that would eventually make it preferred.Why would it be worthwhile to talk about preferences for imaginary transportation systems, then?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxI6czHEpDGnN0am by evan@prodromou.pub
       2023-02-14T16:10:08Z
       
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       I think there might be some cognitive dissonance at work.https://w.wiki/J7QPeople are trying to resolve the two conflicting frames "cool people like trains" and "I don't take trains", and the result is expressing a preference for a non-existent ideal train system.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxI7BNDOKYzRSTBo by manitcor@mastodon.social
       2023-02-14T16:25:19Z
       
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       @evan the confusion is 100% due to location differences. With only a few rare exceptions public transit in general among US users is abhorred. When it can take 2-3 hours to travel a distance you can do in a car in 30-40mins just because of lack of routes, rails and frequency. Its extremely hard to live a normal life in most of the US and rely on public transit. IMO most people are really saying "if i had a functioning system I would happily use it but I dont so I dont"
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfxIku3XCFIBJfCka by brion@bikeshed.vibber.net
       2023-02-14T16:13:27Z
       
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       @evan so preferred should mean what I would prefer or what I would actually take? *More confused than ever*