Why do people road rage?

nucawysi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 85 points –

Is it an isolated event or does it have any correlation with anything else?

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You see, most people (myself included) subliminally think that their car is an extension of their personal space. You can see this by looking at your nearest neighboring car during a red light stop. The amount of people doing things usually reserved for their bedrooms are astronomical because our subconscious thought we're in a safe when we're inside our cars except for everybody can see that you're picking your nose in all of its glory.

So when you merge a little bit too late or you use your high beam several times, the person on the receiving end might interpret that as an encroachment of their personal space and react accordingly. During my experience as a road user, you can predict how ragey a person is based on the personalization that a person does to their car. The isolation wrought by the recent pandemic doesn't really help because it made some people forget how to empathize with another human being.

I masturbated and peed into a bottle while doing 80mph up the M5 high on acid once.

I'd like to clarify I didn't cum, pee. I had to stop mid-wank to pee in the bottle cos being high was making it take so long. Also I drank th ebottle of pee afterwards cos well, high.

I wouldn't recommend drinking dark yellow, fresh pee - no matter how high you are - it doesn't taste great.

This is my call to leave Lemmy for the day. See you guys on Monday.

finally, an interesting story on here! the righteousness was getting mundane, and i needed someone to share an honest, shameful experience with...err... no shame. thank you for being so forthcoming, and i hope you're doing better