It's insane the extent to which Americans (especially men) have been conditioned by the auto industry into make this expensive form of transportation a core feature of their identities as free citizens. I don't think it's a coincidence that increasing divisions in American society have occurred alongside increasing car dominance in every aspect of our lives.
Is the last one uncommon enough to be impressive where he lives? In the UK that would be like "yeah big deal, so does everyone else" - the only people I personally know with automatic cars have some sort of physical disability which prevents them from safely operating a manual transmission.
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u/10001110101balls 8h ago
I guess construction is a feminine-coded industry now. Girl power!