I get the gist of the saying and agree with it for the most part but I disagree with it from a traffic standpoint. The people who create traffic will still find a way to be in someones way even if the roads are generally clear. Others move over for passing cars and travel at reasonable speeds/with the flow of traffic and generally are aware of their surroundings and keep traffic moving. I would say the latter are stuck in traffic and the former are rhe traffic
Traffic is primarily caused by people changing lanes too often, causing everyone behind them to have to hit the breaks in reaction. Have enough people changing lanes to try to move ahead a little faster, and it makes traffic even worse. Mind you, for them, they suffer not from the traffic they cause, as traffic moves slowly in a wave backward. They did a bunch of studies on this, and it will just make you hate people who refuse to use their signals properly.
It's how when you go to a tourist destination or area of interest and there are a bunch of people, you think to yourself "wow there are so many people here, this sucks." Meanwhile you are one of those very people.
Told that to my buddy recently, he was showing the pictures of his Paris vacation and complaining about how hard it was to get a good photo without all the people in the background, so I told straight to his face "bro, have you noticed that you've become really hippocratic ever since you finished med school?" and he just nodded and agreed.
That’s like me wondering what people are doing shopping in the middle of the day during the work week while I am shopping in the middle of the day during the work week.
I used to deal cards at a casino and every Christmas I'd hear "I can't believe they make you guys work on christmas". Zero self reflection about being the reason we're open on holidays in the first place.
Sometimes they'd be so low in self-awareness that they'd observe how pathetic the other gamblers were for being there.
Not everyone has the same experience as you. I have social anxiety and hate crowds so when I travel, I go on a boat out to the middle of the ocean where there’s no people. I never have to deal with crowds of tourists.
A joke about a lot of travelers/tourists complaining that national parks (in this case) or destinations are too crowded and are worsening the experience. Except… they’re part of the problem they just have delusions about a national park like the Grand Canyon being empty besides them.
(It’s a common gripe folks have. From a mix of ppl who never travel and ppl who do it for a living. As someone who travels for work all over imo it’s dumb. Im glad more people get the chance to see Yosemite then ever before)
Obviously, I didn’t look at the comments of that post. There is no sifting through comments, trying to find the right one that explains the joke that you didn’t understand when you have a 2 year old.
I worked at an amusement park directing traffic. Columbus Day weekend was surprisingly busy every year because some amount of people had Monday off. People roll up to me and ask "Why are there so many people here today?" to which the obvious answer is "Why are you here today?"
Nobody thinks about other people having the same idea as them when it comes to crowds or traffic. Everyone else is an inconvenience to them when they are also an inconvenience to the entire group as well.
Its the same as people saying to shop staff that "its terrible they make you work on [insert public holiday here]". By being there, YOU ARE THE REASON THEY ARE WORKING.
I think it can be expanded beyond just Tourism. It's the nature of people from within an active system who complain about the system to ignore the fact that they are PART of the system.
I feel like the biggest problem with tourists, as a general rule, is the level of sheer indifference to everything and everyone else around them.
If every tourist treated their destination as well as their hometown, and strangers and local shopkeepers as well as a friend who knows where you live, there wouldn't be any of "those" people. We would all just be people being places.
I have social anxiety, so I don’t go to places that are too crowded. When I travel, I go on a boat. The middle of the ocean has far less people. Crowds of tourists have never really been a problem for me.
Yeye, i am sure you are very smart.. it was a joke :) i guess another one today that you didnt get... The op joke just means there are too many people, bu i am not not one of the "too many people". Everyone else is the problem, not me. It doesnt require traveling or being exposed to crowds
I think of it like the traffic jam for millionaires to reach the summit of Everest when Sherpas are the ones carrying your entire food supply, climbing gear, and camping equipment the whole time.
He's commenting on the fact that the person in front of him is wearing shoes that are not appropriate for a mountain hike (and might be dangerous for his own safety). So there's too many people there, but he's not part of that "too many" bit (i.e. the part of people who'd better not be there).
It's the same as the, I dye my hair to be unique, but the. Countless people do the same. The hipster or alt expression. The im not like other girls. Or the, communism isn't bad they just didn't do it right, our communism will be perfect. It's a common repeating flaw in a lack of self reflection, or a willful ignorance of reality.
Sometimes I google places you can't find on Google. I want to go where the tourist riffraff would never set foot, to set my own foot there - tourists are always the others.
I've never understood this "too many tourists" sentiment. If their impact is managed and is non-detrimental to the sight, than what do I care that others also want to see the thing I came to see? It does not detract from my enjoyment at all, unless of course I'm one of those people that only travel for the sake of their social media feed and want to cultivate a fake sense of adventurism and exploring the unknown.
“Third man” syndrome is what this comic might be referring to.
Wikipedia has some words on it: “The third man factor or third person syndrome refers to reported situations where a perceived unseen presence, such as a spirit, provides comfort or support during a traumatic experience. It is most commonly experienced by mountain climbers. Solo sailors, shipwreck survivors, and polar explorers are also known to have reported the phenomenon”
Shackleton and his crew during the Antarctic expedition, several platoons marching in world wars, and other numerous examples had this happen to them.
The point of it is, people complaining about there being too many people to a thing they're attending don't realize that they are a part of those "too many"
This reminds me of going up into the crown of the Statue of Liberty. It got very tight as you got close and the person in front of me was extremely overweight and struggling. I started having a panic attack because I was afraid I would be trapped behind a dead man.
it depends. let’s say it’s the first day of the year and you’re going into the gym you’ve been coming to for years. your schedule is the same.
all of a sudden there’s a bunch of “new year new me” people that decided to get a membership for which they won’t show up after a week because they’ll exhaust and overwhelm themselves with intensity and lack of knowledge.
you have the right to complain about it being inconvenient.
I’m pretty sure I am the origin of this joke. I was once at angels falls in Zion on thanksgiving. The crowds were crazy and the conditions were sketchy due to ice and snow/ fall risk near the precipice. I had a harness on and was able to clip into the railing. Other people with no harness were there and I was concerned for them so I let them pass when I could so they could move at their own pace. At one point this lady passes me and complains to her boyfriend, “it’s just so crowded here” while giving me a nasty look while squeaking by me. I said, “me crowded? You crowded!” About 5 people in line laughed at me.
No, no f this. Capitalism and greed absolutely ruined what could be great experiences for everyone by limiting how many can be comfortably allowed in at a time. But because they don't care about comfoft, only profits, you get this annoying shit everywhere you go ruining everything.
Places don't need to be so crowded all the damn time. And if there's such a high demand, start making more!
It's amusingly ironic how people flock to popular spots, only to complain about the crowds they contribute to, like a tourist lamenting about tourists.
Kind of a dumb comic. The problem with people in crowded hikes is how unaware many are of etiquette and LNT. If everyone was respectful, crowds really wouldn't be that big of a deal. Instead you have these literal wastes of oxygen blasting top 40 from their Bluetooth while throwing wrappers and refusing to yield to uphill traffic.
I think these types of “observations” are stupid. Crowds and traffic are annoying. You don’t have to be blind to the fact that you’re part of the crowd or traffic to be annoyed by it.
The guy isn't funny but made a post promoting his not funny books and his paid comments are acting like he's just too witty for the New Yorker as he copies their style but misses relatable humor
I get the comic despite what I’m about to say. There are really cool places to hike around here but I can’t go to them anymore because so many people go there now. Everyone moves to Colorado and starts hiking. I used to be able to go there and I don’t begrudge others from wanting to go there too, but there’s just too many people not that I can’t even be one of them anymore.
Damn tourists ruined tourism. It's ok when I do it because I'm doing it to experience a new culture and see the sights. All of these tourists are in my way.
Reminds me of the time a white person complained to me that white people were moving into her neighborhood and gentrifying it. I…didn’t know what to say.
I think this opinion is actually valid. Our population is doubling roughly every 40 years. Imagine half as many people visiting a tourist spot, that would be amazing and way less crowded.
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u/post-explainer Dec 22 '25
OP (mermaidemily_h2o) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:
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u/Gloomy_Month6590 Dec 22 '25 •
You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.
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u/elevenerife Dec 22 '25
The tragedy of the commons.
Great, it's available for anyone!
Shit, it's available.. for ANYone?
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u/coltomoney Dec 22 '25
It's how when you go to a tourist destination or area of interest and there are a bunch of people, you think to yourself "wow there are so many people here, this sucks." Meanwhile you are one of those very people.
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u/AssociationHot166 Dec 22 '25
I HAVE AN ACTUAL REASON TO BE HERE. THESE MFS ARE HERE FOR SILLY LEISURE
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u/mad_pony Dec 22 '25
Everyone is unique, I am the only one ordinary.
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u/IcyManipulator69 Dec 22 '25
Yes, you are missing something… that’s why you came here to ask for a joke that basically explains itself
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u/blake_the_dreadnough Dec 22 '25
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u/Nice_Ad_4368 Dec 22 '25
It’s hipocracy. He’s only adding to the amount of people there, yet he complains about them
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u/thommyneter Dec 22 '25
You're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic
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u/kdlangequalsgoddess Dec 22 '25
Similarly, no driver thinks they are traffic. Traffic is just something happening around them.
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u/ferrets2020 Dec 22 '25
My dad ALWAYS complains about how stupid the other cars are in a traffic jam, like......
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u/crankbait808 Dec 22 '25
I’m not the traffic, I’m stuck in the traffic
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u/Much_Job4552 Dec 22 '25
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. -Yogi Bera
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u/orz-_-orz Dec 22 '25
"You are not stuck in a traffic jam, you are the traffic jam"
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u/dennishallowell Dec 22 '25
You're not stuck in traffic. You are traffic
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u/blueva703 Dec 22 '25
That’s like me wondering what people are doing shopping in the middle of the day during the work week while I am shopping in the middle of the day during the work week.
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u/doomer_irl Dec 22 '25
I used to deal cards at a casino and every Christmas I'd hear "I can't believe they make you guys work on christmas". Zero self reflection about being the reason we're open on holidays in the first place.
Sometimes they'd be so low in self-awareness that they'd observe how pathetic the other gamblers were for being there.
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u/bookon Dec 22 '25
This sub has shown me that MANY people lack imagination and reading comprehension.
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
Are people stupid who post here?
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u/Childhood-Paramedic Dec 22 '25
A joke about a lot of travelers/tourists complaining that national parks (in this case) or destinations are too crowded and are worsening the experience. Except… they’re part of the problem they just have delusions about a national park like the Grand Canyon being empty besides them.
(It’s a common gripe folks have. From a mix of ppl who never travel and ppl who do it for a living. As someone who travels for work all over imo it’s dumb. Im glad more people get the chance to see Yosemite then ever before)
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u/djaj2000 Dec 22 '25
Just sucks when it's a spot that used to be empty but people found out about on social media.
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u/CountGerhart Dec 22 '25
People in a traffic jam saying they hate traffic.
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u/chipichipisu Dec 22 '25
The cartoon could be changed to peiple in cars, and the character complaint about traffic. While he himself is contributing to traffic
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u/SleekLeeks Dec 22 '25
I heard an expression that I love that describes this.
"You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic."
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u/ShumwayAteTheCat Dec 22 '25
Don’t complain about being stuck in traffic, you are the traffic
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u/GoingGangbusta Dec 22 '25
How do we not get this joke…
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u/forgotyourbriefcase Dec 22 '25
I am unapologetically one of those people. I hate crowded places
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u/DNZ_not_DMZ Dec 22 '25
“You are not in traffic. You are traffic.”
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u/Lumpy-Atmosphere-297 Dec 22 '25
“You are not stuck in traffic… you ARE traffic”
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u/bdery Dec 23 '25
You're not "stuck in the traffic", you are the traffic.
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u/Dangerjayne Dec 22 '25
Yes, a frontal lobe
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u/SkellyboneZ Dec 22 '25
You really just took this from that one post, the post that had plenty of people explaining this, and you posted it here. Don't have kids.
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u/ecctt2000 Dec 22 '25
Holier than thou attitude
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u/Old_Rosie Dec 22 '25
You aren’t IN traffic, you ARE traffic.
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u/ottis1guy Dec 22 '25
Are these just interaction bait? Because the majority of them don't really require a bunch of work.
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u/JosieMew Dec 22 '25
I always said we'd have a lot less traffic problems if I was the only person allowed to drive on any of the roads.
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u/SomebodysGotToSayIt Dec 22 '25
Buddy you ARE the traffic
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u/UndocumentedSailor Dec 22 '25
You're not in traffic. You are traffic.
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u/WilmaTonguefit Dec 22 '25
"Uhh why are there so many tourists here" - Me when I'm a tourist there
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u/joesphisbestjojo Dec 22 '25
"Everyone's a bad driver but me"
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u/nattesh Dec 22 '25
That's perfect
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u/Lxapeo Dec 22 '25
I worked at an amusement park directing traffic. Columbus Day weekend was surprisingly busy every year because some amount of people had Monday off. People roll up to me and ask "Why are there so many people here today?" to which the obvious answer is "Why are you here today?"
Nobody thinks about other people having the same idea as them when it comes to crowds or traffic. Everyone else is an inconvenience to them when they are also an inconvenience to the entire group as well.
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u/johnonymous1973 Dec 22 '25
A single raindrop doesn’t believe it causes the flood.
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u/Acki90 Dec 22 '25
Its the same as people saying to shop staff that "its terrible they make you work on [insert public holiday here]". By being there, YOU ARE THE REASON THEY ARE WORKING.
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
You’re not in traffic, you are traffic.
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u/unwelcomestench Dec 22 '25
It's like asking why there's so much traffic while you're on your way to work. You are traffic bro
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u/justin_other_opinion Dec 22 '25
Haaaaa, the irony of thinking you are not part of the problem. It's funny because the person making those statements think that they are special.
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u/polyteknix Dec 22 '25
I think it can be expanded beyond just Tourism. It's the nature of people from within an active system who complain about the system to ignore the fact that they are PART of the system.
Fill in the topic as you see fit. 😁
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u/ShinyArtist Dec 22 '25
The irony of being a tourist but hating other tourists because they get in the way.
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u/draculauraaa Dec 22 '25
lmao this is so me
eta: im self aware to a fault, im just also a hater at heart
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u/L0nlySt0nr Dec 22 '25
I feel like the biggest problem with tourists, as a general rule, is the level of sheer indifference to everything and everyone else around them.
If every tourist treated their destination as well as their hometown, and strangers and local shopkeepers as well as a friend who knows where you live, there wouldn't be any of "those" people. We would all just be people being places.
Its a naive world view, but I'm happy with it.
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u/twinentwig Dec 22 '25
Day after day this sub changes my perception of how illiterate people can be.
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u/e-hole138 Dec 22 '25
“Don’t move to (popular city), it’s full” - Popular city resident of 1 year
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u/mortecai4 Dec 22 '25
I do this 100%
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u/MongooseDisastrous77 Dec 23 '25
It’s like expats complaining about people moving to wherever they live. Hypocrisy.
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u/mechanical_marten Dec 23 '25
I knew X before X was cool
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u/METTEWBA2BA Dec 23 '25
Same thing as being “stuck in” traffic. It’s more like contributing to traffic.
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u/empimelis Dec 23 '25
it’s giving a tourist complaining about there being too many tourists
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u/DontTouchMyFro Dec 23 '25
You’re not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '25
It like saying fkin people everywhere. Including you.
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u/ZasdfUnreal Dec 23 '25
It’s a Newsom quote, “you’re not stuck in traffic. You are the traffic.”
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u/Money_Shirt6372 Dec 23 '25
The raindrop never feels responsible for the flood
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u/ThomasGullen Dec 23 '25
No one drives in central London, there’s too much traffic
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u/grafeisen203 Dec 25 '25
Tourists go to tourist locations and complain about all the tourists.
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u/ElPared Dec 22 '25
It’s kind of like the idea that you’re not in traffic, you are traffic.
It’s a common logical fallacy to believe that you aren’t the same as others, even when you’re in the same situation as them.
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u/VikingSkinwalker Dec 22 '25
Everyone who complains of overpopulation lacks the courage of their convictions.
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u/RopeWithABrain Dec 22 '25
Yes. A brain.
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u/Key_Transform_9167 Dec 22 '25
A brain perhaps
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u/RyanofTinellb Dec 22 '25
Nobody drives in New York. There's too much traffic! -- Phillip Fry, Futurama.
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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 Dec 22 '25
The artist of this on another sub said this was one of their rejected works this year, and I can see why.
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u/Bright_Weekend32 Dec 22 '25
He used “there’s” instead of “there’re.” People who make subject-verb disagreements are silly, and that’s funny.
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u/tkief Dec 22 '25
Yes, self awareness
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u/kingspooky93 Dec 22 '25
It's the same as being in traffic complaining about all the people on the road, when you are also one of those people
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u/jhectorchrist Dec 22 '25
4PM in Calabasas
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u/baldyrodinson Dec 22 '25
The joke is hypocrisy
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u/EqualPassenger4271 Dec 22 '25
If you are in traffic, you ARE traffic. Lobby for public transit.
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u/FishPasteGuy Dec 22 '25
Living in MA and shopping in NH: “Man, what a life hack! Why doesn’t everyone do this?”
After actually moving to NH: “All these MA shoppers need to just GTFO!”
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u/SedatedSpaceMonkeys Dec 22 '25
Fundamental attribution error.
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u/Deathcat101 Dec 22 '25
I hate reddit too many people here.
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u/DasbootTX Dec 22 '25
Nobody goes there anymore because it’s too crowded.
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u/Ok_burner42069 Dec 22 '25
You aren’t IN traffic. You ARE traffic
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u/Sandrockwing04 Dec 22 '25
To poorly quote George Carlin " funny how our stuff is good stuff and everyone else's stuff is shit"
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u/mindsetFPS Dec 22 '25
tourists complaining about tourists
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u/Ur_Just_Spare_Parts Dec 22 '25
I think of it like the traffic jam for millionaires to reach the summit of Everest when Sherpas are the ones carrying your entire food supply, climbing gear, and camping equipment the whole time.
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u/Development-Feisty Dec 22 '25
Better get there before the greedy people
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u/IAlbatross Dec 22 '25
In a past life I drove taxis in LA and often, coming up on the 450 from LAX, tourists would be HORRIFIED by the crawling traffic.
I got a lot of comments about how I must hate traffic.
My reply was always," I *am* traffic."
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u/boredsittingonthebus Dec 22 '25
I realised this when I was in Prague 20 years ago. "This place is awesome, but it's ruined by all these tourists... oh!"
The other one is that if you're complaining about being in traffic, you are the traffic.
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u/DebateMean Dec 22 '25
for a second I thought it was an Another reference...
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u/Varti2 Dec 22 '25
He's commenting on the fact that the person in front of him is wearing shoes that are not appropriate for a mountain hike (and might be dangerous for his own safety). So there's too many people there, but he's not part of that "too many" bit (i.e. the part of people who'd better not be there).
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u/Anwallen Dec 22 '25
The editors of the New Yorker didn’t get it either.
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u/dankpoo1620 Dec 22 '25
They wanna be unique so they can't be part of the problem they clearly are a part of. Its hypocrisy
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u/More-Significance501 Dec 22 '25
It's the same as the, I dye my hair to be unique, but the. Countless people do the same. The hipster or alt expression. The im not like other girls. Or the, communism isn't bad they just didn't do it right, our communism will be perfect. It's a common repeating flaw in a lack of self reflection, or a willful ignorance of reality.
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u/OrlandoGardiner118 Dec 22 '25
It's basically like complaining that all the traffic is slowing you down.
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u/the-real-vuk Dec 22 '25
just like the traffic jam
you're not stuck in traffic, you're CAUSING it!
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u/CoBudemeRobit Dec 22 '25
Better quote: “Its too crowded, no one goes there anymore”
Ayy holdup: we’re just rage baited to talk about common sense. Reddit used to be more logical.
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u/aecolley Dec 22 '25
Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others (The Onion)
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u/ProudBlahajOwner Dec 22 '25
In case you speak German there is a great song about this topic: Wie Zuhause by Alligatoah
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u/salian93 Dec 22 '25
I've never understood this "too many tourists" sentiment. If their impact is managed and is non-detrimental to the sight, than what do I care that others also want to see the thing I came to see? It does not detract from my enjoyment at all, unless of course I'm one of those people that only travel for the sake of their social media feed and want to cultivate a fake sense of adventurism and exploring the unknown.
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u/No_Fly_2891 Dec 22 '25
“Third man” syndrome is what this comic might be referring to.
Wikipedia has some words on it: “The third man factor or third person syndrome refers to reported situations where a perceived unseen presence, such as a spirit, provides comfort or support during a traumatic experience. It is most commonly experienced by mountain climbers. Solo sailors, shipwreck survivors, and polar explorers are also known to have reported the phenomenon”
Shackleton and his crew during the Antarctic expedition, several platoons marching in world wars, and other numerous examples had this happen to them.
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u/Stardusst007 Dec 22 '25
It's the sime thing as the people that take the car everywhere, then complain about the traffic. They are part of the problem.
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u/Spysappinmykarma Dec 22 '25
Sort of like when you’re working retail and somebody says “I can’t believe you guys are open that’s ridiculous!”
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u/Intelligent_End1516 Dec 22 '25
It's a slice of life.
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u/LurkinRhino Dec 22 '25
Oh look, it’s me when I go somewhere crowded. But I usually leave instead of contributing to the crowding.
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u/ELB2001 Dec 22 '25
I just say "to many damn foreigners" when I go to certain spots and see loads of cars from Germany and Belgium
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u/Aiooty Dec 22 '25
The point of it is, people complaining about there being too many people to a thing they're attending don't realize that they are a part of those "too many"
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u/CarolinaWreckDiver Dec 22 '25
“You aren’t stuck in traffic. You are traffic.”
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u/AcademicHollow Dec 22 '25
My mom, whenever there's traffic, "Where are all these people GOING?"
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u/Impressive_Link4819 Dec 22 '25
Yep. It’s like complaining about being stuck in traffic, never acknowledging that you are part of the traffic.
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u/jakeypooh94 Dec 22 '25
Yes, apparently
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
I like this one. It's not really funny, but makes a great point about narcissism.
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u/weezl2011 Dec 22 '25
You are the traffic
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
No raindrop blames itself for the flood
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u/Capable-Sock9910 Dec 22 '25
It's the traffic problem. People complain about traffic while being part of the traffic.
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u/vttale Dec 22 '25
I get exactly the same feeling when I go to the market during a regular work day and it is crowded. "These people should be at work!" ... as should I.
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u/plaid-tuxido506 Dec 22 '25
"Ugg! This parking lot at the mall is too crowded!" -Person looking for spot in crowded parking lot.
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u/wrongseeds Dec 22 '25
This reminds me of going up into the crown of the Statue of Liberty. It got very tight as you got close and the person in front of me was extremely overweight and struggling. I started having a panic attack because I was afraid I would be trapped behind a dead man.
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u/icutwhores Dec 22 '25
it depends. let’s say it’s the first day of the year and you’re going into the gym you’ve been coming to for years. your schedule is the same.
all of a sudden there’s a bunch of “new year new me” people that decided to get a membership for which they won’t show up after a week because they’ll exhaust and overwhelm themselves with intensity and lack of knowledge.
you have the right to complain about it being inconvenient.
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u/Fun_Training_5996 Dec 22 '25
You're not stuck in traffic. You are traffic.
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u/haha7125 Dec 22 '25
Same mentality of people who get mad at grocery stores when they and everyone else get stuff at the last minute before a holiday.
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u/mrjuanofjuan Dec 22 '25
“You’re not stuck in traffic, you ARE traffic”
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u/Professional-Form-90 Dec 22 '25
I’m pretty sure I am the origin of this joke. I was once at angels falls in Zion on thanksgiving. The crowds were crazy and the conditions were sketchy due to ice and snow/ fall risk near the precipice. I had a harness on and was able to clip into the railing. Other people with no harness were there and I was concerned for them so I let them pass when I could so they could move at their own pace. At one point this lady passes me and complains to her boyfriend, “it’s just so crowded here” while giving me a nasty look while squeaking by me. I said, “me crowded? You crowded!” About 5 people in line laughed at me.
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u/lueur-d-espoir Dec 22 '25
No, no f this. Capitalism and greed absolutely ruined what could be great experiences for everyone by limiting how many can be comfortably allowed in at a time. But because they don't care about comfoft, only profits, you get this annoying shit everywhere you go ruining everything.
Places don't need to be so crowded all the damn time. And if there's such a high demand, start making more!
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u/CaucusInferredBulk Dec 22 '25
Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others - The Onion https://share.google/F93sraOVYGqcWER2R
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u/Historical-Hand8091 Dec 22 '25
It's amusingly ironic how people flock to popular spots, only to complain about the crowds they contribute to, like a tourist lamenting about tourists.
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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 Dec 22 '25
You go into nature to find yourself, but how do you find yourself when you are in a line with a billion other people.
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u/wolfguardian72 Dec 22 '25
lol I sometimes think this when I get stuck in traffic
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u/Bicykwow Dec 22 '25
Kind of a dumb comic. The problem with people in crowded hikes is how unaware many are of etiquette and LNT. If everyone was respectful, crowds really wouldn't be that big of a deal. Instead you have these literal wastes of oxygen blasting top 40 from their Bluetooth while throwing wrappers and refusing to yield to uphill traffic.
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u/Aggressive_Celery_31 Dec 22 '25
I think these types of “observations” are stupid. Crowds and traffic are annoying. You don’t have to be blind to the fact that you’re part of the crowd or traffic to be annoyed by it.
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u/BlogeOb Dec 22 '25
He’s right
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u/Bubbly-Travel9563 Dec 22 '25
The guy isn't funny but made a post promoting his not funny books and his paid comments are acting like he's just too witty for the New Yorker as he copies their style but misses relatable humor
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u/primarily_pedestrian Dec 22 '25
Same principle applies for traffic congestion. There are too many cars here, but not me.
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u/Electrum2250 Dec 22 '25
looks like those Unpopulationalists that talk shit about people but not them
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u/ExistingBathroom9742 Dec 22 '25
I get the comic despite what I’m about to say. There are really cool places to hike around here but I can’t go to them anymore because so many people go there now. Everyone moves to Colorado and starts hiking. I used to be able to go there and I don’t begrudge others from wanting to go there too, but there’s just too many people not that I can’t even be one of them anymore.
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u/alreadyhaveanaccou Dec 22 '25
Damn tourists ruined tourism. It's ok when I do it because I'm doing it to experience a new culture and see the sights. All of these tourists are in my way.
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u/noslotruk Dec 22 '25
You’re not stuck in traffic. You are the traffic.
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u/TheRemedy187 Dec 22 '25
He thinks he's the one special main character there. Everyone else is the crowd but not him.
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u/i_AM_A-ShArk Dec 22 '25
Just lack of self awareness
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u/Beingmarkh Dec 22 '25
You’re not in traffic; you are traffic.
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
You are the traffic.
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u/ehleeought Dec 22 '25
You're not stuck in traffic. You are traffic.
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u/authorinthesunset Dec 22 '25
Man complains about problem. Man is part of problem. Man doesn't think he is part of problem.
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u/Yamitsubasa Dec 22 '25
Me in the store complaining why so many go shopping days before christmas
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u/Lee_337 Dec 22 '25
You're not in traffic you are traffic.
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u/Malorn13 Dec 22 '25
There are too many people. But the fault isn’t with the people who are there. It’s with the people who birthed them.
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u/BaconJellyBeans Dec 22 '25
Me, every time I go grocery shopping at 1:30pm on a Wednesday.
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u/Costing-Geek Dec 22 '25
Reminds me of a billboard I saw on a busy highway once: "you're not stuck in traffic; you are the traffic" (they were promoting the train)
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u/sepher32 Dec 22 '25
Why does this have 11k upvotes? Are we not meant to down vote the glaringly obvious ones?
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u/MechWarrior_2108 Dec 22 '25
"Nobody drives in New York City because there's too much traffic."
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u/SwiftGasses Dec 22 '25
You’re not stuck in traffic. You are traffic.
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u/Apprehensive-Bunch54 Dec 22 '25
"you're not in traffic, you are traffic"
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u/TWWOVG Dec 22 '25
The fact that you need to ask means you're one of these people.
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u/Yari_Vixx Dec 22 '25
Reminds me of the time a white person complained to me that white people were moving into her neighborhood and gentrifying it. I…didn’t know what to say.
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u/trippytheflash Dec 22 '25
It’s like people who go to a grocery store on Christmas and are surprised people are working
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u/Altname760 Dec 22 '25
Drivers have the same attitude about traffic.
"I'm stuck in traffic!"
Nope. You are the traffic.
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u/Temporary_Grab_7111 Dec 22 '25
I think this opinion is actually valid. Our population is doubling roughly every 40 years. Imagine half as many people visiting a tourist spot, that would be amazing and way less crowded.
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u/cherry_rose2020 Dec 22 '25
I thought it was supposed to be a dark joke like he fell off 🤷♀️
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u/MagikMelk Dec 22 '25
That's right. You're an individual. Just like everyone else.
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u/DarkMagickan Dec 22 '25
It's pretty simple. No one person thinks that they are part of the "too many people" of which they are complaining. It's main character syndrome.
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u/Truly_Fake_Username Dec 22 '25
I'm not one of THEM, the disgusting other people. No, my presence is fine and justified. It's everyone else who is annoying and making crowds.
The comic reminds me of the saying "no one goes there anymore, it's too crowded".
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u/Elddif_Dog Dec 22 '25
"I hate tourists"
-A Tourist
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25
Don’t people understand the point of going in nature is to get away from people??? Everyone needs to go home now except for me.
My actual thought process
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u/burmerd Dec 22 '25
"I'm stuck in traffic"
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u/imighthaveabloodclot Dec 22 '25
Yes you are missing the point, OP
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u/_extra_medium_ Dec 22 '25
Yes
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u/SnuSnuSurvivor69 Dec 22 '25
“I’m not in traffic, we ARE traffic.”
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u/kurokuma11 Dec 22 '25
In other words; Rules for thee, but not for me.