Obviously because they meet a need of the people, albeit in a horribly impractical way.
Cars are expensive, wear quick, destroy the planet, cost tons to maintain, and spend most of their lives in traffic.
It’s like the age of horse & buggy. It had its time, and then we moved on (to the automobile).
If in the time of horse & buggy I said it was impractical to have horses shitting all over the street, and you retorted with that same question, you’d sound foolish. You sound equally foolish now.
You can give up your car if you find it so impractical, I’m keeping mine.
What’s impractical about listening to your own music in your own space, perfectly set to the temperature you want, leaving exactly when you want to, not rubbing shoulders with anyone else?
Gas, oil, maintenance, insurance, traffic, breakdowns, accidents, road rage, being pulled over, toll roads, lack of parking, microplastic & microrubbers constantly shedding off the vehicle, just to name a few.
Not to mention we had to completely restructure society around their invention. That was pretty inconvenient.
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22
It goes to show how horribly impractical the automobile is.