>>63879455This fucks me up a little. How much of human experience is "squashed". I don't know how to explain it but it's the culmination of everything being developed only to be "good enough". This summer my friend drove me from another friend's wedding to the train station and I didn't know if I'd make it in time, and also the car wasn't big and it was hot, obviously because cars are designed only to give you "enough" space. Same with roads in the city that connect points in it, only wide enough to fit in an OK number of cars.
Then I get to the station and I'm not sure if I'm standing at the right platform. And also the bitch on the public announcement system is barely audible especially so because of all the people standing and talking, so if there's a switch up I might miss it and become stranded (almost happened once years ago, I stood to listen to the PA system and barely managed to hear that my train is waiting for me on another platform). And whose fault would that be? Obviously the station's for not investing into proper speakers, but it's become normal to accept this type of a cinch.
Same deal with hospitals. It's a crowded rush and we barely manage to make it work. You'd think that after decades of doing the same thing in thousands of cities in hundreds of countries it would get refined, but no.
So you being stranded is an example of that. It's not your fault, but you have to suffer. You're a victim of a critical lack of thoughtfulness in the human nature. When I go by train somewhere I'd love to get greeted by a staff of beautiful young attendants, led to my personal seat that accommodates my height, offered a complimentary drink and some grapes, AC is on, I can stretch my legs, headphones on, I can chill for the next couple hours, and feel good knowing that I only paid $20 for the privileges. If you told anyone you want that they'd call you crazy. But if you asked them: would you want things to be this way? obviously they would say yes. And funnily enough, it's not even an unrealistic thing to happen. We just need to refine a few hundred areas of life but it's doable. And I won't be glued to a hot car seat, slightly anxious about missing the train. And you wouldn't miss your flight.
Sorry for rambling but I had these thoughts some time ago and your post unearthed them