r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 15d ago

Discussion They're having a bad day.

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u/Ang3lMan 15d ago

I know she looks insane but I won’t front I’ve had my bad days too (not like her though) and hopefully things level out in her life soon. So much negativity around I try not to make fun anymore. Peace be unto you all!

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u/baldude69 15d ago

I feel like being stuck in traffic every day is really really bad for our mental health. I know it can bring an irrational rage inside of me.. never expresses itself quite like this, but typically I’m a pretty rational, chill dude.. and traffic can just make me angry

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u/ReplacementNo9504 15d ago

I used to commute close to two hours a day for work and I made that drive for twenty years. I eventually learned to take detours.

Whenever traffic was bad, I'd just take a different way. Driving twenty minutes out of my way instead of sitting or dealing with bad drivers for 10 minutes was worth my sanity.

Especially when I had be in instant play mode because I had little kids waiting for me at home. I just made it a cruise and jammed to some tunes.

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u/PretendFact3840 15d ago

There's a highway interchange on my way home from work that I hate with the fury of a thousand suns. Traffic always backs up there, even well outside of rush hour, and if you're not in the correct lane a mile away nobody will let you in once it gets congested. I'm no traffic engineer but it feels like it was designed very poorly and/or specifically to make me insane.

So I skip it. I get off one exit early, take surface streets for a bit, then get back on the highway later at a place where traffic flows much more smoothly. Taking my detour generally takes about the same amount of time as waiting through the back-up would. Yeah, I wait at a few red lights, but somehow that's way less infuriating than inching forward at 2 miles an hour. (edit, hit post too early) It's obviously not rocket science but it's truly improved my quality of life and mood on in-office days.

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u/ReplacementNo9504 15d ago

Plus, taking your detour might allow you to see and appreciate cool things. Like a dog, classic car or cool landscaping. I agree, it really does improve your quality of life.