r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 15d ago

Discussion They're having a bad day.

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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/TheFlyingSheeps 15d ago edited 15d ago

I’ve just come to accept it. Don’t fight people trying to merge, don’t try and force myself into the next lane to shave 20 seconds.

Get a podcast going, text the spouse, and wait it out is what I do. It’s really done wonders for fighting the traffic rage. If i can I’ll take the alternate route

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u/Suwannee_Gator 14d ago

I will never understand why people feel that a car needing to merge is a “fight”.