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Originally Posted by Acey
However, correct me if I'm wrong, you seem to be implying that you would actively seek out the two aforementioned spots next to a vehicle in the middle of nowhere? Yeah you said you won't hit it (clearly haven't lived in Lethbridge  ) but still, just trying to understand why you would do that? |
You are wrong. And maybe this is the problem, maybe we're arguing different things. I'm not saying I ever actively seek out the lone car amongst a sea of empty spaces and park beside that, not at all. But random reasons come up. There have been situations where, say, I'll be looking for a spot, think "maybe I'll loop around and try the other aisle", go down the row a bit, passing empty spaces and think "actually, forget it, I'll just park here." Whether "here" is next to another car or not is completely irrelevant. Maybe it's winter, I don't want to park near the door, but I want to block the wind a bit, so I sneak in beside another car near where I'd like to park.
Again, not saying I actively seek out lone cars and park beside them for no reason (or any evil reason), but I don't think anyone here has seriously said that.
If anything, I'm trying to get you to understand that if you see me parked next to you, then I'm sorry if it upset you or anything like that, because I never park to upset others.
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Originally Posted by photon
He didn't say that, he said "I'll say that your car doesn't have to be expensive to give a damn about protecting it". Meaning you could have a Neon but still be concerned about protecting it.
Heh, if "what possible reason for parking next to a car not near anything" isn't a valid question then this isn't either.
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I understood what he was saying perfectly.
And you've proved my point exactly. If "why would anyone park in the middle of nowhere" isn't a valid question, then neither is "what possible reason is there for parking next to a lone car."
There are plenty of reasons, a couple I noted above. I can personally say, and I'm sure I speak for most others, that if you find my car next to yours, any sort of malicious, antagonistic, or disrespectful intent didn't even factor in.
I understand that as someone who doesn't really care about a car and sees them as transport, that I will never truly understand "car guys" or those who park far away for reasons I can't frankly fathom. Are these weird, awful people, loners in the wind, trying to rebel and separate themselves from the herd? No, they're probably just had some reason for parking there. I don't seek to mystify their cause. I just accept that they parked there.
Why are you having trouble accepting the same? You should understand, as someone who really cares about your car or your version of what constitutes your own personal space, that those that park next to you are not, in fact, antagonists, miscreants, low skill demonizers of the unwritten rule and all that is wrong with the world, but rather just someone who parked there for a reason you obviously don't relate to.
I'll never understand why you'd be mad to see someone beside you when you park in the middle of nowhere, because when I park in the middle of nowhere I do it without real reason, and would NEVER be mad at someone for simply parking beside me.
You'll never understand why I parked beside you, because you don't park beside others because of a very specific set of reasons.
Perhaps the obsession is more about understanding why someone would do something, and being frustrated when the reason is not one you relate to.