A lot of Americans don’t have a private area outside of their car
I can’t tell you how many of my telehealth therapy clients meet me from their car because they don’t have a truly private space in their own home. I actually can tell you, it’s like 40-50% depending on when you ask me
I've had telehealth appointments in the car because I'm using a break from work to make the appointment. It's bizarre that our society expects us to work 9-5, but also expects us to somehow get every necessary appointment done within that same time frame. I'm not given enough time off to run home and come back, so an appointment in the car it is.
But your point stands true. My boyfriend has a telehealth call every weekend. Our tiny apartment doesn't offer much privacy, so he gets the living room (where the computer is) while I either stay in the bedroom, or go out somewhere for an hour to give him space.
It's bizarre that our society expects us to work 9-5, but also expects us to somehow get every necessary appointment done within that same time frame.
Sure, but anything offered outside the 9-5 window is someone who has to adjust their hours so that it's more convenient to people who work the standard 9-5. That's why the places that tend to be open outside the 9-5 window are the ones that tend to employ the lowest-paid people. Gas stations, convenience stores, etc.
The best paid 9-5 jobs also offer employees the freedom to visit the doctor, dentist, kid's school, etc. whenever they need to, no questions asked. It's basically a perk that you only get if your skills are rare enough that employers have to offer it or the talent will go elsewhere. If we wanted more people to have those perks, the way to achieve it would be the same way that the 9-5 workday was created: powerful unions and violent strikes.
Actual reason: acoustics for media presentation. A car is a vocal booth.
Yeah, reviewing in the restaurant would be rude and reviewing at home would get cold.
My thoughts exactly. The privacy aspect of not capturing other people in the video, not being bothered by other people, not taking up a table for too long, etc.
Not going to lie, I'm definitely not a fan of car-dependent infrastructure, but in this world we currently have, the car does provide a convenient enclosure for this purpose
getting in the car and doing anything is also the only time a lot of people can get time to and for themselves.
Yeah exactly this. Can't give an accurate food review if you can't eat it immediately as presented. And if one-sided phone calls in restaurants weren't bad enough presenting loudly to a camera would likely get you walked out.
I was at an airport waiting at the gate and this guy was trying to film a snippet for some "outrage" thing. The funniest part is he would do his little "yelling speech" listen to it and rerecord it. It must have been around 8 takes until he got it. Everyone else was just glancing at each other and trying not to laugh.
How hard was it to resist the urge to keep 'innocently' ruining his takes?
Also posting from affluential areas to increase the chances of the algorithm pushing their videos to more people
They practically live in the damn things.
Have you seen rent prices
It's the lack of third places in the US (and increasingly everywhere else). The only place they can unconditionally exist at, outside of their house, is their car.
I think this is the real reason that carbrain has so thoroughly overtaken America. It's our last remaining free space outside our house. You will get trespassed or ticketed for loitering if we hang out anywhere in public
The land of the free
Don't wanna excuse car-centric development, but i'd guess that they want the food to be fresh and they don't wanna film inside the restaurant, and car provide them some soundproofing from outside.
Daymon Patterson aka Dayum Drops became YouTube famous and made/makes a good living doing food reviews from his car since 2010.
People who can't be original try to replicate success, I guess.
i was driven by an uber driver yesterday who seriously thought cycling should be illegal.
his rationale was that bicycles are "unregistered vehicles and so if they cause accident who is going to pay?!" when i pointed out that probably they should pay just as anyone else he just dismissed it like this: "that is not possible. if a cyclist crashes into me and kills me who is gonna pay me?!" i was speechless after that.
I guess walking should be outlawed too, after all someone could be walking on a sidewalk and accidentally bump into you and knock you into the street. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Shoes are unregistered vehicles!
That's a one star trip for sure.
Eh. Would you rather they sit in the restaurant and annoy everyone with their filming and talking?
TBF you want the food to be fresh and you also want an isolated place to review it alone.
And Americans get seriously upset when someone says they don't have a food culture.
I really don't understand who even watches videos like this. I don't trust anyone to have a good sense of taste except myself and my wife. Unless someone is a chef I trust, I don't want them telling me how the food "tastes" since most people simply can't.
If you want to try food, then try it. If you can't afford it, then don't think about it. You can probably make something like it yourself cheaper and better if you put in the effort.
Also, fuck large chain restaurants, support local food and establishments that treat workers well.
Also, fuck large chain restaurants,
Exactly my first thought... Fucking Red Lobster reviews are "starting to trickle in"? What??
I hope these idiots are at least sponsored...
Because the US is a dystopian nightmare
Because there are kids and spouses and often parents and other family at home, can't shoot a video with all that noise.
Well that and isn't a significant % of US citizens homeless these days?
Because it's dangerous to be outside without being inside.
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