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Carbrain. Carbrain is why. They practically live in the damn things.

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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.
- I'd think the bathroom would be anotherboption.
  Yiu can take the ham radio license exam over Zoom now, but you need to be in a closed room to imply you're not being coached. The evaluators said I was far from the first to do it in the loo.
  
  If you can't ask family for a private space for an hour long therapy session, chances are you won't feel safe/private in the bathroom either. Maybe you don't want them to know you're in therapy. Much less sus it you're just out of the house for an hour.
- Yep. Telehealth often involves me or partner wearing headphones too in order to make sure we don't overhear the other's session

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
  
  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.
  
  But then again. If I'm buying take-away from a restaurant, I'd prefer the review to be as close to my experience as possible. So I'd rather they had to drive 10-15 minutes and review a slightly colder product.
- 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
- literally the only option for many.

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
  
  What sort of third places exist in other countries? I've always wondered. I'm in the US and we have a lot of parks, most of which have benches where plenty of folks go to eat lunch or gather, but that's only feasible when the weather is nice. It would be amazing to have a third place with heat or AC where you can hang out. The library works in some cases but obviously you can't eat there and you have to be quiet.
- The only place they can unconditionally exist at, outside of their house, is their car.
  Even then police will come by to see what you're doing.
- In these third places in Europe, can I film there? Would it be rude or possibly illegal to film there?
  Y'all are wildly reading into something that’s pointless. You’re trying to beat someone down in your own class and finding ways to allow a divide in to separate you. These people reviewing food in their car aren’t your enemy. City planners, department of transportation, landlords, and CEOs are your enemy. They’re the ones that make the system the way it is that necessitates people having cars.
  A third place isn’t going to solve this. No third place is going to be set for filming. Is going to be socially comfortable for filming. Just let these people exist and move the fuck on.
  
  @meanbean279 @missphant
  European third spaces often have street performers doing all kinds of crazy stuff, so no, it wouldn't be rude to film your little review.

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.
- Yeah, this seems like the alternative to being that annoying streamer in a restaurant, I actually find it really thoughtful.
- Take the takeout home?
  
  Too far away in the US
  
  Unless we're talking about fast food, hot food continues to cook after serving, the longer it takes for you to start eating it the food is gonna be different than when it's just served. Which is why they all eat inside their car, because taking it home will mean letting the food sit for 10/15/20 minutes. Also they might not be reviewing said food in their neighborhood, they could be driven 20km or 30km away for it, food reviewer tend to go places further than their area.
  
  Not everyone is privileged enough to have the level of privacy at home needed for such a video.
  Hell, even just making this video was probably an excuse to get this guy out of the house for some peace.
  
  I'm sure their professional home film studio would work but the kids running around and such just brings the whole vibe of the video down.

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!
  
  I'd love a quick gif of two people accidentally bumping into each other and causing a huge explosion like every time a car crashes in a movie.
- That's a one star trip for sure.

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.

Eh. Would you rather they sit in the restaurant and annoy everyone with their filming and talking?
- I’d rather they skip the filming. You are watching the American season of ‘happy muhkbang’
- Yeah, I feel like it's a lot more normal than filming in a car to be honest
  
  If I see someone filming in a restaurant, I am not going in there. I'm probably not alone. I honestly don't get what this post has to do with cars in the first place.
  
  Is someone sitting accross from a camera and quietly talking to it really much different from someone sitting accross from a person and talking to them?
- It is actually possible to talk at a normal volume and film discreetly in the restaurant without bothering anyone, Americans are just loud as hell
  
  The number of "why do influencers always film in public" that I've seen leads me to believe that if they were filming in a restaurant instead, this post would not exist, but a "Social Media brainrot. That's why. They think they can just film anywhere." post in some other community instead.
  Look, I agree, "fuck cars"; but eating and filming in the car you own is just not problematic beyond owning the car in and on itself, at all. There's plenty of valid car criticism to be had, you don't have to go looking for things to be enraged by.
  
  It's the only way you can hear us over the gunshots

TBF you want the food to be fresh and you also want an isolated place to review it alone.
- TBF I would eat and simply "review" later, the guide michelin doesn't show pictures of the food their testers had in the examined restaurants either.
  Seriously I find all this review channels to be quite awkward. React channels... shure. Restaurant critics... everyone is a frogging critic nowadays... even me. But I remember those reviews are always subjective.
  But I somehow I find a lot studios of "content creators" , especially TikTakTok, are created in the front seat of their cars.
  
  Some people like to see the food, and judging how it is far more popular than the reviews you've mentioned, I would say your opinion is probably in the minority. I don't say this as a fan; in fact I'm not really interested in streaming or review videos for the most part, but that puts me in a minority too.
  Even content creators I like, like for instance ProZD or CalebCity, I love their short form videos, but I don't watch ProZD's review videos nor Caleb's streams.
  As long as there are consumers, a product will sell, even if we aren't interested ourselves or think it's dumb.
  
  No channels. User created media is worthless at best, and wildly dangerous at worst. Even diy can be pretty sketchy. Saw one on home elecrical wiring years ago that I was wondering if the creator was still alive because what he created was less of a fire hazard, and more of a fire guarantee with RNG timing.
  
  You know, you do raise a valid point, here. Note-taking has become something of a lost art/skill in the smartphone age. Not many people write shit down in notebooks and journals outside of what they are required to do in school, college, university in the US, anyway. I'm personally working on getting my groove back when it comes to taking notes on things, because as much as I love to create content I find it hard not to go into a rambling diatribe without notes. Honestly the dumbing down of America has led to a lot of people not writing shit down and that's going to be a huge problem down the line.
  
  ...do you really not understand the difference between a Michelin food reviewer and a social media influencer who happens to be reviewing a dish?
  
  It's not something I'd ever choose to watch, but apparently there's a market for it, and if people can make a living doing it, more power to them. It's pretty harmless, really.

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...
- Local establishments often don't treat workers well either. Plus they often just add 15% or so to the bill calling it a service charge, while technically its optional to pay people often feel pressured into paying for it and sometimes are actually pressured by management coming over.
  So I don't support any of them.
- They don't always, trust me.
  That being said, I miss our mom-and-pop Italian restaurant, and the same owners of a Mexican casual place across the street from the Italian place.
  I know (for a fact) they take people straight out of rehab or jail, and train them on fine dining waiting, at least at the Italian location.
  Give them an upscale skill that will still hire felons (or addicts in recovery), train em up, and be happy for their future success as an individual rebuilding their life, even if it isn't at THEIR restaurant. They also understand that addicts may have lapses. My BIL works for them (now) but previously, their chef started showing up at the BIL's AA meetings before he pretty much blackballed himself from his industry (The BIL, for clarity).
  He didn't violate AA rules, but he cautiously asked after the chef.... yeah, he was cooking and drinking, and the food quality suffered. They gave the chef a week off, paid, to get his shit together - frankly speaking.
  And he did. He spent the first couple days TANKED, and then sobered up again.
  The owners are good people, but they'll work you lol. Its a paycheck on par with the position, maybe a little better, but you're gonna work up a sweat.
  I've been in an office for the past ~12 years, and am looking for work in my new state, but just yesterday I applied for a job that consists of "pick up heavy boxes, put them elsewhere." Today, not mentioning other jobs, I applied for a prep chef position. I'm not afraid of sweating, or even bleeding to an extent, but I need a paycheck lol.

And Americans get seriously upset when someone says they don't have a food culture.
- New Orleans has the best I've seen in the world so far, as long as you don't go where tourists go.

You know, I love what you guys are trying to do here. I love seeing the pictures you guys post when progress is made and I agree with you that the world would be better with more walkable places that are beautiful and green.
This post though? It is pointless and it makes you all look batshit insane.
“Oh no, someone used a drive thru. Stupid car brain! Use ur legs moron!”
Meanwhile I’m sitting here 45 miles from the nearest Walmart haha. Out here in rural hell I’d have to camp out overnight to finish my journey to get food.
I know, I know. I should take my talentless, unskilled ass to a city and leave everyone I know and love behind so I can walk from my cardboard box to McDonald’s.
Maybe I’m just in a bad mood. I usually like the posts here. This one just rubs me the wrong way.
- Red Lobster has a drive thru?
  
  It has an option to do takeout
  
  Well now I feel like an idiot.
  I’ve never ate there. Always assumed.
- Bruh get one of those insulated bags that the doordash people use. Order the food in the drive through, put it in the insulated bag, close the lid. Then drive home and have your food at the kitchen table with a metal knife and fork like a civilized person. You won't get crumbs and sauce on the carpet of your car. You'll have an actual table to put your plate on. You can watch TV if you want. You can have a soda from the fridge at home instead of spending all that money on the McDonald's sprite. You can sit down with your family and talk about your day.
  
  If I'm eating McDonalds, it's because my hunger got the better of me on my 6th trip to the hardware store that day and I said "fuck it". I want to get my food, get in my car, and finish driving to the hardware store while eating so I can buy a single bolt, and drive back home to finish whatever project I'm working on. No, I'm not going to have a nice sit down meal with my non-existant family. That's not what McDonalds is for.
  
  I mean, I think mcdonalds food is already shitty as hell, but why let it get even shittier by letting the moisture parts seep into the dry, the moisture parts dry out, and the meat parts get cold? Insulated bags keep food sort of hot/cold, but the only correct way to eat food is at the moment it is done. Otherwise it just gets nasty. I don't care how you reheat your fries, ninja air idiots, they aren't anywhere close to fresh. Repeat ad nauseam for everything else.
  Also, if you're eating a mcdonalds burger with a fork and knife, your life has gone off the deep end. Or fries, if you're already eating a burger.
  
  For me, that would be some very cold food by the time I got to eat it.
  I always put my phone on my steering wheel and watch tv. I’m a stay at home dad, my kids know all about my day haha.

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.

Because no one want to listen to them yap on and on in the restaurant. And it could be a long drive back to wherever you live. Or the people at their home don't want to listen to them either.

I was wondering a good 30 seconds who the fuck Carbrian was

Try living here without one lol it's quite difficult and we try for years to get to a point where we can be free of the car
- By why not drive home and film it on a table?
  
  Food isnt as hot and fresh. Also while you drive 10 20 minutes to get home your food can have steam build up ruining the fresh food texture.
  
  Acoustics
- Can't argue with that. The US pretty much has no cycling infrastructure (and those "can count them on one hand" exceptions don't count)
  
  I've done some bicycle-only stretches in my life. It's funny how literally every person I knew assumed I'd gotten my driver's license suspended for DUIs.

Man, I cannot stand eating even chips in a car, yet this guy ate a whole lobster meal with butter dressing in it. Just seeing the thumbnail sends me shivers.

And constantly eating fast food from disposable dishes with a plastic fork. 🙄
- What? Do you want fast food places to give you reusable dishes and silverware with a carry out order?
  Do you bring it back or is fast food just gonna get really expensive?
  
  I'm a fan of slow food myself. Sure I'll get a Döner to go in a pinch (which doesn't require cutlery) but all this fast food, in some cases daily, can't be good.
- You must have missed the upgrade. They are cardboard forks now.
  
  I'd be fine with this as long as the packaging was also cardboard. When I see a drink in a full plastic cup with a soggy paper straw I'm baffled.

Because it’s more likely that you have an AC in your car than at home.

Meanwhile in Scotland:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/381955859#map=13%2F55.94401%2F-3.98460

I'll allow it for Wreckless Eating coz they call the show CarBS (carbs hint hint), the only show where he sits in a car and BS about it. They are lovely bastards lol
- Even that is built on Americans' love for cars though
  
  Dude just wants to eat some carbs man...
  
  Whenever someone sends me a video that someone recorded while they're driving, I report the video and move on with my day. Don't even care what the video was about and not gonna find out with my own eyeballs.

They live in the car because they cannot afford to live in a real house or flat. This is not the car's fault.
- Actually car centric design is one of the biggest factors that contributes to the housing affordability crisis happening in North America. So it is at least partially car dependancy's fault they cannot afford their own place.
  
  Here's some support for this claim.
  This citynerd video must have been posted here a million times - but here it is again - about 13 minutes is the bit about housing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSTJnT0tUE
  This is a summary of this article , section 6.3.4 is housing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267#bb0390

I can think of few places that are more uncomfortable to dine on than a car seat.
...actually, car seats are pretty uncomfortable places to do anything, really. You expect to be able to do stuff comfortably there, but you just can't. It's weird. And at the same time it's not so uncomfortable that you stop doing stuff there entirely. And you're like "what's wrong with me?" but then you realise it's not your fault after all - it's the cars that are weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj8ZdBdKsfo

because car companies in the us lobbied everyone to make cars that ubiquitous.

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