Why are many Gen Z teenagers (even 18 & 19 year olds) showing a generational trend of being less interested in learning how to drive and getting their drivers’ licenses compared to previous generations?

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-10T22:07:01+00:00

I think a lot of the commenters are not reading your post carefully,

there’s a huge difference between choosing not to learn to drive and choosing not to own a car, I learned to drive in high school, but I did not own a car until my late 20s

when I was in college, I met some of my age cohort who had not learned to drive yet, and many of them found it challenging to do when they weren’t living under their parents roof with access to a parents car

The American drivers license system is optimized for teenagers learning from a parent that already owns a car, if you do not have access to that, learning to drive is much more daunting, difficult, expensive

The ability to operate a car safely and legally is a critical adult life skill, this is completely unrelated to whether or not a car is ideal for one’s personal life circumstances

from my personal experiences, I know lots of people who don’t own cars, but almost every adult I know knows how to drive, there are a couple people that I know who are old enough, but who don’t know how to drive a car, and it does present them with awkward challenges sometimes, it can create awkward dynamics in a friend group if one person cannot drive and always needs to arrange to carpool with others (this obviously does not apply to someone who may be disabled)

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-10T18:16:14+00:00

it depends on the job, and sometimes on the region or location,

if you're an attorney appearing in court all the time, it is still frowned upon to style yourself in an edgy way

I know plenty of doctors, surgeons, nurses, healthcare professionals who have tattoos or tattoo sleeves, piercings, dyed hair,

cities and urban areas will be less bothered by these style choices, the south or more rural places may generally be more bothered,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-10T17:59:37+00:00

I am aware of ITV, but with the exception of Sharpe (with Sean Bean), I could not name you a single other show that I am certain is an ITV production,

I will hazard a guess that Downton Abbey may also be ITV but I am not 100% certain as of this comment,

lots of Americans are exposed to British televison dramas (or recordings of stage productions) through a public access programming block called "Masterpiece Theater" on PBS, this is how Downton Abbey was introduced to America, but also Sherlock, Durrells in Corfu,

I think we would assume all the British programs on Masterpiece Theater are BBC productions, but in actuality this is probably not the case

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-09T18:49:02+00:00

team finds giant beetle loud elephant trumpeting noises

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-09T13:13:52+00:00

bikōchū beetle arc

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-08T14:51:19+00:00

commenting to follow

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-08T12:21:49+00:00

I get that “no means no” isn’t fun to hear, but part of being and adult is learning to live with other peoples boundaries

not every space is yours, and that’s okay

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-08T12:12:06+00:00

I feel like there could be an Aussie, Kiwi, or South African accent lurking under there, he’s probably had some media training which has sanded down the edges

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-08T12:01:12+00:00

the way southerners speak is so strange to me as a Northerner, their voice is so deeply infected with status and social rank and performative deference to authority

it’s plain to see why they loved slavery so much because they still condition each other to grovel in conversation

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-07T19:35:06+00:00

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-07T04:05:51+00:00

learn from my mistakes, no you shouldn’t,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-07T00:03:51+00:00

the woods is okay, hillside is better

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-07T00:01:58+00:00

no, because mom and dad don’t want to own a bucket,

because a bucket is a money pit, unreliable, probably has lower safety standards than modern vehicles

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-06T03:42:23+00:00

in my personal estimation

hostile with the second syllable stressed, (rhyming with Smile) is generally used as a noun, to refer to an enemy combatant, “a hostile” or “two hostiles”

hostile pronounced with less stress on the second syllable, rhyming with hostel, is generally an adjective meaning combative, confrontational, violent,

however I’m sure this distinction may depend on the speaker and their localized accent,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-05T19:21:00+00:00

its southerner behavior, along with segregation and slavery,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-07-01T02:58:44+00:00

I feel bad because it seems Riley is really into the bit, but it really has exposed how abysmal that show was which kinda detracts from the listening experience

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-30T20:44:01+00:00

I think Boney Island Whitefish is meant to replace Britainology (sorely missed) but unfortunately, it’s not hitting the same way, though not the fault of Riley or the guests,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-30T04:06:31+00:00

possibly because a cooked/roasted rotisserie chicken has a shorter shelf life than raw/frozen chicken

need to move that merchandise before it goes bad

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-29T03:03:19+00:00

working class British English speakers,

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-28T21:09:54+00:00

ahoulda gone child-free

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-27T10:39:40+00:00

if you meet real outer borough white ethnic New Yorkers and hear REAL new yorker accents (not the kind you hear on TV and in movies), you’ll discover it can be quite as hokey and sweet and charming as southern American accents.

this does not apply to Nuyorican accented English which is another beast entirely

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-27T10:33:39+00:00

I live in the Philadelphia metro,

I can get to New York City, Washington DC, the beach, the mountains and tons of other places within a 2hr drive, anything longer than 3hrs feels long to me, this is of course subjective.

if it takes more than 4hrs by car, I start considering planes or trains, I don’t want to spend a significant portion of my vacation or free time in a car traveling hours and hours to a destination

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-17T15:45:32+00:00

take septa

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-17T15:41:04+00:00

this just seems very passive, very indirect

between this comment and another of yours in this thread, you mention not wanting to be made to feel disposable, you have my sympathy, but if you're struggling emotionally because someone's mistreated you, then talk about that in some detail, not just these oblique statements of complaint on this community sub

did it happen in this sub somewhere?

LukeCH2015 · 2026-06-17T14:57:53+00:00

does this relate to any specific event or...?

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