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

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

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.

Take the takeout home?
- 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.
Yeah, this seems like the alternative to being that annoying streamer in a restaurant, I actually find it really thoughtful.

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.

Actual reason: acoustics for media presentation. A car is a vocal booth.

Also posting from affluential areas to increase the chances of the algorithm pushing their videos to more people

Eh. Would you rather they sit in the restaurant and annoy everyone with their filming and talking?

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
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?
I’d rather they skip the filming. You are watching the American season of ‘happy muhkbang’

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.

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.

Because the US is a dystopian nightmare

They practically live in the damn things.

Have you seen rent prices

literally the only option for many.

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?
- Well now I feel like an idiot.
  I’ve never ate there. Always assumed.

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

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.

Because there are kids and spouses and often parents and other family at home, can't shoot a video with all that noise.

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.

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 was wondering a good 30 seconds who the fuck Carbrian was

And constantly eating fast food from disposable dishes with a plastic fork. 🙄

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.
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.

Meanwhile in Scotland:

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

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.

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...

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

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.

As an Australian many years ago i read a thread on reddit from some stressed lady or other (I.S/ wjo said her best times were eatibg a sandwich in the car park of tje sandwhich place..and i was like, shoot me now, how can that be? it was beyond my ability to grok not going to a park, or the beach, or a lake or whatever and getting out of the shitty spot that is a a car, in a carpark, beisde a road, in front of a sandwich joint to eat a sandwich and collect your thoughts.

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