I never thought I'd have any contempt for the eco-friendly side of automobiles, but I'm finding Prius drivers piss me off as much as SUV drivers. Maybe because the Prius was the first hybrid car, but the drivers seem to share the same sense of self-entitlement that the first SUV owners did, albeit without wasting as much gas.Look at this shit man, three Priuses, parked virtually next to each-other. And I'll bet you that if all three of the drivers emerged from Trader Joe's at the same time they'd share a glib little wink knowing that they, and they alone, had the balls to step up and do something. They'd then sit the groceries on an empty passenger seat, and accelerate slowly.
Maybe I'm being to harsh. I don't agree with the amount of fuel SUV's consume which isn't the case here, but something about Los Angeles causes people to be obvious - and the rapid adoption of the Prius is no surprise. It's not enough to just be eco-friendly here - neon door-handles and recycled foods kinda thing, everyone needs to know it. Be the most. I bet someone in a Beige Prius would judge someone in a silver Prius because the silver contains a dye that contains a trace-element of some ancient tribe's rainforest alter or some shit. Just so long as you know you know something they don't know, and you're righter because of it.
Whatever, only time is going to explain all this away. One day we'll look back at the day when we could get petrol out of giant tubes in the ground, instead of killing a farmer or going down on a banker. We don't realize the power we waste day to day because it's not in our nature to be in awe for too long - once the awe wears off, we feel entitled.
And then we buy beige.
