First World Problems meme captioned: I FORGOT TO BUY CHIPS AND NOW I HAVE TO EAT REAL FOOD FOR A WEEK
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Is this an American problem that I'm too European to comprehend? If I forget to buy something at the store I literally just walk 4 minutes to the nearest store and buy whatever I forgot. Maybe I'll even pick it up on the back home on my bike for even less of a time penalty.
I just sit in my lifted truck, spend 40 dollars on gas, sit in traffic for 2 hours, shoot at some suspicious looking brown people and then get my chips.
Depends on the geography/density/availability of shops where you live. I'm in Australia and the meme absolutely applies. I'm in an area that is considered relatively centric and with plenty of shops and yet the closest one is about a 10' walk (a bit over 1km). You probably don't want to do your weekly shopping there or it will get expensive quickly. Large chain supermarkets are at least 3km away.
Compare that to other places in Europe or South America where you have groceries and the odd shop around the corner in pretty much any residential area.
Haha there are a great many North Americans that live 10+ minutes minimum by car from the nearest grocery store.
I'm a walker (depressingly rare in North America) and my closest shop is about 6 minutes away. I'm considered insane for being willing to walk 40 mins to work
My dad thinks i'm crazy because i walk or bike to my sister's or his place, which is like 40min by foot. Yeah man, if i were as fat as you that would be crazy
40 minutes is clearly in the range of doable walks, although if it were a commute I'd do it by bike every time which would shorten it down to 10 minutes, probably.
Haha yup, can confirm! It's a commute, I used to ride a bike (half the time), but then the lady moved in and we switched to walking for no real reason. It's about 3km each way but makes for a nice bookend to the workday :)
Probably more like a city / country problem