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Love this analogy because you can extrapolate it even further.

I'm the kind of guy that travels the first 80% on the highway, reaches the traffic-bloated city, and actually makes a U-turn to head towards a totally new city, thinking "I'll visit that city later".

Or, quite often, halfway towards my destination (let's say 40%), I'll see a board saying "Next exit: even better city", and take that exit. After taking a few of these exits, I will have spent hours or even days on the highway, without having reached any city, or even coming close to one.

I love walking around in the city.

But by the time I get there I find all my money has been spent (fee) on transport, and I have to choose between window shopping (unpaid work) or jumping on another bus (client) and hope it goes past my original destination..

I can't if you're being sarcastic, or just exhibit some really strange driving behaviours

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