My house is on the median strip of a highway. You don't really notice, except I have to leave the driveway doing 60 MPH.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Describes a house on a highway median where leaving requires high speed, highlighting dangerous absurdity.
- In plain terms
- His house is in the middle of a road so driving out is very fast.
- What can you take from it?
- Living situations can be portrayed as inherently risky or illogical through exaggeration.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What everyday things feel dangerous due to design?
- How do we normalize unsafe spaces?
Another view
The humor depends on accepting a physically improbable living arrangement.
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