New Ad on Buses

So, there's been a new ad on buses.

It says something like "New changes to [the bus system], improvements starting June 23rd," yada yada yada. Also, on the left, it has a picture of a car being listed for sale.

The gist of the ad is basically, there'll be improved services on the bus system, so everyone might as well just take transit. And if so, might as well sell their cars too, since everyone will not need their own vehicles anymore.

Well, nice thought. Unfortunately, that's not how the world works.

I can go around and talk to people randomly; if you say you don't have a car, most would look at you like you're a loser.

Listening to what Allison says, for example, echos that fact. It's like, if you don't have a car, then you pretty much fail in life.

Well, seems to be that there are a lot more Allisons out there than necessary.

Which makes me wonder: why does Allison want to take the bus then?
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I recently saw something on the Chinese drama "Trimming Success"--a story about a hair stylist (Jason) and his father's love-hate relationship--which makes me think it's possible to leave some important details out of the plot.

In one of the middle episodes, they were going back and forth between several scenes. Jason and his girlfriend were admiring the sunset on a mountain. Jason's dad, a traditional barber himself, was at work when he suddenly feels sick. Meanwhile, Jason's mom was crossing the street along with other pedestrians.

Next thing you know, Jason got a phone call and rushed to the morgue.

Jason's mom is dead--apparently run over by a car when she was crossing the street earlier.

Nothing is mentioned in any of the scenes as to how she actually died; the viewers are left to guess what had actually happened.

The only logical scenario was she'd been run over.

The odd thing is nobody investigated the death; no one in the family blamed anybody (other than themselves) for the death and there was no police report of any kind.

Everyone in the family was sad, that was it. Jason, his brother, and father, all were severely saddened and affected by the loss.

After all, the story was set in a small tight-knit village in Hong Kong, where everyone knows each other. So, without any reference to how Jason's mom died, the story seemed to lacking something basic.

How can Jason's mom--a beloved character in that village--be dead and no one mentioned how she'd died?

Thus, a story could basically having something important missing from the plot... good to know.

By the way, I'm not knocking the drama series; I'm just pointing out the obvious. In fact, I watched every episode of it.