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Sorry, ignore the bit about limb and lottery. That was for explaining the hedonic treadmill.

The point was that commuting seems surprisingly resistant to the hedonic treadmill.



Entirely resistant if I remember correctly. You don’t get used to commuting, you forget what it feels like not commuting, like you don’t get used to feeling like crap because you don’t exercise or are sleep deprived, just forget what normal feels like.




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