It irks me, too. I take the commuter rail and subway, and have coworkers who find this horrifying. After the 27-miles-in-2+-hours drive from home to (roughly) where I work on Thursday, I don't understand why people drive!
It may be similar to the "bottle feeding is better" sentiment in some developing countries, where using formula shows you have more status/money/a more modern outlook -- even if your water supply is literally full of crap and using it to mix formula makes your baby sick.
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Date: 2014-11-25 03:24 am (UTC)It may be similar to the "bottle feeding is better" sentiment in some developing countries, where using formula shows you have more status/money/a more modern outlook -- even if your water supply is literally full of crap and using it to mix formula makes your baby sick.