Why I will never learn to drive

At 28, he rejects driving because he has no friends or destinations, wants Japan, and imagines remote work eliminating travel. Former bicycle-riding friends adopted mopeds, cars, tattoos, and weightlifting; he felt betrayed, left behind by adulthood, and cried filming. He predicts automation and driverless vehicles will replace driving, criticizes cars’ pollution, then humorously cooks ramen with frozen vegetables.

Driving symbolizes adulthood and abandonment, reinforcing his resistance to conventional adulthood and solitary online life.