I never understood this though. It seems like more work and even more uncomfortable just to knowingly make things worse for yourself.

Either O B E Y or do what you named as "more work". Different person chooses different way of dealing with annoyances.

Don't fool yourself. In the end you have to obey the laws of physics and the punishment is extremely harsh and permanent.

	▲	eimrine 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I read comment as "don't resist our egregious power, our business is to keep becoming more powerful by arguments with different persuasive power". I have to admit, the car safety argument is among the most persuasive, like do you want to get harmed? But in reality the question is not about "harming and nothing more", the question is about growing the egregious power AND caring about the tax payers simultaneously.
	▲	vel0city 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I never agreed to be bound to some "law of conservation of momentum"! I'm a free person!