Signs that something is wrong
When you can drive less than 20 miles in 40 minutes, on the highway, and think "hey, I made pretty good time today".
When you're out alone in the middle of the woods, and you think "man, I *never* get to hear silence like this". Then you realize you're not hearing silence, you're hearing the constant white-noise of the highway a mile away, or the airplanes far overhead, as they take off from the airport 10 miles away.
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