Really it isn't that bad, you whiners- i did more than 3000 bus miles this year, and am older than the last 2 posters added up together.
Bring a long book, and lots of water, and smoke reefer every time that shit stops. Those shits have fucking wifi these days- i did hundreds of thousands of miles on worse buses uphill both ways in the snow before dirt was even invented, let alone internets on fucking buses.
If you hate buses so much, put your thumb out and get ready to learn about alcoholism, Jesus, and untreated mental illness in the USA. Sometimes you will get the trifecta ride involving all 3.