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Trabisnikof posted:Are you arguing that lane splitting at 55+ is safe or smart? No, I'm arguing that the dumb idiot who wrote this article didn't die in the accident, forcing us to read this awful attempt at a blame game.
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:No, I'm arguing that the dumb idiot who wrote this article didn't die in the accident, forcing us to read this awful attempt at a blame game. Wow, what incredible insight. The author wasn't dead before they wrote a post?  You say its a "blame game" but admit the biker was acting unsafe...
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Trabisnikof posted:Wow, what incredible insight. The author wasn't dead before they wrote a post? Oh no, someone hates an XOJane article, better go write an article for them! "It happened to me... I was hated for liking XOJane." EDIT: besides the fact that the article sounds fake at some points. What kind of police officer tells people that something is going to be on the ballot? 
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Sep 5, 2015 18:31
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Well, regardless of if some of us have irrational haterade of XOJane, splitting lanes at 55 mph is dumb as poo poo. And there are a lot of dumb as poo poo bike riders. Edit: it would be lame if idiots splitting lanes at the speed limit caused backlash against the safe and useful splitting lanes in heavy traffic. Trabisnikof fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Sep 5, 2015 |
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Sep 5, 2015 18:49
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Trabisnikof posted:Well, regardless of if some of us have irrational haterade of XOJane, splitting lanes at 55 mph is dumb as poo poo. And there are a lot of dumb as poo poo bike riders. When XOJane posts articles like "It Happened to Me: I was gluten-shamed at the liqour store" you tend to regard them as mindless dribble. Again, high-speed lane splitting is bad. Writing about it to XOJane to drum up more scare-mongering tactics (notice how she says "all lane splitting is bad", not just high-speed?) is worse.
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Sep 5, 2015 18:58
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Oh no, someone hates an XOJane article, better go write an article for them! Why, if your car is necessary for you to work and you aren't loaded with cash, would you not have collision on your insurance? Even if the other driver had stopped, in the absence of any proof or admission of fault on the part of the biker her insurance isn't going to pay out anyway since lane splitting is legal (regardless of how dumb or not it may be).
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Sep 5, 2015 19:01
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The obvious solution is to just hit the bikers I guess.
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Sep 5, 2015 20:24
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FRINGE posted:The obvious solution is to just hit the bikers I guess. Why is it that people turn into angry lunatics in cars, anyway? I mean, when some biker zips past in between me and the car next to me, the only danger is that I'm zoned out thinking about why my overweight wife is cheating on me as I listen to the sports animal on the radio, and a sudden reminder of the world outside might shock me into making a mistake driving the 3000lb vehicle I'm in, which would still be my fault. Anyone wanting to outlaw lane-splitting is just pissed off that other people are getting to places faster than them. It's a weird, bitter position just like everything else about car culture.
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Sep 5, 2015 20:41
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doctorfrog posted:Just more video fuel for the angry-about-dumb-farming fire: "Almost all the rice that is grown in california is grown with flood irrigation. We're really talking 19th, 20th century technology here." Good job guy. That's like saying the wheel was invented in "gently caress it, I don't know, the 1930s or something." It's like this whole video was made by people driving back from Tahoe in their audi and saw some standing water.It's clear that the government has to regulate the water, though...but I'm sure there are still reasons to do flood irrigation in actual flood plains in the central valley, given there is always going to be runoff. ... I've been watching a bunch of weird farm vids on youtube because of it though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ1APRbA4yE
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TildeATH posted:Why is it that people turn into angry lunatics in cars, anyway? I mean, when some biker zips past in between me and the car next to me, the only danger is that I'm zoned out thinking about why my overweight wife is cheating on me as I listen to the sports animal on the radio, and a sudden reminder of the world outside might shock me into making a mistake driving the 3000lb vehicle I'm in, which would still be my fault. A car is making a lane transition, doesn't see that the cyclist is using the road because its in the car's blindspot, and the car runs over the bike. That's your danger, among others.
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computer parts posted:A car is making a lane transition, doesn't see that the cyclist is using the road because its in the car's blindspot, and the car runs over the bike. I guess any time I run over anything on the road it's not my fault. "Because it's in the car's blindspot" was never a valid excuse for causing an accident, that's why you need to overcome all those goon neckfat rolls and turn your actual head and look around you while operating the massive motor vehicle you're in.
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TildeATH posted:Why is it that people turn into angry lunatics in cars, anyway? I mean, when some biker zips past in between me and the car next to me, the only danger is that I'm zoned out thinking about why my overweight wife is cheating on me as I listen to the sports animal on the radio, and a sudden reminder of the world outside might shock me into making a mistake driving the 3000lb vehicle I'm in, which would still be my fault. Anyone wanting to outlaw lane-splitting is just pissed off that other people are getting to places faster than them. It's a weird, bitter position just like everything else about car culture. The only time anyone has pulled up beside me on the freeway, looked into my vehicle, and then punched out my passenger mirror was a motorcycle rider on the 405, who then sped away between the rest of the patient drivers slowly rolling along at the pace of the traffic. My obvious solution to deal with this "no proof, no fault, act of god" mirror explosion would have been to jerk my vehicle to the right and knock the aggressor off his bike I guess. Too bad I didnt immediately decide "today is the day I kill a dangerous biker". When I left CA it became very obvious how much more civil (on the road) motorcyclists are in (at least some) other states.
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FRINGE posted:Its funny that you think that the average car commuter is an "angry lunatic" and the motorcycle riders are are not. This is a bingo card of latent automobile psychosis. First off, I love that this biker punched your window "for no reason". I'm sure he was just infected with the rage virus because, LOL motorcycle operators are evil. Second, you're on the 405, which means you're already neck fat deep in the worst most toxic car culture on the face of the earth. Third, you refer to other patient drivers rolling along at the pace of traffic, which is just, I mean, this has never been the case on any freeway anywhere come on.But keep having fantasies about physically injuring other commuters, that's cool and not at all damaging to your description of events or your case to stop evil bikers from riding between you and the fat schlub in the SUV next to you.
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TildeATH posted:This is a bingo card of latent automobile psychosis. edit: Lol. "The happy enlightened motorcycle rider physically attacked another drivers vehicle because they deserved it."
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FRINGE posted:Youre trying too hard.
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cheese posted:So a motorcycle rider just drove up to you, glared at you while punching out your side mirror and then drove off because reasons? The only thing I could clearly identify was the blue mohawk glued onto the shitheads helmet. As a tangent: its funny that the angry-motorcycle poster keeps talking about fat people in cars, implying that non-fat people ride motorcycles. They have obviously never lived anywhere that had a lot of
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FRINGE posted:They have obviously never lived anywhere that had a lot of
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FilthyImp posted:San Diego traffic is nonexistent most of the time. So maybe the psycho biker was on their way to a Kkklantee meeting. The LA stretch of the 405 is Traffic Eternal.
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FRINGE posted:The LA stretch of the 405 is Traffic Eternal. Also the False Flag article upbthere mentioned the 805, which gets like a mole or three of traffic due to a hosed up interchange.
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For the 405 I've only taken it north to Reseda and down to Wilshire. Are there other spots on it as bad as the first few miles after 101 interchange or is that about it for bad slogs?
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RandomPauI posted:For the 405 I've only taken it north to Reseda and down to Wilshire. Are there other spots on it as bad as the first few miles after 101 interchange or is that about it for bad slogs? Going north from LAX towards the 10 in the mornings can be insane.
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Pretty much everything from Marina del Rey to the 101 is a nightmare during (at least) sunlit hours.
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Burritos should contain neither rice, nor potatoes, as the starch component is provided by the tortilla.
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Kenning posted:Burritos should contain neither rice, nor potatoes, as the starch component is provided by the tortilla. You're right. I ordered a breakfast burrito off a truck and was happily eating it until I found little chunks of potato in it, and I felt cheated and violated and let down by the system. FRINGE posted:As a tangent: its funny that the angry-motorcycle poster keeps talking about fat people in cars, implying that non-fat people ride motorcycles. They have obviously never lived anywhere that had a lot of Hey where did you move where they kept bikers in line?
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Kenning posted:Burritos should contain neither rice, nor potatoes, as the starch component is provided by the tortilla. Burritos are lots of things to many people however the Del Taco bean and cheese burrito might just be the best burrito.
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TildeATH posted:You're right. I ordered a breakfast burrito off a truck and was happily eating it until I found little chunks of potato in it, and I felt cheated and violated and let down by the system. Probably literally anywhere else, CA motorcyclists are completely loving nuts- the only other time I see similar behavior is watching russian dashcam videos.
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I think it's antsy lane-changing car drivers that feel they have the gift of traffic-fu that bug me more than lane-splitting motorcyclists. Dude, you just passed me five minutes ago and now you're behind me again, what clearer indication can you get that you're not reading the matrix code of the highway?
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doctorfrog posted:I think it's antsy lane-changing car drivers that feel they have the gift of traffic-fu that bug me more than lane-splitting motorcyclists. Dude, you just passed me five minutes ago and now you're behind me again, what clearer indication can you get that you're not reading the matrix code of the highway? I honestly don't mind it at all. I rarely if ever see it outside of rush hour-type traffic, and the cyclists I've seen doing it are fairly methodical - ie they're not blowing through at 65 MPH. If they can do it, and they're careful when they do it, who cares? Besides, all of my road rage will forever be fueled by the never-ending font of chucklefucks who don't understand how to operate their turn signals. 
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Sydin posted:Besides, all of my road rage will forever be fueled by the never-ending font of chucklefucks who don't understand how to operate their turn signals. I want to know how this is even possible. When I lived in Idaho we joked about CA drivers, but now that I live here, it isn't funny. You have so many cars, and no one uses their drat turn signal. I seriously don't get it. Use your drat signal you loving moron, there are 5 people trying to get in that lane, let us know your intentions so we don't all crash into each other.
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Pohl posted:I want to know how this is even possible. When I lived in Idaho we joked about CA drivers, but now that I live here, it isn't funny. You have so many cars, and no one uses their drat turn signal. People will speed up to prevent you from getting in front of them.
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Another day another drought story. Feds scramble to avoid another mass salmon die-off in the Sacramento River quote:A year ago, California lost nearly an entire generation of endangered salmon because the water releases from Shasta Dam flowed out warmer than federal models had predicted. Thousands of salmon eggs and newly hatched fry baked to death in a narrow stretch of the Sacramento River near Redding that for decades has served as the primary spawning ground for winter-run Chinook salmon. "Not being a huge fan of Bureau of Reclamation" is probably one of the few common grounds shared by water-interested groups.
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Farmers are losing water so we can protect some fish. Good. gently caress California Ag.
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Except it's not protecting the fish. (E: If anyone out there fishes recreationally for king salmon go get them while the getting's still good, because next year's returning class will be the first heavily affected by this drought. If they're not going to be able to reproduce anyways 'cause Reclamation can't buy a back-up temp gauge, you may as well eat them.) andamac fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Farmers are losing water so we can protect some fish. This sort of attitude is cool among a certain crowd, but isn't productive at all.
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Some good news : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/university-of-california-endowment-returns-7-2-in-2015 . Anyone else get affected by this? My fellowship got doubled because the department will have more funding than they anticipated . Maybe grad school was a good decision. 
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themrguy posted:Some good news : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/university-of-california-endowment-returns-7-2-in-2015 . quote:The endowment is managed by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who joined the university in 2014
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Litany Unheard posted:That sounds like RAISING TAXES on HARDWORKING FAMILY FARMERS. It seems a lot of problems come to this dead-end. How do we fix -this-? E: probably has something to do with solving stuff like this, first. cheese posted:This is their subconscious mind trying to shield them from realizing that there were viable alternatives to them spending 5 hours a day in a car on a jammed freeway for the last 30 years of their lives. The psychological trauma from fully comprehending that they need not have missed their kids growing up could be devastating. Armani fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Armani posted:It seems a lot of problems come to this dead-end. How do we fix -this-? The problem is a cultural one. You have to change the image that comes up in most peoples' heads when you say the word "farmer" from the idealized hardworking, rural farmer working his little plot of land from dusk till dawn to the more modern machine run mega farm owned by big agribusiness. That's not an easy thing to do, for a few reasons: 1. The majority of our population lives clustered around urban centers, so they don't readily see the realities of modern agriculture. Out of sight, out of mind. 2. The down to earth, hard working American we idolize so much in this culture was modeled after farmers in the first place. 3. Agribusiness is well aware of this stereotype and how much it benefits them, so they're going to fight tooth and nail and pour all of the money they can into keeping it alive and well. Also not to mention that rural communities are overwhelmingly Republican strongholds, so you're rarely if ever going to see conservatives back anything that could disrupt that.
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Bip Roberts posted:Burritos are lots of things to many people however the Del Taco bean and cheese burrito might just be the best burrito. This is horrifying on so many levels. Granted, I'm spoiled as all get out when it comes to burritos given how often I visit San Diego.
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