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Deadly Ham Sandwich
Aug 19, 2009
Smellrose

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

much more efficient single person transport than a car, i'd love to hold up a lane of traffic in one of these

It's basically Gilfoyle's craiglist "technically an electric vehicle".

Silicon Valley | Tesla | Dinesh vs Gilfoyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR22m81TqqQ&t=121s

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Beached Whale
Jun 27, 2009

The world as will and idea
https://twitter.com/DashcamBike/status/1531698283021840384

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019


she’s wrong. not only are bikes vehicles, but given the right accoutrements, they can even be cars.

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

It's basically Gilfoyle's craiglist "technically an electric vehicle".

Silicon Valley | Tesla | Dinesh vs Gilfoyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR22m81TqqQ&t=121s

it lacks the most important thing that makes a car a car: it is not a comfort chamber. it does not isolate your from the world and put you into a little bubble.

Mayor Dave
Feb 20, 2009

Bernie the Snow Clown
https://twitter.com/debdrens/status/1531995578204307457?t=JMmCLDF-ZgdeIJ99wp-eQg&s=19

mystes
May 31, 2006

If people hate ebikes I would invite them to create a "i hate ebikes thread" (possibly in automotive insanity or on Nextdoor) and post there instead

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

People need to upgrade from guerilla crosswalks to guerilla bollards.

:hmmyes:

Irony.or.Death
Apr 1, 2009


Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

it lacks the most important thing that makes a car a car: it is not a comfort chamber. it does not isolate your from the world and put you into a little bubble.

Every time I read "comfort chamber" I find myself wondering if I was saved from carbrain only by being too tall for the seats I grew up with. Being inside a car is only marginally more comfortable than being on an airplane, people who enjoy it are crazy and/or tiny and/or way way richer than me.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Leroy Diplowski posted:

I saw this happen all of the time in turkey and even got to join in once. People are just different about parking and manhandling other people's cars over there.

people won't shoot you for it over there

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019

Cup Runneth Over posted:

people won't shoot you for it over there

idk man you been to Adana?

https://twitter.com/hdner/status/1046782287839260673

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


mystes posted:

At my people, rather than putting up a "no running by the pool" sign I'm going to put up a "people capable of running at more than 5mph are banned from entering the pool area on foot unless they're in good shape and run marathons in which case they can probably be trusted to walk at a slow speed" signs because we wouldn't want out of shape people who are nonetheless capable of travelling at inappropriate speeds to be around the pool.

(We will of course allow these people to drive their SUV's into the pool, though, so don't feel too bad for them.)

I for one support people driving their SUVs into pools

Clark Nova
Jul 18, 2004


otoh stray bullets landing on people is probably the best climate impact you can achieve through individual action

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Yeah start trying to do that in the US and you'd have chuds in huge trucks just idling in public transit/light rail lanes waiting for someone to touch their car because then they can invoke castle doctrine and murder someone without ever seeing the inside of a courtroom

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Irony.or.Death posted:

Every time I read "comfort chamber" I find myself wondering if I was saved from carbrain only by being too tall for the seats I grew up with. Being inside a car is only marginally more comfortable than being on an airplane, people who enjoy it are crazy and/or tiny and/or way way richer than me.

they train themselves to enjoy after they convince themselves there is no other way to live. in my opinion.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


genericnick posted:

There's no wrong way on the sidewalk.

uh excuse me but the cars r clearly going the other way next to it and everything near a road revolves around them

platzapS
Aug 4, 2007

Harik
Sep 9, 2001

From the hard streets of Moscow
First dog to touch the stars


Plaster Town Cop

Cup Runneth Over posted:

I for one support people driving their SUVs into pools

nobody would do that, don't be ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy-a7AA2aV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YypkYmXFwBg

worldwide parking shortage continues
infiniti pool
Bonus: if you can't bring your car to the pool...

encore:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyQ0i20vYbU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPeWat8JqE

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!
https://twitter.com/rachdele/status/1531821341145542657?s=20&t=W1Mc-aGdDRI1J-U2w3pjmA

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003



This will 100% get you shot in the face in the US before the driver ever gets out of the car

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019


lmao that rules

Wolfy
Jul 13, 2009

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-cycling-habit-that-drivers-hate-the-most

quote:

On one of my regular routes, a white ‘ghost bike’ is tied to a tree beside a junction in memory of a cyclist killed by a car at that exact spot. It serves as a reminder to be considerate of motorists whenever I pant my way past; inviting their ire, however unintentionally, is simply not worth the risk.

A car wrote this article

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

This will 100% get you shot in the face in the US before the driver ever gets out of the car

No it won't.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


SKULL.GIF posted:

No it won't.

that guy's doing the stankyleg at me!!! *racks slide*

PeterCat
Apr 8, 2020

Believe women.

Ukrainian soldier on an electric bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvBNyZdpQ5M

PeterCat has issued a correction as of 13:16 on Jun 2, 2022

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

John Gotti did nothing wrong

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


SKULL.GIF posted:

No it won't.

People get shot for cutting other drivers off in the US, if you walk around kicking or pretending to kick peoples’ cars someone will absolutely go straight to eleven eventually.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

People get shot for cutting other drivers off in the US, if you walk around kicking or pretending to kick peoples’ cars someone will absolutely go straight to eleven eventually.

I don't believe you understand what's happening in that video.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Maybe I should watch it then

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Maybe I should watch it then

they're pretending to trip or walk over something that's in the road, forcing the drivers to get out and look in front of their cars

e: I do think someone in America would shoot people over this, but the probability is gonna vary wildly depending on the state/pop. density

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


I still maintain that interacting with drivers in any way as a pedestrian will eventually get you assaulted or shot.

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Maybe I should watch it then

lol

pic unrelated

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


I never watch videos anyone posts

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

I never watch videos anyone posts

you have a point. video is the car of the internet and video brain has ruined all the loving websites. they tore out hypertext infrastructure to install video infrastructure and lied to justify it.

text is the walking of online, pictures are like bikes.

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

mawarannahr posted:

you have a point. video is the car of the internet and video brain has ruined all the loving websites. they tore out hypertext infrastructure to install video infrastructure and lied to justify it.

text is the walking of online, pictures are like bikes.

gently caress

this is absolutely true

Petanque
Apr 14, 2008

Ca va bien aller

mawarannahr posted:

you have a point. video is the car of the internet and video brain has ruined all the loving websites. they tore out hypertext infrastructure to install video infrastructure and lied to justify it.

text is the walking of online, pictures are like bikes.

does this make GIFs e-bikes

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019

Petanque posted:

does this make GIFs e-bikes

yes!!! especially the ones “upgraded” to mp4. trying to figure out what apple’s Live Photos would be.

platzapS
Aug 4, 2007

mawarannahr posted:

you have a point. video is the car of the internet and video brain has ruined all the loving websites. they tore out hypertext infrastructure to install video infrastructure and lied to justify it.

text is the walking of online, pictures are like bikes.
i would kill for a text-only internet

e: There are really only three sites you need: Wikipedia, Marxists Online Archive, and this'n right here.

A MIRACLE
Sep 17, 2007

All right. It's Saturday night; I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock.

platzapS posted:

i would kill for a text-only internet

e: There are really only three sites you need: Wikipedia, Marxists Online Archive, and this'n right here.

you're in luck https://lynx.invisible-island.net

Cat Puke
Apr 15, 2017


quote:

Suddenly, we live in a world in which cyclists are entitled to hog the highway, even two abreast, while ignoring the very cycle lanes that were created – at great public expense – for their own benefit.


No kidding. At first I thought the cycling habit that drivers hate most is putting up ghost bikes. That would be an article worth publishing. Instead it's about bikes taking the lane.

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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Law here says that cyclists should take the entire lane because not doing so actually increases the risk of getting hit.

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