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The Maroon Hawk posted:Yeah, I sometimes see people say “well they don’t wear helmets in Amsterdam!!!” and I’m like yeah, that’s because their infrastructure isn’t homicidally car-centric, and they have actual bicycle infrastructure and not just these bullshit sharrows and maybe a stripe of paint on the road Yeah cyclists in the suburban commuter hellscapes of the US and Canada aren't dying because they don't wear helmets, they're dying because at best they get a designated gutter they're allowed to ride in, and at worst they're expected to mix-in with regular traffic. Should definitely still wear a helmet but like the issue isn't the strip of green paint designating a "safe" part of the six-lane freeway for people on bicycles.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:You're #30, right behind Three Olives Oh that’s kind of disappointing
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Mx. posted:AITA for telling my roommate his autism isn’t my problem? Also aversion issues can be worked around, the mother is 100% the problem. You know those long-arm picking tools used to clean streets? That, plus something to hold a trash bag open. Or just Ikea salad tongs, those are easily cleaned.
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I don't understand how better bike infrastructure makes bikes shorter or concrete softer, but okay. (wear a loving helmet)
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CharlestheHammer posted:Oh that’s kind of disappointing I can help you get there if you want 
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Stats Canada had a neat study of fatalities from a few years ago that showed 73% of cyclist fatalities were motor vehicles collisions. Not wearing a helmet was still a major factor (roughly 1/3rd of all dead were not wearing helmets [though in more than 50% of cases it wasn't known if there were helmets involved at all]) but even so it's clear that by far the biggest cause is not the helmet or lack thereof but the fact that people on bikes are expected to share the road or squeeze themselves into the gutters with F150s and busses and dumptrucks and idiot teenagers in Honda Civics. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-625-x/2019001/article/00009-eng.htm Without a doubt wear a helmet! But building proper cycling infrastructure - i.e. blow up every American and Canadian city and build New Amsterdam's in their place - is going to save infinitely more lives than helmets.
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CharlestheHammer posted:Oh that’s kind of disappointing I mean bear in mind BravestOfThe Lamps is only 8th on that list, it's really hard to crack that top ten man.
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DeeplyConcerned posted:I found the ultimate solution: Claim denied for not having taken necessary precautions prior to riding the bike. You're now being sued for attempted insurance fraud.
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DaysBefore posted:Stats Canada had a neat study of fatalities from a few years ago that showed 73% of cyclist fatalities were motor vehicles collisions. Not wearing a helmet was still a major factor (roughly 1/3rd of all dead were not wearing helmets [though in more than 50% of cases it wasn't known if there were helmets involved at all]) but even so it's clear that by far the biggest cause is not the helmet or lack thereof but the fact that people on bikes are expected to share the road or squeeze themselves into the gutters with F150s and busses and dumptrucks and idiot teenagers in Honda Civics. You don't have to blow things up. Amsterdam was like that, and then they just added some concrete and paint and trees to the big urban roads to narrow the driving lanes and add grade separated bike lanes and then they suddenly had a more walkable (and also more driveable btw) city. Obviously stop building things in the dumb way were doing it now, but the retrofit isn't actually a huge burden. It only seems like a huge deal because cities are used to allocating ten bucks a year to bike infrastructure and 17 billion to widening the freeway.
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Motronic posted:I don't understand how better bike infrastructure makes bikes shorter or concrete softer, but okay. Yeah, I've known guys who went rear end over handlebars with no cars involved and it can get pretty grisly. Dr. Stab posted:and then they suddenly had a more walkable (and also more driveable btw) city. This is the kicker--the more car-friendly your transportation infrastructure is the worse it is to actually drive in. the holy poopacy fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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Captain Hygiene posted:
You have to get on a waiting list before you can get on a waiting list wtf? I'm so glad I do not care about the cult of Disney at all. While I do agree places in the US are way too car focused and it would help to add more infrastructure to bikes until that happens cyclists need to follow the rules of the road like stopping at stop signs. I've almost splattered a few people while driving because they just cycle across the road while I have the right of way and they have a stop sign. And no I'm not talking about they do a rolling stop or whatever or that its a 4-way stop, I'm talking people who never even slow down and its like they are daring me to hit them. This is just in a neighborhood too so its not like they are bike messengers.
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And I thought I hated weddings already. Good god
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Cyclists may or may not be required to actually stop at stop signs depending on the state. If it’s only a two-way stop and someone is driving through the other way, then yeah obviously you should stop so you don’t get run over. But where I am, you’re allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs.
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People in Amsterdam die to bad spills and drunken collisions same as anywhere else. They’re just less likely to be murdered by car culture specifically. Wear a helmet.
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How much do you think it would be for Mickey to watch as you consummate your marriage on your honey moon? Is it by hour or is it included in the package.
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DrManiac posted:How much do you think it would be for Mickey to watch as you consummate your marriage on your honey moon? Is it by hour or is it included in the package. If it takes place on Disney property, Mickey has the right of primae noctis.
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Goofy probably costs more anyway.
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I'm into some pretty sick poo poo so I hired a dog and a few mice to watch me gently caress
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wizardofloneliness posted:Cyclists may or may not be required to actually stop at stop signs depending on the state. If it’s only a two-way stop and someone is driving through the other way, then yeah obviously you should stop so you don’t get run over. But where I am, you’re allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs. Yes it’s stupid to have two different standards for vehicles sharing a road. This also encourages cyclists to split lanes which should be illegal. There’s a lot of things that should be done to reduce bike fatalities and a part of it does include “having cyclists obey basic rules of the road.” My city finally made splitting lanes illegal, thankfully.
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DeeplyConcerned posted:I found the ultimate solution: Consider: he might just end up becoming an expensive vegetable if the brain injury doesn't kill him
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CharlestheHammer posted:Oh that’s kind of disappointing like ur posting
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carrionman posted:I worked for a storage unit company as a high school job, probably 80% of the units were just stuff that didn't fit in people's garages, extra furniture, classic cars stuff like that. Motronic posted:Yes. Because a closet is a normal thing that comes with normal housing and a storage unit is a $300+ bill per month for things they typically aren't worth that amount and never will be. Seriously, you should see the absolute poo poo people keep in storage units. Your Ikea furniture from college isn't going to be any good by the time your kids go to school, they don't want it, and you could have paid for new stuff with how much the storage costs. Or "special" furniture. Those are the ones paying even more for climate controlled. When do you think yo'ure going to be able to use this stuff? Is it waiting for your "dream house?" How much longer is that going to take to every be able to afford when you're pissing away an extra $500/mo? Also that textbooks are so expensive they mess with people's brains. The system is designed so that you never get that two hundred dollars back! trickybiscuits fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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Any textbooks that aren't primary references and are solely teaching books aren't worth keeping in the slightest because they churn out new ones as fast as they can. It's amazing how academic books became more disposable then cheap harlequin paperback novels you can buy for $5 while costing a car payment.
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DrManiac posted:How much do you think it would be for Mickey to watch as you consummate your marriage on your honey moon? Is it by hour or is it included in the package. An hour? Like what happens after the first 3 minutes? trickybiscuits posted:National Geographic is awesome but thinking they have value will ruin your brain. An instructor when I was in library school specifically said to turn down anybody who tries to donate National Geographic magazines as if it happened all the time (it does). One of my library school instructors once made a joke about libraries going around dumping them in other libraries book returns. No one wants them.
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pentyne posted:Any textbooks that aren't primary references and are solely teaching books aren't worth keeping in the slightest because they churn out new ones as fast as they can. Anyway, have some appallingly bad advice from Ask Amy! quote:Dear Amy: My in-laws are in town. They are staying at our apartment.
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nashona posted:An hour? Like what happens after the first 3 minutes? The actor sits there rethinking their life
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wizardofloneliness posted:Goofy probably costs more anyway.
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nashona posted:An hour? Like what happens after the first 3 minutes? Mickey gets a turn
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Prima Moustis
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rain dogs posted:Mickey gets a turn I'm gonna go for that sloppy seconds, ha-ha.
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Mr. Lobe posted:Consider: he might just end up becoming an expensive vegetable if the brain injury doesn't kill him man... whats the saying, dont try and reinvent the wheel? I guess that's why the ol' acid vat gets a lot of use.
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DeeplyConcerned posted:man... whats the saying, dont try and reinvent the wheel? I guess that's why the ol' acid vat gets a lot of use. Collecting insurance without a body would be pretty hard.
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nashona posted:An hour? Like what happens after the first 3 minutes? Depends on if you paid for the basic shaming package or the deluxe cucking package.
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Upgrade posted:Yes it’s stupid to have two different standards for vehicles sharing a road. This also encourages cyclists to split lanes which should be illegal. For low-traffic areas it makes sense (I grew up in a rural area where "red as stop" counted for cars as well outside of rush hour, whether it was on the books or not) but it adds extra ambiguity as the traffic density picks up. I live near a busy 4-way stop with a major bike lane and the last thing I want when asking "do I need to hesitate on my turn because that approaching cyclist is going to blow right through" is the knowledge that they may mistakenly believe they're entitled to do so. The law (at least Oregon's version) does not grant extra right-of-way privileges, it allows for additional actions when you already have right-of-way. But honestly I think the law just adds extra anxiety for me as a driver and doesn't actually increase the number of reckless cyclists. The problem ones were biking as if their legs having to do some extra work was as important as an ambulance's siren for decades before this law.
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limp_cheese posted:You have to get on a waiting list before you can get on a waiting list wtf? I'm so glad I do not care about the cult of Disney at all. I drive and bike regularly and a lot of cyclists I see in this city are downright suicidal. Most frequently it's cyclists trying to squeeze past a right turning car, on the right side.
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Upgrade posted:Yes it’s stupid to have two different standards for vehicles sharing a road. This also encourages cyclists to split lanes which should be illegal. The most dangerous spot for a cyclist is sharing an intersection with a car. They need to be granted additional opportunites to cross intersections without sharing the crossing with cars. In the absence of seperate bike-only signal cycles, cyclists will bend and break laws to ensure their own safety. By "splitting lanes" do you mean taking a whole lane? Cyclists absolutely need that power. Cars should not have the legal authority to bully cylists into gutter and double-parked cars that blockade bike lanes.
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DoctorWhat posted:By "splitting lanes" do you mean taking a whole lane? Cyclists absolutely need that power. Cars should not have the legal authority to bully cylists into gutter and double-parked cars that blockade bike lanes. It's the opposite of that. It's cyclists coming up between cars that are in adjacent lanes (as in riding on the dotted white line). Or people on motorcycles overtaking cars this way. It has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with getting around faster and flouting the traffic laws which in different circumstances people will demand must be followed/apply to bikes, like you just did.
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Cars should have to pull over and come to a complete stop if a bike wants to use the road.
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Tendales posted:Cars should have to pull over and come to a complete stop if a bike wants to use the road. 100% unironically yes.
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AITA for using my boyfriend's PS savings to buy a new camera?quote:My 24f boyfriend 26m asked if he could have my camera to take with him to the beach with his friends. I said no but he took it anyway and didn't tell me. He then came home to tell me that it broke. I was furious because 1) I never gave him permission to take it. and 2) it's an expensive camera. I demanded that he pay me for a replacement but he kept stalling saying he didn't have money.
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