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Soylent Pudding posted:AITA for using my boyfriend's PS savings to buy a new camera? Take $80 worth of his things.
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bltzn posted: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. Being in the UK this is on the left for a left turn but I believe according to the new Highway Code rules regarding bicycles, the cyclist has right of way in this situation. I can understand this from a complete stop at a junction but I wouldn’t have the balls to charge and undertake a turning vehicle while muttering “right of way” through clenched teeth.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:14
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DoctorWhat posted: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. Yep as Motronic said it’s the opposite. So many times I’m sitting at a red light and some cyclists wedges themselves between the right side of my car and a parked car, and it’s like, what do I do? The solution is for bikes to be treated as cars. You take up the whole lane.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:16
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You could just let bikes ride on the sidewalk. I'm 100% serious.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:21
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I had to look that up after I was surprised that a bicyclist pulled up and passed me on the right as I was at a stoplight, ready to turn right just as the light turned green. All I remember finding was that the usual passing clearance spacing for two-wheeled vehicles was waived if they're human powered. It's like, yeah buddy, I saw you coming up there but that's not something I'd gamble on with the local drivers even if it is legal.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:22
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Upgrade posted:Yep as Motronic said it’s the opposite. When I first got my bike here in the city I kept muttering "I'm a car, I'm a car" while on the road outside of a lane to remind myself until I got it right. City driving/biking is scary as heck coming from the middle of nowhere, there's less space and everyone scrunches up a lot closer.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:26
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trickybiscuits posted:
"Don't feel like she's crossing boundaries, she only has free reign of your home and has displaced you and is cooking food you specifically don't like."
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Jun 5, 2022 22:31
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The right turn has to be one of the most frequent causes of car-on-bike accidents, and it is entirely preventable by the cyclists taking a full lane. It pisses drivers off, but it is the safest move at pretty much any intersection regardless of if someone is waiting to turn right. Unless and until proper bike infrastructure is installed, the middle of the lane will remain the safest place for a cyclist to be anywhere that the speed limit is under 40. You are totally visible and cars can see you and go around. If you hang out next to the shoulder some of them will try to pass you in the lane and others will just not see you at all. The majority of cyclist-involved traffic deaths are caused by sharing the road with cars. I live near a busy stretch of road that connects a couple suburbs. It has some twists and turns, and the limit is 35, one lane in each direction with super narrow bike lanes painted on the side in some places. Of course people go between 40 and 50 most of the time. So if somebody stops to turn left, a lot of people will pass on the right without even slowing down, crossing the bike lane and maybe putting a wheel on the shoulder. There are also no sidewalks so you will sometimes see people walking or (usually poor, minority) women pushing strollers. I have seen the aftermath of cyclists getting creamed on that road a few times, and I am sure pedestrians get hit as well.A separate bike lane and sidewalk with a hard barrier would save lives.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:43
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I really need to go home. I can cook and everything, but there's something special about having someone make it for you. Probably touches a very primitive part of the brain.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:43
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Soylent Pudding posted:AITA for using my boyfriend's PS savings to buy a new camera? I'd like to hear him explain how him stealing the camera was an accident.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:45
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Quackles posted:You could just let bikes ride on the sidewalk. I'm not getting run over so some retired dentist can be king of the All Downtown Streets route on Strava, thanks.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:48
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Dr. Stab posted:I'd like to hear him explain how him stealing the camera was an accident.
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Jun 5, 2022 22:51
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Woozie66 posted:"Don't feel like she's crossing boundaries, she only has free reign of your home and has displaced you and is cooking food you specifically don't like." Yeah. Like - why are the in-laws staying in OP's home, if this requires OP and husband to find other accommodations? It should be the other way around. You don't kick the hosts out of their home if you're visiting. (The answer is that this lets Mommy Dearest snoop around in their home without being reigned in or discovered.)
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Jun 5, 2022 23:43
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Gotta dilligently search for and be appalled by the sex toys
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Jun 5, 2022 23:58
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Motronic posted:I don't understand how better bike infrastructure makes bikes shorter or concrete softer, but okay. Wear a loving helmet in your car, so many easily preventable deaths every year just from drivers not wearing their helmet
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Jun 6, 2022 00:00
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thetan_guy42 posted:Wear a loving helmet in your car, so many easily preventable deaths every year just from drivers not wearing their helmet Wouldn’t the equivalent be seatbelts? I assume you don’t use that as it would undermine your smugness
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Jun 6, 2022 00:03
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AITA for changing all the locks in my house without letting my mom know?quote:When I (23M) was 15 my dad died, My mom (45) didn't wait too long to "start over" and moved her new partner in just 2 months later.
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Jun 6, 2022 00:05
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thetan_guy42 posted:Wear a loving helmet in your car, so many easily preventable deaths every year just from drivers not wearing their helmet If you're in a car without a fully enclosed passenger compartment, you should almost definitely be wearing a helmet. A neck restraint device isn't a bad idea either.
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Jun 6, 2022 00:06
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Mx. posted:AITA for changing all the locks in my house without letting my mom know? Landlords vs. stepparents, the battle of the century.
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Jun 6, 2022 00:15
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Desert Bus posted:The state I live in, Indiana, doesn't have a motorcycle helmet law, and it's insane how many riders don't wear one. They do have mandatory eye protection (now).
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Jun 6, 2022 00:18
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Since we're still on the cyclist derail I just want to mention that if you're parking on the street in a high bike traffic area then please practice the Dutch Reach when you exit your car. Please carry on with the horrifying relationship posts and hot takes that make me feel less bad about being single and lonely. Cheers. 
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Jun 6, 2022 00:29
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CmdrRiker posted:Since we're still on the cyclist derail I just want to mention that if you're parking on the street in a high bike traffic area then please practice the Dutch Reach when you exit your car. This felt weird as heck when I started doing it (still does, honestly) but it works.
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Jun 6, 2022 00:40
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Whenever I read takes from non-cyclists talking about cyclists on roads I figure that must be what it is like for women hearing conservative lawmakers telling them about their bodies. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jun 6, 2022 00:52
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Lol man Cyclists sure are weirdos. Though it could just be online ones
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Jun 6, 2022 00:54
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GI_Clutch posted:Whenever I read takes from non-cyclists talking about cyclists on roads I figure that must be what it is like for women hearing conservative lawmakers telling them about their bodies. Lmao
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Jun 6, 2022 00:57
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Being a cyclist is like being a woman denied an abortion. In this essay I will
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Jun 6, 2022 00:58
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Riding on the sidewalk sucks for the rider and endangers pedestrians. Sure, the majority of people would survive getting knocked over by a cyclist, but it definitely could kill an elderly person. There have been big pushes for dedicated bike lanes where I live in Chicago and it's the simplest and safest solution for everyone.
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Jun 6, 2022 00:59
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The footpath should be twice as wide as it is now and have half of it sectioned off for cyclists.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:03
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haveblue posted:Only losers and nerds die of old age, I want to die early from severe head trauma 
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Jun 6, 2022 01:04
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Soylent Pudding posted:AITA for using my boyfriend's PS savings to buy a new camera? Boyfriend is an idiot. Her taking the money and buying a new camera is actually him getting away with it consequence free but he wants the money back too
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Jun 6, 2022 01:07
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CmdrRiker posted:the Dutch Reach 
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house of the dad posted:Riding on the sidewalk sucks for the rider and endangers pedestrians. Sure, the majority of people would survive getting knocked over by a cyclist, but it definitely could kill an elderly person. There have been big pushes for dedicated bike lanes where I live in Chicago and it's the simplest and safest solution for everyone. We have a fair amount of dedicated bike lanes here in Australia, some of which are strictly delineated with a concrete separator to keep cars out, as well as laws that state that cars must give cyclists at least 1 metre side clearance at all times. And then a certain set of cyclists decide to either cycle on the car lane side of the concrete separator where it exists, or else right down the painted line of the bike lane, rendering the adjacent car lane illegal to use by law and extremely hazardous to use in practice. Including on one lane streets.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:10
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OK, bikes can have the sidewalk, and pedestrians get the road. Cars are relegated to operating strictly on lawns and golf courses.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:14
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90% of pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers are terrible at walking, cycling, and driving, respectively.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:20
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house of the dad posted:There have been big pushes for dedicated bike lanes where I live in Chicago and it's the simplest and safest solution for everyone. Dedicated bike lanes, or as they're called by delivery truck drivers during peak commuting hours; parking spaces.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:28
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trickybiscuits posted:I just left a job at a college library where the library director partnered with some of the Bio professors- the library had an open-source Biology textbook printed and put into binders, and the professors assigned it as the text for their classes. It was cool. The advice here is fine, if a little misguided. The real problem is, why are you letting your in-laws stay at your house, if it means that you have to stay at your parents' house? It's lucky they're away. Why aren't the in-laws staying at a hotel? Is it because of the three animals? Are any of them yours? Does your husband have a spine?
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Jun 6, 2022 01:32
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AITA for proposing to my GF at my brother's wedding and posting it on social media? quote:My brother and his wife got married last week. It was a big beach wedding with about 100 people. While the bride and groom were doing their photoshoot that took an hour, the guest were walking down the beach, having some snacks that were served, talking to each other etc. We were waiting for the dinner to be served and just killing time.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:34
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Smirking_Serpent posted:AITA for proposing to my GF at my brother's wedding and posting it on social media? rear end in a top hat thing is announcing it at the wedding, not doing it, yeesh.
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Jun 6, 2022 01:58
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Breetai posted:We have a fair amount of dedicated bike lanes here in Australia, some of which are strictly delineated with a concrete separator to keep cars out, as well as laws that state that cars must give cyclists at least 1 metre side clearance at all times. Many cyclists do not trust concrete seperated lanes because they force them into bad positions if a car decides to make a right turn. This can be alleviated with aggressive daylighting of intersections and well placed bollards
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Family Friend (18F) and I (18M) started dating but our families are upset about it. We’re so confusedquote:So my now GF and I have known each other our entire lives. Our families have been friends for a long time now so we were always close. My GF and I had feelings for each other for a while but never acted on it until a few months ago. We secretly dated until 2 weeks ago when we went to Prom together. We thought everyone would think it was the coolest thing ever but they had the opposite reaction. They told us we weren’t allowed to date and that was that. I've been around reddit long enough to know how these go...  UPDATE quote:There’s good news and there’s awful news. Good news is no incest here, we’re not related. Awful news is our parents are poly and basically a foursome. We were trying to get an answer out of our parents all day yesterday but they kept giving the same BS excuses. We called my gf’s older sister to see if she knew why they didn’t want us together. We knew she would try to help us because she definitely wanted us to be together. She caught the four of them together one time a few years ago and was told to keep it a secret. She told her grandparents about it and it caused a big fight that eventually got resolved. Well... Ok... That's a new one. Hey Mom and Dad! The new generation is keeping up the tradition!
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