I dunno. It rains in Portland too but every time I'm there I see loads of people on bikes.

Given the right bicycle it's pretty easy, but that's beside the point. The question is why don't people use bike lanes that seem pretty nice on the surface of it, right? There has to be a reason other than "bikes suck and nobody wants to ride them," because in some places people go everywhere on bicycles and they love it.

So what, really, is the main difference between those places and your town, if it's not the quality of the bike lanes?

That sounds expensive. How many roads have such bike lanes? Hypothetically, if you wanted to replace a trip to the grocery store, how useful would they be?

I have literally never seen the idea of a 15 minute city being restrictive anywhere other than the ravings of Alex Jones tier wingnuts. Everybody who actually pushes the concept just thinks you should have a grocery store, a doctor's office, a library etc. near your house.

Edit: and don't get it twisted, nobody is saying you should be forced to relocate either, it's a guideline for urban planning.

If people aren't using the bike lanes it's usually because they're shit bike lanes.

They are quite similar, to the point that redbacks are sometimes called "Australian black widows" over here

Ah, but if we're splitting hairs then we must consider that none of the wee beasties in the image are true bugs.

Imagine if Google had simply not made Google Search shit

Can we not? MTG could look like Sofia Vergara and she'd still be an ugly piece of shit. All commenting on her appearance does here is make decent people feel bad about themselves. Transphobia doesn't suddenly become acceptable because you're trying to turn it back on somebody evil.

ACAB is a slogan. It's not factual in the strictest sense but it captures a truth. Statistically speaking, there is at least one good cop. Maybe even two. Real Andy Griffith, Carlton Lassiter types. Their existence does not change the fact that the system is rotten to the very core, and their tacit support for that system makes them bastards, even if they themselves have never abused anyone or covered for a colleague's malpractice. Good cops exist, but they don't last very long.

And as the sibling comment pointed out, institutionally speaking the RCMP is a god awful example if you're trying to make a case for good cops.

Streisand effect

earlier than initially projected

There's that phrase again. If only someone had warned us loudly and repeatedly.