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How a significant part of public opinion sees people on bikes (cdn.masto.host)
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People on bikes may be rude and may not follow the rules, but can't be aggressive.

When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.

Original stripe from the Onion: https://www.theonion.com/bum-rush-hour-1846606314

Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113615912203015089

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

ALLAHU HANDLEBARS!!!

[-] jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I like the Onion's cartoons, but they're also often confusing. At least for this one, I get what it's trying to say, though the meta-ironic huge labels, extremely bad puns, (in this case also a rather incoherent speech bubble from the dad) make this a fun experience too. But other cartoons like https://theonion.com/stars-and-strips/ also have meaning that I don't get, or the godfather references or whatever. maybe others appreciate this complexity better. Is it because I'm too young, do they put references to old media often? The Godfather is from 1972. Also, do you think they're doing this big literalness in the dialogue and the huge labels just to make fun of cartoons and how they influence what you think about the characters? Or is there some trend in other cartoons, where some Cartoons are seen as special for being very literal?

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I must "Pick men" to be my sexual partners!

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well. There are some really dumb bicyclists out there.

I have a real world example from just over an hour ago. I work overnights. I have to travel to different locations during my shift on certain nights. Tonight was one of those nights. I'm headed up to a location on a city street, 40mph speed limit, when I catch sight of a cyclist in my lane when I'm maybe 20ft from him. He's peddling for his life but only doing 12-15mph or so.

Why didn't I see him until he was that close to me? Was I playing on my phone? Tired because I work overnights? No. He is a black guy, wearing a black hoodie with black sweat pants, on a bike with no reflectors on it. Riding down a city street in the middle of the night. I'm pretty sure this is the second time I've encountered this guy too (same ninja cosplay both times). The first time was at least half a year ago. Honestly I'm surprised he's still alive, or at least uncrippled to the point that he can bike.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I think most cyclists are great but there are also jackasses. when I used to have to drive to work in Houston, TX, I was coming home at night. Cyclist with no bike lights wearing all black just blew through a stop sign with a wall that ran all the way to the sidewalk. I slowed down because that intersection has poor visibility and people just yolo'd through it frequently, else i'd've hit them. I did notice one thing as they shot out: white earbuds in so also not listening to what's going on around then.

[-] vzq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So you almost ran a guy over, but it’s his fault for being black?

I mean, that’s one way to live your life.

EDIT: just saw the user name. Totally ate the onion. Leaving the comment up to commemorate my shameful action.

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[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

That's why your car has lights. If someone could have spray painted a garbage can black, filled it with bricks, and put it in the street, would you have smashed into it and damaged your bumper? If the answer is yes, then you were going too fast. Drivers have a responsibility to drive to the conditions. You're the one operating the deadly machinery.

Could he have benefitted from putting on reflectors? Sure, yes he could have. But that is a decision for his own benefit, it doesn't affect you. If he's an idiot, then he's only being an idiot to himself. If a car driver is an idiot, then someone else could die. That's why idiots should all be on bicycles.

[-] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Some years ago in the Netherlands, I was cycling home through a pitch black cycling path covered by trees (so not even moonlight) with my very decent bike light illuminating the path ahead of me.

Before I could even process that there was another cyclist coming towards me, a dark figure zips past so closely that I feel their jacket brush my left hand. It startled me so much that I needed to stop and catch my breath. I could only imagine what would have happened if I had hit him head on with us both going 25 km/h.

I'm curious to hear how that incident was my fault.

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[-] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I am normally a pedestrian and I fucking hate bikes as they are silent, fast and either used by 45+ old men that never got to do Tour de France or people with barley enough control to chew gum ans breath at the same time.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

True for bicyclists and motorcyclists.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.

I won't be very sure about that. A pistol has better ADS afterall :P

Funnily, the exact opposite tends to happen to me a lot of times. With the cars just slowly closing in on me from the side.

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