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  • Plenty of people are doing their commute as their training ride because it makes sense to do so,

    Super convenient for them, but also very inconvenient for everyone else…

    Which is my entire point about some cyclists being selfish assholes and them being the minority…

    In another comment I mentioned how those selfish cyclists will always pretend they can’t be separated out, which I feel like is relevant here. And I know no amount of comments will change your mind because of that



  • I think part of it is that there are a lot of bike riders in US cities that are jerks

    A lot of the ones an average driver interacts with are…

    Especially in a city most cyclists are only on public roads on their way to/from a trail and they prioritize avoiding cars.

    It’s just because of that, you never see them or don’t notice them as you drive by.

    What everyone notices is the selfish dicks clogging up traffic, and they’re the ones who have made cycling a huge part of their identity, and they really want to pretend any criticism of them is a criticism of every bike rider, because it’s the only chance to defend the problematic ones.

    They’re a tiny minority of cyclists, and most don’t like them either.


  • The road is theirs as much as it is yours.

    People use the road to accomplish shit, going to work/school, get food, pick up kids, etc.

    Someone decked out like Lance Armstrong to make their exercise take as little physical effort as possible and uses a route that’s not planned with others in mind both in time and location is selfish. Especially people who do it during rush hour, and inconvenience 100s or even 1000s of people.

    There’s a big difference in that type of cyclist and someone that’s riding a bike in street clothes for a commute. And it doesn’t make sense to act like they’re the same.

    Like, there are loads of cities with great bike trails, but they’re not going to be great bike trails on every street. And obviously cyclists who are inconsiderate aren’t exactly rare








  • For a guy:

    You’re not going to do anything well yourself except a buzz. And even then, there’s a learning curve.

    If you’re trying to keep it long, you’re going to fuck it up.

    For medium length, there used to be an “as seen on tv” product that was basically a shop vac that pulls hair into it, and cuts it a uniform length. I don’t know if they even sell them anymore, but that would be your only option.

    If you just don’t care, start buzzing it. Do it often, like buzz today, and then buzz again after taking a shower. You’re going to miss spots and a shower in between makes the hair stand up different and easier to make it uniform

    As you get better you can start doing it every two weeks or whatever, but at first do it really often to make sure you’re not leaving patches you can’t see.








  • Nope, the wealth inequality makes them sociopaths too…

    It’s a hard reality, but if me or you had Elon’s net worth, we’d be just as fucking weird and just as dangerous to everyone else.

    Like, as much as people say it, people don’t realize how much just a single billion is. Just a single billion is enough to fuck up anyone. Like 100 million, some people might be able to remain relatively normal. But a billion would get us all.

    What you’re doing is the same as writing of the Nazi movement as Germans being intrinsically violent or sociopathic. When obviously that shit can happen anywhere.

    It’s just a very hard truth to face, so we rationalize by saying “those people” were born evil.

    No one is inherently good, just some people are properly socialized to be “good”. And we need to accept that so we stay vigilant against it.


  • Pay morally bankrupt actresses to dress up as a videogame chare ter for sex work then leak the photo to brag about it…

    Then probably all the shit Dubai princes do.

    That level of money will fuck you up, because not just the human brain, but damn near every living organism is wired to always want more.

    No matter what kind of thing you find enjoyable, if you have acces to it 24/7 then your going to get bored and move onto something more extreme.

    Why do you think all these old rich/powerful people become rapists and child molesters?

    It’s not that they were necessarily born evil, this is just the “natural result” of someone having this insane level of wealth inequality. Which honestly doesn’t even.make the top ten lists of why we need to address wealth/power inequality, but like…

    Certainly topical when trump won’t release the Epstein list because it says he raped kids.


  • What?

    The OP is asking if he can contact her family to ask why she doesn’t reply quickly enough…

    If her family doesn’t care enough to investigate why she’s not replying to them, then they’re not going to care after OP contacts.

    If they care enough that they would contact when OP asks…

    Then they would have already reached out to their own daughter/sibling/whatever if she wasn’t responding to them…

    Meaning the woman isn’t self-isolating, or her family is already trying to engage with her.

    A friend that moved away two years ago their daughter isn’t texting back and is t meeting up when possible…

    Probably just isn’t an important part of this woman’s life.

    And at some point OP has to accept that, unless they’re a stalker.