This is unironically true -- being forced into a car-centric mindset makes monsters out of most people
This is unironically true -- being forced into a car-centric mindset makes monsters out of most people
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Nah. Assholes will be assholes regardless of their mode of transportation. The car/bike is an instrument and a conduit that helps express one's assholeishness, but that state of mind exists even on foot where it gets even more up close and personal.
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The trope of the asshole cyclist is as accurate as the preachy vegan i.e. it’s an unfounded caricature by people who are mad that other people choose a more inconvenient way of interacting in society even though it has very little bearing/impact on them personally.
Yes there are assholes who ride bikes. Yes there are pretentious vegans. But we all know that people pretend that is the default personality and it’s all born of a completely self-inflicted defensive posture
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Selective bias then. Got it.
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You’re more right than you realize
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The difference is when a gaggle of young teens take up the sidewalk, I can walk around. When a truck comes barrelling down the road, it damages my hearing and actively threatens to kill me.
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Unequal comparison. A gaggle of teens is comparable to a wedding convoy. Slow, loud and annoying.
A truck barreling down the road is like a group of gangbangers threatening to shoot anyone who looks at them funny.
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Considering I almost get run over every other day and I've never seen a gun outside of a shooting range I'd say your comparison is unfair.
If we ignore that I live in Europe and not America, we can still look at some statistics:
In 2020 45,222 people died to guns in America.
In the same year 38,824 people died in motor vehicle accidents.They seem pretty comparable?
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"Shooting" was an just example. Think in terms of size and threat of damage. Teens - small car, gang members - truck.
The numbers do seem comparable though.
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