Comment on Anon finds a plot hole

• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Do those motors keep the rain and snow off you?

  And look at all these single non-parents trying to tell everyone they should only use a bike…

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  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Don’t forget that most of them live in dense urban areas as well, and to say they “look down” on those who don’t would be an absurd understatement.

    Like, I moved to a place that is aiming to be an entirely walkable town, but it’s not there yet. The pandemic put a lot of the development on hold and things are finally getting back up to speed now. My closest grocery store was going to be two blocks away,but that was scrapped. There’s one being built that will be a 30 minute bike ride away. Currently, the closest one(s) are ~10 miles away. I work a job that is entirely possible to do remotely, but the execs have forced us all back into the office, ~20 miles away. I drive a hybrid because I can’t afford a full EV right now. My home’s power is nuclear and solar.

    Some of the chucklefucks in these comment sections act like I’m personally clear cutting the rainforests because I dare to say that I require a car in my current life situation. Motherfuckers, I’m doing all I personally can. So go sabotage some private jets, or locally campaign for more bike lanes and public transit solutions, and get off my balls.

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    • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      they “look down” on those who don’t would be an absurd understatement.

      These discussions are never about rural areas. No one is going to a rural town and installing bike lanes. No one is suggesting 20 miles of bike lanes go in where you live. It’s always about putting in bike lanes and transit where it makes sense

      Some of the chucklefucks in these comment sections act like I’m personally clear cutting the rainforests because I dare to say that I require a car in my current life situation

      People are chastising you for arguing people in cities that could easily bike need to drive a car. That’s what you’re doing. People say we should have bikes and transit in cities and you come out arguing against it

      Keep driving your car. No one is taking it away from you, no matter where you live. We just want the option to bike or take transit in our communities. We don’t currently have that option because suburban and rural people constantly fight urban transit tooth and nail

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      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        These discussions are never about rural areas. No one is going to a rural town and installing[…]

        That’s… not what I’m talking about at all in regards to people talking down about people who live outside of urban centers. There are people out here actively calling people maga chuds based entirely on the environment they live in.

        People are chastising you for arguing people in cities that could easily bike need to drive a car. That’s what you’re doing.

        Oh fuck off, I’ve done no such thing.

        You’re only feeding my point and getting all bent up about shit I didn’t say. Thank you for at least explicitly stating the strawman you’ve imagined me to be.

        suburban and rural people constantly fight urban transit tooth and nail

        Citation fucking needed. How would someone outside one of the cities in question have any influence on those decisions, and more importantly, why in the fuck would they even care?

        I personally have the displeasure of knowing plenty of god awful nimbys, and they’re all upper class urbanites worried that their little nest egg(s) in the wealthy parts of my local city will lose value.

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    • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Like, I moved to a place that is aiming to be an entirely walkable town, but it’s not there yet. The pandemic put a lot of the development on hold and things are finally getting back up to speed now. My closest grocery store was going to be two blocks away, but that was scrapped. There’s one being built that will be 3 miles away, so bike-able when it’s finally fucking opened.

      That sounds like it’s not a walkable town then, not even close. Even my shithole city has multiple grocery stores and cafes on every block, and a lot of people still drive.

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  • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are carts you can pull behind your bike that your kids can ride in. Some of them even have up to 4 seats for kids

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also they have fairings for the rider you can buy to be your windshield basically

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You haven’t seen American roads, have you? They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places

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      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places

        Yes, good, and why is that? Keep that thought going.

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  • Cruel@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Seriously. Last winter here was -25 C. Miserable for bike rides.

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    • j_overgrens@feddit.nl ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t bike that day. Bike the other 364.

      Sent to you from the Netherlands where people still cycle in hurricanes.

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      • Cruel@programming.dev ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s that way for a good 3 months.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thank you, Not Just Bikes, for finally giving us this video when someone pretends that winters are normally -25°C.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Could you summarize I don’t have half an hour right now

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  • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your partner can just ride on a second bike. What a concept, I know!

    If your kids are younger than 6 yo, they can probably fit in a cart behind your bike. If they are older, they can ride a bike themselves. This is the norm in many places in europe now.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I really want to train my cat to ride in the cart

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• Cruel@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Those same vehicles also have a 4-wheel model that’s pretty nice.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Three wheel is lighter and more efficient

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