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WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?

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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2070 on: May 17, 2021, 04:03:22 PM »
Damn, them cows sure are nosey bastards.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2071 on: May 17, 2021, 04:42:21 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 17, 2021, 03:57:48 PM
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/2-bicyclists-hit-by-suspected-drunken-driver-near-sebastopol/
The saddest part of that article is the amount of adware it wants to install on my device.

Newspapers are the worst. Why are newspapers the worst?
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2072 on: May 17, 2021, 04:47:42 PM »
Their last gasp?
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2073 on: May 17, 2021, 04:59:16 PM »
Quote from: fucking on May 17, 2021, 04:42:21 PM
The saddest part of that article is the amount of adware it wants to install on my device.

Newspapers are the worst. Why are newspapers the worst?

I would have said web pages with recipes, but I'll allow it.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2074 on: May 17, 2021, 05:07:38 PM »
Downloader and porn piracy sites are pretty awful, but at least they're illegitimate.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2075 on: May 17, 2021, 06:20:53 PM »
Cry me a river about bicycling scofflaws.  If I had a dime for every time I’ve seen a motorist run a red light, do a rolling stop at an intersection, or get out of the car to pee on the side of the road, I’d be a millionaire. 

Cars are a public health menace, especially with the increased risks of distracted driving.  In the U.S. in 2018, over 2,800 people were killed and an estimated 400,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.   About 1 in 5 of the people who died in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2018 were not in vehicles―they were walking, riding their bikes, or otherwise outside a vehicle. 
https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/distracted_driving/index.html#:~:text=In%20the%20U.S.%20in%202018,crashes%20involving%20a%20distracted%20driver

Now let’s look at the subsidies given to the automobile industry.  Over the past 40 years U.S. states have been vying for new auto plants, with 17 states granting $17 billion in tax breaks, job training funds, infrastructure development and other incentives to woo investment from domestic and foreign automakers.  Tesla has received $1.3 billion from STOOPID Nevada, and over $100 million more from California.  Fucking welfare queens!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-mazda-jobs-factbox/factbox-u-s-states-woo-automakers-with-17-billion-in-subsidies-since-1976-idUSKBN1AK2BI

And for those who think bicyclists are arrogant pricks (ok, maybe the weekend warriors who wear tight-fitting clothing), just walk into a Lexus, BMW, Audi or Mercedes dealership.  Loaded with shallow twits, willing to spend $40,000+ on a car.   What a waste of money, just to commute from point A to point B, often in congested traffic crawling along at less than 20 miles an hour.     

#cars-r-coffins
#certifiedshitbox
#lifeistooshortfortraffic
#ijustdidn’tseeyou
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2076 on: May 17, 2021, 06:31:05 PM »
Quote from: alum74 on May 17, 2021, 06:20:53 PM
Cry me a river about bicycling scofflaws.  If I had a dime for every time I’ve seen a motorist run a red light, do a rolling stop at an intersection, or get out of the car to pee on the side of the road, I’d be a millionaire. 

Cars are a public health menace, especially with the increased risks of distracted driving.  In the U.S. in 2018, over 2,800 people were killed and an estimated 400,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.   About 1 in 5 of the people who died in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2018 were not in vehicles―they were walking, riding their bikes, or otherwise outside a vehicle. 
https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/distracted_driving/index.html#:~:text=In%20the%20U.S.%20in%202018,crashes%20involving%20a%20distracted%20driver

Now let’s look at the subsidies given to the automobile industry.  Over the past 40 years U.S. states have been vying for new auto plants, with 17 states granting $17 billion in tax breaks, job training funds, infrastructure development and other incentives to woo investment from domestic and foreign automakers.  Tesla has received $1.3 billion from STOOPID Nevada, and over $100 million more from California.  Fucking welfare queens!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-mazda-jobs-factbox/factbox-u-s-states-woo-automakers-with-17-billion-in-subsidies-since-1976-idUSKBN1AK2BI

And for those who think bicyclists are arrogant pricks (ok, maybe the weekend warriors who wear tight-fitting clothing), just walk into a Lexus, BMW, Audi or Mercedes dealership.  Loaded with shallow twits, willing to spend $40,000+ on a car.   What a waste of money, just to commute from point A to point B, often in congested traffic crawling along at less than 20 miles an hour.     

#cars-r-coffins
#certifiedshitbox
#lifeistooshortfortraffic
#ijustdidn’tseeyou

sounds like distracted drivers are the menace

but then again I wouldn't expect someone who probably think guns and not people kill people to get it...
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2077 on: May 17, 2021, 06:38:41 PM »
Let.me know when union bicycle manufacturing workers make the same coin as the autoworkers, road repair people, etc.! Let's just go back to going across the county in covered wagons while we are at it!
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2078 on: May 17, 2021, 06:42:07 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 17, 2021, 12:22:21 PM
You could probably read that back to yourself 30 times and not find your error.

That's right, he completely ignored the stop sign before he got flattened by two cars. My bad.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2079 on: May 17, 2021, 06:43:18 PM »
The only good song about bicycles isn't even about bicycles.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2080 on: May 17, 2021, 06:47:04 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 17, 2021, 03:53:17 PM
The story is just an amalgam of pretty much 25% of posts on Nextdoor, not a real story.

If it were a real story, I would have shook my head and picked up the bag myself, because I'm a goddamn socialist.

Fake news! Straight from the Saul Alinsky cycling playbook!
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2081 on: May 17, 2021, 08:05:11 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on May 17, 2021, 06:38:41 PM
Let.me know when union bicycle manufacturing workers make the same coin as the autoworkers, road repair people, etc.! Let's just go back to going across the county in covered wagons while we are at it!

I think your Prius was made in Japan by non-union, temporary low-wage workers from China and Vietnam.   
https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-dark-side-of-the-toyota-prius

Or maybe it was made in China by communists.
https://motorandwheels.com/where-is-toyota-prius-made/#:~:text=an%20American%20Company%3F-,Where%20Are%20Toyota%20Prius%20Being%20Made%3F,as%20one%20Prius%20in%20December

Looks like those scumbag Toyota corporate bigwigs sided with Trump to try to undermine state vehicle emission standards. 
https://blog.ucsusa.org/jonna-hamilton/toyota-is-siding-with-trump-im-just-one-of-many-angry-prius-owners

And their U.S. auto plants are located in the south to avoid UAW contracts.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2019/02/where-is-toyota-from-and-where-are-toyotas-made-.html
https://www.uniontrack.com/blog/foreign-manufacturing

Sell your non-union, foreign-made Prius.  You can get a bike made in Detroit or Milwaukee.   Some even come with electric, pedal-assist motors. 
https://usamadeproducts.biz/vehicles-bicycles.html

Take advantage of those Chicago bike lanes and bicycle boulevards.   And tell your employer to install a shower at work.   
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« Reply #2082 on: May 17, 2021, 08:42:22 PM »
From what I have observed over the years, 90%+ of bicyclists consistently and flagrantly ignore traffic laws, especially: 1) failing to stop at stop signs; 2) not signaling when turning or stopping; and, 3) being over a certain age (12 is popular in many jurisdictions) and riding their bike on the sidewalk. Fortunately these transgressions, while undeniably annoying to others, usually don't result in serious accidents. Of course, there are the dumbasses who ride their bikes against traffic on a busy street; they're a special kind of stupid. I'm not suggesting those morons deserve to get splattered hit by an oncoming vehicle but if it happens and the bicyclist is killed, the Darwin Award for playing chicken with a car/truck/bus (and losing) seems appropriate. I'm not disputing there are plenty of drivers who operate cars with a similar disregard for traffic laws, but that percentage is significantly lower based upon what I have witnessed. Anecdotal, of course, and YMMV. The real problem is when alcohol, texting and/or speeding come into the picture -- things some car drivers seem to integrate with alarming regularity. Thankfully, most bicyclists don't engage in texting while riding. And, as we're often painfully reminded when there is a bicyclist in our lane, they're largely incapable of speeding. 
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2083 on: May 17, 2021, 08:46:08 PM »
Quote from: dwc13 on May 17, 2021, 08:42:22 PM
bicyclists consistently and flagrantly ignore traffic laws, especially: 1) failing to stop at stop signs ...

 and riding their bike on the sidewalk.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #2084 on: May 18, 2021, 12:14:56 AM »
The employees of the Toyota auto manufacturing plant (and the feeder industries) near Princeton Indiana do pretty damned well without a union contract. They live in big houses, have boats, big trucks, campers, side by sides. All the toys. They’re living lives their parents never dreamt. It practically drives the entire economy of the area.
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