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Oh, and people who go through your E-mails and PMs looking for 'evidence' of wrongdoing. Especially people who try to claim the moral highground!
 
randycaver said:
when you pay bike tax, then you have a right to bitch.
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I do pay taxes and this, in turn, pays for the roads. Try to find an argument that isn't patently false. TIA.

GlassAss420 said:
To RyanLaughlin bicyclists ride against traffic so they can see the traffic coming and don't get blindsided by a car coming up from behind. so if a car doesn't see you and you can't get them to make eye contact you can move. Its statistically safer, kinda like its statistically safer to ride in the road than the sidewalk, cause you can see cars pulling out of driveways better and see if any cars are coming around a sharp corner.
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This is actually one of the dumbest thing you can do on a bike not to mention against the law. Don't ride against traffic.
 
alasdairm said:
100%
maybe the author is imploring you to be unemployed and stuck his plea on the microwave where many people would, undoubtedly, see it.

:)

alasdair
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i made that my mantra all day, actually. :) my friend and i discussed it for about 10 minutes after we saw it. was it really just poor grammar? or was it a suggestion to not work that day? :)

the microwave actually did not work (i wanted to heat up my coffee cake), so the author is the only one who knows the meaning to the message. :)
 
Finder said:
This is actually one of the dumbest thing you can do on a bike not to mention against the law. Don't ride against traffic.
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My thoughts exactly. You're supposed to WALK against traffic, not ride your bike against traffic.
 
pennywise said:
RE: the whole bike argument.

Whether or not roads are "made" for cars or not, the fact is that they are traveled overwhelmingly by cars, which by design travel at a faster speed than bikes, and therefore require different road conditions. Given that a bicycle travels at a much lower speed, they become moving obstacles in the road. If the speed limit of a road is 45 mph, yet your vehicle travels at a maximum of 20 mph, you will always be going slower than the other traffic, causing them to have to avoid you. When road conditions dictate that you can't see an obstacle in the road sooner than a few seconds and only a couple dozen yards, it creates an enormously dangerous situation for everyone on the road. Whether you feel entitled to ride your bike on the road, or if the law permits it, doesn't change the fact that you are sometimes threatening the lives of everyone around you. Is it really worth the sense of self righteousness you get by defiantly inserting yourself as a moving roadblock in traffic when your brains are smeared across the pavement?

All you bikers, think about how you would react if you were behind a car that was only going 10 miles an hour on the road? Moreover, think about how you would react if someone threw a 200 pound steel frame right in front of your car as you were coming around a blind turn?

I show courtesy to bikers. I slow down, I yield to them, I give them plenty of room when I pass them. Perhaps they could show me some of the same courtesy by not riding their bikes on roads where it creates incredible danger for everyone. Everyone on the road is responsible for safety, not just those in cars. And like I said, these conditions are dangerous regardless of how careful and safe one drives. The only alternative would be to go everywhere at 10 mph, which I don't think anyone can argue is a reasonable expectation.

I don't think I have an inflated sense of entitlement to resent having my life threatened.
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qft, very nicely said, my thoughts exactly.
 
People who eat loudly, and disgustingly too for that matter.

People who act like they know about something, but it's obvious they are just bullshitting.

People who are OBVIOUSLY fake to your face. Like, you know they don't like you, and they know that you know they don't like you, and they still for some stupid reason try to be nice. It's a waste of time.

And the one thing I reeeeeally can't stand [also gives me panic attacks] is when you're at the drive thru, and the other person/people DON'T KNOW what they want. =o I freak out. omgzzzz.

<3
 
Ashtonmuffin said:
People who are OBVIOUSLY fake to your face. Like, you know they don't like you, and they know that you know they don't like you, and they still for some stupid reason try to be nice. It's a waste of time.
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i wish people would own up to this. don't say hi to me because you feel obligated to do so. my feelings aren't going to get hurt if i don't like you and you don't say hi or try to have a bullshit conversation with me.

i feel you on that one!
 
this thread is funny

road rage is stupid imo--we're all trying to get somewhereok? just take a deep breath and deal with it

biggest pet peeve-the sound/feel of ice crunching under my boots/shoes
 
when people walk up/down the escalator and stop when they get to the top/bottom. just keep fucking walking! you're not gonna trip on the stairs, your foot will slide right up the little ramp thingy. even when i'm wearing 3" heels, i can manage to safely make it all the way to the top (or bottom) without stopping.

people who don't wait for passengers to get off the train/bus/elevator before trying to get on.
 
Finder said:
I do pay taxes and this, in turn, pays for the roads. Try to find an argument that isn't patently false. TIA.



This is actually one of the dumbest thing you can do on a bike not to mention against the law. Don't ride against traffic.
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you're so easy to get riled up, findy.
 
In an elevator when someone gets impatient and keeps pressing the same fucking button over and over and over

impatience on all levels is pretty irritating
 
This is just a personal peeve but I can't wear long pants with ankle socks. For some reason this irritates the hell out of me and I can't continue on until I change my socks. Maybe slightly OCD I dunno.

Oh and 1 friend of mine misuses the word 'literally'. One time she literally laughed her ass off. 8o

Oh, and people that have zero spatial awareness or just don't think it's rude to stand extremely close to others. Although I think a lot of it comes down to culture, people from Asia/Middle East are usually the worst offenders. Also adding to this is the fact I'm from a country with a density of 6.7/sq mi per person. But seriously. sometimes when I'm waiting in line in an empty store and someone feels the need to stand 30cm behind me, this drives me silently insane... I usually fake a coughing fit to see if they move and if they don't I start to wish that I could fart on cue.
 
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LoveAlways said:
impatience on all levels is pretty irritating
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Can anyone else appreciate the irony of this sentiment?

I don't mean it in an insulting way; I actually agree with you. It's just one of those odd paradoxes.
 
it's valid though.. it makes me feel all jumpy and twitchy to be around someone who is extremely impatient to the point of ridiculousness.
 
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