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[Bonesjones]

I'm not nearly poor enough or addicted to meth enough to do sheetrock you fucking beaner.

Sounds like something a soy-merican would admit.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

How someone fucks up that hard at that age and still lives with their father baffles me. Unless he is taking care of an elderly relative, which I doubt as it's probably the other way around, it makes me question how someone wound up in that state.

Zero percent chance that he's the breadwinner. He buys organic brown eggs (at ACME) with the egg crisis still ongoing and ACME's slightly higher-than-average prices that's $6 a carton, yet still lets them dangle off the edge of the bag (notice the egg carton on the right is one hard bump from falling out) and other pricey items, but that's poor buying habits. If he went car-free but still had a job he would almost certainly need to utilize SEPTA's service on the daily, which there's no proof of (and would have to walk or lock up the bike).

No, I mean that's a rhetorical question I already know why urabnists specifically complain about this and it's not because they actually have some vested interest in the benefit of the blue collar worker. Their obsession with trucks is because they look for any talking point to say the driver is not a real man for driving anything with any luxuries at all. They have no interest in returning trucks to the good ole days, they would rather ban you from having a truck at all. Believe me once the F-150s are gone they will still complain about your small truck.

Exactly, the "why not small trucks" is an example of motte-and-bailey bullshit. You see these photos of loading an air conditioner or a bunch of lumber on a bicycle and these retards take it 100% seriously. You think they'll ever give up on "winning"?

This is a big one though. If you've seen the parking garages or tight streets there are in older cities (asia and europe especially) you'd wish you had a smaller truck. One thing kei trucks are exceptionally good at: going down old and narrow alleys that feel like they're one and a half meters wide.

A lot of European and Asian cities were built in an era before vehicles and logistics. Georges-Eugène Haussmann did a lot to rebuild Paris and modernize its infrastructure (notably adding aqueducts, sewers, and parks, besides wide boulevards) but those sorts of projects require money and enormous political power. To urbanists, these are features and not bugs.

Imagine going to a hipster bar to drink if you can just use your car. Heated seats, good music, and you can always make another round to the gas station for more booze.
Total cityslicker biker death.

I've explained before that there are bars literally everywhere if you just want to drink (and have a bartender). But urbanists, while they have outed themselves as alcoholics, are somehow too good to settle for strip mall Mexican restaurants and inexpensive hotel bars. You can sneer at Applebee's all you want but the same Bloody Marys and mozzarella sticks are going to be available anywhere else at a 90% markup.

I'm all for riding bikes around the city, it's nice in summer and spring, but fall and winter sucks for it. If you think that a cargo bike can replace a car, you are either stupid or coping with being unable to drive.

Our bike-loving Redditor friend is firmly established as being a complete loser but the exact circumstances of why he doesn't have a car is shrouded in mystery. He buys a lot of Coca-Cola and jokes about being a "Coke addict", so it's plausible that he switched to sugar water as a way to stay clean from drinking, with the car being lost from an alcohol-induced wreck or arrest. However, that's all speculation.

 

[quaawaa]

Houston recently elected a moderate Democrat mayor, and they're now removing a major bike lane because residents complained about it taking away their parking:

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Before the bike lane, there were two lanes (it's a one way street) and two parking lanes:


After the bike lane, the road became one parking lane, one car lane, and a two way bike lane as wide as the car lane.

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Some footage of the bike lane being removed:

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Some seething:



Keep in mind that this is not a highway, but rather a quiet residential street (judging by Street View):

You should have voted for one of the most corrupt and dumbest members of Congress because of bike lanes (Shelia Jackson-Lee was his opponent):

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They want to recall the mayor over this:

Sorry, but local residents and the fire department are more important than cyclists:

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Think of the children!:

Oil money tore out the bike lane:

Nonresident loved the bike lane:



Blatant racism:

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[Xarpho's Return]

Despite the lack of formal public notice or engagement prior to the start of construction, Marlene Gafrick, the advisor on mobility and transportation issues for Houston Mayor John Whitmire, said "the community’s voice is crucial in the Austin Street bike lane project."

"We’ve received feedback from those directly affected," Gafrick wrote. "Some have noted the removal of residential street parking and trash container collection areas, as well as the blockage of a fire station’s training area. Houston Fire has confirmed that the department suspended some training due to the bike lanes."

Crux of the issue right there. The city listened to the people who actually lived and worked in the area and not some faggot cyclists who barely used it.

 

[Tread Miller]

When you search "bakery" in Paris, the two most central bakeries are outposts of a Korean chain:
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From poking around on Google, most of the "bakeries" there primarily sell pastries and coffee, not bread. They may offer bread, but most of their inventory is sweet.

You already brought it up, but I would like to add that Paris Baguette, from the experience of my friend (went to two of them in Korea) and I (went to one in the USA), is very much a pastry store as well. Usually they sell sweet stuff (e.g. donuts, bread with chocolate, macarons, etc.). I think the most "bakery"-like thing you can buy in there is croissants.

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While watching some low-view Pokémon video on YouTube, I saw this guy comment on the video (something like "Great!" or a generic positive comment, nothing specifically about anti-car stuff).

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I only bring this user up because the profile picture is just a screenshot of a Google Images search result. It's the most low-effort profile picture I have ever seen! Probably fitting, considering how these types always call for something but are too lazy to actually do anything

 

[Xarpho's Return]

You already brought it up, but I would like to add that Paris Baguette, from the experience of my friend (went to two of them in Korea) and I (went to one in the USA), is very much a pastry store as well. Usually they sell sweet stuff (e.g. donuts, bread with chocolate, macarons, etc.). I think the most "bakery"-like thing you can buy in there is croissants.

At Tous Les Jours (went there a few weeks ago on a day trip to Houston), they had a "loaf" (about 6" cubed) of their "milk bread" which is super-sweet and super-soft. And you thought regular American bread was too sweet and soft.

By the way, 4chan's "April Fools" is closing slow boards with "Department of 4chan Efficiency", /n/ was one of the ones hit.

 

[Meriasek]

Nobody is gonna steal my bike unless they wanna try and ride a fixed gear bike. It's not worth a lot and it's not convenient to ride for most. It'd be hilarious for some nog to steal my bike only to immediately die in traffic because they can't actually brake.
Granted, it's also not very convenient for me to ride. But it's fun.

 

[Kyria the Great]

On the points of a small truck, though id love to have a small truck simply due to loving them and it would be able to get most things I want, I'm not going to pretend there aren't noticeable downside to a small one.

The lack of real towing capacity is certainly to be considered if I ever get a trailer along with the fact especially an older small truck isn't exactly the safest by modern standards.

Truly safety is why cars are much bigger as even the modern Fiat 500 is a giant compared to the original. Not to mention many small cars don't have the best leg room for someone 6ft and above.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

It's funny how they claim they'll go jihad by wanting to "take up the entire lane" while seething about shared-lane markings ("sharrows"), which encourage them to do just that.

The double-think about "sharrows" is hilarious because they'll go into how they're bad because they imply that you can use sharrows when the full road should be theirs for the taking at any time, all while simultaneously demanding their "own" infrastructure and how if you even get close to it they have a right to vandalize it.

 

[TaimuRadiu]

@quaawaa​

They're cyclists. They can go on the sidewalk, or the sides of the roads.

 

[Lovely Kin]

"Moving backwards is when I can't be an obstacle to those trying to get to work."

 

[Kyria the Great]

Also I love that it's proven the mass adoption of motorized personnel transportation strongly correlates to a drop in poverty because you can go much farther out for a job. If owning a car makes you poor then why is it countries with poor car owner but to poverty really do all they can to even get the truest shit box?

 

[Althalus]

By the way, 4chan's "April Fools" is closing slow boards with "Department of 4chan Efficiency", /n/ was one of the ones hit.

I don't think it's slow boards, I think it's the whole site. I checked /x/, /fit/, /o/, and /pol/, all closed.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Also I love that it's proven the mass adoption of motorized personnel transportation strongly correlates to a drop in poverty because you can go much farther out for a job. If owning a car makes you poor then why is it countries with poor car owner but to poverty really do all they can to even get the truest shit box?

They treat cope quotes by South American despots as universal truth and use the "finance the $80k truck" strawman when it comes to "cars make you poor".

I don't think it's slow boards, I think it's the whole site. I checked /x/, /fit/, /o/, and /pol/, all closed.

Yeah I don't know either as they closed /mlp/ which had shot up to the top of the list as the most busiest board.

 

[TowinKarz]

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Remember, these are the types of people /r/fuckcars attracts.

Yeah, people who can't see WHY some things, like Mr Goodbars, are not desired by the public..... and is just flabbergast that even when provided by the money of another? Are left untouched because "Its just as good!" leaving out the fact that a lot of people don't like (and in some cases, medically can't eat) peanuts.

Its the perfect microcosm of how they live and think.... unware THEY are the human Mr Goodbar.

A comparison on 1980s pickups to modern pickups.

A 1980's non-full size pickup... That's a Chevy S10 and its not a fair comparison to a modern F-250crew cab, itself not the base model of full size Ford trucks.

For one? Chevy had a direct competitor to in the Silverado 1500 at the time that was the same size as the F-150, they weren't building that as their largest truck. (And Ford had a small truck to compete with the S10, the Ranger)

And secondly?

These "small" trucks have been regulated out of existence because they can't meet "small vehicle" emissions and tariff shenanigans have gotten rid of the menagerie of foreign small trucks that used to exist that domestics had to copy to not lose market. With no way to make them efficient enough for the liking of the EPA (but not actual customers)? And no competition? They have all gone extinct through no fault of the consumer who has long lamented that if they want a truck that can do anything? They have to buy a full size one.

 

[Midwit]

I believe in Europe, non-college "dormitories" actually exist. If I had to share a shower and toilet amongst strangers I would hope I'm incarcerated, at least there they don't expect you to pay rent.

That'd be £2,000 a month in London.

 

[Chromeo]

@quaawaa​

They're cyclists. They can go on the sidewalk, or the sides of the roads.

A lot of places do have rules/laws against cyclists riding on the sidewalk. In my state you have to be 15 or under to bike on the sidewalk. Once you're 16, you have to ride in the road as far to the right as is safe to do so, but are allowed to swerve if there is a hazard (like broken glass, branches, potholes, etc.)

 

[TheBallPit]

A lot of places do have rules/laws against cyclists riding on the sidewalk. In my state you have to be 15 or under to bike on the sidewalk. Once you're 16, you have to ride in the road as far to the right as is safe to do so, but are allowed to swerve if there is a hazard (like broken glass, branches, potholes, etc.)

A little bit of civil disobedience can go a long way toward common-sense safety.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

A lot of places do have rules/laws against cyclists riding on the sidewalk. In my state you have to be 15 or under to bike on the sidewalk. Once you're 16, you have to ride in the road as far to the right as is safe to do so, but are allowed to swerve if there is a hazard (like broken glass, branches, potholes, etc.)

I don't ever hear complaints about legislating cyclists out of existence, it's always carbrains this, infrastructure that.

 

[Chromeo]

I don't ever hear complaints about legislating cyclists out of existence, it's always carbrains this, infrastructure that.

to be fair this is a thread for "r/fuckcars," any reddit community is going to be the most retarded of any group. I do wish they'd legalize Idaho stops/rolling stops though, it's better for maintaining conservation of energy on a bike. Plus, if they get hit, fewer cyclists to post on /r/fuckcars. win-win.