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I’ve actually never had anyone in a monster truck tell me I should buy a monster truck. So…by unfortunate definition…

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32 points

I’ve had a million people in monster trucks tell me to buy one, you’re point is BS.

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-1 points

“you’re” is an abbreviation for “you are”

You wanted “your point…”

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-1 points

Great job, you fixed an autocorrect error. I hope your waste of half a minute was worth it to add nothing to anyone’s life.

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56 points

I’ve never had someone on a bicycle roll coal at me.

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21 points

A little fart maybe

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Wind powered

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43 points

Either way, around here I almost always see both end up doing stupid shit on the road. I don’t give a fuck what you’re driving. Obey the rules of the road, follow the flow of traffic, be aware of your surroundings, and for fucks sake, signal properly and clearly! Nobody’s in a race. We can all get where we’re going safely and timely if y’all just stop acting like you’re escaping a war zone!

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couldn’t agree with you more… can’t tell you how many times I’ve nearly been hit by another car all because they cut in front of me suddenly, not signaling, naturally, and just sped off like they’re in a race. I will see ppl going nearly 100mph in the interstate, just weaving back and forth between lanes. will never understand why ppl have to be in such a damn rush all the time. what’s the point of getting somewhere 2 minutes sooner if you hurt or possibly kill someone along the way? worst part of it is that the cops here never seem to be around to keep assholes like that in check.

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5 points

Oh it’s constant here, and they all act like you’re the problem. So many fatal accidents every year, pedestrians killed, at least one fatality due to people racing. Constant hit and runs. It’s like driving in GTA.

I just took a client to the mall a couple hours ago. On our way, we watched someone honk at the person next to me/in front of them at an intersection, they then tailgated them until the other person changed lanes, threw their drink, and screamed out the window. The driver’s crime, as far as I can tell, was because they didn’t move in the millisecond between when the light turned green and the psycho behind them lost their mind.

We’re in the off season now, too. Don’t even get me started when the tourists come!

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3 points

plenty of hit and runs where I’m at also, especially for pedestrians. the amount of accidents even in just a week is scary. exactly! it’s almost like driving the speed limit is the crime now. there’s ppl who will pass on a non passing road just to get ahead of me bc I’m apparently driving too slowly. just the other day I got honked at bc the left turn light had just turned green, but the person in front of me hadn’t even started turning yet. no one has a speck of patience on the road. I just want to know why lmao

ffs, seriously? that’s such an extreme response. and it’s truly so mind blowing to me that there’s ppl who view pedestrian life as secondary to getting where they need to be. I’ve seen drivers swerve past pedestrians as they’re crossing and honk at them and everything. it’s wild out here.

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9 points

The difference is that one of the two can be use has a lethal weapon. I’ll let you guess wich one.

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-91 points

One gets accused of being an inbred redneck as they “roll coal” at the other one, while the other one sneers at regular people. They’re both bags of rancid dicks for very different reasons.

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18 points

“Regular people” meaning the masses who have normalized shitty and selfish behavior. The sneers are well fucking earned.

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-13 points

Regular people meaning people who know someone else using a bicycle doesn’t harm them in any way therefore they don’t care. The truck guy and the bike guy however won’t stfu about it.

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18 points

I don’t know about where you live. But here cyclists stick to the cycling paths almost all the time. A simple chime or ring from their bell will do just fine to let people know if they’re coming. No need for sneering buddy. Let go of your anger.

Also, fuck cars.

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33 points

YTA

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-12 points

Right on 👍

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4 points

Most people who ride bikes just ride bikes. And a minority are what you call “cyclists”.

You’re lumping them all together and are part of the problem. Dick.

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7 points

New contender for “worst take of 2023”

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18 points

If you actively roll coal, you deserve whatever insult thrown at you.

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3 points

No more cars!!

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-2 points

girls bike or small dick energy hmm

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11 points

It’s a commuter bike. Most bikes in the US are sports bikes, designed for athletes. Most bikes in the Netherlands are commuter bikes, designed for average people. It’s not “small dick energy” for a man to not be an athlete. That’s toxic masculinity that harms men. It’s misandrist and it upholds patriarchy. Part of destroying patriarchy is liberating men from judgement like this.

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14 points

I am pretty sure “small dick energy” refers to the truck

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3 points

Good point, but calling a commuter bike a girl’s bike because it’s not for athletes has the same problem.

I for one think men should be allowed to have a comfy and easy ride to work or the grocery store no matter what their fitness level

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21 points

Lots of manufacturers stop calling that frame shape woman’s bikes, but rather find terms like step through or low step and so on to be better suited. This frame design is a lot more accessible for people who aren’t as mobile anymore (think old people, people with hip problems, heavy people) and are also much easier to handle with tall cargo on the back, typical example would be a child seat.

For the average person, this frame design is probably preferable as there are no benefits to the typical male frame shape.

My parents think it looks odd when a guy sits on one of these, but then my parents are in their sixties :>

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9 points

I don’t understand why there’s even a difference? Seems like that frame design would work great for everyone?

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1 point

They were originally made so that a woman could ride a bicycle while wearing a dress or skirt.

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12 points

Since I am a father and decided to bring my kid with me on bike rides, I needed that frame. It’s just convenient to not have to Jean Claude Van Damme before each ride.

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2 points

I bought a step through because of the child seat too. Luckily before I dropped cash on a new bike I had already discovered that there is no way to swing your leg over the bike frame when a child seat is attached.

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7 points

The disadvantage is higher weight for the same structural strength because the lower and upper tube are closer together (or combined into one tube) so the leverage is much less.

I dont mind the “mens” frame, but if other people want to use a low step frame I am not going to call them sissies or something stupid like that.

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12 points

girl bike please :3

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7 points

They’re also called “step through frame bikes” in places where people don’t associate them with cycling in a skirt

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1 point

they were girl’s bike when I was a kid, 70s. I’d ride it. heck I’d put on a skirt and ride it just to piss off the dork in the monster truck

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