We only have to convince people to hate one more car than they already despise.

  • ninjakitty7
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    811 months ago

    Are there people here who don’t know that? You’re preaching to the choir.

    • Aesthesiaphilia
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      311 months ago

      Are there people here who don’t know that?

      Yes. Quite a few. Plenty of terminally online cyclists think motorists are intentionally trying to run them over, it’s insane. Like literal mental illness levels of persecution complex. Every time fuckcars pops up on my feed I see it at least once and call it out.

      • @frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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        911 months ago

        If you don’t think there are some drivers that actively try to scare cyclists off the road then you don’t ride a bike. Hint: they often drive black lifted pickup trucks with tinted windows; you know the type.

        • Aesthesiaphilia
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          211 months ago

          Sure but that’s because they’re assholes, not because they own a vehicle. They’re like that outside of their Small Penis Cope Machines too. They litter, they’re rude, etc.

          • @frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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            411 months ago

            Earlier you said:

            Plenty of terminally online cyclists think motorists are intentionally trying to run them over

            And I have explained why cyclists know that some drivers are indeed aggressive towards them: punishment passes, honking, etc.

            Sure but that’s because they’re assholes, not because they own a vehicle

            That is moving the goalposts. It’s easier to admit that you were wrong and we can all move on.

            • Aesthesiaphilia
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              211 months ago

              I said

              motorists

              You said

              some drivers

              The brain rot cyclists I’m talking about think all drivers hate cyclists. Everyone knows these assholes hate cyclists. Some of the terminally online types think everyone behind the wheel is like them

              • @frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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                211 months ago

                It only takes one crash to injure or kill a cyclist – there’s no such thing as a fender bender when you are on two wheels.

                Try commuting by bike for a month and you will understand why cyclists are so distrustful of cars in North America. It’s a lot scarier than drivers realize.

                • Aesthesiaphilia
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                  111 months ago

                  Our job as sapient beings is to rise above things that scare us and still discuss them rationally.

      • johnlawrenceaspden
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        11 months ago

        Nah, we think you’re on your phone, asleep at the wheel, halfwitted, careless, angry and frustrated and in a hurry.

        And you don’t really remember the highway code, because that was some guff you had to study for an exam when you were eighteen. Nobody really drives like that, right?

        And you’ve usually been driving for more than an hour so your minds aren’t really on the job.

        And you’ve got the music on really high and it keeps distracting you at important moments.

        The few drivers who actually are soulless malevolent murderers who enjoy the thought of running over pedestrians and cyclists really make the other 90% look bad though.