| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! 07:47 - Aug 30 with 1515 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/30/why-do-some-people-hate-cyc
"I felt like a bit of a legend when I started cycling in London 18 years ago. Everyone was always congratulating me on my bravery. “Oh, you wouldn’t catch me on a bike,” people would say if they spotted my helmet or the cycling shorts peeking out beneath my dress. “Far too dangerous.”
I wonder what pronoun they use. |  |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:50 - Aug 30 with 1465 views | ZXBlue |
Why are you slipping transphobia into an inane comment about cyclists? |  | | |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:56 - Aug 30 with 1445 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:50 - Aug 30 by ZXBlue |
Why are you slipping transphobia into an inane comment about cyclists? |
So he can spend the next 20 posts saying that wasn’t what he meant in the first place and people are simply misunderstanding his op. |  |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:08 - Aug 30 with 1418 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:56 - Aug 30 by GlasgowBlue |
So he can spend the next 20 posts saying that wasn’t what he meant in the first place and people are simply misunderstanding his op. |
It is meant as a light hearted observation on a poorly constructed opening paragraph by a journalist. The last sentence was merely added as a pointer to what I was referring to with the title for the mentally challenged.
I guess the law already exists re. flashing but whatever......
Now tell me what you think I meant! | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:18 - Aug 30 with 1370 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:50 - Aug 30 by ZXBlue |
Why are you slipping transphobia into an inane comment about cyclists? |
Blimey someone's a little fragile.....can you now explain how I've done that? | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:46 - Aug 30 with 1317 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:18 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Blimey someone's a little fragile.....can you now explain how I've done that? |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:46 - Aug 30 with 1321 views | bluelagos |
Alternatively, why do some (who consider themselves progressive) side with the Daily Mail and Nigel Farage in failing to see the environmental, health and economic benefits of encouraging as many as possible to adopt 2 wheels? |  |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:56 - Aug 30 with 1293 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:46 - Aug 30 by bluelagos |
Alternatively, why do some (who consider themselves progressive) side with the Daily Mail and Nigel Farage in failing to see the environmental, health and economic benefits of encouraging as many as possible to adopt 2 wheels? |
Moi??
People should cycle as much as possible. The thrust of the article re. culture wars is spot on.
Edit....just shout less when doing it in gangs! [Post edited 30 Aug 2022 9:04]
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:59 - Aug 30 with 1283 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:46 - Aug 30 by bluelagos |
Alternatively, why do some (who consider themselves progressive) side with the Daily Mail and Nigel Farage in failing to see the environmental, health and economic benefits of encouraging as many as possible to adopt 2 wheels? |
I was originally going to find an angle to post the article in such a way as it portrayed you as the enemy of all that is good in the world.....then I read the first paragraph! | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 09:11 - Aug 30 with 1251 views | bluelagos |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 08:56 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Moi??
People should cycle as much as possible. The thrust of the article re. culture wars is spot on.
Edit....just shout less when doing it in gangs! [Post edited 30 Aug 2022 9:04]
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So on a recent motorbike holiday, a couple of riders were seemingly more than a bit suicidal in happily over taking on blind bends - with no way of seeing what was coming the other way - yet happily passing vehicle after vehicle.
Was only after a couple of days of head shaking from myself that one of them explained they had comms and so if one was say 100 yards ahead - he'd tell his mate - "Blue car then it's clear"
Maybe similar comms is the future - but shouting directions does have the added benefit of not relying on batteries and/or loose connections. | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:05 - Aug 30 with 1159 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 07:50 - Aug 30 by ZXBlue |
Why are you slipping transphobia into an inane comment about cyclists? |
He wasn’t. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:10 - Aug 30 with 1135 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:05 - Aug 30 by StochesStotasBlewe |
He wasn’t. |
The pathetic need to be outraged is in full force this morning! Anyway if anything I blame Dubbers who told me my posting style can be too subtle for many and to try and explain things a little more clearly.....so that worked out well.....  | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:16 - Aug 30 with 1112 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:10 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
The pathetic need to be outraged is in full force this morning! Anyway if anything I blame Dubbers who told me my posting style can be too subtle for many and to try and explain things a little more clearly.....so that worked out well..... |
It made me chuckle this morning while having my ablutions.
Thanks, got the day off to a decent start. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:49 - Aug 30 with 1053 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:16 - Aug 30 by StochesStotasBlewe |
It made me chuckle this morning while having my ablutions.
Thanks, got the day off to a decent start. |
It must be a gardener thing. Regardless of an individual's preferred pronoun I am certain that none of us wish to see their helmet under their dress while cycling.
I shall await one of my detractors explanation of my transphobia. | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 11:51 - Aug 30 with 1041 views | ZXBlue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:49 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
It must be a gardener thing. Regardless of an individual's preferred pronoun I am certain that none of us wish to see their helmet under their dress while cycling.
I shall await one of my detractors explanation of my transphobia. |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:53 - Aug 30 with 1032 views | leitrimblue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:16 - Aug 30 by StochesStotasBlewe |
It made me chuckle this morning while having my ablutions.
Thanks, got the day off to a decent start. |
Same here |  | | |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 13:28 - Aug 30 with 910 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 11:53 - Aug 30 by leitrimblue |
Same here |
That's at least 3 of us in need of re-education then!
Hopefully someone will be along soon to explain where we are going wrong. | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 14:04 - Aug 30 with 848 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 13:28 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
That's at least 3 of us in need of re-education then!
Hopefully someone will be along soon to explain where we are going wrong. |
Didn't need to bring the pronouns bit into it I would say (although I do get the gender metacontext caused by the lack of a comma). Personally I would have gone with...
"I thought you were supposed to wear them on your head...."
(adding yet another double entendre which may possibly have got an approving nod from Keno..) |  |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 14:21 - Aug 30 with 820 views | leitrimblue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 13:28 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
That's at least 3 of us in need of re-education then!
Hopefully someone will be along soon to explain where we are going wrong. |
The only other obvious correlation I can find between the 3 of us us we are all quite handy with a shovel. I like to think that this suggests that lads handy with a shovel find good helmet jokes more amusing then most people | | | |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 17:54 - Aug 30 with 663 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 14:04 - Aug 30 by Ewan_Oozami |
Didn't need to bring the pronouns bit into it I would say (although I do get the gender metacontext caused by the lack of a comma). Personally I would have gone with...
"I thought you were supposed to wear them on your head...."
(adding yet another double entendre which may possibly have got an approving nod from Keno..) |
Personally I would have gone with...
"I thought you were supposed to wear them on your head...."
Penises?!?!?
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 17:55 - Aug 30 with 657 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 11:51 - Aug 30 by ZXBlue |
[Post edited 30 Aug 2022 11:55]
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Still working on it? | |
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 17:56 - Aug 30 with 654 views | ZXBlue |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 17:55 - Aug 30 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Still working on it? |
Not worth the effort with someone so disingenuous. | | | |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! on 18:00 - Aug 30 with 652 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
A real shame to see the down vote from Stokie....one of the forum's better posters but has allowed his emotional issues with me to get in the way of reason and a logical interpretation of the o.p.
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| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 18:01 - Aug 30 with 646 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Shouldn't there be a law against this sort of thing! (n/t) on 17:56 - Aug 30 by ZXBlue |
Not worth the effort with someone so disingenuous. |
In other words you were wrong and are very sorry....no worries! | |
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