What’s cringe about it? I watched with no sound, but it just appeared that he was having an event to promote bike riding. Was the dialog weird or something?
Stand on the side of the average American road, and see if you still feel the same way. It doesn’t really matter how you convince the average American to ride a bike and invest in appropriate infrastructure, only that it happens. Shit’s dire over here, and I’ll take cringe biking ad instead of getting run over by a Ford F-250 in a Walmart parking lot
Well, it’s specifically a novelty for politicians in MAJOR cities. Small towns (and even plenty smaller cities) have mayors with real civic engagement.
Fun anecdote from an unspecified Chicago suburb: My coworker and I always made small talk with the same guy in line at our Friday lunch spot. One day after getting his food he turned around and said (paraphrased), “Hey…did you see the proposal to repave [street] with a bricks? It will be so expensive and harder to maintain! Aahh! All right gotta run!”
We looked at each other like wtf then the shop owner said, “you know that’s the mayor, right?” Nope, we sure didn’t!
I would never want to live in that town specifically (wealthy but with an inferiority complex because of wealthier neighboring cities lol) but I love civic leaders who practice what they preach
Don’t get me wrong. I like his politics but is it because I am European that I find this really cringe?
Caring about cringe is the real cringe.
What’s cringe about it? I watched with no sound, but it just appeared that he was having an event to promote bike riding. Was the dialog weird or something?
The audio is a remix of the theme song to the beloved American children’s cartoon, Arthur
Yeah that almost had me cry, freaking fantasitc
Stand on the side of the average American road, and see if you still feel the same way. It doesn’t really matter how you convince the average American to ride a bike and invest in appropriate infrastructure, only that it happens. Shit’s dire over here, and I’ll take cringe biking ad instead of getting run over by a Ford F-250 in a Walmart parking lot
It’s refreshing to see a politician putting something out there that’s rooted in positivity.
My European city went from being bike-friendly before it was cool to being unfriendly and is now bouncing back a little, so…
Lol this is social media. It’s inherently cringe. You want me to pull up some European examples?
Hey man, don’t take it personally, it’s just a different perspective.
I mean it’s not a different perspective is the point of the comment, politicians are cringe everywhere.
Yeah to us he is just doing something that we see every day and we are supposed to find it appealing…
Over there seeing a politician on a bike is a novelty, thats the sad reality.
Well, it’s specifically a novelty for politicians in MAJOR cities. Small towns (and even plenty smaller cities) have mayors with real civic engagement.
Fun anecdote from an unspecified Chicago suburb: My coworker and I always made small talk with the same guy in line at our Friday lunch spot. One day after getting his food he turned around and said (paraphrased), “Hey…did you see the proposal to repave [street] with a bricks? It will be so expensive and harder to maintain! Aahh! All right gotta run!”
We looked at each other like wtf then the shop owner said, “you know that’s the mayor, right?” Nope, we sure didn’t!
I would never want to live in that town specifically (wealthy but with an inferiority complex because of wealthier neighboring cities lol) but I love civic leaders who practice what they preach