I did not know any of that history, so thank you for sharing. Fascinating stuff.

You and me both Boomer Doomer.

This is true.

I’ve had way more near-accidents when I’m out on my scooter than I’ve had near-violent incidents on public transit. That said, I’ve had two in three years of riding public trans and you won’t find me out in public without my stungun now.

I am glad that I cannot imagine the depths of insecurity that plague our esteemed president.

Makes me wonder what his mom and dad did to him as a kid that fucked him up. People who were abused reclaim their power by becoming abusers themselves and perpetuating the pattern.

That or maybe his wang is just abominably small and he can’t see it over his enormous belly.

They do.

But repeatedly pressing them does not make them work any faster.

100000000000%

Literal leopard eating of the face

“Controversial”

That piece of shit got canceled for admitting being at a pedo party and covering for the people who were running said party. This was in the mid 2010’s when pedophilia seemed way more shocking than it is now.

He looks like shit now, though. Makes me happy to see it.

More vibe coded bullshit. Of course.

The fucking delicious irony.

The selfishness I see on the road everytime I go out, is why I dont like going anywhere.

Honestly, same. The general selfishness and entitled nature of drivers is infuriating.

I have become accustomed to having to be the careful one. Just this morning I had cars crossing my bike lane paying zero attention on three occasions in a two-mile stretch, and one of them noticed me after they turned and shook their their head at me. A lot of people don’t appreciate the fact that they’re in a 3000 pound death machine and, maybe, they should be able to take a fraction of a second to look before they turn.

A lot of e scooters popping up this last summer too. Be safe out there

Thanks, doing my best. And you’re right, culturally everyone thinks it’s solely my job to be safe and not the motorists.

I had two where I deleted all the tweets and left active just to secure the handles, but they’ve since been swept.

BTW, also a KC person here. Hi there!

I quit Twitter after the kitchen sink incident in 2022.

Quit Reddit for good after the API bullshit.

I like the Fediverse.

100%

I will put deodorant on the door handles of a car that does this. Unacceptable.

I became an e-scooter guy in June.

And I’ll say, my experience has been that 99% of drivers are reasonable people, but that 1% I’ve encountered who are actively hostile to people on two wheels are heckin’ scary. Scary enough that I’ve modified my scooting habits on the off chance that I run into another one.

Drivers are actively hostile to infrastructure that supports those of us on two wheels, though, at least outside of cities. That’s undeniable. They’d rather get where they’re going 60 seconds earlier than give up half a lane so cyclists can get where they’re going safely.

Thanks for the info.

Is there actual data to support this assertion?

Around the time Donald decided to invade there was extensive reporting about the extent to which the Pentagon tried to dissuade him from doing so and how they endeavored to convince him that attacking Iran was not a military equivalent to attacking Venezueala.

Now, if we’re talking Zionists specifically, yes… they absolutely supported it at the start. I’m not sure where their support sits now that their gas and groceries have gotten significantly pricier.

I feel like I give my weekly meal prep more thought than the Pentagon and Donald gave to this stupid fucking war.

The Bible bans usury, which is the basis of the American capitalist economic system.

And Christians just ignore it.

I admire her integrity, but I think ‘competent’ is stretching it a little. She definitely wasn’t lying to the people about her true feelings, but she was also too algo’d in her SJW bubble to realize it’s not 2014 anymore and virtue signalling can work heavily against you if you aren’t prepared.

If she runs again I hope she hires a competent communications director.

Ducking Hong was such an idiot. This should have been a layup.