comment by Greatteamswinit4times- a terrible enemy (U6008)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
What case is that exactly?

You have an abnormal disliking of someone you don't even know and you let it affect your behaviour on a daily basis?

If that's the case you're referring to then yes, indeed it is.
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Disliking? Not really. I'm sure you're great in real life. I bet you're a real social king. I can only judge from this persona on here. To be honest, the more the days go on the more I assume you're a wum in the stretty mold.
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Says the guy who openly mocks people's mental health on here.

You really do lack self awareness, don't you?

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comment by Dave NotSo (U11711)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 4 minutes ago
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Superb comment as per usual!
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Dave

I am going to invent a new mode of transport that will keep everyone happy. Murderers and vegans alike.

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Boom boom.

But in all seriousness, I don't think for a minute that people behave offline the same way they do on here and in your case, I really hope for your sake you don't.

I certainly don't.

On here there's no real consequence of debating a point over and over, whereas if we did that in the pub with friends then you probably wouldn't be invited back for a while.

Bit of a strange thing to say from you, to be honest.

People behave as people when they do not have protection from face to face interaction.

When on the internet, in cars or travelling at speed on a bike.

It would be funny if people behaved the same way when walking down the street. "Get the furckkk out the way" when trying to walk past someone. Or if someone stops in the middle of the pavement, just sticking your finger up in their face. Someone walking slowly up the steps in the cinema, just blow an airhorn in their ear.

It would make things more interesting.

comment by Declan McDaid (U1734)
posted 27 seconds ago
People behave as people when they do not have protection from face to face interaction.

When on the internet, in cars or travelling at speed on a bike.

It would be funny if people behaved the same way when walking down the street. "Get the furckkk out the way" when trying to walk past someone. Or if someone stops in the middle of the pavement, just sticking your finger up in their face. Someone walking slowly up the steps in the cinema, just blow an airhorn in their ear.

It would make things more interesting.
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I often think the same when I'm on the Underground.

If people had a car horn attached to their body, it would definitely be used on escalators.

Instead, people either quietly tut or just tend to stand behind the person trying to make eye contact.

Tutting is the pedestrian horn. Sometime it evolves into a sigh

To be fair London is terrible and England in general should be exterminated. Up here strangers say hi to eachother for no apparent reason when walking or cycling places. People are a lot nicer.

Other than when they get in their cars.

I always wave or nod at fellow cyclists. We do this because we are happy cycling.

When i used to drive I just saw angry people in cars everywhere

I’d hate to be a car driver nowadays. Life’s so much better on a bike. Happy times for happy cyclists

comment by TBone Steak Roysters (U3947)
posted 30 minutes ago
I always wave or nod at fellow cyclists. We do this because we are happy cycling.

When i used to drive I just saw angry people in cars everywhere

I’d hate to be a car driver nowadays. Life’s so much better on a bike. Happy times for happy cyclists
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You should come up here for a cycle and then we can mate furiously on someone's car bonnet.

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comment by Greatteamswinit4times- a terrible enemy (U6008)
posted 23 seconds ago
comment by TBone Steak Roysters (U3947)
posted 43 minutes ago
I always wave or nod at fellow cyclists. We do this because we are happy cycling.

When i used to drive I just saw angry people in cars everywhere

I’d hate to be a car driver nowadays. Life’s so much better on a bike. Happy times for happy cyclists
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We must be seeing different cyclists.
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That's cos you are seeing them from a car lol see my point lol

Car drivrers are impatient. Think we can all agree on that. Just being made to stop or slow down for a milisecond turns drivers into angry incontrollable maniacs.

How dare someone interrupt my driving? The cheek of that person trying to edge her way out onto the main road or the nerve of someone stopping traffic just so they can reverse parallel park their car into a space or when someone commits the unforgivable act of changing their mind and indicating to move to a different lane. How dare they do this?

Cyclists are still vegan nobs though lol.

comment by Mr Chelsea. (U3579)
posted 9 minutes ago
Cyclists are still vegan nobs though lol.
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On my 6th chicken fillet of the day

Ring that bell at me once more and I’ll knock you off that fvcking bike

comment by San Miguel (U1449)
posted 1 minute ago
Ring that bell at me once more and I’ll knock you off that fvcking bike
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Cyclists goes past pedestrian without ringing the bell. "HAVE YOU NOT GOT A BELL?".

It is just a polite way of letting pedestrians know that we are coming. Yet you get pisssed off when we uses it AND when we don't. Because you are just angry in general?

comment by Declan McDaid (U1734)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
comment by San Miguel (U1449)
posted 1 minute ago
Ring that bell at me once more and I’ll knock you off that fvcking bike
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Cyclists goes past pedestrian without ringing the bell. "HAVE YOU NOT GOT A BELL?".

It is just a polite way of letting pedestrians know that we are coming. Yet you get pisssed off when we uses it AND when we don't. Because you are just angry in general?
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Always amazed me how people would be irate and have the complete opposite view to the irate person you've just passed.

You cannot win.

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Declan McDaid (U1734)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
comment by San Miguel (U1449)
posted 1 minute ago
Ring that bell at me once more and I’ll knock you off that fvcking bike
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Cyclists goes past pedestrian without ringing the bell. "HAVE YOU NOT GOT A BELL?".

It is just a polite way of letting pedestrians know that we are coming. Yet you get pisssed off when we uses it AND when we don't. Because you are just angry in general?
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Always amazed me how people would be irate and have the complete opposite view to the irate person you've just passed.

You cannot win.
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A lot of the time on a shared use path a brexity couple will deliberately take up the whole path and refuse to allow you to pass even if you ring the bell. You can just tell Bill is saying to Linda "Well they hold me up on the roads, why should I let them past?" "Quite right Bill". Then you just have to go onto the grass or fall in the canal.

The vast majority of the time a cyclist is holding you up, they are not doing it on purpose, there is just a lack of space for you to fly past at full speed. So no need to be so brexity about it.

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comment by Dave NotSo (U11711)
posted 6 minutes ago
https://www.racq.com.au/TheRoadAhead/Articles/How-do-you-view-cyclists/?cmpid=GR:RA:ADV:LIV:ENG:LNEW:TRAcyclists

Just received this in an email from one of the insurance companies I use. Seemed topical.
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Yeah I've seen a few of these studies on dehumanisation of different races. Basic people put people into groups and categories and apply 1 to all. These people make up the majority of our population though and their view essentially becomes the view of the country and is used for decision making.

So it is ironically under developed human brains which are the driving force.