Tasteless sign at Houston bar
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...s-16564851.php
Or you can google something like "Truck Yard Houston bike accident sign" |
Pfft, Texas. Need I say more?
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Twitter...
https://twitter.com/HoustonCM/status...00236438925316 I'd just consider it a joke and ignore it. And, perhaps also ignore that establishment. |
They owned it, apologized, and changed the sign. Move along.
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Originally Posted by caloso
(Post 22286290)
They owned it, apologized, and changed the sign. Move along.
That's pretty much where i am with this. At the same time it's disheartening to see such widely negative views of cyclists reinforced. Bring up cycling on a boat forum, hunting forum or motorcycling forum, and the attitudes range from unhealthy to downright dangerous. The teen who recently mowed down 6 cyclists in Texas had probably been subjected to enough negativity that he thought it was cool to roll coal on them. From an advocacy standpoint, I wish there were a way we could change the culture. |
Part of life is learning to take a joke about oneself, whether it is well thought out or not.
I'm sure jokes about other vehicles abound in Texas, whether they are about pickups or Priuses. |
Originally Posted by CliffordK
(Post 22286667)
Part of life is learning to take a joke about oneself, whether it is well thought out or not.
I'm sure jokes about other vehicles abound in Texas, whether they are about pickups or Priuses. Taking the joke would definitely not have been the proper response, that just reinforces that it's an acceptable attitude. The bar basically called out their own stupidity for putting this up which I think was a classy and responsible thing to do. It was a total "no excuses" apology. So basically, I don't see the point in recounting this any further, all it does is make the damn sign a meme. If you ask me, that defeats the purpose of getting them to take it down. |
100% of car crashes can be avoided by walking.
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Originally Posted by JW Fas
(Post 22287217)
100% of car crashes can be avoided by walking.
It would be a just world if that was true, but pedestrians get hit by cars a lot. Mirror image of stupid joke math is just reverse stupid joke math. |
Originally Posted by SurferRosa
(Post 22286588)
Do people really ride a bicycle in downtown Houston when it's 100° ... in October?
In October? Rarely is it over 100° In October here. In downtown? I have to ride through downtown a half dozen times a year. I don’t think it’s been over 100°. High temperatures when biking are less of a problem than many would expect. Wind speed is cooling. Hydration is the key. |
Originally Posted by flangehead
(Post 22287933)
In 100°? Yes I do.
In October? Rarely is it over 100° In October here. In downtown? I have to ride through downtown a half dozen times a year. I don’t think it’s been over 100°. High temperatures when biking are less of a problem than many would expect. Wind speed is cooling. Hydration is the key. Riding at relatively high speed is ok in heat, slowly is murder, especially up hills. Slow downtown traffic conditions are probably not ideal in the heat, is Houston riding stop and go or can you maintain enough speed to evaporate sweat quickly? The bike "ac" doesn't kick in for me below 15 mph. Below that, I think I'm generating more body heat by pedaling than I'm losing. |
Originally Posted by JW Fas
(Post 22287217)
100% of car crashes can be avoided by walking.
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 22287930)
It would be a just world if that was true, but pedestrians get hit by cars a lot.
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Originally Posted by Bald Paul
(Post 22287956)
I think his point was that if NOBODY drove a car and instead walked, there would be a lot fewer car crashes.
Honestly, I don't think "if there were no cars, there would be no car crashes" is a point worth making. |
Originally Posted by Bald Paul
(Post 22287956)
I think his point was that if NOBODY drove a car and instead walked, there would be a lot fewer car crashes.
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
(Post 22286667)
Part of life is learning to take a joke about oneself, whether it is well thought out or not.
I'm sure jokes about other vehicles abound in Texas, whether they are about pickups or Priuses. On a hunting forum's general BS forum I posted about the crash where a woman ran over a cyclist 3 times, killing him. Someone was pondering what the appropriate punishment should be. One guy joked that she couldn't be sentenced to community service because she had already done it. I actually LOL'd that because it was very obviously a joke, it was made in a very small venue, the venue allowed follow up conversation and it had a limited lifespan. This billboard feels very different from that joke. Just my take and not intended to be argumentative. |
Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
(Post 22288153)
... self-defecating ....
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Originally Posted by grizzly59
(Post 22286270)
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...s-16564851.php
Or you can google something like "Truck Yard Houston bike accident sign" |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 22287937)
.... is Houston riding stop and go or can you maintain enough speed to evaporate sweat quickly?...
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Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
(Post 22288153)
I can easily take a joke about myself and often employ self-defecating humor.
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
(Post 22288321)
:lol: Doncha mean "self-deprecating"?
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Originally Posted by flangehead
(Post 22288315)
Stop and go is rare. Acclimatising to the heat is important. Staying hydrated is necessary.
I do a lot of 100 mile rides in 90+ degrees, I agree with that, but speed is an essential component to make the cooling work. |
Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
(Post 22288350)
No, I mean self-defecating. I make myself laugh so hard I soil myself.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b26311b572.gif |
Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
(Post 22288350)
No, I mean self-defecating. I make myself laugh so hard I soil myself.
I had a student write a book review once, and she ended it by stating that the book was a "great copulation in the field." I had to confine myself to suggesting she look that word up because I was pretty sure any other response would have gotten me in trouble. |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 22288572)
That's very micture of you.
I had a student write a book review once, and she ended it by stating that the book was a "great copulation in the field." I had to confine myself to suggesting she look that word up because I was pretty sure any other response would have gotten me in trouble. |
Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
(Post 22288665)
I like to do purposeful malapropisms (did you know there's not a word for that) for effect. Law school prof?
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