David “BoBo” Brooks

CW: this is one of the the most cursed book ever written

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobos_in_Paradise

at least the other more famous person with the same name seems like a nice guy

Being senile and old didn’t stop the last one, thanks Democrats

Remember that if you are a real political party, your end goal is to enact policy. Winning election is just one mean (amongst many) to achieve that.

Abandoning policy to win election means that you are an unserious political party, some would say a lifestyle brand

Smug preppy black man accidentally ends American empire by making bad jokes

To protect them when they get sued by people whose kids got run over by robotaxis

Tesla will fail even harder if Elon starts actually managing them. Can’t wait to laugh at upcoming CyberSUVs and Cybercars.

Yes, there are some niche communities in /toy/, /ck/, /sp/, and /sci/ that I appreciated. It gives “old internet” vibe of niche hobby, slow forums instead of everything gets swallowed by the “everything app” that is reddit, Facebook and twitter.

Like for example, there is always thread about people showing photos and collection of their army men figures and dioramas. I personally don’t collect them and don’t participate in the discussions, but I like seeing people touch grass, play with army mens and post their photos posing the army men in their backyards, with sometimes hilarious scenarios and scripts. Same deal with /sp/, people coming together to dunk on Manchester United losing never gets old.

What is the point of Kentucky as a state, it’s capital is Frankfort with an ‘o’

Execute order Foxtrot Delta Tango

Sleepy Joe could never. Electric Donald dabs on the door hinges.

The longtail Yuba Kombi is $999 and fully manual, this is to my knowledge the cheapest new MSRP cargo bike in North America and it is just a normal bicycle with elongated rear rack. One can get used longtail cargo bike for $500-750 like the Yubas or Terns, but I highly doubt you can get a cargo bike with similar carrying capacity as fully manual Asian rickshaw for $500-750, unless someone in your area did a DIY welding project and decide to sell it on Facebook Marketplace.

The problem is that motorcycle by far has higher death rate per mile traveled in US roads, moreso than bicycle because US drivers are just so not accustomed to motorcycles, and the road infrastructure is not built for motorcycles.

Doing a simple things like unprotected left turn is sketchy AF on a motorcycle. You make your turn sign, look behind, can’t see through the tinted windshield of the cars behind you, and make your move, just hoping that the car behind you is not distracted by phone, fiddling with car settings, etc. Even when you are imposing yourself on a road, taking a whole lane, because how small your footprint is, some dumbass cars will still try to pass you. Even if you are not involved in a crash, the flying projectiles and debris from car crashes around you due to cars not knowing how to drive around motorcycles can take you out. Also a lot of multi-use bike paths purposely exclude gas motorcycle because how loud and fast they are (understandably, compared to ebikes).

I love dirtbiking, and the most dangerous part by far is sharing the road with cars going to the trails.

Also, the US had literally 40x GDP per capita compared to India, and still 20% lower gas price. Carbrains don’t realize how much of a state subsidized welfare queens they are.

Yuba is an american company and their frontload cargo bike still costs $6k upwards. I guess one of the problem is that cargo bike is bulky and unwieldy, unlike regular bikes. So if the cargo bikes are not assembled here, but assembled elsewhere and shipped in a container whole, then it takes a ton of space and shipping cost. And these days, the demand for cargo bike doesn’t quite justify having assembly line in the US. Damn, where is Trumpo tariffs when you need it, make American cargo bikes great again, put 500% tariffs on cargo bikes assembled elsewhere and pay people a living wage to assemble cargo bikes here.

I personally believe that riding on the sidewalk is more dangerous than riding on the road. You have high risk of getting T-boned by cars pulling out of driveways, they usually don’t look left/right for cyclist, scooters, and people on mobility devices on sidewalk. It is completely legal to ride bicycles on the road, you literally paid for the roads, you paid as much taxes as everyone else so make your presence known and assert your place on the road. However, I acknowledge this is me speaking from privilege, being able-bodied and having no kids. I’ll probably have second thoughts and similar consideration if I have to carry my kids on a cargo bike in US roads.

That aside, what kind of baffled me is that even in countries with excellent bike infrastructure like Denmark and Netherlands, cargo bike still costs an arm and leg. The industry justify the markup because in these places the cargo bike utility-wise is competing with a small car (people mostly use cargo bike to take their toddlers to school, buy groceries, and take items from hardware stores). This is somewhat fair, but the price is still preposterous compared to brandless cargo bike you can get in Asia.

This is really antisemitic, you are literally Hamas

Eve Fartlow

“never piloted before, and doesn’t even have a full context of what is going on around him”

Katy Perry was real life 30 Rock’s Jenna Maroney. Here are some of her literal quotes while in space

“It’s not about me, I’m here to talk about the world.”

She then sings

“We’re going to put the ass in astronaut.”

“for the benefit of Earth.”