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[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

SAFETY IS BORING

I feel like we could hijack toxic masculinity and get them all on bikes with this.
"Oh, big baby getting in his nice padded comfortmobile? Or can your weedy little legs not pedal fast enough to keep up on the road?"

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

I occasionally do this to alpha male types IRL and let me tell you it is fun.

But, to be fair, mostly it will come down to danger as leisure, much like many other dangerous coded activities. If you can do it, you're cool, if you have to do it, wow look at you you fucking poor person, because it all exists intersectionally with the whole hierarchy and class status thing

[-] wopazoo@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean, stuff like NYC bicycle messenger culture and LA e-bike outlaw culture are already explicitly about flaunting the speed, danger, and illegality of their riding. In NYC, it's about getting places fast, which involves weaving through traffic, running reds, hopping curbs, and going wrong-way. In LA, it's more about doing stunts, like wheelies, burnouts, and running from the cops.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Genuinely I don't think people generally consider bike messengers as manly. To stick with the terms here, it's sort of like omega coded. you just vibe outside the spectrum

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