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When I was living in Austin TX I had a full beer thrown at me from a lifted truck. I was just walking, and he screamed "Get a job you homeless piece of shit". If he was smart enough to get his truck to roll coal he would have done that too. I was pissed. Flipped him off. Full fight mode. Bro pulled into the parking lot of a nearby strip mall but sped off when he realized I was serious about fighting him. I was absolutely serious, and would have died in that parking lot if that was what God willed. Here's the thing though, I had a car, a nice car, a brand new sports car even. I had a job, a good job, a side hustle, and I was doing drops, which means I was the plug son. I paid rent. By every metric I was not the person he was trying to target. I was just walking to the Planet K that wasn't even a half-mile from my apartment complex. Normal shit. Walking is a revolutionary act. Because I was walking I was seen as less than, unhuman. It was a deeply radicalizing thing.

I haven't had a car in over two years. I walk everywhere, dozens of miles a week. Gas prices should be like 11 dollars a gallon, I don't give a fuck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/comments/1ux4ojg/the_comments_on_any_video_involving_a_bicycle_are/

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

Now imagine actually being homeless and being constantly harassed.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What does "doing drops" mean in this context?

[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Delivering drugs

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

A plug is a drug dealer. They were the plug, son

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like the side hustle is drug related

[–] gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I was trying to figure that out as well.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Playing Helldivers.

[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Droppin stuf off

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I recently had a confrontation with a motorist passing me unsafely, took a picture of their plate, caught up and gave their bumper a little slap 'said roadrage kills' as I passed the window and laughed my ass off as I saw the guy was desperately fumbling with his phone trying to get a pic of me

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago
[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the only way to live in the states & not be a worm

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

thank god I've never been

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Austin still has a lot of pedestrian friendly areas, mostly between downtown and the UT campus but all the new developments are absolutely car-centric. It sucks.

[–] nicpicname@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

No matter who you are, you’re just someone on a bike to these scumbags who cut you off and honk at you despite you’re doing the right thing.

[–] PapaSkwat@lemmy.today 0 points 2 months ago

I read about stuff like this a lot, but it's never happened to me. So maybe my city is nicer than most, or people here seem to ignore people a lot more.

I have a car (actually a truck), and I choose to use it less. The winters here can get fierce, so I'm not ready to give up on having one, but I rarely use it. I walk or scoot everywhere I go and I've never had an issue.