[-] austin@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Our goal is to peacefully encourage more people to cycle and convince car owners to use their car for less trips when viable to do so. A lot of people own cars, would calling them Nazis really help our cause?

My vision is we make cyclists and public transit users look like responsible happy citizens and attract jealousy of those stuck in traffic.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

The ACT has done a fantastic job in this field. If you’re a commuter you’ll rarely find yourself on a road, and if you do it will most likely have a permanent bike lane (no parked cars in sight)

Sure, if you’re more of an adventurous cyclist like me and do more advanced rural cycling, you might end up on some roads (eg. when riding to Queanbeyan) but even that route has a bike lane.

Shame that Adelaide, the “cycling capital” because of the Tour Down Under, has terrible bike infrastructure and timed bike lanes so people are allowed to park in them off-peak.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago

By putting bicycle at the start of the news article, it makes the topic about bike riders instead of the topic being about bad driving.

See the impression titles give, just by the ordering of the words:

“Bicycle riders hit by car” - cycling is dangerous and don’t belong on the road

“Car hits bicycle riders” - how sad, poor cyclists, irresponsible driver

[-] austin@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

it is 10 kmh it won't make a difference. I'm sure we'd see no more accidents than we do now if we made all 60 roads 80 instead.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

We need more DIY hospitals! So empowering!

[-] austin@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Try to cycle 100km in the country. I’ve done plenty of urban 100km going from one side of my city to the other but it’s way more fun on country roads especially if you’re in Adelaide (or LA if you’re from America) because of the hilly roads around that can be fun challenges to climb and descend.

Edit P.S. Cycling is less straining on the body than running so it’s good recovery cross training for runners. Make sure to carb up - it could be time for a cut cycle if you’ve been bulking for 18 months.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Username checks out

[-] austin@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I read Wikipedia for an hour a day and that was probably the most interesting biography yet. Mostly I just read about places around the world and musicians.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I do this at the family dinner table

[-] austin@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Not all people with autism are introverted

[-] austin@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Are you trying to say that took no effort? Instrumental went hard and the talkbox would have taken some time to develop progression. Especially in the 90s, where digital music technology wasn't widely available. Today, a song like that would be no big deal but at the time, "Around The World" was much ahead of its time.

[-] austin@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Too many people work a 9 to 5. I sleep a 9 to 5, but 9pm to 5am.

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