What pants?

You wear pants?

Who said I don’t?

My leg length is right though…

Trails came before streets, streets are basically just fancy wide paved trails with rules as to which side to pass on.

You might as well ask which came first, feet or wheels…

Neither of us would be where we are or who we are today, we might not even exist, if it wasn’t for the wheel, even though obviously feet came first.

The steam locomotive train was invented in 1802…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train

The predecessor of the bicycle, the Draisine, was invented in 1817…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_bicycle

The safety bicycle (just common bicycle we know today) was invented around 1885…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_bicycle

The first semi-mass produced vehicle was invented and made in 1886…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile

Which one wins on the road? Hint: It’s not the lightest, it’s the heaviest…

I actually had to look up ‘grade crossing’ to even understand what you were getting at.

Rare? Hah, it happens every single day here! Not saying it should though, also not saying that trains should have a right to just fucking park on the tracks here and block traffic either, but they do.

But… What does that have anything to do with crossing the road or highway, either on foot or on bicycle?

You have to have a brain to remove first.

The government doesn’t fund that anymore…

Licensed to whom exactly?

If you gotta space out the link to avoid spam filters, it’s a fucking scam.

Nothing about the original post said anything about digital art, they just referred to art in general.

I almost get your question, but… ‘arountd I’m push’ …

I’m confused…

Oh that’s so hilarious that I forgot to laugh…

How the hell does any cyclist or pedestrian get across the road to get to the store or to their friend’s house, or to work even?

Go ahead, look up professional BMX flatland competition. None of the pros wear helmets, and it’s not in any of their rules. For the very reason I mentioned, it affects delicate balance.

Look up Jomopro and Voodoo Jam…

https://youtu.be/fMOkI4DQm_0

https://youtu.be/8w68P63ykww

Literally nobody in BMX flatland wears a helmet anymore. If they did, then the pro competitions would require it.

Experienced flatlanders know better, helmets just distract the rider and throw off the rider’s natural flow, and actually make it even more likely to wreck.

Flatland ≠ Traffic

No, the key bit there is why do pedestrians cross the road? To get to the other side, same as bicyclists.

Clearly you’ve never rode flatland then. Flatlanders don’t fall on their heads, they fall on their knees and elbows, and sometimes the top tube smacks their shins.

It’s the stunt riders that do ramping and other tricks that leave the ground that risk crashing on their head. Flatlanders stay on the ground. Well, minus the occasional bunny hop.

Like I said, basically the entire BMX flatland community has already agreed on this back in the 90’s. Go ahead and find me even one single flatland rider these days that wears a helmet. The last video clip I saw of flatlanders wearing helmets is from 1985.

There are a lot of things that shouldn’t be, but we gotta face the facts. There are way too many ignorant drivers that either barely know how to drive, might be just plain assholes, or just staring at their phone instead of the road…

Ignoring electric bicycles and high speed riding/racing bicycles, I’m not sure if I see the activity of riding a bicycle any more or less dangerous than walking, unless of course the bike rider doesn’t have good balance or awareness of their surroundings, which could apply to either bicyclists or pedestrians.

Both bicyclists and pedestrians share pretty much the same risks when traveling near vehicle occupied roads. If anything, I feel that pedestrians are generally more at risk. They are smaller in the visual field of vehicle drivers, they move slower, and they’re not wearing reflectors or protective gear.

The average comfortable cruising pace on a bicycle tends to be around 12 miles per hour. Most bicycles are pretty agile and quick to control. I mean, compare the stopping distance of a ~4000 pound vehicle going 12 miles per hour to the stopping distance of a ~200 pound rider plus their bike, to the speed and stopping distance of a ~175 pound pedestrian on foot…

So, if anything, pedestrians are more in danger, at least the way I see it.

As a BMX flatland rider (not in traffic), I’ve found that helmets cause the rider to be unnaturally top heavy, which affects the abilities of the rider to perform a lot of tricks, particularly the many one wheel tricks the sport has to offer.

If anything, in BMX flatland, elbow pads, knee pads, shin guards, and perhaps gloves, offer the most necessary protection for the sport. Pretty much all flatland riders ditched helmets back in the 90’s for the very reason I mentioned, it affects the balance while performing complex tricks.

Now as far as regular road commuting, even though I’m not one to wear a helmet, I would tend to recommend a helmet for the average rider. Vehicles are big and heavy, and plenty of drivers out there don’t pay nearly enough attention to bicycles or pedestrians.

And that in itself brings up another question:

If bicycle riders should wear helmets, then shouldn’t pedestrians also wear helmets…?

You could also draw in the sand with a stick or piss in the snow. I’m pretty sure the point is it doesn’t take advanced technology to make art.

Can confirm, unfortunately I grew up and live here.

Either Meredith doesn’t even know where the clitoris is, or she just likes things a bit different than most women I’ve ever been with. 🤷‍♂️

I’ll see myself out now.

Fuck Tater Reeves

The way I’m organizing the main backups to start with is with folder names such as 20250505 Laptop Backup, 20250508 Media Backup, etc.

Eventually I plan on organizing things in bulk folders with simple straightforward names such as Movies, Music, Game ROMs, Virtual Machines, etc.

Yes, thankfully I already got all my main files, music and movies backed up. Right now I’m backing up my software, games, emulator ROMs, etc.

Hopefully that drive finishes backing up before the weather gets bad, cuz I’m definitely shutting things down when there’s lightning around…