Nothing makes burgers rage like making them 5-10 seconds slower to the next red light
Story of my life. I just give a thumbs up to anybody who recklessly endangers my life for no reason. Happens daily, multiple times.
I use a different digit.
I've found thumbing your nose is the best way to show you don't give two shits. Sometimes it even calms them down when you show some silliness
No helmet gang
"kill me bitch"a strategy supported by research
https://momentummag.com/surprising-nobody-study-finds-drivers-think-cyclists-are-less-than-human/
The research, based on a survey involving 563 respondents, revealed that approximately 30% of participants considered cyclists to be less than fully human. Yes, you read that correctly, less than human. Explains a lot, actually. Interestingly, cyclists wearing helmets were perceived as less human compared to those without helmets. Moreover, cyclists wearing safety vests without helmets were perceived as the least human.
The study also found that dehumanization was more strongly associated with visible safety gear, such as helmets and vests, rather than obstruction of the hair and eyes. Additionally, the perceptions of dehumanization varied among respondents based on gender.
I've been mad at cyclists (mainly as a pedestrian almost getting hit by bikes). Occasionally someone will do something stupid like speed up from behind you when everyone is supposed to be stopped. But I've never considered cyclists to be subhuman. That's never crossed my mind. If anything, I remember they're human and they're doing something dangerous in a very squishy human body.
What a bizarre reaction to have where you start thinking of them as robots.
I literally just rode a bike, tipsy as hell, from the bar to my place. 5.5km, from the Yangtze to inner Jiang'an, Wuhan. Shit was great.
There are a few variations on the 'please don't kill me' cycling jersey. Here is one example.
This sucks. I'd want it to say something like "I ride a bike and own a gun"
DON'T MAKE ME GET TECHNICAL
That's why I always ride with a backpack full of tannerite.
I don't actually do this and I don't think getting hit by a car would be enough force to set off tannerite anyway
