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Anon likes bikes (files.ikt.id.au)
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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Anon missed the biggest sin of all:

Monetizable, but only at two or three orders of magnitude less than automobiles.

TL;DR: "He's cheating because he's not spending as much as I am."

They're cheaper in every conceivable way than cars, and that's why the worst people out there hate them. Once you see the systems in place to equate personal validity and social values with what wealth may be extracted, it's impossible to look back. Bikes are effectively a form of protest by way of scaling back one's economic interaction, because of this.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

yeah, but once you hang out with other bike people they will just you on the cost of your bike and your 'gear' instead of the cost of your car.

and if your bike is fancier than theirs, you're a rich douche, and if your bike is less money than theirs, you're a poor piece of shit. and if your bike is just like theirs, you are a practical and sensible person just like them.