Also, left: plush, cushy, soft.
Right: uses raw muscle power to go. Powered by the meat you ate last night.
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I was actually told "you should get a car. Be a man." by an angry driver. I was just stunned to hear something so stupid and cringy said.
Biking privilege cannot be revoked
We’ll then it’s not a privilege, it’s a right
"how will I feel like men with big pee pee tho"
Personally, I think a guy powering up a hill with nothing but his leg muscles way more "manly" than some dude driving a car.
I'm half remembering a quote from somewhere that's like "Power isn't something you put on, like a jacket. It's something you are."
I have a solution.
Put a card in the spokes
They aren’t interested unless they feel they can:
A - intimidate other drivers, especially ones they can subjectively call liberals. The random Prius driver. Someone with an equality sticker on the car. Etc.
B - get one over on the government. Y’know, put a bunch of illegal shit on the truck and get away with it. Light bars, train horns, deleting required emissions equipment, “squat”, too wide tires and all that. Gotta take the wheels off and put dinky stock ones on to pass inspection and they bitch and moan about the stupid gubmint rules the whole time.
Most MAGA couldn't make it 2 blocks on a bike. Well without stopping for a smoke and soda break.
All the more reason to get them on a bike. Gotta start somewhere.
You think MAGAts are out here getting their incel mobiles inspected?
Don’t they generally live in pollution-friendly states?