True enough, but I think you'd be surprised at how agile and stable some of those larger scoots are.

I had one with like 8" wheels and a seat and I was fucking terrified to drive the thing even when it went like 25-30km/h, especially on slightly cracked asphalt. On the opposite hand, I also had one with much larger tires, like 10-12", and I had absolutely no fear riding it some 60km/h, even on a sandy road. I'd of course slow down for corners and whatnot, but in general.

Scoots achieve much of the suspension but having it be much more diagonal than in bikes. In streetbikes, the suspension is almost vertical, whereas in a lot of the larger scoots, it's like at a 45 degree angle or more, to achieve suspension length without undue addition of height to the stepping board.

But agai, the point really is that cars can go much faster than they're usually used at, and I'm sure people would fucking hate having cars which had the max speed of like 85 mph.

In Finnish you would say "kolari", which is sort of "kolahdus" as in "a clunk" / "crash" with a diminutive at the end.

So like, "clunkito", or "crashito."

Even when it's a big one. Although then you tend to veer into territory where you'd describe it as an "unfortunation", if it's sever enough. (Onnettomuus,)

Well, 100mph is really pushing it, sure, but honestly, the brakes are really fucking good and the mass is low. I've driven loads of motorcycles and these scooters, and whilst some or them are insanely hazardous, some of them are sturdy, well balanced and have brakes equal to motorcycles.

So as long as you protect yourself, have a helmet, I really don't see a massive difference to motorcycles.

If you owned a Bugatti Chiron, would you drive it at 300 mph? Because that's how fast it goes.

When's the last time you drove your car as fast as it goes?

I do not want to go that fast because I already feel when I am going 15mph it is too fast.

So should we ban all cars which can exceed speed limits? Or like... could we rely on people just not using the full power at their disposal, and obeying a speed limit?

Idk, seems to me it's more or less worked for cars so...

Yeah, but like, why would the vehicle need to structurally be limited to speed if you have no wish of driving above that speed anyway?

My point is that we allow cars to go much faster than the speed limit. Why not scooters? But also,I acknowledge the reality, which is they're unregulated and mostly driven by non-sober young-ish people. And plenty of crashes happen. (I've been in several myself, albeit I wouldn't count myself among the young per se.)

With proper infra and responsible drivers, yeah, sure.

Do we have that?

That being said I find it condescending that personal transport vehicles are limited in power, but cars are not.

Why could people not inherently abide by rules on a bicycling path if they can do so on the road with a car that can do 300 mph?

Ouch that hurt me more than you probably meant it to.

But you're damn right.

Pope VS Hitler

House is essentially quite literally a medical Sherlock Holmes, and while he formally specialised in infectious disease, he is clearly shown to be an expert in most medical fields, just like Holmes is an expert in all fields related to anything remotely related to the plot.

https://house.fandom.com/wiki/Gregory_House_and_Sherlock_Holmes_connections

Also, a problem in colour vision would not be psychiatry, it would be ophthalmology first, but likely overall neurology (because if it's just a colour vision issue and not an indication of something larger, it's not a House episode).

Hmm.. I wonder where they're taking they're projections from, since there could be a little bit of bias involved. If it's from a relatively short period which coincides with say, a lot of inflation, it'd only make sense that the second hand book market would increase, because books are a commodity that even the poorest people may have hanging about, some of which might actually sell rather well.

I know that around covid and a bit later I certainly took a lot of my books down to the second hand shop to see whether I could score some money for food and booze. I did too. Turns out Discworld novels have an extremely high turnover. Especially the English versions. He didn't care for GRRM or Douglas Adams that much, but Pratchett sells like hotcakes I gather. (I do live in a university city.)

..rry for ju...

No wörries. Having been on the internet a while I'm rather used to people taking me as being "mad" when I write long comments in a very neutral tone. It's a feature of humanity. We can't help but to imagine a tone of voice to something we read (unless you're reading like a manual, and even then, you're gonna like read it just in a neutral tone in your head), and usually when it's anything that remotely disagrees with us, we assume a negative tone.

I do it all the time as well. It can be helped though. By, I assume, decades of meditation and dedication to a way of thinking and managing yourself. Or optionally, a midrange recreational dose of MDMA/LSD/psilocybin or other serotonergic substances. (The former is more permanent, the latter only lasting for like a few months or up to a year.)

Since it's online and people tend not to waste that much money, I guess they know something we don't. shrug

Boobnotism is real

No, there's not a "clean" way, I agree. There's not a specific "romantic" category in there, but I would say that romantic love would be between eros and philia. And they're allowed either one of those, but both combined would lead to devotion towards one person instead of the institution / greater good.

But I would agree that sexual lust would be closer to eros and that that would technically be fine for a Jedi, as long as it's not infatuation.

Basically, Jedi rules is hooker rules; fuckings fine, but no kissing on the mouth.