On today's feature presentation of "The Poster's Thinly Veiled Fetish" we present... uh, roller skating women?
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Also horse riding.
Why can't they have normal fetishes like voleyball, right?
Right?
Yeah that's all I see here too
I love it that he puts "Dutch" among a list of things he thinks are inherently bad lmao, at least we can agree on that specific one
'ate me Dutch, 'Ove me roller skates
Simple as.
There's only two things I hate: people who harbor irrational prejudice against other cultures, and the Dutch
the devil doth shit dutchmen and even worse they're riding bikes
It's pretty clear this guy has never rollerbladed.
Roller blading takes more time to begin and end, requires an uncomfortable kind of footwear that restricts where you can go, has very limited top speed, is slower to accelerate and decelerate, takes up just as much horizontal space as a bike does, is much less stable, and has a higher skill floor. And no way does it mix with pedestrians.
He could at least have seemed honest if he said skateboards, which are equally sexy and actually get noticeable mileage.
Complains about unnatural bike posture and testicle damage compared to the... slightly bent posture of rollerblading with aching ankles and feet (until they strengthen up, i guess? i never got there). I think you might be right about the never rollerbladed before part.
Cycling is great for your back, I have no idea where that's coming from either. I have had back aches go away just by riding a bike for an hour.
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To use inline skates as a means of transportation, you have to carry both skates and walking shoes, which is not something you have to do with bikes or skateboards. There is also a lengthy transition time between skating and walking because of the need to take off your skates and put on normal shoes, which is not a thing with bikes or skateboards. Inline skates are just not practical for going to the shop, lol.
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Bicycles predate automobiles by several decades and asphault was invented for bicycle use. Also pneumatic tires. Pedestrians had the right-of-way everywhere in every road until the oligarchs invented "jaywalking."
Automobiles were forced on the public, their popularity was manufactured. People don't even notice how unhappy and stressed out they are when they drive the brainwahing is that effective.
I notice how unhappy and stressed I am when I drive.
Then again, I’m in the city and there’s few things in the world more stressful than driving in virtually stand still traffic in nyc. I don’t mind long drives in the country. In fact, I love them.
But I’m much, much happier taking public transportation. I never want to get a car again. I have friends here that drive exclusively and I just don’t understand it.
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roller blades are a utopian mode of transportation that has failed every time it's been tried.
yes I still have scars because I didn't wear the protection gear that one time
This has to be a bit. In the 90s people called rollerblades gay.
I think there's no way you're isn't a troll. Kind of a funny one too
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Bicycles: . . . scares pedestrians
I love gay but draw my line at Dutch
What the fuck is they talking about with describing things as Lindy? Are they talking about the (extremely fake) Lindy Effect? Miss me with that anecdote shit.
I want to believe in the Lindy effect because the word capitalism was first used in 1840, but the First Paris commune happened in 1790 so communism will win, check m8 r*dditors
I was confused by that, too. I chalked it up to me not being up to date in anglo online slang, but seriously 
Lindy Effect
Oh it's a silly concept that was popularized by the Black Swan guy. I guess if you don't have leftist economic theory, it takes many idealistic laws and principles to try to feel like you grasp the hidden truths or whatever.
What exactly is the Lindy effect? I looked at the Wikipedia entry for it and I still feel like I don't know what it is
the lindy effect: the longer something has lasted, the longer something will last in the future
This just sounds like survivorship bias with extra steps.
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Somehow, this weirdo has a Wikipedia page.
guy seems to consider "gayness" bad and associates it with bicycles negatively
guy also has "a keen interest in ancient Mediterranean practices and lifestyles"
Published works:
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"Women and the Lindy Effect"
looking up the lindy effect, the very first paragraph on wikipedia clearly says it doesn't have anything to do with humans. it statistically cannot. it's about how institutions that are long lived are more likely to perpetuate than new ones.
i don't feel like giving this weirdo the benefit of the doubt i think he he literally authored 3 books and based his personality around an idea he fundamentally does not understand. that was formulated by a bunch of comedians riffing about a diner they frequented
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a keen interest in ancient Mediterranean practices and lifestyles
why is this guy so mad at the dutch for riding bikes
Some people (
) are just enraged by the sight of someone doing anything but driving. One of my pet theories is that they realize driving a 2 ton gas guzzler is objectively terrible for themselves, everyone around them, the environment, etc, but have also attached their identity and sense of self to their TurboRamCanyonaro XXXL Ranch Style pickup that's never hauled anything more than little Jimmy or the weekly Costco run, so even the existence of any alternative (bicycles, trains, busses, walking, etc) is an attack on who they are and not just a better way of getting around
I think its the same energy that drives the people who hate vegans. The knowledge that the vegan is probably right and they don't really have a good counterargument other then its just too big a step for them makes them feel that the vegan must be judging them because they're the kind of person whose super concerned with what everyone else does and thinks
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miss me with that homophobia but he's right about rollerskates being a cuteness multiplier
extremely concave
Love too rollerblade uphill.
I don't really mind if this is just a guy joking around like "reject bike embrace roller blades", but he seems more anti-bike than pro roller-blade so I'm sure this some car shill.
The posts in the image may be a skewed selection, but I read it as this guy is just super thirsty for women on rollerblades and views bicycles as an obstacle to his fetish
I wonder how many women will never rollerblade or decided to stop after reading this
Remember when you were younger and in the supermarket you would push shopping trolleys and then lift yourself up and coast along? That should be the new mode of pedestrian transport for city streets. You could even have one of those rental e-bike schemes where you can pick up a trolley and drop it off as your destination, but actually free, because of all the trolleys which are already lying about on the streets after they were liberated from the shops.
So... is the word "lindy" supposed to be ready like "smurfy" or something? My brain feels weird now.
Bring back skitching
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