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Lentamentalisk t1_iutggvo wrote

Reply to comment by Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee in Come join /r/camberville! by kjeovridnarn

Careful spelling out the "b word" on this sub. It can get you banned.

I'd argue there isn't really a high intensity bcycle argument. There is a high intensity anti-bcycle argument. The conversation generally goes something like this:

  • Hi, I would like to get to work/school/grocery without getting smooshed plz
  • Ha ha lolz I fantasize about running over spandex clad [insert your slur of choice]
  • Can we not do the whole murder thing?
  • Aaaarg why are b*cyclists so mean to me! Help help, I'm being oppressed!

As to how it became a culture war, I'm not really sure. Most people riding their b*kes are just having a good time. I think to people like our beloved moderator, seeing that is an afront to their way of life. They're absolutely miserable in their cars, and angry that some people aren't. But who knows. I ride the forbidden mode of transit, so my opinion doesn't matter here 🙄

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EnjoyTheNonsense t1_iuulz8s wrote

Please tell us more about the nature of discussions in this sub. Oh wait, you live in San Francisco and only have been commenting here since you found out about the mod’s post.

Edit: of course they blocked me for calling them out for brigading and not being from Cambridge.

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Lentamentalisk t1_iuuur0u wrote

Correct, I moved for work recently. Good sleuthing. Cambridge was one of my all time favorite places to live. I miss that shitty walkup with 6' ceilings.

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EnjoyTheNonsense t1_iuyfq98 wrote

You mean you moved recently from Charleston? Not from Cambridge. I am not sure why you do not understand that your post history is available to others. I also notice you posted a thread with the aim of starting a brigade and as such people with recent histories in places as far away as Adelaide posted in the sub.

I find it amazingly hard to believe that you are so passionate about bike lanes and bicycle safety, but passively read posts in this sub where the car people were the toxic ones, and sat silently without comment. Yet here you are claiming to have knowledge of how bicycle discourse in this sub was going.

I am calling bullshit.

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Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_iuv3m4x wrote

It sounds like both you and the mod are having real life conflicts with people that you want to moan about passive aggressively on the internet. And both are shocked to find that there are people who respond negatively/counterproductively to that. As for your description of the people with whom you have conflicts, online or offline, I guess it sounds a lot like you want this to be a culture war since you believe you know exactly what's in the minds of others. You're really bringing this ugliness on yourself, in that respect, which puts you in a pretty bad spot to then complain about it.

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