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Blatmore t1_j59vqc9 wrote

We just need to do bike lanes and it will fix this, apparently. Personally I think we should use the bike lanes for skinny buses.

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5c7hja wrote

I mean we do need to do bike lanes. We also need to improve our bus system. More busses with more frequency, signal priority and separated, protected bus lanes. Cars are the problem. Bikes aren’t making busses late, cars and disinvestment are.

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Blatmore t1_j5d2cep wrote

Bikes are literally ableist but go off

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Blatmore t1_j5eo4xs wrote

It's unreal how problematic you're being. You haven't even begun to imagine the intersectional nature of your offenses. This does real harm to vulnerable folx.

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5ha1ja wrote

It’s ableist of you to claim disabled people can’t ride bikes. Come up with something that’s not a BS retread as to why you’re carbrained.

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Blatmore t1_j5jje1c wrote

This seems very yikes!

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5lra8z wrote

Yes you are very yikes. Go troll somewhere else.

around 15% of disabled people cycle

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Blatmore t1_j5m3u9m wrote

Wow so you're ready to exclude 85% of disabled people?

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5pxevz wrote

Wow you’re generalizing all disabled people which is the definition of ableist. While I simply said “it’s ableist of you to claim disabled people can’t ride bikes.” So I cited data that showed you were wrong, you doubled down and proved me correct, then since you knew you did, you goal post moved to yet another incorrect and easily disprovable position. Again, just go away troll.

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Blatmore t1_j5qpzdc wrote

You said I was trolling, then you continued to try to argue. So I tried to be even more absurd.

I still say bike lanes are ableist. Particularly when 85% of disabled people can't use them.

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5r0x78 wrote

Just because “only” 15% of disabled people cycle (actually surprisingly high IMO) doesn’t mean 85% of disabled can’t use bike lanes. That’s a logical fallacy and is easily proven wrong. People in wheelchairs and mobility scooters etc use them all the time to get around. In fact that was a primary motivator for the Big Jump on Druid Hill Lake Dr. I’ve seen plenty of disabled people using Maryland Avenue also. But if you never bike, and only ever drive around sheltered in a car, you don’t notice these things. Also, you are trolling. It doesn’t mean your stupid arguments aren’t worth swatting aside and disproving so that others can learn from your stupidity.

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Blatmore t1_j5r3dxn wrote

You know, I never actually opposed bike lanes before, but you're so insufferably sanctimonious and condescending that I will now be a single issue voter: no bike lanes. In fact, I will now call them bike "lames" because of how lame they are.

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ElectricStar87 t1_j5jfqbj wrote

Pretty sure there are some great 2D busses made by Calvin & Hobbes Motor Coaches LTD.

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Blatmore t1_j5jjsjg wrote

I think it's great that people think I'm serious when I've proposed "skinny buses"

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