Never got the complaints of how slow Metro trains are. Yeah, they're marginally slower (sometimes, depending on where you're going and the traffic situation). They also give you time to decompress, not stress out about all the idiot drivers on the road, maybe read a book, listen to some music, play something. It doesn't have to be "wasted" time.

There's a very good chance they don't even live around DC. A lot of people brigade city subreddits, and DC is like, one of the most liberal bastions in the country so that goes doubly here.

(Case in point, they don't like being called out and I am now negative)

Not just cops - crimeposting in general attracts the most smoothbrained, vengeful takes here.

It's actually pretty common in a lot of city subreddits and I always wonder how much of it is just brigading (which is absolutely something the right loves to do) and how much is NIMBYism.

You are a sad, strange little man.

Literally this entire thread could be avoided if you understood the very simple idea that you aren't everyone and don't speak for everyone. That's it but for some reason I will never understand you've decided to die on this hill.

Oh hey, I can do this too!

You weren't born driving a car, it's not inherent to your being. (But they do kill way more people that bicycles and take up way more space while polluting the environment!) I swear you people look for any reason to be victims - god forbid you're delayed a few seconds every now and then because a cyclist is doing what they're supposed to (and bonus, generally contributing far less to traffic than a driver!). Idk when you will understand this but the first thing I'm thinking about while biking on roads is [sic] wether some dipshit in a car isn't paying attention or wants to play chicken with me. The fact that you immediately got super butthurt by this middle school "mouth breathers" insult is pretty amusing, because it's just further proof at how thin-skinned you are and you 100% deserve it. Clearly lots of people view us as the victims judging by the overwhelming support and the fact you're buried in downvotes.

Yes, many of them don't. My girlfriend doesn't. A bunch of people I've worked with in DC (all fresh out of college jobs where we weren't earning shit) don't.

You have no idea what you're talking about, and it's so obvious. But do go on.

The sad thing is you're half right. It is partially a class thing. And you've been manipulated to support the side with the rich, privileged people who don't want to be inconvenienced at the cost of human life. And you're too stupid to see it.

Yeah, I noticed that afterwards.

> Its very important for rich folks to show how green and cool they are on their bikes

You've been told constantly why this is an incorrect assumption, yet you continue to mindlessly regurgitate it. Eat shit. You're beyond help.

Why should I entertain you attempting to pivot the conversation? Don't change the subject because you're losing.

> But the same people so concerned about that seem to not care at all that homicides have nearly tripled to 200 per year

Literally how the fuck do you know? Most people in DC are very concerned about this - why wouldn't cyclists be? You know it's possible to care about more than one thing at a time?

It's also a complex, multifaceted issue - crime is rising everywhere and despite what politicians and most people will tell you, the a lot of the mechanisms behind it are poorly understood (or we just lack the political will to address it, as with gun control)

It's a complete apples and oranges comparison. You're looking for reasons to be outraged at cyclists. It's pathetic.

It's so obvious you have absolutely zero clue what you're talking about. No idea about the economy of cycling. About why people might choose to do so over other options.

You should be promoting cycling along with buses and trains, if you're actually arguing in good faith about improved public transit. Why you've decided to die on this hill, I will never know.

Right, because using a bike is so much more expensive than a car. Because people who bike deserve to get killed by shitty fucking assholes who don't look for them or care that they're there.

Go fuck yourself. You're looking for a reason to not care and you're still wrong.