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Around the Internet => Antimustachian Wall of Shame and Comedy => Topic started by: MrCash on May 14, 2014, 12:17:36 PM
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Check out this lovely article: http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/we-must-ban-bicycle-commute
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Blink, blink, that was so dumb it hurt my head to finish it.
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Dude has some issues, huh? It doesn't seem to have occured to him that you could use a bike for both commuting and fun. Or that by saving on gas you could free up more time in your life for fun.
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Read it all and it must be tongue in cheek...there is just no other possible explanation
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I'll play devil's advocate. There are some frustrating commutes I start to re-think cycling.
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Dude has some issues, huh? It doesn't seem to have occured to him that you could use a bike for both commuting and fun.
You could even have multiple bikes dedicated to each purpose. :D
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I think its mostly tongue and cheek. Basically, he's saying that the bike is a tool for the non-conformist, and he'll be damned if he corrupts it by using it to transport him to his oppressive, very much conformist, job.
To ride a bike to work is to subsume pleasure into the machinations of productivity
Of course, the obvious argument back is that riding the bike to work, is going to get you to financial independence faster, which means you can stop working for the man sooner.