Reminds me of Raven from Snow Crash, except his bike was carrying a nuke 💀
I like the idea. I think I’ll tie some pressure-activated mines to myself next time I go for a walk in a high-traffic area.
Pretty sure the car would absorb the shrapnel far better than your neon spandex tho
bosnian ape society moment
I’ve heard of a pyrrhic victory but Jesus.
Should bikes be covered in explosive reactive armor?
Some sources say yes.
How noncredible of you
Hmm, now I kinda want to see a propane powered motor bike.
Lmao, or a propane generator on the back of an e bike charging a spare battery
Sooo… does anyone know what pannier that guy is rocking? I love that style of “hold anything” sling pannier.
Found this forum post via google lens: https://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66083 the rack in the image looks kinda similar
Now that’s a clean-burning mutually assured destruction I tell you what.
My safety is backed by nuclear weapons.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Ah Mutually Assured Destruction, if it works for the world’s superpowers it should work for us cyclists.
Ehhhhh…the difference is that the US and Russia were never particularly suicidal in the way bicyclists are.
Aren’t all the lard asses driving everywhere technically the more suicidal ones?..like statistically / numbers-wise?
I’m very clearly talking about short term behaviors like driving the wrong way down a street without lights wearing all black at night.
Obviously.
And I say obviously because you also knew this, you’re just making a bad faith response because no bicyclist has ever had a good response to “but 80% of bikers completely ignore laws in a very dangerous (to them, pedestrians) way”
No, you very clearly have a bug up your ass. Cycling? ISN’T DANGEROUS. Even in the city, cycling is a net positive to life expectancy. The more you cycle, the longer you live. That seems to piss you off for some reason. Well, if you’re that sort of person: good!
Cycling isn’t dangerous? Then what is this entire thread about? Can I just refer any biker wanting to improve road safety back to you as a source that changes aren’t needed? Like seriously what are you even talking about? I provided a pretty clear risk-seeking behavior example that I see multiple times per week, and your response is that doing cardio is healthy? Are you ok?
What’s the fucking difference if you’re killing yourself long term or short term, the end result is the same.
Ermmmm…doesn’t that logic indicate we should all kill ourselves right now to save the hassle? I’m not shooting down the idea, I just think user jerkface should try first and let us know if it was worth it.
Cycling is net positive to life expectancy. It’s exactly the opposite of suicide.
Not remotely the point
Mutually Assured Destruction works for preventing the use of nukes, surely it can work for cars being more careful of pedestrians and bicyclists.
What I find interesting about this comment is that despite living in a fairly dense area, I don’t hear these complaints from pedestrians. Not that there aren’t deaths, to be clear, it’s just that with pedestrians I hear “slower speeds”, “traffic calming”, “better visibility”.
From bicyclists I hear “fuck, you want me to put a light on my bike? why don’t you put a light on your car motherfucker?” (Actual lemmy thread from 1-2 months ago, paraphrased to represent the actual vitriol involved).
I’m sure there are some super elitist joggers that have those same thoughts somewhere. 🤷🏻♂️
Was that a line from Barton Fink?
I thought it was a Mad Max reference.
would be funny to have some cyclist war boys in mad max
Now I’m imagining these scrawny ass war boys with calves the size of grapefruits from cycling on sand all day
I’m sure there would be one standout dude on a post-apocalyptic penny farthing that spews fire and the big wheel is just a giant saw blade.
Yes please. I just watched Furiosa last night for the first time and I loved it so much. Even if you don’t like the story the stunt work is nuts!
furiosa was awful. And this is probably the reason:
Jackson said that Furiosa “leans much more heavily [than Fury Road] on visual effects” and that Miller “completely embraced the idea that CG is the way to go to build worlds and do whatever we need to do in post”.
You can clearly tell the difference between the real stunts, of which there are a ton, and the CG stuff.
You can clearly tell the difference between the real stunts, of which there are a ton, and the CG stuff.
yes, and that’s the problem. We shouldn’t be able to do that.
There was plenty of CG in Fury Road too. I mean it was a 3D movie. I just think the people doing stunts for these movies and for John wick are amazing and make it worth the watch even if you hate the story, which I did not.
I may be a bit biased. I wanted to be a stuntman since I was a little boy.
Ew… Does that mean Furiosa doesn’t have all the dope ass practical effects like Fury Road? I haven’t seen it yet, but this makes me not really want to…
Mad Max became a cheap imitation of itself :(
like most of the franchises that go on for too long.
As I said above, there are a ton of practical effects and real stunts. You can tell the difference if you’re watching for it.
That’s the spirit!
