Originally Posted by
Six-Shooter
Why make this personal? Why act rudely?
If aiming your own words back at you offends you, then maybe you should think about how you've been using your words.
Originally Posted by
Six-Shooter
To answer the question:
I don't dance, so I couldn't tell you. I don't wear a helmet while tying shoes since I've never fallen while tying shoes, never seen or heard of anyone fall and hit their head while tying their shoes (I'm sure there's a YouTube video
), and am at a pleasant 0mph and sitting or kneeling when tying my shoes; therefore I have no expectation whatsoever of hitting my head, or indeed of suffering any injury.
Now, on a bicycle I'm off the ground and moving at a fair clip over concrete, often with motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians nearby--people whose actions I cannot control or predict with invariable accuracy. I know from statistics
and experience that you can indeed fall off a bike, hit your head, get hit by a car, etc. I know from experience a helmet can mitigate or prevent some head injury. Ergo, I wear one. A bonus is that I don't in any way mind wearing a helmet: there is no discomfort or exorbitant cost involved. My government does not force me to wear one, so I have no issue there, either.
So in other words, you use knowledge and experience to help you judge when you should and should not don protective gear. Hmm...