Old 11-27-18 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
I just realized that reading text from drivers complaining about traffic is satisfying and makes me want to shake up some popcorn. Some of it borders on poetry:

" It’s predictable in other places. Boston’s traffic just appears because f*ck you and your day. "

Here is a Haiku version:

Been in other places
Boston's traffic just appears
F*ck you and your day
Last week I replied to this General Cycling Dsiccussion thread,thread, "
Do Cyclists Have a Negative Reputation?"
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
…One public reflection of those motorists’ attitudes is occasionally expressed on a talk radio show here in Boston, The Howie Carr Show with anti-cycling rants as the topic
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Personally, I did not think the … callers to the talk show were particularly hateful, though one snow plow driver did admit to being slowed by a cyclist on a narrow road, and as he passed the cyclist he plowed out a wave of slush to his right.

This winter of historic snowfalls though did bring out more hostility than usual.

Nonetheless “hatred” is way too strong a word; IMO here in Boston, more like “exasperation.”...
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
One thing I found funny was that he referred to cyclists as a new “protected” class, the ”Spandex-Americans.” As funny IMO, as ”Gyno-Americans.”
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