View Poll Results: Helmet wearing habits?
I've never worn a bike helmet
178
10.66%
I used to wear a helmet, but have stopped
94
5.63%
I've always worn a helmet
648
38.80%
I didn't wear a helmet, but now do
408
24.43%
I sometimes wear a helmet depending on the conditions
342
20.48%
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The helmet thread
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I completely agree rekmeyata. In fact, I would expand this and hound the family members of pedestrians who weren't wearing helmets.
In fact, given the fact that taking the bus is far far safer than walking, cycling, or driving in terms of fatalities per billion kilometers I think we should strip the assets of the families of anyone injured on the roads who was not riding the bus.
And we should piss in their shoes just for being so stupid too.
In fact, given the fact that taking the bus is far far safer than walking, cycling, or driving in terms of fatalities per billion kilometers I think we should strip the assets of the families of anyone injured on the roads who was not riding the bus.
And we should piss in their shoes just for being so stupid too.
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No, the minimum range is of impact energies from 0-100J against flat surfaces, from 0-65J against a more pointed hemispherical surface, and from 0-58J for a more pointed "curb " or edge surface. Every value in between is covered by those impact loads. Within those impact energies, a head or brain will receive(or create) less than 300G of acceleration.
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... The same was true with seat belts years ago, the Libs all said the same thing you're saying about helmets, but the medical cost of the ignorance of people not wanting to wear seatbelts skyrocketed so eventually the government stepped in and made it a law to wear belts...
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I completely agree rekmeyata. In fact, I would expand this and hound the family members of pedestrians who weren't wearing helmets.
In fact, given the fact that taking the bus is far far safer than walking, cycling, or driving in terms of fatalities per billion kilometers I think we should strip the assets of the families of anyone injured on the roads who was not riding the bus.
And we should piss in their shoes just for being so stupid too.
In fact, given the fact that taking the bus is far far safer than walking, cycling, or driving in terms of fatalities per billion kilometers I think we should strip the assets of the families of anyone injured on the roads who was not riding the bus.
And we should piss in their shoes just for being so stupid too.
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You're ready for SHTF, or this:
Militant helmet wearer.
Militant helmet wearer.
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And we can sum up your total contribution to this thread with "I'm right and anyone who disagrees with me is too stupid to be allowed to make his own choices."
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It (that Libertarians think absolutely everything they disagree with is a threat to their "freedom") is because everything and everybody is a threat to their sense of self, and ultimately their self-esteem within that idea. An island of one makes them feels safely in control of their world.
Short version: when people with obnoxiously high opinions of themselves are given too much power, the rest of us suffer.
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Well, no, actually it's because so many lawmakers think like you do - the "I'm right and anyone who disagrees with me is too stupid to be allowed to make his own choices" paradigm discussed earlier - so reasonable people understand we have to be cautious about allowing ourselves to be told what to do even when the particular topic seems innocuous.
Short version: when people with obnoxiously high opinions of themselves are given too much power, the rest of us suffer.
Short version: when people with obnoxiously high opinions of themselves are given too much power, the rest of us suffer.
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You wouldn't know how to think clearly enough to see it coming. Thus, libertarians miss the fact that they aren't thinking for themselves just by trying to be who they think they are, but really aren't. You are what you despise, and only in denial of it by the mere fact that you want everything on your terms and forget that you got those terms from others. Those others have power over you because you are already using their terms to perceive your world, and now you want to rebel against their ideas as if you understand them.
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Stupidity or ignorance? Denial or self-pity? Take your pick. I was nice enough to consider it a lack of information, but there is clearly a component of will involved. That's the standard called negligence in a court of law.
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Yes, less education, please. Start the chant amongst the independent thinkerers. We always knew it wasn't really about head injuries, but about fears of loss of self, as expressed from the cerebral cortex region.
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WOW, someone needs to be spanked for changeing other peoples words into something they didn't actually say... JMO Either that, or I am too drunk to make sence of this dialog/banter...
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OK, I may have had 1 too many, but...Talk talk, it's only talk...Arguments, Agreements, Answers, Advice, It's only talk... Babble, Burbble, Banter, Bru ha-ha, Balderdash Ballyhoo, It's only talk... Back Talk, Talk Talk Talk it's only talk...Comments, Commentary, Chatter, Chitchat, Conversation, Criticism, It's only talk...Discussions, Debates, Dialog, Duelog, Diatribe, Descension, Declaration, Doubletalk, It's all talk Too much talk Smalltalk Talk that trash, Expression, Editorials, Exaggerations, it's only talk... Elephant talk, Elephant talk...
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I have to say, fabricating abusive quotes is a new low, even for the h****t thread. Meanwile was banned for far less.