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::: spoiler Transcription A picture of a guy on a bicycle taken from a window. The roads are covered in snow and the weather looks cold and miserable. Caption reads “This dude has to be either going to get weed or pussy.” :::
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You just know that this was posted by an USAmerican because thats just how i get to work when it snows in Germany.
Yeah, this isn't that abnormal in Canada either lol. I guess the one thing is that normally winter bikers have fat tires
I still use fairly thin ones, but they are very spiky.
Most aren't riding BMX bikes.
Not the best commuter bike if you have a choice. Unless there’s a pump track on the way.
I saw a guy cross country skiing downtown (Toronto) after a huge snow and thought that was pretty funny
I was gonna say this would be an ideal commute for about 1/3 of the year
I bemoan that the bus bike racks we use in Toronto aren't wide enough for fat tire bikes, so I have to use a regular-tire bike
If this how the outside of my window looked in the middle east, a national emergency has probably been declared with hundreds dead or lost and the military dispatched to the streets.
Probably someone who lives in the southern US, where it rarely snows. This wouldn't be unusual for someone living in many northern states, especially those around the great lakes. But to a southerner, this might as well be a different planet. They will close schools and businesses even for relatively light snow in the South. It frightens and bewilders them.
Stuff doesn't shut down because the South is afraid of snow; it's because they don't have the infrastructure to deal with ice on the roads.
It's cheaper to close stuff for a day than buying and maintaining a fleet of salt trucks and plows that'll be used like 2 days a year.
We rarely get snow in Texas; we get a solid sheet of ice that covers everything. The city also doesn't plow, and nobody has snow tires because it's only going to be a day or two.
Yeah, southern drivers don't know how to drive (in or out of snow, really), but places like Denver and Dallas have such different experiences that it's not really fair to compare them. It'd be like mocking Alaskins because they're miserable in 90°F; they don't have the AC to handle what is incredibly mild weather to me.
Not saying you're mocking or disrespectful, I'm just on my soapbox.
Yeah, my exs brother was from New England and went to school in the south. One year there was a snowstorm that closed everything there for a couple of days. He made a bunch of money doing package store runs for his dorm because he knew how to drive in the snow, but he said it was still much worse driving conditions than at home because the town didn’t have any snowplows and had to scrounge to get enough sand for the main roads
The issue with "snow" in the south isn't the snow part. It's the ice. Southern snows usually happen when it's warm enough to melt the first bit of snow then it drops to freezing temps and the roads turn to sheets of ice. That and the majority in the south don't have winter tires, they run all seasons because when it does snow, it lasts just a few days at most. Why risk lives when it's just a few days.
Or it just stays in the conditions where it's more likely to sleet, which builds up and freezes into a sheet. Doesn't matter what tires you have, what 4-wheel drive, where you're from, or how much experience you have driving in snow... if there's a lot of ice on the road, you will hit some slick spots, and how sure of your being immune to physics will demonstrate itself.
Yep, southern ice is like trying to ice skate with one leg while blindfolded and deaf. You got 0 control.
They have no ice combat infrastructure they can deploy. There was a storm about ten years ago and the roads froze the night before in an area with great winter prep. I slid home barely on a straight road 2 miles took 45 min, in an area where they can handle that. In the south they've got no chance.
You're right about it being different. That's why the argument of driving in snow doesn't hold up. Driving in snow that stays crunchy snow *IS easy. Northerners who have that as well as plowing equipment think it's easy because it is for them.
The temperatures are another thing. They can keep them. Not a fan of negative numbers, regardless of which scale is used. Definitely not F, nope.
I live in Alabama, and it used to snow a lot less. Climate change is definitely having some effects. Still freaks people out though.
I am also from Germany and could have posted this. I have never seen anyone ride his bicycle under these conditions here
Then you're definitely not from the Munich area
Looking back to my first 20 years I wonder why tf we all thought it's a great idea to bike through storms and blizzards instead of just walking
That could be me at 18 years, 3:30 am, with way too much alcohol in my blood going home from the sbahn station after clubbing
Everywhere with an Atlantic climate doesn't have the equipment to deal with this. I tried riding my bike in the snow, and besides being slippy in places my gears got clogged and wouldn't shift properly, and my glasses got covered in snow so I couldn't see well.
Not worth it.
Unfortunately this is me this winter. I have an ebike but no car, and my commute is 1h 15m every morning and evening in Minneapolis. I'm scraping by but the money for a car hasn't come together so I'm trying to get warm gear together. It sucks.
Get this person some weed and/or pussy they need it
I actually do get a lot of both tbf
Then share dammit!
I am literally! Lol relationship anarchist.
That seat tho! Never seen anything like it, is it comfortable? Almost looks like a custom mold of a butt haha
EXTREMELY comfortable. Idk it was at Walmart. Just replaced the stock seat with it.
HEY GUYS, CHRIS^tina^ FIX HERE, and today I'm gonna show you how to bundle for winter cycling!
That does indeed suck. I hope you can stay warm this winter.
I live in an area that gets pretty snowy. My ebike has front wheel hub, so more stable that other ebikes. I tend to have so much fun just driving in snow, it's quite an experience doing burnouts in snow and sliding in corners
Weed or pussy? Well now I feel like a chump for doing that shit for school or work
Pretty common in Montréal...
Pussy and weed?
My cool Canadian girlfriend.
Say less, everything I hear what makes me want to move there more and more. Say how do they feel about Newfoundlanders who speak French at a third grade level over there
For some reason Newfoundlanders have been the butt of every joke for a long time and I still have no idea why.
It's fine, we're so nice we never say anything about it. Plus at this point so many of us have left for Alberta everything outside of the capital city threatens to be little now than a retirement village.
We were getting a lot of biking infrastructure but now that the conservatives are in you can bet that's gonna stop.
Weed? Not likely. This is more like "im sweating and shitting and need at least a bump."
-Former opiate addict that has literally rode a bike in a blizzard to score. Like pictured.
Counterpoint: This could very well be a picture of me from any snowstorm in Calgary when I was a teenager who'd do anything for weed. But there would be 3-4 times as much snow.
I used to drive an hour in whiteout blizzards to get to my plug. In the ditches once or twice on that, but thanks to a handy wrecker, back on the road before my last bowl runs out.
Effin eh, cotton. Effin eh.
Probably just a very normal Canadian, who can estimate snow levels.
Wait … that’s snow? Thought rain and fog
Of course white ,lines from the wheels...
Could be a normal Dutchman too.
"Oi, Dutchman!"
...
"O hallo!"
Eh, while the Dutch are great bikers they aren't super snow resistant, especially with global warming snowfalls are getting rare and a couple centimeters brings the country to a halt (but yeah they still bike).
Dutchman here. I love riding in fresh snow. Very serene, empty roads, and plenty of grip. It takes effort, and I'll be wearing lots of layers, so I'm very warm.
Fuck old snow or black ice though. Like you say, snow is rare so I don't have studded tires or chains and stuff. Usually the cycle tracks are well salted and plowed though. There's even an app mhat can de bicycle route planning over plowed roads only.
That better be the best fucking pussy
All pussy is the best when it's offered to you
Pussy is like pizza:
I don't have any
Then why are you fingers so cheesy
Cheetos and cheese balls, of course!
I have been that dude. For both things! Both utterly fucking stupid at the time. But one of them was damn worth the trouble!
Also, cigarette runs when I smoked. Thankfully I quit smoking years ago.
Or going to/from work and doesn't really have any other options.
You get 6 points a year. You're at 5 now because last February you were snowed in for 5 days without power. You just have to make it until Dec 31st.
Maybe his weed-dealer boss is forcing him back into the office but he knows his thicc goth coworker will be right in that cubicle with him
Bro, that's me in 2001 riding home from playing PlayStation with friends.
That's me in 2001 carrying my pc to my friend for a lan party. My mom refused to drive me because it was too "dangerous"
To be fair, it's probably safer to bike in the snow than to drive. If you get stuck, you can just pick it up and if you hit something you aren't that heavy.
I have to inform you that you can still rip a huge piece of skin from your knee.
Yeah, it's still possible, but you are bundled up quite well due to the weather anyway.
Not if there are cars nearby
And if you fall off, you land on snow. Soft, powdery snow... /s
On his way home from a second or third job at food service that refused to close despite the storm and had no customers.
Me going to school back in the day.
But that's not a hill? What were you, rich?
It was uphill both ways due to a valley between me and the school funnily enough.
You must have tree trunks for legs, but my very literal perception of this joke has always been 'uphill, no downhill — just uphill'. As if they were on some kind of treadmill of hell.
I was under the same impression, it’s just fun to play with.
Or its Luigi on his way to a healthcare CEO
The place where I live still had snow 10 years ago. :(
We still get some for a couple of days per year. Which is enough, really.
That's just how I get to/from work lol
Shrooms outside is amazing....
No lights on their bike as far as I can see. 50/50 odds they die.
I really don't get it, even the shittiest $2 lights make a huge difference. I've seriously considered buying a bunch to keep in my bag and just hand them out.
And the worst are electric scooters that have bright, built-in lights and people still don't turn them on.
There was a year or so where the lights of electric bikes was both very, very bright and pointed at people's faces. That was not helpful, safety-wise.
I still see (and am blinded by) bikes with maladjusted headlights, electric or not. Some people just don't realize that the road in front of them should be illuminated, not the apartments on the third floor.
could also be that he has weed, and now needs THAT ONE CANDY BAR
Or tacos
Or tacos.
Or snacks
why do i find this view comfy
Two dollars
I understood that reference.
Great reference!
What if... Pussy full of weed? Eh? 😏
That's very bad for the pussy, please don't do that
Lol. Fucking southerners in winter...
stop making fun of me I'm dieing out here :((
I only own 1 pair of pants and it's a low of 36°
Oh! The weather outside is fucky
And I want to sing with Ally.
But no matter if you love me so...
Get some snow, get some snow, get some snow!
OK, but why not both?
I don't know how I know but this is drugs, for sure.
Been there.
We're the same.
Being sober during a snow storm is a wasted snow storm
One of my long standing traditions say- when there's a blizzard, and society shuts down due to the snow, that's when I bring out the LSD, a good steel pipe hidden in my vest, a backpack with beer and weed, some music, and go a-hiking through the snowy cityscape under the fucking influence.
Some majestic moments to be had.
Why not both?
No, that's mario's green brother going to Central Park, nothing to see here, move along.