Honestly to some of us this looks like a nightmare. I rather chop of my feet and die in one place than ride a bike, i fucking hate riding bikes. Also, guess I’ll grab my 500lb tool kit and head to work on my bike, gotta throw the kids on my back and drop em off at school on the way.
Edit: stop using bikes to sanitize the Dutch, colonizer trash
That is fine. You can drive a car if that is what you mean. That is the beauty of all this: you can get to anywhere with your car, but you are not forced to, anymore. So many people take their bikes, which leaves a lot of rooms for car drivers who really need it.
That’s great to know, people on Lemmy want to force you to ride a bike . I personally hate to ride bikes, I hate them with a passion, I just don’t like bikes or scooters etc personally. So telling me I have to cycle to work is torture.
There’s also people with disabilities and health issues and elderly people etc. but on Lemmy it’s like “no fuck you, ride a bike”
well good thing in the Netherlands primary schools are at walking distance for people that live in the city. And once they go to high school kids are old enough to ride their own bike or take the bus to school. Also cargo bikes are a thing.
Who said everyone? Strawman!
Imagine the usual traffic jam you sit in because everybody needs to have a car.
Now compare that to you driving a car and many others are on bikes on their own lane and in the tram. There are fewer cars in your way. Isn’t that better for you?
well then drive a fucking car. It’s not like the Netherlands is devoid of infrastructure for cars. Imagine if all these people in the video would drive a car instead of taking the bike then you wouldn’t like driving either.
Exactly, you refuse to understand that bikes are only practical for a small group of people. If you’re disabled fuck you, if you’re old fuck you, if you have a heart condition fuck you, take your bike and like it!
Honestly to some of us this looks like a nightmare. I rather chop of my feet and die in one place than ride a bike, i fucking hate riding bikes. Also, guess I’ll grab my 500lb tool kit and head to work on my bike, gotta throw the kids on my back and drop em off at school on the way.
Edit: stop using bikes to sanitize the Dutch, colonizer trash
That is fine. You can drive a car if that is what you mean. That is the beauty of all this: you can get to anywhere with your car, but you are not forced to, anymore. So many people take their bikes, which leaves a lot of rooms for car drivers who really need it.
That’s great to know, people on Lemmy want to force you to ride a bike . I personally hate to ride bikes, I hate them with a passion, I just don’t like bikes or scooters etc personally. So telling me I have to cycle to work is torture.
There’s also people with disabilities and health issues and elderly people etc. but on Lemmy it’s like “no fuck you, ride a bike”
But nobody here is forcing anyone. I just said you can drive a car. Where is the problem?
well good thing in the Netherlands primary schools are at walking distance for people that live in the city. And once they go to high school kids are old enough to ride their own bike or take the bus to school. Also cargo bikes are a thing.
Don’t forget that gravity in the Netherlands is 1/10th of the gravity in Murica, so their tool kits are not as hard to carry…
Or perhaps gravity is the same and they found a way around it?.. no, gravity is less I am sure
What if I hate bikes? Or if I’m disabled? Riding a bike isnt for everyone
Who said everyone? Strawman! Imagine the usual traffic jam you sit in because everybody needs to have a car.
Now compare that to you driving a car and many others are on bikes on their own lane and in the tram. There are fewer cars in your way. Isn’t that better for you?
well then drive a fucking car. It’s not like the Netherlands is devoid of infrastructure for cars. Imagine if all these people in the video would drive a car instead of taking the bike then you wouldn’t like driving either.
All this thread is telling me is that the Dutch and cyclists are intolerant assholes, I’ll steer clear
why are you insulting? I wasn’t insulting you!
The thing is, you don’t need to drop off the kids at school because they can go there themselves on their bike.
I’ll toss my toddler on a bike and send em off on their own!
^ this is what it looks when people just don’t want to understand
Exactly, you refuse to understand that bikes are only practical for a small group of people. If you’re disabled fuck you, if you’re old fuck you, if you have a heart condition fuck you, take your bike and like it!
no, you refuse to see the outside of your colon
nobody is saying bikes or death… if more people use bikes, those that HAVE to use cars benefit too
you are like the idiots that say medical equipment would suffer if we ban plastic straws