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Old 07-10-2024, 04:57 PM   #16321
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Imagine you say football/soccer sucks and your counter is rugby, a boring, lame ass sport. Everyone has to tell you how tough the players are to justify watching something so boring.
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Old 07-10-2024, 04:57 PM   #16322
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Imagine you say football/soccer sucks and your counter is rugby, a boring, lame ass sport. Everyone has to tell you how tough the players are to justify watching something so boring.
That take sounded better in your head.
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Old 07-10-2024, 05:09 PM   #16323
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Imagine you say football/soccer sucks and your counter is rugby, a boring, lame ass sport. Everyone has to tell you how tough the players are to justify watching something so boring.
Rugby is what you get when you combine those two sports and get rid of everything that sucks.
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To the d-bag at the office that misfired a snot rocket onto the mirror above the sink and left it for the cleaners #### you.
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Old 07-10-2024, 08:24 PM   #16325
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I wear my helmet around my kids...but if it's just me, I occasionally go without. There's something very freeing about cruising around in the evening with no helmet, no gloves, no phones or trackers. It takes me back to a happier time.
I didn’t wear a helmet until I was an adult ( I wear mine every ride). Somehow, most of Europe ride all over the place, mostly helmetless, there’s no epidemic of head injuries over there that I’m aware of. I’m just happy to see a kid on a bike instead of staring at an electronic device somewhere.
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RGMG that we've had the best three days of the year weather wise this week and I've spent a grand total of 90 seconds outside. Haven't been able to enjoy it whatsoever.
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RGMG that we've had the best three days of the year weather wise this week and I've spent a grand total of 90 seconds outside. Haven't been able to enjoy it whatsoever.
In prison?
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Old 07-10-2024, 09:29 PM   #16328
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Close.... Work (office). Been a particularly long week.
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Cycling helmets are the best! You can be sitting on a Patio downtown and hurl peanuts at them and they think its just regular road debris!

They look around bewildered while you sip your beer!
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Old 07-10-2024, 11:43 PM   #16330
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Rugby is what you get when you combine those two sports and get rid of everything that sucks.

Why do you have to pass backwards though? That seems counterproductive.
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Cycling helmets are the best! You can be sitting on a Patio downtown and hurl peanuts at them and they think its just regular road debris!

They look around bewildered while you sip your beer!

Are you hurling peanuts because they’re too spicy to eat?
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Why do you have to pass backwards though? That seems counterproductive.
Any ##### can pass forwards.
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Are you hurling peanuts because they’re too spicy to eat?
Naw, I figure if you're a cyclist you're probably allergic and I like Roulette.
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Naw, I figure if you're a cyclist you're probably allergic and I like Roulette.

It’s both though, right?
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Any ##### can pass forwards.

Why not pass in whatever direction they want? I think this would help the game tremendously.
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I didn’t wear a helmet until I was an adult ( I wear mine every ride). Somehow, most of Europe ride all over the place, mostly helmetless, there’s no epidemic of head injuries over there that I’m aware of. I’m just happy to see a kid on a bike instead of staring at an electronic device somewhere.
Yes, wearing a helmet is safer than not wearing one. But we don’t need to exaggerate the danger of riding a bike. It’s a very safe activity, with or without a helmet.
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Why not pass in whatever direction they want? I think this would help the game tremendously.
Technically you can pass forwards by kicking. It makes gaining ground more challenging, which is more fun in my opinion.
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Yes, wearing a helmet is safer than not wearing one. But we don’t need to exaggerate the danger of riding a bike. It’s a very safe activity, with or without a helmet.
My friend got a terrible concussion from wiping out on his bike about 30 feet from his house. If it weren't for the helmet he'd be dead.
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Yes, wearing a helmet is safer than not wearing one. But we don’t need to exaggerate the danger of riding a bike. It’s a very safe activity, with or without a helmet.
So what's the argument for not wearing a helmet? Like how do you finish the sentence:

Wearing a helmet while biking is much safer, but I don't wear one because....?

Like what could really be said there that overrides the safety factor?
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So what's the argument for not wearing a helmet? Like how do you finish the sentence:

Wearing a helmet while biking is much safer, but I don't wear one because....?

Like what could really be said there that overrides the safety factor?
Gotta look cool, what if girls are watching
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