Me doing my part to portray car dependency as deeply unpatriotic. Which it kinda unironically is.

  • ericbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    6 months ago

    Bikes are the rides of libertarians.

    No license

    No registration

    No taxes through gas

    Just hard work and freedom!

  • Skepticpunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    471·
    6 months ago

    Truck: Most likely built with WOKE, FOREIGN COMMUNIST parts

    Bike: Can literally be built from reclaimed BASED, AMERICAN wood and steel

    Truck: Makes you FAT, WOKE AND LIBERAL

    Bike: Makes you FIT and STRONG

    Truck: Fueled by COMMUNIST ARABS AND RUSSIANS

    Bike: Fueled by a PATRIOTIC STEAK AND EGG BREAKFAST

    • gex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      What could be more American than moving around in an individual unregistered vehicle powered by a quarter pounder with cheese, an apple pie and a large diet coke?

  • toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nlEnglish
    23·
    6 months ago

    In seriousness, you’d think with how seemingly easily these anti-woke people are manipulated, it shouldn’t be so hard to convince them of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

    I suppose it can’t be that easy or someone would’ve already tried it, but…

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    22·
    6 months ago

    It’s a joke but also like a good way to convince people to change their mind is to appeal to shared group membership.

    If you appeal to environmentalism, the right winger is going to reject it because that’s out group nonsense.

    If you appeal to American exceptionalism, like this, you can make more progress than you might expect.

    • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      YES. Exactly. These people are willingly low-IQ levels and they will do ANYTHING to own the libs— so the best thing we can do is PLAY them like the idiots they are.

      It’s what the republicans do all the time

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    Bicycles are the best guerilla transportation. Virtually silent, all-terrain, cheap to build, easy to repair with swappable components and simple tools. If you have a lot of cargo you can strap it on and walk beside it and carry a lot more than you would by hand. No consumables required beyond the provisions that you already need. Easily hidden and has plausible deniability if discovered. Transportation doubles as PT, and it improves battlefield endurance.

    • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      We’ve got to emphasise how MANLY and FORD TOUGH them bikes are. WOKE LIBRLLZ drivin round in them there dainty comfy boxes while the REAL MEN do the hard word with MANPOWER

      BIKES FER MURRICA !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️✝️✝️

  • hellofriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    6 months ago

    Thing is tho, in most North American cities you’re more likely to get splattered by some jackass in his toy F150 if you ride a bike. The North American city needs to be reformed and replanned before cycling can be mass adopted.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      Ride with a rifle on your back. They may not see you but they’ll sniff the gun out a mile away and give you a friendly wave as they drive by leaving plenty of room.

  • BestBouclettes@jlai.luEnglish
    15·
    6 months ago

    And when you think about it, what’s more manly than consuming the flesh of other animals or plants to give you the strength and energy to use your own muscular power to move around, exposed to the elements. That or sitting in a two ton air conditioned metal box that moves at the push of a button.

  • Default_Defect@midwest.socialEnglish
    52·
    6 months ago

    Instead of repeating the 4 things on the bike side 4 times, I would separate each as its own counter to the car stuff