tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post7184455675618477680..comments2023-04-12T04:17:07.592-07:00Comments on No whip.: One Less PriusMatthew Ruscignohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848057735968720871noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-75780920753877593382010-07-01T21:03:27.526-07:002010-07-01T21:03:27.526-07:00Seems like someone linked this blog post, a year l...Seems like someone linked this blog post, a year later, to some site filled with people who don't bother to read the entire post or attempt to actually understand what I am saying. You may not agree with me, but the least you can do is put together an intelligent critique. <br /><br />Anon above: Motorists break laws too, often violently.Matthew Ruscignohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848057735968720871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-14037395488591474392010-07-01T20:57:25.026-07:002010-07-01T20:57:25.026-07:00I'll listen to what a bicyclist has to say abo...I'll listen to what a bicyclist has to say about transportation as soon as they can figure out how to obey basic traffic laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-53610032660053512482010-07-01T14:28:47.936-07:002010-07-01T14:28:47.936-07:00Huh. Because of the dirt roads and lack of should...Huh. Because of the dirt roads and lack of shoulders on paved roads around here, I've long since had to give up cycling. I hadn't realized that bicycles had become so large that there is room on one for a bumper sticker such as this.<br /><br />I guess I could put a "One Cyclist Fewer" sticker on my bad-weather-safe Subaru to show another kind of solidarity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-71637152250188708342009-09-02T10:21:35.699-07:002009-09-02T10:21:35.699-07:00So I live way up in the far northern latitudes of ...So I live way up in the far northern latitudes of Oregon and I am wondering if you would send me some?Tom Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863735491525739464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-31805631928166386062009-07-22T20:28:33.160-07:002009-07-22T20:28:33.160-07:00this is a wonderful sticker.this is a wonderful sticker.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685205459281772784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-10015855815584146972009-07-20T11:00:32.014-07:002009-07-20T11:00:32.014-07:00Interesting read.Interesting read.DouBt KILLS DReaMshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355846621099953172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-24206303257614036102009-07-16T17:04:02.621-07:002009-07-16T17:04:02.621-07:00Here's the sticker that I want to have made up...Here's the sticker that I want to have made up. We can use in up here in Central Oregon.<br /><br /><b>ONE MORE BICYCLIST</b><br />(Another Target)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-40421229251680274922009-07-16T15:04:49.713-07:002009-07-16T15:04:49.713-07:00Adrienne,
I understand having a car, but you touc...Adrienne, <br />I understand having a car, but you touched on my fear in making this sticker and that is people putting it on their non-hybrid cars as the ironic protest you mention.Matthew Ruscignohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848057735968720871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-53483437099100922812009-07-15T22:46:27.505-07:002009-07-15T22:46:27.505-07:00Matt-
Thanks again for the stickers. My Prius ow...Matt- <br /><br />Thanks again for the stickers. My Prius owning friends were able to see the humor and point to your message. Well played.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10166266215223259420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-35960001245688541732009-07-14T15:19:53.518-07:002009-07-14T15:19:53.518-07:00Would you consider mailing one to me in Boulder?? ...Would you consider mailing one to me in Boulder?? It would get out so much of my Philadelphian-expat rage at smug hybrid drivers who almost hit me everyday but in the passive-aggressive way that this city is so used to.<br /><br />Not sure if I'll stick it on my bike or on my beat-up 89 Acura as a form of ironic protest. I probably shouldn't have admitted that, but yes, I do have a car (easier to get the dog to the vet that way. She can't reach the pedals ;)).<br /><br />I'll pay postage :).Adrienne Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622762778296656449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-11818806747770182622009-07-14T08:56:53.469-07:002009-07-14T08:56:53.469-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-20319763140684079882009-07-13T12:19:31.879-07:002009-07-13T12:19:31.879-07:00Love the sticker. Great idea.Love the sticker. Great idea.grrshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853586453445069560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-49348661415243183622009-07-12T08:21:52.400-07:002009-07-12T08:21:52.400-07:00From so many comments, it's clear that this ha...From so many comments, it's clear that this has struck a chord. As irritated as I am by priuses, I am grateful for Milly's civility... inside every car is a cyclist waiting to happen, and it's likely to be unhelpful for us to go too negative on any of them.<br /><br />Matt - in your addendum you state that bicylists take on more risk. Do you have any supporting evidence for this? It's a common perception, but, from what I've read it's actually wrong. Studies (mostly from the UK) show that bicycling is no riskier than driving. The collision rates, injuries, etc. are statistically equivalent, and the overall health risks are much much less for cyclists. When the big picture is studied, the riskier behavior is actually driving.<br /><br />See http://www.networks.nhs.uk/uploads/07/11/cycling_and_health.pdflinton.joe@gmail.comhttp://lacreekfreak.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-19864956392290633972009-07-11T10:38:31.364-07:002009-07-11T10:38:31.364-07:00The sticker is humorous. Word play, when done righ...The sticker is humorous. Word play, when done right, is hilarious and social commentary that juxtaposes one subject for another is usually clever. Both elements are present in the sticker.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the sticker is a form of hostile humor. It disses Prius owners by implying that they are deluded in their commitment to the environment and stupid because they are ignorant about the vehicle's carbon history/impact. Add consumerism into the mix and you can equate any Prius owner to a dupe.<br /><br />Insults, stated in a funny way, are never helpful. It's still an insult.<br /><br />I am aware that you want to bring about a paradigm shift in the way we live our lives. Admirable. However, you can't do this alone. You need allies. Although you may find hybrid owners to be naive, they are potentially more receptive to the type of change you want to see than the F150 owner driving a daily 40 mile commute or the concrete thinker who believes every lie they hear on AM radio. With enough education, orientation, and modeling, hybrid drivers can make a gradual transition to bicycles. But they won't if you alienate them. You diminish the righteousness of your position by ridiculing theirs.<br /><br />According to you, busting your ass on the bike = sweat equity. And you're right, you do sweat more! But this isn't a competition about who is more ecologically sensitive. I doubt that you want to create a hierarchy of "who leaves a lighter carbon/nitrogen footprint." I suggest scaffolding your approach, helping others in realizing the paradigm shift. <br /><br />By all means, use humor to educate; just don't use humor to belittle others. It makes you look smug and puerile otherwise.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883834526235734328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-62841208309917482002009-07-10T15:13:51.419-07:002009-07-10T15:13:51.419-07:00please ignore and delete the above comment left by...please ignore and delete the above comment left by a retarded coworker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-2224282950639926512009-07-10T13:53:07.616-07:002009-07-10T13:53:07.616-07:00We all hate your girlfriend Matt.We all hate your girlfriend Matt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-68958257669054735222009-07-10T12:38:33.569-07:002009-07-10T12:38:33.569-07:00Great sticker! The lack of a sense of humor on the...Great sticker! The lack of a sense of humor on the part of some of these commentors (and what seems to be the great majority of Prius drivers) is exactly the point of having such a sticker. Good job.Former Angelenonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-49169003681668712762009-07-09T23:41:00.456-07:002009-07-09T23:41:00.456-07:00I LOVE this sticker. Everyone should have one on ...I LOVE this sticker. Everyone should have one on the bumper of the Prius they use to leave cities permanently, for the exurbs of states like Nevada and Arizona and Nebraska and New Jersey.<br />Cities survive because of economies of scale--lots of stuff packed into a small space for efficient production and distribution (of goods and labor). People live in cities for closeness to these systems, and cars just make it more dangerous to cross the street when we're trying to get to work/school/shopping/coffee/the neighbors' place. <br />personal occupancy vehicles just get in the way, whether a fleet of Priuses or Magnums.<br />and their nighttime and idle needs also usurp urbandwellers' quality of life--they beep when we want to sleep, circle for docking when we're trying to make more parks out of parking, and choke out the veggies we're trying to grow on our rooftop gardens and mowerstrips.<br />In other words, when cars of any shape and gas appetite are ubiquitous, people and what they need in cities are scarce.<br />This sticker is brilliant because it pushes the question of whose cities these are, anyhow?Dr. Jen Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226618051902970379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-28417610802413133392009-07-09T14:28:45.269-07:002009-07-09T14:28:45.269-07:00It's a sticker, mostly a joke really, but fun ...It's a sticker, mostly a joke really, but fun to read how seriously people take it. I actually hit a Prius the other day, with my hand, because it merged into me so close it was about 3 inches away and I was worried I would be sandwiched into the side of a parked car. Sometimes slapping a car is the only way to wake drivers up from their cell phone chatting daze. It came up behind me so fast and so quietly, they are like 2,000 lbs. ninjas. A safety hazard really.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764923416400647049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-38482168453882520672009-07-09T13:24:13.378-07:002009-07-09T13:24:13.378-07:00That whole 'you are a hypocrite cause you don&...That whole 'you are a hypocrite cause you don't do enough' argument is so tiring.<br /><br />EXACTLY! Apply it.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883834526235734328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-72086118205279830282009-07-08T23:50:22.849-07:002009-07-08T23:50:22.849-07:00Anonymous; (the one that calls Matt! a spoiled ado...Anonymous; (the one that calls Matt! a spoiled adolescent)<br />first of all, the sticker is a joke. get off your high horse. but it's a joke based on a stereotype (which usually exist due to the existence of a singular behavior by the visible majority of a group. not because every member of that group displays this behavior.) which a lot of CYCLISTS in this city and others have noticed.<br />as far as accusing the "poster" of not doing anything to promote cycling and cyclist rights in LA and the rest of the country, well, you should get your facts straight before you assume people are as inactive and complacent as you are. I'm probably the inconsiderate juvenile that ran into you, and i'm sorry. maybe i was running late for my volunteer shift at the local bike coop, or to get home to my two dogs and girlfriend that works for the LA County Bicycle Coalition. <br />Why don't you take this joke as such, and laugh it off. it sounds like you take way too much stuff to seriously.<br />peaceJack Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014762046012257255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-88218482358438457602009-07-08T23:27:34.636-07:002009-07-08T23:27:34.636-07:00I got flipped the bird by a douche bag in a Prius ...I got flipped the bird by a douche bag in a Prius just the other day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-64930245930344600422009-07-08T22:20:18.849-07:002009-07-08T22:20:18.849-07:00Milly,
Based on your argument, I'd be better o...Milly,<br />Based on your argument, I'd be better off killing myself. Just by existing, I do use resources, I didn't say otherwise. It's all about using alternatives when they exist and making real changes. I'm trying to do so myself and encourage others to do the same. No sanctimony in that, my friend. That whole 'you are a hypocrite cause you don't do enough' argument is so tiring.Matthew Ruscignohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848057735968720871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-49874499787557144532009-07-08T22:15:29.050-07:002009-07-08T22:15:29.050-07:00Your argument is specious and smug.
My fellow cyc...Your argument is specious and smug.<br /><br />My fellow cyclist, you are a hypocrite:<br />1. You exist. It takes a tremendous amount energy and resources to keep you alive. <br />2. Although you are a veg, plants are plucked and "killed" in a mechanized way to sustain your diet. Ah, and let's not forget our Latino brothers and sisters who are brutally exploited in ag to pick the fresh veggies you like to eat. Fresas, amigo?<br />2. You're an American and you dutifully pay taxes to support two intoxicating wars. <br />3. You use a computer to blog your insightful thoughts even though the computer/monitor contain toxic materials and pure, precious water was used to bathe the silicon chips.<br /><br />Need I continue the list? <br /><br />Sanctimonious rants are just as ugly coming from a cyclist as from a Prius owner.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883834526235734328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32549711.post-59681732349919068712009-07-08T19:57:48.453-07:002009-07-08T19:57:48.453-07:00Megan,
While it is true that empowerment needs to...Megan,<br /><br />While it is true that empowerment needs to be the first strategy in therapy, most of the women I work with have grappled with trying this approach unsuccessfully for years.<br />PTSD, for instance, is not something that can be intellectually reasoned around (that we can easily talk ourselves into the statement, "It's not fair that because of our gender we are made to feel more vulnerable") because the physiological responses will almost always trump the mental ones.<br /><br />Until you have experienced such a life-changing event, I am afraid it is difficult to comment authoritatively. <br /><br />And the disabled? They receive no voice here....which is why this sweeping generalization of an argument is no good. One cohort of the population is automatically deemed as polluters based on this (il)logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com