totm nov 2023 Thread to discuss negative things in a very general way, just see where it goes y'know?

[Lisias]

The turkey that are fed the best a few weeks before Thanksgiving,
is the one that will not see Thanksgiving.

[AlamoVampire]

I play pokemon go to try to relax but its becoming harder. I am finding it harder and harder to play it. Why? Cheaters. Im playing by the rules but in the last 3-4 months in particular i have run into no less than 30 accounts that are gps spoofing, time spoofing (placing pokemon into gyms while i have battle winner priority or during the 10 minute battle lock out or feeding more candies to a pokemon than is permitted), running shared accounts or multiple accounts (ive seen players that are 100% alone add 2, 3, or 4 pokemon accounts to gyms), and offering for sale modded software to permit the above AND avoid cheat detection. I report this crap again and again and again with evidence that would meet beyond a reasonable doubt level of clarity in a criminal trial but do they punish the offending players? No. Im getting sick of it. Ive played for over half a decade but im ready to quit.

what would YOU do in my place? Quit? Or?

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im done. I quit. Im an honest player but cheaters took a relaxing game away. I stalked a gym just now that has one side in a park that closes at sunset and one side with a street access. I watched the cheat gps spoof in, take it and vanish. I fight gyms in a specific way. I fight single target burn down, meaning i fight 1 until i kill it. Rinse repeat. I did just that. Took out an aggron or however its spelled then fought a snorlax. I was the only player there. The game limits you to 10 candies in 30 minutes. The snorlax was ALONE yet get fed 13 candies in under 7 minutes from them. So keeping score? Gps spoofing, time spoofing candy restrictions. Im sick of it. I cant play a game where cheaters wont face consequences. Avoid pokemon go. 

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Edited November 11 by AlamoVampire

[AlamoVampire]

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks? Bicycles are legally vehicles and are required to be on the street and travel in the same direction as motorized traffic…

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[Superfluous J]

2 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks? Bicycles are legally vehicles and are required to be on the street and travel in the same direction as motorized traffic…

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I know it's rhetorical, but the answer is because the majority of people don't care one bit about other people and only care about themselves.

And hey, my post is on topic

[DDE]

11 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks? Bicycles are legally vehicles and are required to be on the street and travel in the same direction as motorized traffic…

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In some places, they're Schrodinger's vehicles and can choose to operate as pedestrains in pretty much all circumstances.

Otherwise all the kicksharing start-ups and food delivery services (which rely on electric bikes) will be out of business.

[Nuke]

17 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks? Bicycles are legally vehicles and are required to be on the street and travel in the same direction as motorized traffic…

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im not riding a bike near any of those lunatics.

5 hours ago, DDE said:

In some places, they're Schrodinger's vehicles and can choose to operate as pedestrains in pretty much all circumstances.

Otherwise all the kicksharing start-ups and food delivery services (which rely on electric bikes) will be out of business.

its sort of like how cats have managed to circumvent every leash law while dogs have to be dragged around by their owners. cats do not recognize any sovereignty but their own. if someone tried to pass a bill, a cat would probibly pee on it.

Edited Friday at 05:54 PM by Nuke

[AlamoVampire]

6 hours ago, Nuke said:

im not riding a bike near any of those lunatics.

Riding at night with no lights or reflective gear, riding across intersections when youre supposed to walk the bike, riding against traffic, and riding 3-4 or more abreast… its wild

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[Nuke]

1 hour ago, AlamoVampire said:

Riding at night with no lights or reflective gear, riding across intersections when youre supposed to walk the bike, riding against traffic, and riding 3-4 or more abreast… its wild

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i grew up in anchorage and the bike trail network there was awesome. you could get almost anywhere in the city without having to cross more than a couple roads. we did have problems with moose though. but il take a moose over a human in a car any day.

i didnt ride much in juneau because of the cross winds. biking in phoenix sucked because of the damn heat. these days i dont even own a bike.

Edited Saturday at 02:36 AM by Nuke

[Fizzlebop Smith]

1 hour ago, AlamoVampire said:

Riding at night with no lights or reflective gear, riding across intersections when youre supposed to walk the bike, riding against traffic, and riding 3-4 or more abreast… its wild

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Alamo Friend, I'm a little worried. Was this behavior standard practice before the recent tragedy?

If you ever need to vent... we're here.

Heck.. you wanna talk HMU. We can Skype if you are international. 

I have an awesome app that puts a thousand meetings at my fingertips. From NA to grief councilors.

Please where reflective gear while riding at night.

[AlamoVampire]

@Fizzlebop Smith the bicyclists are unrelated to my mothers passing or anything like that. The day i posted about the bicyclist one crossed right in front of me as i was coming to a stop. They were on the sidewalk headed opposite the direction of travel for cars and caused me to nearly hit them. Then acted like it was my fault. Cyclists here are just nuts in general. Especially since i travel back roads mostly and am far enough outside the city to  be more country than suburbs if that makes sense. Funny thing is until after my mom passed id not encountered more than maybe 20 cyclists (most following the rules of the road) total in the last 3-4 years combined, then suddenly they hit near plague numbers lol. I myself have not been on a bike in over 2.5 decades. Just reread my post writing this and i think you misread it. I was describing the bicycles not myself beyond nearly hitting the dipstick that triggered my post. But as to venting? I honestly feel like the universe became a bit more spiteful/hateful of me as it claimed my mom. I feel more beaten up than i have in a while.

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[kerbiloid]

On 11/15/2024 at 3:21 AM, AlamoVampire said:

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks?

Because the sidewalks still aren't equipped with traps.

Spoiler

 

16 hours ago, DDE said:

Otherwise all the kicksharing start-ups and food delivery services (which rely on electric bikes) will be out of business.

And would give the job to the drone people.

[DDE]

And this week's "did not check the slides" award goes to...

* with two in-flight refuelings

[kerbiloid]

They lost "_mi" or "n_m".

Or were testing it by cycling in a near-airdrome orbit, so 7.8 km is a runway length plus double turn radius.

[DDE]

5 hours ago, DDE said:

And this week's "did not check the slides" award goes to...

* with two in-flight refuelings

Pictured: the Su-57 pilot

Spoiler

 

[cubinator]

On 11/14/2024 at 6:21 PM, AlamoVampire said:

Why do ADULTS think its ok to ride bicycles on sidewalks? Bicycles are legally vehicles and are required to be on the street and travel in the same direction as motorized traffic…

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Because it's a vastly less deadly place to be.

[AlamoVampire]

7 hours ago, cubinator said:

vastly less deadly

Right up until you have an incident like the reason I posted the other day. 203411162024

[Lisias]

12 minutes ago, AlamoVampire said:

Right up until you have an incident like the reason I posted the other day. 203411162024

Agreed. But, yet, the consequences would be vastly less deadly then otherwise.

I was a urbane cyclist about a decade ago in Sao Paulo, way before the bike lanes were implemented around here. And let me tell you something, I had seen some really near misses right on front of me - like when once a bus pushed a woman into the sidewalk making her to fall pretty nastily. She got hurt, and one of the guys that were cycling with her pursued the maniac, and was almost killed too because the bus driver tried to push him the same, but into the faster lane on the street. Had anyone be driving behind them, the cyclist would be dead.

Problem: the bus had to stop on a red signal and... Boy... I will let what happened after to the reader's imagination.

Then the bike lanes were created, and everything would be fixed, right? (sigh). Nope.

Now motorcycles speed up on the bike lines unchecked, and even some small cars do it sometimes. It's literally safer to bike on the slow lane, but not so safe as on the sidewalk because now and then some maniac like that bus driver I mentioned above shows up.

Me? I stopped biking. I'm not suicidal.

Edited Sunday at 02:47 AM by Lisias
Now it was the autocomplete! I swear!!!