11/ The magic of photography is often the artist's skill at lying. The lonely wind-swept tree, seeming to symbolize wilderness and aloneness ... which turns out to be in the parking lot next to the sheet metal factory, behind the dumpster. My hat is off to folks who do this.
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12/ ...and when you see one of these NRx adjacent "perfect neighborhoods", you need to realize that the photographer spent hours walking around, and then waited until the garbage truck was gone, and the two scooters, and minivan, and found an angle w no antennae or phone lines
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14/ “Not only can the camera lie. The camera always lies.” -- Malcolm Muggeridgehttps://twitter.com/saegerart/status/1310246936998547456 …
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Saeger Ryman @saegerartReplying to @MorlockPOn the flip side, there's one particular photo of a crowd of gas stations and restaurants off a highway that gets repeatedly posted to Twitter to prove that we're wrecking the environment. Go in any direction though and it's endless farmland and wilderness.2 replies 3 retweets 35 likesShow this thread -
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16/ yes, you CAN I used to bike commute, 12 months out of the year, in rain and snow, from the Boston suburbs into Cambridge and it was kinda fun, but it kinda sucked just because one CAN do a thing does not mean that it's as good as other things https://twitter.com/fightvemodalen/status/1310270549910859782 …
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17/ this response is fairly typical, and it boils down to "I know you think you want what you want, but really all you need to do is change how you do EVERYTHING - waste more time by shopping more often, learn to not mind sweating >>>https://twitter.com/FunkyDuffy/status/1310285744745840641 …
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18/ learn to not mind carrying four bags in each hand as you navigate slush covered sidewalks, realize that walking in cold drizzle is just as good as driving in a warm car, accept that you can't chain trips, figure out how to deal with groceries AND a child stroller, blah blah
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19/ There are three arguments here: - "I like it, therefore you should like it" - "it's possible, therefore it's better" - "it works for people in my demographic and life stage, therefore it works for everyone" All of them are terrible, arrogant, and false.
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I'm 56, wear evening gown skirts as daywear (not exactly bikewear), do not want to arrive anywhere all asweat, & my time is valuable. Also, with people now texting while driving, cycling's unsafe in way it wasn't when I rode my fat-tired 10-speed all over NYC (in all weather).
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why is it so hard for people to understand that a good society has room for young athletic people who like biking, older people who like the idea ... but don't want to be sweaty, disabled people who can't, lazy people who just don't want to, etc etc etc?
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Right. We are not all 22. Most of us are not. A number of older people have balance issues or just aren't 20-something fit. A bike is not a viable form of transport for them. Personally, I can't afford to break a bone or break my head & car frame + airbags provides more protec.
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