I don’t think I’ve ever seen my mom cry, except for the one time she dropped a metal hanger in her eye, and at my grandpa’s funeral (though she claims she cries all the time). I’ve seen my dad cry a decent amount. My grandma bottles more than a winery. My grandpa cried on occasion. We’re backwards from the stereotype. It’s weird.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something which you pay more than "it's worth" for the sake of good quality/experience?
5·7 days agoI wish I could get symmetrical gigabit. I’m stuck with Comcrap: gigabit down, 40 MBPS up with a datacap. My apartment complex has a deal with Comcrap, even though they just installed fiber down the street from us.
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why is bicycle riding so controversial in America?
152·8 days agoThe only controversies I’ve seen regarding bikes I’ve seen as a city dwelling American, are bikes not following the rules of the road.
People get upset when bikes run red lights/stop signs, ride the wrong way on streets or paths, or go way too fast on shared pedestrian paths, especially if they don’t have a bell or horn of some kind.
E bikes get hate because they allow people to do 25 to 40 mph on pedestrian paths (where the speed limit is half of that or less). Where I live, lane splitting for motorcyclists is not legal, but E bikes do it relatively frequently. Motorists are not expecting a tiny, silent vehicle to go flying past their door at 30 mph when they’re stopped. And for some reason, most E bikes I’ve personally seen riding at night have no lights of any kind. I don’t want to hit someone in my car, and I don’t want to be hit by someone as a pedestrian, and it’s a hell of a lot harder to prevent that when you can’t see them.
I ride my bike on shared use paths and the street with lights and a bell. I follow the rules of the road, and I’ve never had any issues.

Yup, her eye is all good, thankfully.