Lime and Bird are growing rapidly

Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by ZoomZoomZoom on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:46AM (#18597922)

>>They’re completely dorky and I’ll never be caught dead on one

Sorry for asking, but are you thirteen?

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by 6cd6beb on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:09AM (#18600666)

I'm in my early thirties and feel the same way.

A lot of people do. Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by ZoomZoomZoom on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:05AM (#18606720)

>> Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do.

And its exactly a moment when one should stop for a second and ask him/herself a question "why would I feel so"?

Wearing glasses, reading books, dyeing hair with some tint, preferring pieces of clothing of some fashion or other, riding a personal vehicle that is supposedly beneficial for ecology (at least at the level of common knowledge) AND evidently improving quality of urban life - all of that shouldn't be embarrassing, or "completely" "socially inept"[1]. Wearing dirty clothes when you have the means not to or not looking after your hygiene should (and I can't really recall anything else at a moment's notice).

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dorky

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by jobigoud on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:58AM (#18608703)

Dyeing hair and choosing clothes are a matter of style preference, so why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter?

I agree it's weird but clearly as we see for cars, choice of vehicle is also driven by style preferences. E.g most people wouldn't buy a pink car with green polka dots.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by ZoomZoomZoom on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:00AM (#18617252)

>>why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter

They certainly can. Calling something with a particular epithet means it bears this particular quality, which is not subjective. The opinion is, but the characterization is not.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by criagsbkbk on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:14AM (#18598344)

Personal swipes aren't allowed here. FYI

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by ZoomZoomZoom on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:31AM (#18598452)

This is not a personal swipe, just a sarcastic remark on a tactless and judgemental comment.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by mbel on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:04AM (#18599030)

I would say it's the other way around. You made a tactless and judgemental comment on a sarcastic remark.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by ZoomZoomZoom on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:41AM (#18599296)

I ride kick scooter almost daily on my commute and can't find anything sarcastic about calling it "completely dorky", sorry.

I've also gotten used to not hear (or make) such comments in my adult life, contrary to the school years, where it was a norm of communication, unfortunately.

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