Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by ThinkingGuy on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @11:56AM
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Relevant Oatmeal cartoon:
Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by dennis_jeeves1 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:06PM
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Lol, good one, never knew about the oatmeal.
It's so common we even have a name for it: road rage. What it is about driving that induces rage in so many people is beyond me.
This 1950 cartoon depicts Goofy -- an ordinary, kind, thoughtful citizen -- turning into a monster when he gets behind the wheel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPSIb3kt_4
The phenomenon has been around as long as there have been automobiles.
We've had 100 years to examine the effects of driving on people's brains and it's...deranging, clearly.