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i wasnt allowed to ride in the street when i was a little kid, i got my first bike when i was 6. so i had to ride on the sidewalk around the block over and over. before that i had something called a Big Wheel and i used to do the same. there wasnt anyone walking on the sidewalk hardly ever. i was allowed to ride on the street around 13 when i got my first ten speed. that thing moved so fast it was pretty fucking dangerous to ride on the sidewalk. the tires were much thinner than my Kent or Schwinn were. i never used those stupid tard helmets they make the kids wear now. i never even knew anyone who wore that dumb shit. and i wasnt even careful. i got fucked up a number of times. flew over the handlebars more than once on my older bikes. smacked right into a tree due to broken sidewalk. went over the handlebars and some old guy runs over to me thinking i was killed. i had cut my arm up, but i just laughed when he asked if i was ok and said sure. he looked at me like i was a damned fool and went on his way. fun times when you were still allowed to be a dumb fucking kid. ten speed though, that was the real deal. you could do 20 mph on those and i went everywhere. one time i came down a long hill and i burned out my brakes trying to stop and just sailed right on down til i slowed down naturally on level ground. was the most terrifying moment of my childhood.

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adults doing dumb shit on their bikes deserve to get run the fuck over. that includes motorcyclists. ive seen my share of people who turned themselves into mashed potatoes on the highway because they werent being careful. no sympathy.
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Keep rolling in that K Car wearing your newsboy cap and your driving gloves gramps.
 
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Keep rolling in that K Car wearing your newsboy cap and your driving gloves gramps.
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it was called a J sports car. the K car version was built only until 1986. mine is a 1992. no driving gloves or newsboys yet. its still 70s here. i do ballcaps and light fedoras in summer. the felt, leather and wool comes out when it hits the 50s. stop being a dick about my car because your car is 90 years old and moves slower than you fuck.
 
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Aldarion

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Meh there is a huge difference between jackoffs checking Twitter and their Instagram likes than there is the 100+ work emails / texts I have to handle a day. Literally have a 'remind me next week' macro or I wouldn't get fuck all done.
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I have a hobby. When I'm travelling, I just blatantly watch the dumb shit people do on their phones. Like, I don't try to hide it or look out the corner of my eye or something, I practically lean over and just watch them.

99.99% of people are doing the most ridiculous, childish, should-be-embarrassing shit. Like, if I caught them watching furry porn I'd be less embarrassed for them.

If you say you're checking yours 100 times a day to respond to texts and emails I wont dispute that (I will point out, though, this is one of the top 3 reasons not to own a smart phone)

But I will say, thats not what most people are doing when they check their idiot device 100 times a day.
 
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I have a hobby. When I'm travelling, I just blatantly watch the dumb shit people do on their phones. Like, I don't try to hide it or look out the corner of my eye or something, I practically lean over and just watch them.

99.99% of people are doing the most ridiculous, childish, should-be-embarrassing shit. Like, if I caught them watching furry porn I'd be less embarrassed for them.

If you say you're checking yours 100 times a day to respond to texts and emails I wont dispute that (I will point out, though, this is one of the top 3 reasons not to own a smart phone)

But I will say, thats not what most people are doing when they check their idiot device 100 times a day.
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i'm proud of myself. i only check my phone 3 times a day. i shut the sounds off and let message accumulate. i only check social media once. judging by the quality of the messages. i think i am still doing it too often.
 
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i'm proud of myself. i only check my phone 3 times a day. i shut the sounds off and let message accumulate. i only check social media once. judging by the quality of the messages. i think i am still doing it too often.
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My students have so many audible notifications turned on that any time I interact with them its like theres a third entity in the room with us, an R2D2 sitting there beeping and chiming away.

its not just their phones, they have this shit turn on on their laptops too. Bleep, bloop, ding. Bleep, bloop, ding. Over and fucking over.

I sit there wondering, why do you think so little of yourself so much you've agreed to be subjected to this constant stream of electronic demands?
 
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New sexual assault allegations filed against former Boston ballet star

Three more dancers have come forward to allege that an instructor, Mitchell Tyler Button, and his wife, a former star with the Boston Ballet, sexually abused them, according to an expanded lawsuit.
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Americans check their smartphones 96 times a day, survey says

New research said Americans check their phones 96 times a day — which is about once every 10 minutes.
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hilarious and believable

Smartphone addiction is a really funny thing to watch from the outside. its such an extreme compulsion and people just have so little shame or self awareness about indulging it constantly.
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Back to the start of this conversation - I believe 96 times a day is an incredibly understated statistic. Either people are understating the poll response, or the cross section of people used is poorly representative.

I would suggest most people under 40 check their phone at least 200+ times a day. In a typical 18 hour day that is once every 5 minutes and considering sometimes one will check it several times a minute depending on what is going on is not unreasonable.

On the other side of that coin, let's say one DOES check it 100 times in a day. Half the time when they check it, they are on it for several minutes or more at a time, so the statistic does not really show how much time people spend on there. If they were NOT on it, they would be checking it.

EDIT - As a representative of the 50 year olds, I check mine probably 25-50 times a day, and that is being unemployed/actively looking for work, and a divorced parent. If I was living a regular, employed and married lifestyle I am sure it would be a lot less.
 
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I have a hobby. When I'm travelling, I just blatantly watch the dumb shit people do on their phones. Like, I don't try to hide it or look out the corner of my eye or something, I practically lean over and just watch them.

99.99% of people are doing the most ridiculous, childish, should-be-embarrassing shit. Like, if I caught them watching furry porn I'd be less embarrassed for them.

If you say you're checking yours 100 times a day to respond to texts and emails I wont dispute that (I will point out, though, this is one of the top 3 reasons not to own a smart phone)

But I will say, thats not what most people are doing when they check their idiot device 100 times a day.
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I was one of the latest adopters to smartphones, I didnt need a computer on me every second and I refused to do text messages up until a year or three ago. And then I would only text the GF, now there is no escaping the 100+ texts and 100+ emails that are part of a work day. Upside is they do consume less mins of the day a piece than phone calls used to.
 
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Machine Learning Identifies the Most Important Predictors of Infidelity

Researchers have used a machine learning approach to identify factors that predict someone's likelihood to cheat in a relationship. Their findings were published late August to the Journal of Sex Rese
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Interestingly, men who did not receive oral sex in the last month also were much more likely to cheat – it was the fourth most powerful predictor of infidelity.
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What a shocking revelation. Truly, it took a study to reveal this conclusion.

Social science is not science and should not be funded.
 
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Chukzombi said:
i'm proud of myself. i only check my phone 3 times a day. i shut the sounds off and let message accumulate. i only check social media once. judging by the quality of the messages. i think i am still doing it too often.
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I call bullshit. Chuck is addicted to checking things many times a day, look at these forums posts.
 
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Mudcrush Durtfeet said:
I call bullshit. Chuck is addicted to checking things many times a day, look at these forums posts.
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bullshit is checking forums for posts to neg instead of actually reading and engaging with them. you have some weird kinks, Mary. btw i havent checked my phone once today. usually my Burger King app lets me know by now about some worthless special they're having because its national bacon day or international onion ring appreciateion week. must be that rare day where there is no food holiday.
 
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Chukzombi said:
bullshit is checking forums for posts to neg instead of actually reading and engaging with them. you have some weird kinks, Mary. btw i havent checked my phone once today. usually my Burger King app lets me know by now about some worthless special they're having because its national bacon day or international onion ring appreciateion week. must be that rare day where there is no food holiday.
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Took you less than 15 minutes to respond to my post. Hmm.
 
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i just want this guy to find the bald guy while the popo are barking up the wrong tree
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i doubt he finds him if he brought the entire film crew with him to video every move he makes. just fuking find him and then pose for pictures later. these photo ops are silly, you will not be forgiven for saying the N word.
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Dog the Bounty Hunter Says He Had a "Pass" to Use the N-Word Amid Racism Allegations - E! Online

Dog the Bounty Hunter and fiancée Francie Frane took part in a joint interview that aired the day before their Sept. 2 wedding, with Dog claiming he "had a pass" to previously use the N-word.
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