• grue@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Ah, there it is: the Shroedinger’s cyclist. Every cyclist is simultaneously broke and privileged until the car-brain decides which is more convenient for his current argument!

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      11 months ago

      TIL we never actually moved my girlfriend’s whole household by bike (and cart) when we moved in together.

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        11 months ago

        Why is it that you think your anecdote can be broadly applied to all cargo transit needs?

        Do you think a wind turbine could be carried by bicycle?

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          11 months ago

          Ah yes, wind turbines which are famously delivered to locations in dense urban centers.

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            11 months ago

            A fair point.

            But also, isn’t it pretty obvious that there’s a lot of large, heavy cargo that gets moved around inside cities that could not possibly be transported effectively by bicycle?

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          11 months ago

          So when people say I have obviously no experience moving heavy things, my personal experience matters. But when it turns out I have that experience, it magically stops mattering? Plus I never said that my experience is of importance, that’s something infreq and Hyperreality brought up.

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            11 months ago

            No, the point is that an individual experience is not broadly applicable.

            One sample is bad statistics.