/r/SubredditOfTheDay readers react negatively to the feature of f7u12, make head mod. sad

BrowsOfSteel · 2012-05-23T22:15:44.211023+00:00

* sits back and waits for others to fawn over all the hard volunteer work I do, and defend me from the horrible light of someone's negative opinion *

BrowsOfSteel · 2012-05-23T22:07:08.482549+00:00

They do it for free and owe you nothing.

There it is again. Oh the poor unpaid mods, won't someone feel sorry for them and spare their feelings.

They do what they do for free and owe me nothing. I do what I do for free and I owe them nothing.

BrowsOfSteel · 2012-05-23T21:51:24.150116+00:00

redtaboo says it best.

Yeah, because there's nothing better than a "the poor mods work so hard" pity-party.

BrowsOfSteel · 2012-05-23T21:49:37.126720+00:00

Wow. There's a lot of pity-fellatio going on in that apology submission's comments.

SRotD · 2012-05-23T21:48:05.755369+00:00

This is a service offered to you for free.

Which, of course, makes it immune from criticism.

If you don't like it, you don't have to look at it.

You can do the same with the freely given complaints.

jaxspider · 2012-05-23T21:09:00.966993+00:00

But this amount of dissatisfaction from the userbase is just overwhelming to be honest.

When you feature shit, expect a shitstorm.

Bad_Misinfo_agent · 2012-05-23T18:37:11.530176+00:00

Indeed. And for a column, it's pretty poorly written.

Bad_Misinfo_agent · 2012-05-23T17:49:29.735967+00:00

Really? Because this column was really pretty poorly written. It's pretty clear the author has no real knowledge of the doping/anti-doping arena, especially in the area of therapeutic use exemptions for banned substances. He didn't address the potential for TUEs for marijuana usage, he didn't address the difference between Diaz's second offense and Overeem's first offense and how that would affect the lengths of the suspensions. It was just sloppily written and shallowly researched.

superdupergirl · 2012-05-23T12:24:39.407980+00:00

I was getting ready to pack up my computer for the big move and figured I'd check FCJ before I shut everything down.

This was apparently the right decision.

coooolbeans · 2012-05-23T10:47:25.401265+00:00

Yes, people with poor vocabulary skills use it to mistakenly refer to the members of the other branches of the military as well.

coooolbeans · 2012-05-23T02:30:24.378382+00:00

A word people with poor vocabulary skills use as another word for soldier.

ImAllowedToSayFuck · 2012-05-23T01:56:34.880929+00:00

Nukyular, it's pronounced nukyular.

JingJang · 2012-05-23T01:20:50.773540+00:00

men with pedal power are sexy and exotic like the such-n-such orchid that blooms only once every three years and smells like rotting flesh!

You're goddamn right we are!

brotz · 1 day

Because they did not respect the principal's author-uh-tie.

marcussantiago · 1 day

Wow. Such a great, deep analysis.

I like how it completely touched on the similar commute times by both modes of transportation for short trips (< 3 miles) in most cases, and for longer trips (< 10 miles, 65% of all trips taken in the US) in conditions like rush hour or the business cores of major cities (where bicycles usually outperform other modes of transportation). I also like how, even when cars do outperform bicycles you compared the cost of operation differences to the opportunity cost to actually show that cars are so clearly superior.

Yep. You're a real economics wizard.

marcussantiago · 1 day

The NTHS data is there for you to pull from yourself. But one relevant statistic for you is that trips 10 miles or less (easily bikable -and some walkable-) make up ~65% of all trips and ~30% of all miles traveled, yet ~85% of these short trips are made by car.

These are the trips that could be shifted to biking and walking with a greater investment in infrastructure. Since automobile traffic is heavily subsidized in this country there would be a huge net savings realized from such a move.

marcussantiago · 1 day

No, the content of the paper (which you haven't addressed) is what makes it legit. But the ironic picture is a bonus.

excit3d · 1 day

Stolen from TeX.

marcussantiago · 1 day

Oh, please do share with the dumbfucks your no doubt stunning analysis of the opportunity costs associated with cycling rather than driving. I'll bet it's quite entertaining.

marcussantiago · 1 day

All transportation is funded by the federal gasoline tax. If you don't buy gas, you do not pay into the gas tax. Shut the fuck up about taking your fair share.

Such strong words for one so woefully uninformed…

marcussantiago · 1 day

They don't pay 12% of road costs, or anywhere remotely close to that. Paved surfaces have a cost, and the vast majority of it is paid by tax on gasoline.

Actually, no.

Gas taxes go primarily to federal highways, local roads are supported through things like property taxes, which cyclists do pay. When it all rolls out, automobile drivers are being subsidized, and cyclists are overpaying for their share of the roads.

marcussantiago · 1 day

The average commuting distance for an American is 16 miles

Yet 50% of all work commutes are less than 5 miles. The mean of a distribution doesn't tell the full story.

marcussantiago · 1 day

It already is a nightmare trying to pass a bicyclist who is meandering along at 3mph.

Really? Why?

I just move left and pass them; it takes about two seconds.

marcussantiago · 1 day

As far as I know your work doesn't get a tax credit if you ride to work unless they implement a qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement fringe benefit program, where they can allocate up to $20/month per employee into an untaxed fringe benefit class if the employee qualifies by commuting via bicycle on a regular basis. And they only get to shift that money into an untaxed class if they actually give it to you.

marcussantiago · 1 day

According to this report that the article is based off of, only 2.9% of commuters do any walking or bike riding at all, and I doubt they do 50% of their total miles on average traveled on bikes.

You may want to look at page nine of that benchmarking report you linked to. It to uses the 12% number which comes directly from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey. Then turn to page 10 where we find that the 2.9% is just the percent of people nationwide (4.9% in major US cities) who walk to and from work, not the percent of walking trips nationwide (which is 10.5%). Note that this doesn't include bicycle trips either, just walking.

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