Comments on: Driving in Portland

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:51:59 +0000

Okay, fine! Next time I update my blog (the functionality, not just my next blog) I will check to see if there is an easier way to do the word verification.

By: Bear

Bear — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:08:38 +0000

To Adam–yes Portlanders drive like idiots. I am a big fan of slowing down in the rain, but going 5 miles an hour on a highway with no wrecks, carnage or even a hint of stopped cars is ridiculous!!! Didn’t these people grow up driving in the rain? Shouldn’t they know how to drive by now on a slick street? Argh! People from snowy areas know how to drive in snow, people from Texas know to hide inside at any hint of snow. Why can’t these people learn how to drive in rain?

And to Lonnie’s critique of the verification word-yes i have to click it multiple times to find another one.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:56:55 +0000

Yes, I agree on the observations. I thought this myself before and it only gets confirmed when I hear other people talk about it. Lonnie I want you to be an ass on my blog. Please O Please. Steven I know you can’t write in anything but a block, but please block on my blog block head.

Actually I know blogging is a two way street – SO I linked you both to mine AND favored you with genius comments on your blogs.

By: Lonnie Ashamed

Lonnie Ashamed — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:42:50 +0000

Sorry for being an ass…

In my defence I did warn you guys before I continued my post.

By: Steven K

Steven K — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:26:45 +0000

Two words: Chat Room

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:12:56 +0000

Sorry the word verification is making you cry. There are two important question here; 1. Does power corrupt? and 2. Is there such a thing as group insanity? It is axiomatic that power corrupts most people, and the automobile is lots of power with little effort, like a gun. Okay, guns don’t kill people, but if how many murders would not happen if a person had to go through all the effort and fear of using a knife? Not all drivers are mad, or gun owners of course, but the power accentuates their dormant insanity. I think groups have the same effect on people. This is where pedestrian madness comes in. Cars combine power and the group.

I think another reason for driving madness is that it is not face to face. In most cases if you are rude on the road you will not have any type of confrontation. Its kind of like commenting on a site where no one knows who you are. You can say and do what you want and there is no responsibility.

Hmmm… People acting how they want. The perfect formula for madness.

By: Lonnie thinks steve is dumb

Lonnie thinks steve is dumb — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:00:07 +0000

Steven…I think if we took pedestrians, bikers, and auto drivers, and we filtered out all the nice people, and non assholes…I think we would definately find the ratios for each catagory to be much the same…guns don’t kill people, cars don’t make assholes, and the internet doesn’t make you a good writer…

oh, and anyone else notice how sometimes it is IMPOSSIBLE it is to read the word verification word on this website? Not because I don’t have the formatting, but because the letters are sooo distorted that it makes me cry?

By: Steven K

Steven K — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:34:47 +0000

See my aforementioned post, cars make you crazy.

By: Lonnie Hates Steve

Lonnie Hates Steve — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:42:39 +0000

Ok, I am going to be an ass in this post: beware…

1. Ninrai, it is spelled Chaotic.

2. Steven, don’t be dumb. You of all people know it is not the cars… it is the idiots driving them…

3. Adam, you are supposed to drive slower in the rain. Nothing is worse than the idiot who drives normal in the rain…thus increasing his chances of an accident and mine of dying.

That being said…you should carry a baseball bat in your car to take out those crazies in Portland.

By: Steven K

Steven K — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:40:43 +0000

Did anyone ever stop to think that it may be driving itself as the problem (no, I have not turned into an anti-car Nazi, but there is, none the less, a reoccurring theme here, it has four wheels an engine and, yes, a gas pedal (see my post If this reminds you of yourself when driving) No, I'm not promoting my blog on another's, I just recently wrote something similar to this, just from another point of view. Glad you didn't hit the guy, Adam, actually, the fact that you stopped to see if he was okay even though you didn't hit him serves to help balance the vast imbalance caused by all the hit-and-runs, bravo.