> be me

> live in a relatively new part of town in the Netherlands

> bike 20 minutes to the city center

> no hills or mountains because netherlands

> See almost no cars because most bike routes are completely seperated and shorter than car routes

> Park my bike in a surveilled parking area funded by the city

> Do all my shopping for the day and return

> MFW my friends and family don't even realize how good we have it

1 gal of gas: ~29k calories - $4.609
~29k calories of rice: ~$600 <-- sus math btw 🤔

It's simple: drink the gas.

okay, update:
my math was wrong. new cost of rice: ~$11.5 (ordering in bulk)

CONCLUSION
Drink the gas.

Actual unironic gigachad moment

And park directly in the immediate front of the building I'm visiting. No circling around and around without finding a space to park my overly expensive rust box. Just arrive, lock the bike to a post and be there.

Totally different experience in that aspect alone.

Be American

Living paycheck to paycheck

Need job

Good worker

Work overtime when needed

Trying to pay off car

Smug biker does a driveby near open car window

Rethink my life

Realize U.S. infrastructure often requires vehicles

In middle of daily 40min commute, one way

Realize the same distance on bike would be two hours

Depresso

> be me

> be downtown on bicycle

> actual protected bike lanes

> zipping past hundreds of people that decided to drive for some reason

> bumper to bumper traffic

> road capacity literally maxed out

> honking and yelling at almost every intersection

pic related

Be me

Download Pokemon Go

Start running to work

Gotta catch them all

4 months later run a 50K

"What was your training like?"

"I dunno, run more?"

(true story back in 2022)

Ngl, I have a nice ass and legs. Nice compliments, too! It's worth it to bike everywhere if your city allows it

I forgot to mention that the cost of repairs is also dirt cheap here.

Given that's a greentext, legitimately expected anon to somehow get injured or killed by some not paying attention driver on unsafe road or something. Glad he didn't.

I do think it's funny that America has the worst traffic in the western world, yet in Europe we can get by just fine with roads built by people that even the Romans considered to be ancient.

My job is 15 mountainy miles away, and when I show up drenched in bicycle sweat everyone in the office says I smell bad

Me unironically wanting to do this

100F outside most of the year because Florida (that's 38C for you europoors)

Have to wake up at 4am before sunset to be able to ride at all

work at 9

Can't into roadbike :(

I always wanted to learn how to ride a bike. Always looked like fun.