This morning's commute and other commuting stories

"This isn't PC but..."

Ed is spot on. see also: "It's simple common sense..."

two phrases designed specifically to avoid reasoned debate.

That's just what a bigot would say...

Racist.

Knee pain, on train for a week! FML =(

And any story recounted starting with 'Apparently...' is almost certainly false.

I walked to work. So much nicer. Bit too slow though.

Had to travel West this morning, so gave the OKR / Elephant clusterfuck a go.

Have to say it was OK. Much better than the previous iteration.

Had a little go on a small stretch of CS7. Got very cofnused by the bicycle traffic lights. Not for me, sorry.

Apologies to the small group of cyclists I sort of inadvertently rode into.

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Softshell, plus winter baselayer, plus 3/4 bib shorts, plus merino skiing socks, made for a happy if chilly commute. Saw a lot of knees on display heading west to putney, will no one think of the knees, the chilly chilly knees.
Kind of perversely looking forward to tonight's even chillier commuter home, and the one forecast for tomorrow.

Yesterday the mud was so thick it clogged up the bike completely on several occasions meaning I had to walk and drag the bike to firmer ground as the wheels wouldn't even turn.

Today it was so cold all the mud that I hadn't bohered to clean off had frozen meaning I had to pour warm water over the brakes and chain before I could go anywhere and the brakes were crap at best. This was not helped by ice forming on my rims after going through a few puddles.
Had ice in the beard when I got to work and my fingers are still numb at the tips after an hour in the office.

On the plus side I did see a tufted duck chick though, which is a first for me.

OKTITFC*

*Obligatory 'kill them in the face' comment

Such a lovely morning. Walked lad to school, with dog back via frosty park. Quick Best Flat White in S London, then chat to fave neighbours on way home. Rode in, not killing it, chatted to friendly SS rider from the Wirral via Eltham down the OKR.

Then to top it all the milk frother at my current job has miraculously (i.e. by someone else) been fixed, so a substandard but acceptable 2nd coffee on my desk. Small things ...

#csb

11/10

You caught me! But loads of my friends are {members of the historically / currently marginalised group in question} though??

Thanks. Would you recommend CS3 from Tower Gateway?

You nail it down perfectly, better than I did.

And now people are using SJW instead of PC nowadays.

Yup, anyone throwing around accusations of bigotry probably doesn't fancy having a proper discussion.

Okay, I'll bite, I wasn't going to respond to this as other have done so very well.

The whole reason the term "political correctness" happen because it was to complain about measurement being made to enable disadvantage people to enjoy the same (or near) advantage that you do (white able male especially).

Bigotry is the closet term I can find that can be applied to all kind of discriminatory, from ableism, sexism, racism, genderism, religious intolerance, ageism, linguicism, etc.

It happen everyday in small increment, it's like a cheat word to get out of calling a bigot.

In my example; complaining about the cinema putting fucking subtitles to accommodate the few, every time I go to the cinema, there's always, and I mean always hearing people complaining loudly about how the subtitles ruined Star Wars for them, how it's pointless to put it up because we probably still couldn't understand what's going on (!!), even complain loudly while watching the film just to lick salt to an already deep wound, this is a small example I can provide, but the gist is this;

For the last several decades, disadvantage people have to work really hard just to accommodate themselves in this world, to pleased the privilege, to make it easier for them.

The moment they got a small shred of advantage, it's suddenly seen as Political Correctness.

Rant over.

Personally at that time I'd just take Commercial Rd, East India Dock Rd etc but CS3 is also fine. If you know which end of Excel you want, west entrance is much easier from Lower Lea Crossing. East end from either dockside or Victoria Dock Rd is fine (cross rd onto pavement just before Prince Regent).
Sorry, @fizzy.bleach

I totally get all of that Ed, but I think that accusations of political correctness and accusations of bigotry seem to be opposites sides of the same coin. They're just ways of broad-brush dismissing past and future points that someone might make without constructively adding to the discussion.

some mouth breather posted basic bitch sexist horseshit and they got called out for doing so. there's really very little discussion to be had in this instance.

No but lets go on and on about it totally missing each others' points.

You say that Skully, but in my experience it will all come out orange if you twist it enough.

Need ear warmers. Thinsulate ski gloves from lidl toasty/10

some mouth breather posted basic bitch sexist horseshit and they got called out for doing so. there's really very little discussion to be had in this instance.

Yeah, true the whole "10/10 would bang" thing is extremely douchey; nobody cares who you'd bang. I've just been having this type of "discussion" too much elsewhere which have degenerated into "lefty PC wanker" vs. "reactionary bigot" mudslinging.

Commuting to Frankfurt today. So late on way home. So so late.

I just barged past about 40 people in line for security at airport as was missing flight. Now turns out that they were all delayed and getting on same bus as me for plane. I've commited the ultimate taboo - queue jumping - and now they're all judging me one by one. Need the ground to swallow me up but it ain't happening.

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/179428

I would never normally do that. I'd just stand there in line slowly missing my flight. But as I was SPRINTING to the gate this German lad started running too and said "are you going to London, am I late?"

I informed him that he was catastrophically fucking late and when we got to the queue he started barging. I just thought "in for a penny, in for a pound" and fell in behind him. I could hear the tuts. In retaliation the security guard sort of flicked/stroked my penis during the pat down.

I'm having an odd evening.