[m0nty]

> you'll see the language very precisely target the user, not the device

Not to mention, all other users of that device, as in "bloody cyclists, always going through red lights and riding on the pavement" etc. Even more weirdly, blaming cyclists for motor traffic congestion and pollution, as if cars don't do those things all on their own. (Both these memes rely on "bicycles hold up the traffic," with the second adding "which causes the cars to be less efficient and produce more pollution.")

[Asooka]

How the fuck (sorry for language) does a bicycle hold up traffic. I have not seen a lane so tight, that a car and a bicycle can not occupy it at the same time and pass each other.

[douche]

Narrow road, with no shoulder for them to get out into, and a long stream of oncoming traffic in the other lane? There are a lot of places where you come up behind a cyclist, and it's kind of an "oh fuck, am I going to be able to get around before I get squeezed? Hopefully this asshole semi coming at me doesn't swerve over the yellow line, and the cyclist stays on their line..."

[drewm1980]

I grew up commuting to school by bike in Evanston, IL. There was one place like this on my commute that sounded like this.

I got forced off the road once, learned my lesson, and now I take the lane in similar situations. You are far safer with an angry driver behind you who knows you are there, and wants to kill you figuratively but not literally.

Cars incentivize drivers to take risks with other people's lives, but drivers will almost never kill deliberately if you make the choice black and white for them.

[m0nty]

It's basically just blaming the outgroup.