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Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by Retric »

uhhhhuhyes wrote: post #17
throwaway_4ever wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In an age where people are as lonely and isolated as ever and rightly complain about the ubiquity of car-based transportation, here is a group that has built an actual community around practically carbon-free transportation. Though, yes, even as a skateboarder I don't condone the hill-bombing as it is legitimately too dangerous.

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Cars taking over public streets happened because drivers just started killing so many people. It had nothing to do with people choosing cars over walking rather than living over being run over.

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by rgifford »

bko wrote: post #4

Watching videos of this event reminds me of a comedian's bit where he talks about watching Rocky when he was young versus today. When he was young, he would cheer Rocky on while eating those raw eggs. When he watched it when he was older he thought about how hard it would be to get those egg stains off his sweatshirt. I guess that's all to say that I am of the age where I see a bunch of young men shutting down a stre…

I worry about egg stains on sweatshirts too. Some folks join us with age. Others live life right up to the brim, good for em I say. The world needs all kinds.

Reminds me of Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake. It's this race in Gloucester, England. It's been going on since the early 1800s. Folks run down a 45 degree hill for 200 yards to catch a 10 pound rolling cheese wheel. It's as dangerous as it sounds, but fun to watch [1]. Medical staff is onsite and ready for the inevitable hospital visits that follow. They swapped out the cheese for foam a decade back for safety reasons, which makes me chuckle for some reason.

If anything the SF hill bomb tradition should get adopted by the city. Give it a date and time, close down the street, get medical staff and police on site, get some minimal safety measures in place, and give residents some notice. Then is there anything to be upset about?

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEh3wz-92i4

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by la64710 »

roflchoppa wrote: post #7

Skating hills is tough. The last time I skated SF we went from Colma all the way down into Market then up to the POFA. Great times, def exhausting… hats off to the kids keeping that dream alive.

Yes but please don’t wreck innocent peoples property and life with your dreams. Be a human!

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by Apocryphon »

uhhhhuhyes wrote: post #17
throwaway_4ever wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In an age where people are as lonely and isolated as ever and rightly complain about the ubiquity of car-based transportation, here is a group that has built an actual community around practically carbon-free transportation. Though, yes, even as a skateboarder I don't condone the hill-bombing as it is legitimately too dangerous.

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Skate or Die!

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by la64710 »

kstrauser wrote: post #16
yomkippur wrote: post #6

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That’s too bad. I don’t condone destructiveness, but love living somewhere that kids will regularly get together and say, hey, let’s try something wildly risky and flashy just for the thrill of it. I’d rather deal with hill bombers than sideshows any time.

I don’t want to deal with this crap. Nobody stopping anyone from skating and living dangerously. But breaking other peoples property is not the right thing. Live and let live.

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Post by Apocryphon »

la64710 wrote: post #25
kstrauser wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s too bad. I don’t condone destructiveness, but love living somewhere that kids will regularly get together and say, hey, let’s try something wildly risky and flashy just for the thrill of it. I’d rather deal with hill bombers than sideshows any time.

I don’t want to deal with this crap. Nobody stopping anyone from skating and living dangerously. But breaking other peoples property is not the right thing. Live and let live.

It looks like the car got tagged but is otherwise unscathed. It was just delayed for a moment and received a minor custom paint job. Hardly broken property.

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by WalterBright »

When I was in high school, the local teens would gather every Friday night on a certain commercial street downtown, and would drag race from light to light. Of course it was illegal, but the cops had a quiet understanding that as long as it was just that section of road, they wouldn't interfere.

It was great fun. Not only were kids drag racing their cars, a lot more were showing off their cars, hanging out at the drive in joints lining the strip, etc. I remember one older boy had my fantasy Mustang, very heavily modified. My Dodge is an ode to that start to my devotion to muscle cars :-)

Unfortunately, some parents eventually complained and the cops were forced to shut it down. All part of the general removal of fun from our society.

Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'

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Post by newjersey »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #20
newjersey wrote: post #13

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> These people are criminals and belong in prison, hopefully for life. Why such a strong punishment? I can see wanting to punish them harshly enough that they'll never do it again, and maybe to dissuade others as well. But lifetime imprisonment seems to go well beyond that.

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