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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by doubled112 »

orbital-decay wrote: post #35
OutOfHere wrote: post #18

Open cars worry me. How do they handle the wind, rain, snow, hail, etc.?

As someone who rides bikes most of the time, the right question is how you handle it.

This. I’ve ridden a bike year round in southwestern Ontario.

In general, I’m fairly waterproof.

-30C was pretty cold, especially moving, but rare enough I could dress for it and keep my body parts.

Snowstorms are always fun. Free physics lessons included. How much traction can you get? Whoops, I’m laying on the ground.

Thunderstorms and hail you might want to avoid.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by tremon »

allenrb wrote: post #9
superkuh wrote: post #5

Poor guy. He just wanted to spread some joy and now he's risking his life repeatedly. One of these police stops it's not going to work out. There are just too many US police eager to use physical violence for no reason.

While absolutely and sadly true, something tells me that rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop. Besides, his family would surely win the resulting case… on a peel.

> rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop

...until the bananas go brown, of course.

Re: Big Banana Car

#43

Post by nxobject »

Cockbrand wrote: post #22
tsherb wrote: post #16

I feel like we’ve got to at least link to the guy’s website: https://bigbananacar.com/

Let me be the first to say that this is a lovely website in a lovely, slightly modernized turn-of-the-millennium style.

Gloriously boring WordPress, too.

Re: Big Banana Car

#44

Post by WJW »

Henchman21 wrote: post #39
alentred wrote: post #8

> World Needs More Whimsy 100% that! When did everything get serious and look-alike? Anyway, I am taking off, shopping cart racing in the mall...

In the early 2000s the media ecosystem decided to re-tell every story, but darker & “grittier”. Then 9/11 happened and the darkness became permanent. It would be nice if we were coming out of that phase!

Oh don't worry, if history is any indication it shouldn't be much longer than 30-40 years from now. Basically 2 generations from the previous shift.

In the meantime, be the change you want to see! You don't have to be darker&grittier yourself just because the media ecosystem has decided that's where the current fashion is.

Re: Big Banana Car

#45

Post by bingaweek »

tremon wrote: post #42
allenrb wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While absolutely and sadly true, something tells me that rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop. Besides, his family would surely win the resulting case… on a peel.

> rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop ...until the bananas go brown, of course.

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Re: Big Banana Car

#46

Post by x______________ »

ceejayoz wrote: post #32
init2null wrote: post #14

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

Yup. That's a clear Fourth Amendment violation. Same with the "pulled over to give you an ice cream" feel-good ops they do. https://abc7ny.com/post/video-police-hand-out-ice-cream-inst... An illegal detention is still an illegal detention if it's being done nicely.

Finally! A nice story about cops pulling over a 23-foot banana motor vehicle for years without any consequence other than spreading joy to the people involved and years of fame!

No? You could also pull the public tax dollars spent card, or other crimes not being pursued while you're at it but it won't help sour the mood!

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by ssl-3 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #32
init2null wrote: post #14

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

Yup. That's a clear Fourth Amendment violation. Same with the "pulled over to give you an ice cream" feel-good ops they do. https://abc7ny.com/post/video-police-hand-out-ice-cream-inst... An illegal detention is still an illegal detention if it's being done nicely.

In one of the vaguely-parallel timelines, a defendant is being asked by a judge why they didn't pull over and responds with: "I thought they were going to try to give me an ice cream cone, and I'm lactose intolerant so I didn't stop."

Re: Big Banana Car

#49

Post by ssl-3 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #37
eschulz wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's almost a zero percent chance of a police officer harming him during one of these stops. Annoying him a perhaps violating his civil rights, possibly, but not harmed.

"Violating his civil rights" is harm.

Unless having their rights violated in this way is one of their kinks.
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