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Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'
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#12Not that I think jumping on the top of someone's car is obviously justified, but I am honestly curious how the car got to this point. Wouldn't it have had to drive past hundreds of people into what was obviously a large gathering to get here?
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Disruptive gatherings of rebellious youths is definitely a thing in East Asia. In my day, they'd have been on scooters or low CC motorcycles and making a LOT of noise. Not sure what the kids ride these days.
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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.
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#17Watching 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…
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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what lol
how about Bōsōzoku the youth subculture in Japan that loves fast motorcycles and illegal street races in the 80s/90s?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku#:~:text=B%C....
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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.