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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Reminder: Wear a helmet!

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Reminder: Wear a helmet!

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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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    Good to see that you agree that

    Even with a chin bar, the face part tends to open up when you hit the ground.

    isn’t true.

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      7% of the time is a tendency

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        “Tends to” implies that it’s more likely to happen than not.

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          Nope, it means something has a tendency to happen.

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            https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tend

            to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic

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              I love how venomously pendantic this exchange is.

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                https://xkcd.com/386/

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              Likely: having a high probability of occurring or being true : very probable

              So it’s subjective.

              7% chance to have your face ripped open, do you consider it to be likely enough to take it into consideration when buying a helmet? If you had a 7% chance to crash every time you ride would you continue riding?

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                Now you’re just being stupid on purpose.

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      That’s your very best-case scenario, with a $600 helmet, in controlled impacts. Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly, especially because you don’t hit the ground once. If you hit the ground at speed, you bounce, and you roll.

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        Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly,

        Source?

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