Btw I got menaced by a tweaker on my way to work so loving the bike much less

People keep telling me to buy a gun
It’s not a reasonable thing to tell a person BUT it is directionally accurate

I found self defense classes instead of just going to Walmart and buying gun

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Dang sorry bike already spoilered and cognitive load of constant safety checks so costly

Tae kwon do was my gun alternate 🫤 back in the day and punching/kicking bag training underrated lol. Now live in a small rural college town and (almost) never think about personal safety #tradeoffs

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Interesting, is it Austin then where the dangers feel more present compared to Chi and NYC?

And yeah I’d go out on a limb and say we’d all do well to spend some time in a martial art for the life skills. I later switched to tai chi where there’s a saying something like “carry a knife but no one should know” ie don’t draw attention by *looking* badass, just have that internal reserve avail

Personal safety vigilance to this degree is new to me too and I’ve lived in either Chicago or NYC my entire adult life :( 

My cope is that the skills are good skills no matter where I live