Smoked For Less ([info]smoked4less) wrote in [info]seattle,
2008-07-27 23:36:00
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criticalest mass last friday of every month

just giving you guys a heads up about a criticalest mass event going on in seattle each month.

basically we are going out there and celebrating being pedestrians. walking is natural, its the oldest mode of human transportation, its great for your health and its great for the environment.

its really simple, this is how it works.

everyone needs to go out and purchase 10 to 20 bicycle chain locks, make sure they are the cheap ones because they will more than likely be one time use items.

then we meet up at a specified location, usually westlake center and we begin celebrating and spreading the word about how awesome it is to walk.

if you find a bike thats not being used, go ahead and wrap that chain through the spokes and lock it

as far as bikes that are in use go, we generally have one person step in front of the bike and "cork it" while someone else comes up behind and locks up the back wheel.

generally people are pretty cool about it and some of them even walk with us for a while after their bikes have been locked up, sometimes whoever owns the bike might yell and scream because you've inconvenienced them a little bit but pedestrians have rights and we need to educate people on those rights. pedestrians are traffic too.

just to let you guys know this is NOT an organized event so nobody is going to be held accountable for their actions, as long as you can run fast and lie really well everyone will have a great time.

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[info]_aska_

July 28 2008, 06:50:44 UTC 3 years ago

hahaha. long live pedestrians!

[info]synx

July 28 2008, 06:52:02 UTC 3 years ago

ill be there.

[info]revenantcupcake

July 28 2008, 06:55:43 UTC 3 years ago

Wow, this is a terrible idea.

[info]synx

July 28 2008, 07:39:14 UTC 3 years ago

why?

[info]oui_je_danse

3 years ago

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[info]sonder

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[info]andrewgd

July 28 2008, 06:59:55 UTC 3 years ago

Yes, because an inconvenienced person on a bicycle can crush people to DEATH. Get over it.

[info]giggerota

July 28 2008, 07:05:53 UTC 3 years ago

Actually, you can be seriously injured/killed as a pedestrian if a bike zooms out of nowhere and slams into you.

[info]crankygirlie

3 years ago

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[info]inthane

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[info]smoked4less

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...and 21 more comments... from [info]feignedapathy, [info]blueroo, [info]superdeluxe… Expand

[info]pyrotic

July 28 2008, 07:19:21 UTC 3 years ago

It's nice to see smoked4less posting again. I will join you when I move to Seattle in the fall!

[info]sgiffy

July 28 2008, 07:19:26 UTC 3 years ago

lol, win!

[info]arrogantb

July 28 2008, 07:20:19 UTC 3 years ago

I was going to take this the opposite direction and suggest that we all try to drive our cars on train-tracks.

(although "corking" a locomotive might not go so well)

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[info]marciamarcia

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[info]stutts

July 28 2008, 07:23:59 UTC 3 years ago

~*fartz*~

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[info]stutts

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[info]kraex

July 28 2008, 07:29:17 UTC 3 years ago

full of win.

[info]oui_je_danse

July 28 2008, 08:02:04 UTC 3 years ago

Ha ha ha ha ha, win!

I love it when people post entries that perversely make fun of earlier entries. It's sort of the core of [info]seattle humor. Whatever happened to that user who was getting people to make sandwiches for them? *sigh* Good times.

[info]lady_gray

July 28 2008, 09:57:14 UTC 3 years ago

sudo make me a sandwich!

[info]yts88

July 28 2008, 08:35:27 UTC 3 years ago

lol, go for it, i'll have my u-lock handy...

[info]teh_dirty_robot

July 28 2008, 16:13:37 UTC 3 years ago

Are you implying you'd have no problem hitting a person with your u-lock?

[info]gldngrrl

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[info]lady_gray

July 28 2008, 09:59:47 UTC 3 years ago

A++ would snicker again

[info]ermac

July 28 2008, 10:43:09 UTC 3 years ago

i have reservations




about this post

[info]corpus_juris

July 28 2008, 17:25:18 UTC 3 years ago

A-mutherfuckin'-plus

[info]memeslut

July 28 2008, 10:44:00 UTC 3 years ago

finally my people can be free, I feel such a sense of unity as a pedestrian

[info]bluedrgn52

July 28 2008, 14:22:51 UTC 3 years ago

This just boggles the mind. What a goddamn joke.

This is the most pedestrian friendly city I've ever lived in (and I've lived in A LOT of places). It seems to me this is just another "brilliant" idea brought to you by people who think they can spew out that they have rights. Let me clue you in on something. Hell, let me clue in all of the people who walk in Seattle's streets in on something. Anything moving faster than you (bikes, cars, airplanes if you're a superhero) has this thing called inertia and doesn't give a rats ass about your pedestrian rights.

Screw biking. I'll take my environment killing car and run you over! Muahahahaha! 2 million points if I hit two for one!

Ahh. fun stuff.

[info]reverius42

July 28 2008, 17:40:57 UTC 3 years ago

*whoosh*

[info]friendmart

July 28 2008, 14:41:19 UTC 3 years ago

i'm going to ride a bike into your pedestrians because i have an appointment and don't want to wait. then i'm going to try to ride my bike away. i assume you pedestrians won't be angry and you'll be courteous as i am running u over.

[info]sam_sheezy

July 28 2008, 15:05:06 UTC 3 years ago

No, us sanctimonious pedestrian pricks probably won't be happy about you riding your environment-ruining, street-clogging bike over our toes and then trying to get away...

...but, seeing how we were blocking the roads and breaking the law and being total dicks and all, we probably had it coming to us, now didn't we?...

[info]friendmart

3 years ago

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[info]friendmart

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[info]superdeluxe

July 28 2008, 15:11:13 UTC 3 years ago

LoL, I approve.

[info]bitterfun

July 28 2008, 15:18:08 UTC 3 years ago

I, for one, welcome our new pedestrian overlords.

[info]mercy

July 28 2008, 15:38:05 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks. I needed a laugh this morning. :)

[info]teh_dirty_robot

July 28 2008, 16:14:53 UTC 3 years ago

I can't wait until I can be part of a violent mob!

[info]gldngrrl

July 28 2008, 16:30:26 UTC 3 years ago

Sigh

This post is so pedestrian. (def #4)

[info]boydmain

July 28 2008, 16:45:05 UTC 3 years ago

oh...

... i see what you did there.

[info]lantius

July 28 2008, 17:01:42 UTC 3 years ago

"pedestrians are traffic too."

uh... no.

[info]andr00

July 28 2008, 17:18:32 UTC 3 years ago

It's almost Swiftian in its rapier-like subtlety!

[info]faerieburst

July 28 2008, 18:21:59 UTC 3 years ago

Hear, hear!

Also, thanks for starting my Monday off with a laugh!

~Aramada
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