7 thoughts on “Tweet of the Day, Submitted Without Comment edition.”
… makes sense.
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No, not filling in a skate park, that’s just stupid .. the BMX kids getting some use out of it, I mean.
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Back in the day, we considered darn near any uneven ground as fair game, while the skateboarders were mostly limited to empty parking lots.
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Mew
The kids also cleared some of the site so that the skaters could use it.
Not surprised .. there’s some cross-over, at younger ages, as well as a shared “no pain, no fun” attitude.
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I’ll just note there’s also common ground with tabletop-RPG gamers – skateboarding and cycling are “everybody can play” activities.
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Mew
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p.s. nothing wrong, per se, with sportsball .. it’s just mostly dull.
The surest way to get some folks to do something is to tell them they can’t.
I wonder if “midnight basketball” is still allowed …
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Too political?
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Mew
I’ve been saying “Sic semper tyrannis” all day, although I’m not advocating what happened the last time someone yelled that at a leading government figure.
There are some governmental figures who seem to be yearning for a lamppost. (Belonging to both parties, I add, so as not to breach the peace.)
… makes sense.
.
No, not filling in a skate park, that’s just stupid .. the BMX kids getting some use out of it, I mean.
.
Back in the day, we considered darn near any uneven ground as fair game, while the skateboarders were mostly limited to empty parking lots.
.
Mew
The kids also cleared some of the site so that the skaters could use it.
Not surprised .. there’s some cross-over, at younger ages, as well as a shared “no pain, no fun” attitude.
.
I’ll just note there’s also common ground with tabletop-RPG gamers – skateboarding and cycling are “everybody can play” activities.
.
Mew
.
.
.
p.s. nothing wrong, per se, with sportsball .. it’s just mostly dull.
The surest way to get some folks to do something is to tell them they can’t.
I wonder if “midnight basketball” is still allowed …
.
Too political?
.
Mew
I’ve been saying “Sic semper tyrannis” all day, although I’m not advocating what happened the last time someone yelled that at a leading government figure.
There are some governmental figures who seem to be yearning for a lamppost. (Belonging to both parties, I add, so as not to breach the peace.)