Comments on: Use Your Car As a Weapon, Get Beat Up By a Banana http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: G http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13026 G Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:35 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13026 riding in my costume with thousands of other bikers on friday was one of the best things i’ve done in months. i feel grateful that there is a time and place (once a month, same time same place… no mysteries there) that i can bring my friends for some fun on wheels, with bike-powered speakers, parents with their kids, people on unicycles, tandems, naked’s, you name it…

it’s too bad most of these comments are overlooking some of the best parts of the mass. ultimately you’re in control of how you handle a situation, how you let other people affect you, etc… if you choose to count the seconds on your cell phone while you keep your car running the full 10 minutes you’re sitting idle in your car as you unsuccessfully try to inch your way between hundreds of bikes, you’re gonna get pissed. next time, save some gas, turn off the engine and enjoy the sights! (i promise, 10 minutes goes by sooo much faster when you’re not mad at the world).

we really are lucky we have the opportunity to do this event. i love critical mass. (and i saw SO many people who were not participating that were having a great time too)

]]> By: codesmith http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13025 codesmith Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:39:06 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13025 It would be an understatement to say that “holding the city hostage” is an “asshole thing to do.” But that’s not what happens.

I’m glad to read you try and make a difference by riding the bus though. If you get such violent tendencies after being delayed in traffic for 20 minutes it’s probably best that you’re not behind the wheel of a car.

]]> By: PsychoKat http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13024 PsychoKat Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13024 I beg to differ, codesmith. Holding the city hostage once a month is an asshole thing to do.

It’s not a “respectable, community bike ride” if you aren’t respecting the community and it’s people.

]]> By: codesmith http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13023 codesmith Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:45:54 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13023 And neither do the vast majority of people who do the mass.

]]> By: codesmith http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13022 codesmith Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:43:21 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13022 I don’t act like an asshole.

]]> By: Eric http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13021 Eric Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:12 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13021 Exactumndo. Plenty of ways to get the message across without acting like a douche.

Of course, it’s always tough for douches to understand this themselves.

]]> By: PsychoKat http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13020 PsychoKat Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:08:38 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13020 So because it happens every month for 17 years, you have an excuse to be an asshole?

Please.

]]> By: codesmith http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13019 codesmith Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:49:48 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13019 blah blah blah hate hate hate. whatever people. critical mass has been happening for 17 years on the last friday of every month. there ain’t no stopping it. we all get stuck in traffic sometimes. we all have to put up with inconvenience sometimes. instead of getting angry and fantasizing about all the violence you’d like to commit – how about at the least planning for next month to be somewhere that’s less inconvenient for you. mass happens – it’s part of life in san francisco – deal with it. i do critical mass because i envision it and participate in it being a fun, respectable, community bike ride. sure there are assholes that ride in it but assholes are a part of life too.

]]> By: ugh http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13018 ugh Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:43 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13018 that women with him nearly clothes lined me as i was passing by.

]]> By: SimonSays http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13017 SimonSays Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:30:59 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13017 So glad to read that there’s some sane people still left in this city. I too hate CM…

]]> By: PsychoKat http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13016 PsychoKat Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:15:37 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13016 Yeah… no… Fuck your shit.

]]> By: PsychoKat http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13015 PsychoKat Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:11:35 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13015 Maybe if you jackasses didn’t clog up traffic once a month, this kind of shit wouldn’t happen.

Seriously. I was stuck on a MUNI bus for 20 minutes as you Critical Massholes were parading around and wouldn’t let us through. I was about ready to get off that bus and start clotheslining bicyclists.

Look, I understand what you are trying to do. Hell, I’m for it. My best friend has been hit by hit and run drivers twice while she was on her bike.

But once a month… I wanna curb stomp all you motherfuckers.

]]> By: Adam Gutterman http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13014 Adam Gutterman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:56:58 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13014 Indeed. Seconded.

]]> By: Adam Gutterman http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13013 Adam Gutterman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:30 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13013 What publictransit said.

]]> By: Adam Gutterman http://www.missionmission.org/2009/10/31/use-your-car-as-a-weapon-get-beat-up-by-a-banana/#comment-13012 Adam Gutterman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:04 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8401#comment-13012 LIKE!

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