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Bicycles?? Almost 1 in 10 wish bicycles had never been invented for their kids?!
Thats the bigger headline for me
I have no idea how a few of those are possible. Newspapers? Radio? Bikes?
It's hard to guess. I suppose there are a sizeable number of drivers that really hate cyclists. Maybe some people hate newspapers/radio because they hate all media?
Those three things together read for me a parent that wants to control their child. Newspapers and radio bring information and ideas that the parent didn't introduce. Bicycles bring transportation and exposure to more of your city, which introduces ideas the parents don't control.
10% is within the normal bounds of “assholes who reliably pick the worst answers on a survey”. I would not think too hard about it.
Ah, the lizardman constant
Fatal bicycle accidents, I assume. The one tripping me up is radio. Of all things
That devil music, rock and roll
"I wish agriculture had never been invented"
"I wish baryonic matter would never have coalesced from primordial soup"
Could be weirdos who thought bicycles give their kids too much freedom. When they were first popularized that was a complaint especially of parochial village elders. They helped young people experience the world and leave the village. Particularly young women.
Radio killed the bicycle star
This survey sponsored by the unicycle gang.
Has to be parents that are overprotective and feel like parental failures if their kid gets a scraped knee.
Made me wonder if these are serious bike accidents
10% of the respondents live in Houston, probably
Probably the same parents that don’t force their kids to wear helmets. Dorks don’t get brain damage.