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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did this in undergrad. Campus security stopped me, I argued, he called his supervisor on the radio. We chatted for a while, and turns out he was from Venezuela, had studied what I was studying, and was an overall pleasant character. Supervisor response was basically, "wow college kids think they're really clever don't they?", and I was asked, politely, to cease.

I felt like a bit of a dick after that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well you're at a college. If you want people to follow rules, be more specific, or don't get pissed when they follow the stated rules but you feel like the rules should include something else.

If the concern is liability, then don't just say "don't skateboard" and get mad when people bike through the area. You said no skateboards. This is not a skateboard. Rules=followed.

If anyone feels like chirping in with "you know what they meant" that really doesn't matter. Not to me, not to people who don't understand that sort of thing, not to courts.

Besides, I feel like clarity is some thing you should strive for at a facility for higher education.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The simple answer would have been a sign that stated "Walking Only".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A clear mind☝️ Thanks mate! But we should think also about people with disabilities

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Walking and mobility aid devices only", perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

My slow movement speed is aided by my jet engine powered shopping cart.

[–] samus12345 2 points 4 months ago

The concern seems to be people running into pedestrians. So a unicycle might actually be okay since they're not fast.

[–] jaybone 3 points 4 months ago

The sign should say “no pedants.”

[–] Creosm 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The disappointment if they don't continue increasing the length of the sign to account for every possible scenario

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

… No unicycles.

Who is this guy on the fucking tricycle.

[–] jaybone 4 points 4 months ago

Bust out my fuckin big wheel.

[–] Rolando 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

What about riding on the back of my leashed leather gimp?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, idk. Probably something like Donau­dampfschifffahrts­elektrizitäten­hauptbetriebswerk­bauunterbeamten­gesellschaft. Easy to remember.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got like halfway through that word and now I'm being strangled with a gigantic dildo...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Already sounds pretty safe to me :)

[–] jaybone 2 points 4 months ago
[–] FlickeringScreens 10 points 4 months ago

Ripstick, Hoverboard, Longboard, etc

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Stealth riding my Heelys to escape my feelys.

[–] son_named_bort 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Finally an excuse to use a Segway.

[–] Humorless4483 2 points 4 months ago

To our sponsor

[–] AnUnusualRelic 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Technically, it's a bicycle.

[–] bitchkat 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would be closer to a scooter than a bicycle since the segway is not human powered.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 1 points 4 months ago

A moped then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

laughs in tricycle and hoverboard

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Seems like a lot of work to me. I'd probably just ride a motorbike through.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's something I don't understand that maybe other unicycle riders can explain to me. I can ride a unicycle and I can even juggle while riding one, but I cannot go more than 200 feet or so before my thighs completely burn out and I fall over. How do people use these things as actual forms of transportation?

[–] bitchkat 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Its been a long time since I unicycled but in grade school we rode in parades. There were some that you could coast with but my cheapo one required the pedals moving at all times.

[–] kamen 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How does coasting on a unicycle work? Isn't it pedalling the main thing that helps you with balance? Or is it something like manualling a normal bike (i.e. a wheelie without pedalling)?

[–] ozoned 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitchkat 1 points 4 months ago

Which is a bicycle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's his world, we're just living in it 🤣

[–] Anticorp 1 points 4 months ago

Absolutely no having fun under any circumstances!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

No memes here, apparently.