@ancient_catbus I might try this trick riding my bicycle 😻

Maybe it's a missing product.
The brick cover for smartphones.
🙏

@ancient_catbus, I need an extra weight for exercise, I guess brick will work just fine!

…except that in PL it's more likely to actually trigger aggression from drivers.

@ancient_catbus honestly I’m into it

@ancient_catbus @jef this works for me with my helmet camera on my bike helmet: if the camera is on the helmet, people drive more carefully around me whether the camera is on/charged or not.

@ancient_catbus This is nonsense. I stand on the edge of 13th st all the time with a brick or a large rock, and drivers don't pay any attention to me.

@ancient_catbus i'm sure this would work. saw a similar phenomenon when a man was crossing a street with a baseball bat in hand, and he was not dressed as an athlete 😂 everyone, cars & pedestrians, gave him a wide berth

@ancient_catbus could probably have a fake brick made of styrofoam

@ancient_catbus Safety crossing flags are bogus, bring on Safety Bricks™️

@ancient_catbus pro tip for cyclists, wear a long blonde wig over your helmet:

https://www.eta.co.uk/2011/04/01/safest-bicycle-helmet-has-built-in-wig/

@ancient_catbus not too long ago I was at an art show where everybody was encouraged to leave with a brick and frankly this should be standard

@ancient_catbus Speak softly and carry a big stick.

@ancient_catbus
I bought a shillelagh years ago for crossing the street at a mid-block crosswalk without a signal. Before I bought it, drivers would threaten me with their cars and zoom within inches of me. When i had the stick and held that big end of it out in front of me, they suddenly found time and space to let me cross.
https://www.coldsteel.com/irish-blackthorn-walking-stick/