# Fellow bikers:  Do 'civilians' fear you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 2, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231 "2014-07-02T23:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![liontamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/61 "2014-07-07T22:28:07Z")

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> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Yeah, I think we “got it”. You’re a douche.

Pretty sure name calling ain’t allowed in IMHO.

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**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/62 "2014-07-07T22:35:39Z")

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Dang. Forgot we were in IMHO. Came here from a pit thread, mind was still there. Apologies in advance of the mod action.

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/63 "2014-07-07T22:37:59Z")

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> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Yeah, I think we “got it”. You’re a douche.

QFT.

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/64 "2014-07-07T22:44:17Z")

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> [@liontamer](#):
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> Pretty sure name calling ain’t allowed in IMHO.

No doubt it isn’t. Every once in a while, though, the civilians grow weary of the 1‰ers and their non-stop masturbating. We get it. You ride a bike and have a dodgey grasp of hygiene. You and your butt-buddies are part of the black market economy. You solve disagreements with violence. BFD. None of that makes you more special or unique than the hoopie down the street

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/65 "2014-07-08T00:51:53Z")

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> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Dang. Forgot we were in IMHO. Came here from a pit thread, mind was still there. Apologies in advance of the mod action.

It happens, just make sure to double check the forum before letting the insult fly.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231/66 "2014-07-08T19:25:44Z")

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I’ve never had a problem with making people nervous (well, more nervousness than my skin color typically elicits), but I’ve always tried to look more casual when riding. My boots look like sneakers, my pants are jeans, two of my jackets are textile that look like cotton, my leather is pretty low key - take off the helmet and I’m just a guy.

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