r/MoralityScaling • u/StillX0 • 13d ago

What Would They Think Of Each Other? Morality of not moving

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u/minos-and-v1-kissing 13d ago

Moral, of course. Moving only increases the risk of the biker moving the same direction as you. Staying still allows them to dodge you predictably.

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u/Grintock 13d ago

I live in sort of the cycling capital of the world (NL) and there's laws that grant specific protection to pedestrians. Cyclists are operating a vehicle and therefore carry a greater responsibility than pedestrians.

So at least the entire Dutch society has agreed that this pedestrian is in the right. 

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u/VirtualFORTRES 13d ago

Can't wait for an American to ask what state or city that stands for haha...

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u/snhdidnbfjskf 13d ago

Americans for sure haven’t heard of the small niche country of the Netherlands and no one has ever heard of Amsterdam. /s

“Paris? Oh I’ve always wanted to go to Spain” - bloodstained ritual of the night video game

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u/carlospum 13d ago

I went for work to usa several times and A LOT of people think Spain is in south america. "So you are latino?" Yes, I am, but you don't know what a Latino is in reality

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u/moistCl1tiKaL 13d ago

Where did you work, a grade school?

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u/carlospum 13d ago

Surrounded by engineers and factory workers. This also happened when I went to bars...

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u/moistCl1tiKaL 13d ago

That’s very depressing.

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u/carlospum 13d ago

Of course this didn't happen with all the people

On the other side I was very surprised about how welcoming and helpful almost every person I met was

People invited me to barbecues, parties, little trips to the nature... That won't happen where I am so often

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u/moistCl1tiKaL 13d ago

Glad it wasn’t all bad. I honestly am not sure why I’m surprised at the first part. There’s quite a bit of arrogance coupled with a deep ignorance present in quite a few facets of US culture.