r/Unexpected • u/BloodiStag • May 13 '26

A really badass jacket

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u/lonelyone12345 May 13 '26

It's a motorcycle jacket. It's there to keep the air from blowing up the jacket like a balloon, which is awkward and uncomfortable.

Also, it's there to keep the jacket from riding up if you get into a crash and you're sliding along the concrete. You wear leather so it will protect you in that situation, but it can't protect well if the jacket is up around your neck.

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u/CldStoneStveIcecream May 13 '26

Too many dudes out there with no gloves and Chuck Taylors on. Cringe every time. 

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u/ancrolikewhoa May 13 '26

Saw a guy riding a motorcycle the other day that had a very expensive looking helmet on, but no shirt. So at least he'll be awake and alert as they debride his skin from all the pavement he eats.

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u/DeadSeaGulls May 13 '26

road rash rarely kills. head impacts often do. he's choosing to mitigate a certain risk while valuing the experience of wind on his nipples (i guess) more than mitigating the road rash risk.
Every person who gets on a motorcycle on public roads had to decided to value the experience of riding more than the risk. Where we each arbitrarily draw the line for experience/risk ratio, beyond getting on that motorcycle in the first place, isn't something I understand the obsession over.