Do children who wear helmets while riding a bike look like clowns?

[thspfc]

We need answers.

[Max Rockatansky]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

[Rothman]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

We're roadgeeks.  We live for the petty.

[thspfc]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

[Rothman]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

We don't need to go that high up.  I'm sure an admin will do.

[JayhawkCO]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

By taking my quote out of context, sure.

[thspfc]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

By taking my quote out of context, sure.

How exactly is it out of context?

You want me to add "on the sidewalk"  and clutter the title even more? Does it really matter if it's on the sidewalk or not?

[Max Rockatansky]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

Are we talking the Judeo-Christian God or something more obscure like Xenu or Cthulhu?

[thspfc]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

Are we talking the Judeo-Christian God or something more obscure like Xenu or Cthulhu?

The spaghetti monster.

[JayhawkCO]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

By taking my quote out of context, sure.

How exactly is it out of context?

You want me to add "on the sidewalk"  and clutter the title even more? Does it really matter if it's on the sidewalk or not?

I used the word "clown" in quotes, just as in this sentence, because you were the one who initially brought up that term describing an adult who would wear one when crossing the street. I mentioned that, as a kid, there was a negative connotation to the kids whose parents made them wear helmets. So, that colors my view of it now and I have a (very slightly) negative connotation of any parent who makes their kids wear a helmet when riding on a sidewalk or path in the park, where the likelihood of an accident causing any major injury above a skinned knee is pretty improbable. I liken it to kids who are forced to wear leashes when going to DisneyWorld. I think it's a bit silly, hence I put the term "clown" in quotes to utilize your verbiage.

But, then again, you knew all that and just like to prove weird points.

[Max Rockatansky]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

Are we talking the Judeo-Christian God or something more obscure like Xenu or Cthulhu?

The spaghetti monster.

Yikes, the spaghetti monster is one you don't want to get on the shit list of. 

[thspfc]

No, but is this thread not just being slightly petty?

God forbid me wanting to defend my point.

By taking my quote out of context, sure.

How exactly is it out of context?

You want me to add "on the sidewalk"  and clutter the title even more? Does it really matter if it's on the sidewalk or not?

I used the word "clown" in quotes, just as in this sentence, because you were the one who initially brought up that term describing an adult who would wear one when crossing the street. I mentioned that, as a kid, there was a negative connotation to the kids whose parents made them wear helmets. So, that colors my view of it now and I have a (very slightly) negative connotation of any parent who makes their kids wear a helmet when riding on a sidewalk or path in the park, where the likelihood of an accident causing any major injury above a skinned knee is pretty improbable. I liken it to kids who are forced to wear leashes when going to DisneyWorld. I think it's a bit silly, hence I put the term "clown" in quotes to utilize your verbiage.

But, then again, you knew all that and just like to prove weird points.

The last sentence is correct, but you still said clown.

[JayhawkCO]

The last sentence is correct, but you still said clown.

I've said a great many words in my life. It doesn't mean that you can take one of said words and apply it to your own interpretation of what I meant when no one else feels the same way.

[Scott5114]

Depends. What size shoe are they wearing? And how many of them are riding the same bike?

[Big John]

[kphoger]

Does it really matter if it's on the sidewalk or not?

Either they look like clowns or they don't, no matter the width of the pavement.

[hbelkins]

Just doing my part to add clarity and context. 

[Scott5114]

I was fine with this thread as long as it was just silliness, but if we're going to start doing pointless political posturing (when nothing in here was political to begin with), we don't need it.