Alternately, it can be extremely amusing to troll the various sellers and buyers who are inordinately angry for no appreciable reason. Just be damn sure to never meet at your own house, or offer more personal information than your phone number for a Craigslist deal.

So wie das? (Mind you, for something this heinous, the only appropriate smoke-able would be the crack)

Assuming that it was a midrange bike (I.E. components below the Deore/Dura Ace or SRAM X series), that was a pretty solid trade deal. SKSs are pretty nice/handy little ranch rifles, and prices, even for the Yugoslavian ones, have come way up since around 2012 (They’re still trading in the $400-600 range... for reasons…

*HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) is what the new Mazda engine is purported to be.

Wait, you can bump comments to the top in new Kinja?

From what I understand, the majority of that helicopter body was composite and magnesium. Fire extinguisher or no, you’re not going to be able to put out a metal fire with anything short of Halon (or similar oxygen displacing fire extinguisher).

You appear to be well and truly familiar with the Gawker Gizmodo publishing process.

Unfortunately, a person can’t have it both ways. If they make a decision which puts them at greater risk for life threatening/altering injury, they’ve already implicitly accepted the potential consequences. This isn’t to say that they can’t lament them, quite the opposite, in fact. The issue is that the person…

Appreciate the feedback. Again, I’m DEFINITELY not saying that a rider shouldn’t wear a helmet. I’m not even saying that they should be disincentivised from riding without one (non-wearer specific insurance premium hikes, perhaps?*). My issue is with the pack of Nancys here who want everything they don’t like…

1.) Thanks, I thought it was amusing (more on that in a bit)

That has been the trend for the last 200 years.

...at which point the harley rider would be just as culpable as if he’d done the same thing for any other reason (save a 3rd party cause). That same logic is going to be what gets people driven cars banned from public roads.

I know it’s cheap, but it isn’t free. And I don’t feel like paying for somebody else’s bad choices.

I’ve lived in multiple states without helmet laws. I can tell you for a fact that insurance was absurdly cheap ($75/YEAR - collision, not comprehensive - for my crappy old 650+cc bike). Whether you get comprehensive, the type of bike you rode, and the area you lived in (country vs. town vs city vs. shitty part of…

This is the most reasonable thing I’ve read here all day. Kudos.

This is some collectivist bullshit, some virtue signaling, and a gross misunderstanding of what another person owes you or society.

Darwin’s theory was that the most fit would thrive in an environment, not the smartest, kindest, or most empathetic. Have you seen how prolific stupid people tend to be?

There’s certainly some irony there, but I’d argue that there needn’t be any cognitive dissonance about it.

By all means, do.

Are you talking about motorcycle insurance, or health insurance? I ask, as motorcycle insurance is silly cheap (assuming you don’t get comprehensive coverage), and health insurance rates are spiked SIGNIFICANTLY higher by the relatively large portion of morbidly obese people on health insurance.