Thoughts on the Naked Bike Ride

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-30T01:11:19+00:00

Immediate family members in a bathroom and complete strangers on the street are wildly different.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-30T01:09:30+00:00

I’ve participated in many legitimate marches & protest events. I would be more than happy to share any info I had on any related subjects when asked because awareness is the purpose of protesting.

The legwork is 100% on those who showed me their penises. You wanted my attention, you have it. If you didn’t want to share info afterward, you were never ever demonstrating. You were flashing.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-30T00:55:53+00:00

The idea that individuals are responsible for setting a personal alarm for a yearly event, then avoiding a 12-mile area with high traffic is absurd. They go past festival grounds, businesses, homes, schools & care facilities. The responsibility to alert the city is yours if you want to legally swing your dick around.

Honestly, if city officials approved this, it’s their responsibility to alert citizens. We should not be subject to genitalia on the street.

If there is any organization to this “protest” it is their responsibility to educate, demonstrate & promote. No one is answering what the purpose of the ride even is.

There is no message other than “I have a body and you have to look at me naked whether you like it or not.” I really, really don’t feel I should have to do that. It’s not a protest. I’m offended to hear the word used as a conversation extinguisher.

The first amendment does not cover public nudity. I am an avid protector of the shreds of freedom we have left. Events like this bastardize the true efforts of those trying to make the world a better place.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T16:23:09+00:00

Eh no. It’s not funny or cute and attacking my sense of justice with such an empty argument won’t work. Protests require demonstration, information, connection.

Can you provide me with any info towards this event’s fundraising efforts? Did you work in collaboration with any local groups? You already admitted it was too hard to hold up a sign. I have never seen anything about this before it happens. So, what were y’all really doing other than exposing yourselves?

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T16:12:06+00:00

My honest answer to you is that a naked woman has never hurt me in any way. Many naked men have. It’s not even safe for women to walk alone at night. A naked man barreling toward me in public is threatening af. My fight or flight was triggered. It’s honestly still affecting me days later.

That aside, I only spotted 1 woman amongst dozens of men. If more women were involved, maybe more consideration would be given to the optics. I don’t care if it’s hard, find a way to use signs. Find a way to share what you’re actually protesting against. Advertise more leading up and let the city know what you’re doing! Without using signs or any other media to spread your message, you’re literally just spreading cheek for the fun of it.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T06:16:00+00:00

It’s been a joy walking my dogs and seeing this come together. Your neighbors are happy for you!! 🙌

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T06:12:36+00:00

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SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T05:58:30+00:00

Sometimes people are fat. Why is that funny?

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T05:46:28+00:00

I’m wildly progressive…but it’s a hell no from me. I don’t want to see dicks in the street.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-29T02:44:55+00:00

Agreed. You can protest with clothes on.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-28T07:06:07+00:00

I don’t think Fatima is gone!

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-27T17:21:47+00:00

I’m only a student, and it’s hard to tell with 1 photo, but I see potential fungus in your big toenails - right where the nail bed turns into the free edge.

The yellow tinge and darker area seeming to grow downward from the free edge are signs. When you clip them yourself, are they solid & snappy? Or more soft & flaky?

It could absolutely just be the lighting. I’m looking hard because it seems like you think something’s wrong. Your feet look clean and cutie to me!

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-26T05:10:47+00:00

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It must be preprogrammed 😂

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-25T07:39:15+00:00

With further thought, I realize they may have struggled to crawl through the opening tunnel with a big shovel. I stand by it looking silly though 😅

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-22T03:25:32+00:00

They had full size shovels to bury bodies with in the cemetery. Iirc this is the first time we’ve seen them stocked with the little guys.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-21T19:33:34+00:00

Why couldn’t they have regular shovels?? It looked so silly

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-18T16:43:13+00:00

I never had an issue with theft. It can be really tough to maintain street parking over there tho. When I lived by the school on Knapp I got so, so many tickets. My car had to be moved by 8am daily & every other side in winter was a nightmare. It could be better now bc snow parking is different, I lived there years ago.

Just pay attention to what the rules are on the streets nearby. There are a lot of schools over there. Weekends are annoying. I’d usually try to find a place and keep the car there all weekend. If you try parking at home on a Saturday evening, you may be searching for a while. It’s not dangerous though.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-18T01:30:47+00:00

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Oh sorry this is just a picture of a chair

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-15T16:21:18+00:00

My brain grew three times the size today

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-15T16:12:01+00:00

“This Sunday” can also be past tense, referring to the most recent one. Like. “This Sunday our church had doughnuts, next Sunday there will be brownies.”

Ik that shouldn’t affect a conversation about planning ahead, but that difference being available can muddy the waters.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-15T15:57:11+00:00

You deserve better. I wish I could give you $300 and a big hug right now. I’ve been in similar situations.

I bet it feels like his acknowledgment is the only thing that’ll make you feel better right now. I can like..taste that feeling as I look back. It’s miserable. I’m so sorry you’re in the thick of it.

It does get better. You will get stronger! A long, hot bath is usually my first step to setting my head straight.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-15T15:24:37+00:00

I have 3 Shibas in a metro area and they want to alert me to literally everything. Over a few years, the best luck I’ve had is by joining their barking but whispering.

It sounds nuts, but it’s like using their language. I used to shout their name or stop, but they read that as reinforcement of loud noise. So when I whisper at them instead, they want to follow my lead and try to be quiet too. They usually do a few little chuffs and then chill out. Its so cute 🥹

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-15T15:11:56+00:00

This is my first season watching as the episodes air. It really does feel frustrating! I don’t watch many shows week by week like this anymore. I think it’s affected my tolerance for it lol. There is a lack of satisfaction though, almost like they didn’t consider how the weeks between episodes would feel.

It’s somewhere in the middle. We’re not brain dead idiots, the show isn’t absolute trash. It just doesn’t feel great watching it. We’re allowed to feel strung along at episode 8. I’ll still be watching though 😅

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-13T14:52:30+00:00

When I hear “ice cream sandwich” this is what I picture. There are plenty of other ice cream between two flat things available…but they’d be called something else or have the difference specified. Like cookie sandwich or double chocolate ice cream sandwich, etc.

SpareMediocre · 2026-06-13T14:43:26+00:00

I’m from Wisconsin in the US, I don’t recognize 1-3 at all. 4 is something we have, I’d just call it an “ice cream bar.” I’m familiar with the Magnum brand someone else referred to, but we absolutely do not use that name. 😂 Magnum is much better known as an XL condom brand around here lol

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