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PaperclipPerfector  4mo ago (text post)   2243 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 27, 2026

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Phew.

We broke up first semester of college.

I didn't take that well, but eventually got over it, and made some efforts to reconcile. We were back in contact and generally on good terms by Junior year.

Then, Senior year, her boyfriend was teaching her to ride a motorcycle (sans helmet) and she lost control and slammed into a stairwell, spent a little bit of time braid-dead in ICU before the plug was pulled.

I sometimes think about that guy and have to assume he's got even more trauma from it than I do. And I was fucked up about it for almost a year and a half.

The indelible mark it left on my personality is that I refuse to leave any relationship I actually care about on a bad note. Even if we had a knockdown drag out argument, I will come back around to make sure the last words we exchanged were in some way positive.

Like, the horror of thinking that the last interaction I had with someone might have been negative and painful... and then they unexpectedly DIE leaving that as the last remaining memory of the friendship, it would kill me. I cherish the memories I have of that girl and I'm so glad that I did in fact attempt to patch things up.

Even though I now know that many people don't really care that much, and I'm just like twice as empathetic as the average person... I still think its the right way to go through life.

God, that is awful. I once knew a woman who was a nurse in a rehabilitation hospital, and about 90% of her patients were either motorcycle or horse-riding accidents. I'll never ride a motorcycle. I even worked with a guy who was in a pretty serious motorcycle accident and nearly lost a leg, and he still rides motorcycles to this day. Like, dude, how many hints do you need?

This girl had intentions of being an EMT (she was pre-med in high school, just as I was pre-law).

On net, her premature death may mean more people have died than otherwise would have had she been there to help them.

And yeah, donorcycles are terrifying in an existential way. Careening down a highway at 70+ mph with only a thin layer of leather and (if you're not dumb) an armored helmet all you have to protect you from the 10 ton metal boxes that are ALSO zooming around at 70 mph.

Because I intend to live a long time you will never catch me on a motorcycle.

"UNFORTUNATELY" girls tend to be attracted to risk-takers/bad boys, so I've also pointed out that Motorcycles and Tattoos are indeed a cheat code for getting a woman attracted to you.

But my rational brain simply cannot accept that tradeoff.

"Nontrivial chance of death, dismemberment, or permanent disfigurement/paralysis... vs. a +2 modifier to my charisma and +50% modifier to seduction any time I flirt with a girl who has a tongue piercing and 3 STIs."

Its BECAUSE these things signal bad decision making (well, call it 'lack of fear') that women hone in on them when they're in a certain kind of way.

And it must work because no matter how often these guys manage to remove themselves from the gene pool, their DNA persists.

That said, some of the most ardent bikers are know are single and have no kids (or grown children) so it really is their life to lose. And seem to have a fatalistic acceptance of the risk.

Thank Christ I don't need to add several thousand micromorts to my lifestyle just to get laid.

I've wondered about REALLY cheating, Get some convincing fake tattoos, ride a motorcycle but ONLY on safe, low speed roads, swig water from a flask, go gambling but only use optimal betting strategy... etc.

Just mimic every single "bad boy" signal without the element that makes them actually dangerous.

But if you're shooting for a long-lasting relationship, probably not good to found it upon a lie. Unless you're willing to then become that guy as the relationship progresses, at which point just go all in at the start.

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