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OldBaldy1701E

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5. I know how this may sound...
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:22 AM
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But I have to put some of this on the modern mindset that does not allow their kids to ride bikes further than ten feet, as well as those who never got on a motorcycle, or a go-cart one time in their childhood. Not being cushioned and secured while you travel is an important part of understanding the physics of motion. After bouncing off of a few trees and sliding on a few dirt paths (or worse), one learns about Newton and his laws in a practical way, not an esoteric one.

Removing that experience is what creates the indifferent people who end up causing mayhem on the highway, solely because they did not know that a car would slide out of control when they yanked the steering wheel to kid around with their boyfriend. I am sure that believing certain games reflect reality in any way does not help. So the end result is drivers who need to have their ability to drive removed forever, because they just refuse to understand the reality of what a 3000+ lbs. metal object can do when you make it slam into anything at a high speed. (Which is over 15 mph, btw. Any faster, and you will get really hurt when it hits you. So, imagine thinking you will be fine like GTA 6 when you are about to crash into another vehicle because you were going 95 mph and driving like you were in a Mad Max movie. Insane, but how would they know any different?)

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