In other news, I’ve decided (in consultation with my therapist) to be a bit gross and self-indulgent this summer (but not risky, unhealthy, or kid-neglecty ways).
Gonna need a burner account for #SadSackSummer, because two pounds of brussel sprouts in a sitting is just the warmup
I think I like ‘glumspringa’ and feel like fun wordplay gives me license to do more depravities
@bikepedantic "gross and self-indulgent" = eating way too many Brussels sprouts? Maybe more like #TakeADumpSpringa
@bikepedantic I love that you have turned to humor. I did/do the same. Laughing is easier than crying. 🤗
@bikepedantic if 2 pounds of roasted sprouts is wrong, who wants to be right?
@bikepedantic Why am I picturing Letterkenny and the Mennonites? 😏
@bikepedantic I'll follow that burner omfg
@bikepedantic what does it mean?
@Lyle I’m sad and have given myself license to do immature things I would not have done before
@bikepedantic fun, good luck. For a good chunk of my twenties I avoided doing things I loved (games, comic books, etc) because I thought they were for kids. No, they’re just fun things I like
@bikepedantic do baked goods that include friendship mixed in count as unhealthy? still waiting on that next order.
@femmeUTCD glumspringa is sadly going to include a ridiculous crash diet so baked goods are off the table for a while
@bikepedantic Boooo Booooo! (I do support you in your journey)
@bikepedantic Big Fat Dummy?
@Will the bike or me?
@bikepedantic it meets your criteria of gross (get it) and self indulgent https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt5TiJD0QO-LRgMyo7M5zpVzGABpTnJ9_VwQ&usqp=CAU
@Will already got 3-4 other new bikes in mind ahead of that in line
@bikepedantic I was trying to also figure out how I could make a gross & self-indulgent quip about these things, but it’s not coming to me, so instead I’ll publicly acknowledge that Darren invented this object by drawing it one day, & had his contract engineer refine it. There are probably now 2,000 of these (and growing) on DC streets protecting bike lanes all over town, & I get a request for the specifications every 2 weeks from some other jurisdiction.
@Will @bikepedantic wait can you tell me more about these dividers and the process by which they were invented? I just assumed some company somewhere makes a collection of dividers in various shapes, and DDOT effectively just selected one from a catalog. I know nothing about how procurement works, let alone for bike infrastructure.
@Will @geowurster not much to tell - DGS was doing some roadwork for MLS stadium. They were willing to move a couple of catchbasins, do anything in-street, but no heavy moving of curbs. And we had like 12 weeks to throw together a full design
We wanted to do fancy in-street buffers a la C St NE, but 2nd St SW is uncrowned and in a big floodplain, and we had no time to really design something that would drain well. But still wanted to do something 'nice.' So, we came up with the capsule things.
@bikepedantic @Will nice! Thanks for the background.
@Will @bikepedantic -- it needs a name - it's not a jersey barrier it's a ?
#Glumspringa?