most recent was me taking my burning man bike onto an elevator. the thing is dirty, the chain looks like it was processed through a horse, there’s duct tape holding the left gear shift together, and the thing is a $30 bike to begin with. a random guy on the elevator looks at it and says “nice bike man”.

no it isn’t. a cursory glance would tell you it’s not a nice bike in it’s current state, however a similar cursory glance at you leads me to think that perhaps you were a person who was just thinking that biking sounds like a good idea, what with gas prices and exercise and all.

i have similar attitude to people who say “nice tattoos”. i think it’s more often than not a mental follow up to “oh hey, i sort of want tattoos and you look similar to what i’d be shooting for, image wise”.

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apparently today is “over-analysis of harmless societal rote performances”