More war against cyclists.....

[GuyBoden]

Indeed,

So the alternative is.??

Education, cultural integration, wealth sharing, doing something constructive and proper handlebar tape.

 

[winjim]

Did you know Duck tape contains no duck! It's a good thing of course. 😁

Proper duck tape is made of duck.

 

[winjim]

In the fruit bowl.?

Or under a small side plate, currently hosting toast crusts ??

In the angry drawer I think. Anyway she's found it and managed to install the new washing machine which is good news as five day old dirty nappies in this heat were beginning to whiff the place out a bit.

 

[Oldhippy]

Or taping duck to ducting.

 

[C R]

Education, cultural integration, wealth sharing, doing something constructive and proper handlebar tape.

None of which the anti woke brigade are proposing.

 

[Pale Rider]

"Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a term that refers to awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice."

'Woke' has become a difficult word to use because its meaning is evolving.

As you say, strictly it means no more than 'aware'.

Increasingly, it is acquiring a colloquial meaning of 'wearisomely and pretentiously aware in a meddlesome and interfering way'.

Context ought to tell the reader which meaning the writer is using, but there's still a risk of miscommunication.

 

[Scotty55]

To be fair, there are some absolute bell-ends on bikes.

 

[Baldy]

"Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a term that refers to awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice."

Is it? I have been wondering what the hell people were on about. A made up word if you ask me.

 

[Profpointy]

Against my better judgement I clicked the link. Saw the byline and closed it again.

Just to save anyone the bother, it's professional peanut Toby Young. He can get to fark.

Thanks!
Given that eloquent critique (And I am not being sarcastic) I shall give the article the swerve.

Remember folks, simply by clicking we are literally given them money to encourage killing cyclists

 

[HMS_Dave]

To be fair, there are some absolute bell-ends on bikes.

I choose not to look...

 

[matticus]

'Woke' has become a difficult word to use because its meaning is evolving.

As you say, strictly it means no more than 'aware'.

Increasingly, it is acquiring a colloquial meaning of 'wearisomely and pretentiously aware in a meddlesome and interfering way'.

Context ought to tell the reader which meaning the writer is using, but there's still a risk of miscommunication.

I don't think it has any fixed meaning beyond the colloquial. A quick google found the earliest citation to be 1938, and it's clearly evolved since then:

The term was used by blues singer Lead Belly in his 1938 song ‘Scottsboro Boys’ which told the story of a group of black teenagers wrongly accused of raping young white women, saying: ‘I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there – best stay woke, keep their eyes open’ – speaking of the fear in white America of black America.

From Wiki:

Through the 2000s and early 2010s, woke was used either as a term for not literally falling asleep, or as slang for one's suspicions of being cheated on by a romantic partner

I'd say "aware" and "pretentiously aware" have pretty equal claims, if there is to be an official meaning.

 

[mudsticks]

In the angry drawer I think. Anyway she's found it and managed to install the new washing machine which is good news as five day old dirty nappies in this heat were beginning to whiff the place out a bit.

Is that similar to a 'kibble bowl' which always seems to contain a packet of fun sized sparklers, that no one claims ownership of, plus a selection of keys made to fit no lock ever in existence ??

Yikes yes I remember the pungent aroma of the three-day old nappy bucket , in this heat .

Is it? I have been wondering what the hell people were on about. A made up word if you ask me.

Psst Baldy..

Hate to break this to you..

But

All words are made up..

 

[Juan Kog]

What concerns me .Toby Young allegedly a journalist ,with a very tenuous grasp of truth and facts, Writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator......... 🤔 Remind you of any one else we know , and look where he moved onto after journalism . 😱

 

[Joffey]

It's a shame he isn't bright enough to realise that many people won't read to the bottom where he actually makes some sensible comments, or bright enough to realise articles like this make it worst for cyclists, including himself.

 

[C R]

It's a shame he isn't bright enough to realise that many people won't read to the bottom where he actually makes some sensible comments, or bright enough to realise articles like this make it worst for cyclists, including himself.

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In this case I am disinclined to give Mr Young the benefit of the doubt, and would posit that those paragraphs are there for the purpose of plausible deniability.