Russia seems pretty damn confused about whether the future is oil or not, or rather just in denial about oil NOT being the future.

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    Loud pipes save the lives of the people driving around on them, mostly, so not sure that’s a good argument

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      26 days ago

      It refers to the fact that driving motorcycles around cars is extremely dangerous. Driver’s often ignore motorcycles and loud pipes are the one thing that keep a lot of motorcyclists from being run over.

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          26 days ago

          I am a bit of a seasoned driver and I grew up in the Seattle area. I have had a number of close calls and the motorcycles being loud was 100% a protective factor.

          You can pretend whatever you want, but clearly I can’t agree with you.

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          26 days ago

          I am pretty sure you said

          “Loud pipes save the lives of the people driving around on them, mostly, so not sure that’s a good argument”

          Save the lives of people driving around them is not what loud pipes save lives means. I was just pointing that out. Cheers!

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            26 days ago

            “Driving around on them” is different from “driving around them”