Comments on: Watch the motorcycle marriage proposal that shut down a Los Angeles freeway

By: Velocirapt42

Velocirapt42 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:40:00 +0000

Actually, I get worked up about hypothetical stroke victims all the time, but it’s my job so it’s okay.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:42:00 +0000

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:30:00 +0000

With all due respect Antinous sir, why do you think that? I keep getting email notices when others respond to me that I seem to answer right away. Is that being perceived as “worked up” or something? A marriage proposal on the freeway is hardly something to be worked up about, as others here seem to be. I was trying to de-work people up. I must be failing at this somehow. RE: XKCD How did you get a camera in my bedroom??

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:14:00 +0000

Dude, you’re the one who’s getting worked up in this conversation.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0000

OMG dude. It was a smoke bomb that lasted all of 15 seconds. YES any ambulance driver worth his paycheck would have been delayed about 10 seconds because of all this. You’re like my mom’s mother when we were a kid- we called her a “worry wart”. Do you get this worked up when a hypothetical stroke victim in a hypothetical ambulance gets delayed when someone hits someone else’s bumper because he was looking at his phone while driving?

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:16:00 +0000

Veloctrapt42- what world to you live in where freeways dont have shoulders, and ambulances don’t have lights and sirens. Half those bikes didn’t even stop, they were to ready to jam out of there at the first sign of cops. I guarantee an emergency vehicle would have sailed by in about 3 seconds.

By: Ito Kagehisa

Ito Kagehisa — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:30:00 +0000

You can characterize these things as you like. I was just adding up the score, which was very impressive for such a short post. Most people have to rant about imaginary victims for several paragraphs to get that many points!

By: Velocirapt42

Velocirapt42 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:53:00 +0000

Dude- again? Please see my response to your “whatever” response above. Starving children? Okay, not an issue. Ambulances stopped by an orchestrated marriage proposal? ISSUE. Minutes count and I’ve seen them make the difference between life and death. You can’t do much about regular traffic, but you can propose in a parking lot.

By: Velocirapt42

Velocirapt42 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:51:00 +0000

Right, getting through the huge crowd of bikers while making sure not to hit anyone won’t slow down the trip to the hospital at all. And there’s never a problem with a delay of a minute or two while someone is having a stroke and their brain tissue is slowly dying, right? Shouldering through rush-hour traffic- not preventable. Shouldering through celebrating bikers that look like they just let off a cloud of noxious chemicals onto the freeway- preventable.

By: dellvostro

dellvostro — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:24:00 +0000

I thought it was a pretty neat romantic way to propose. Albeit not so great for the hurried motorists, but come on now, can we slow down from our hurrid frantic pace of life and tip our hats to this couple for a very creative way to propose. Good for them. It was only ten minutes and the memory will last a lifetime for the couple and those involved.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:36:00 +0000

Do you have anything new to add?

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:41:00 +0000

God knows we all need a respect lesson. Even Respect towards romantic bikers.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:34:00 +0000

That’s your opinion. I’m guessing a motorcycle gang is a little closer to the freeway than you are.

By: anansi133

anansi133 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:31:00 +0000

Right. So to with the annoyance of hundreds of drivers waiting at the drawbridge so one rich person with a tall boat can go through. They have got to go through the proper channels to lift that bridge, and the traffic holdup is taken into account when giving that permission.

It’s that sense of entitlement that the motorcyclists must feel in order to convince themselves that this is a good idea- that’s what has me gobsmacked. I’d love to see each one cited individually.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:31:00 +0000

I do, often times in LA, often times on the 10. Your point? The front car was stopped for almost 3 minutes. After that, traffic would start moving. Probably the smallest delay in traffic the 10 gets all week. Yes there was a delay. Yes cars will move under 55 for 10 minutes. Yes this happens all the time for worse reasons. And yes once again I know LA traffic. Do you?

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

You think an ambulance driver is dumb enough to sit in traffic. You know they have lights, sirens, and a shoulder to use right?

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:39:00 +0000

You think only caused a 2 minute delay? You don’t drive to work I see.

By: philosophyguy

philosophyguy — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:40:00 +0000

How did we arrive at a time when anyone thinks it is in any way useful, appropriate, or valid to commandeer anyone else’s attention for a private, non-newsworthy event? Where did this level of arrogance and self-absorption come from? Why do some people feel so compelled to seek their fifteen minutes of fame that they will put their personal matters in the public eye, whether disruptive or not? For far too many of us, perspective is out of whack, civility is scorned, and consideration has been thrown right out of the window. I am heartened, however, by the fact that the vast majority of people who have posted on this topic both understand these points and clearly agree with them. Thanks, all, for the thoughtful and witty comments.

By: hymenopterid

hymenopterid — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:02:00 +0000

Yes, all those other people in cars with their silly lives who are not presently having a marriage proposal are just are haters and do not know the true meaning of love. How could I have been so blind.

By: cstatman

cstatman — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:37:00 +0000

i ride. sport bikes, dirt bikes, harleys, and a sidecar outfit. I’ve raced, i’ve been a hooligan stunter for a bit (i sucked at it)

it was a stupid plan, and every single car that KNEW what happened? will be pissed off at ME the next time I am lane sharing trying to get out of the way and to work, without being 1 more car in front of YOU.

all said? burnout with pink tires? proposal? ok, every car driver thinks you are a dick, most riders think you are an attention whore.

I just hope she said yes, and you got a BJ out of it.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:05:00 +0000

I guess you missed the whole part where we showed it didn’t really effect anyone… Love. Check it out. It’s worth doing stupid shit for sometimes…

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:02:00 +0000

No, but if you missed a job interview because of a 2 minute delay on the way- you probably aren’t qualified.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:01:00 +0000

Jag Bags? What’s that? I think you guys are getting a little worked up over a word…

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:02:00 +0000

Would you support someone if they reached over, hit the stop button in a crowded elevator and refused to turn it back on for ten minutes while they spoke to someone about something they considered important but which did not affect you at all?

Pretty sure that if you did it in NYC, there’d be a reenactment of the elevator shot from The Shining.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:03:00 +0000

Yah, missing a job interview would be worth it

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:02:00 +0000

A person waiting for an ambulance might not agree

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:01:00 +0000

”Honey, I caused a blackout for you!”

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:59:00 +0000

Yes, voluntarily. Voluntary. Not enforced by someone else.

By: James Penrose

James Penrose — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:50:00 +0000

Life is not about inconveniencing tens of thousands of people for your own personal pleasure. Stoppages on a freeway compound as they move back through the flow of traffic, so a ten minute “pause” may take an hour or more before things are restored to normal.

Let’s try an intellectual exercise: Would you support someone if they reached over, hit the stop button in a crowded elevator and refused to turn it back on for ten minutes while they spoke to someone about something they considered important but which did not affect you at all? Think you’d be happy? Or would you be on your cell to the cops?

You (or anyone) have no right to commandeer the time of other people against their will for your own purposes. No right whatsoever no matter how “noble” your own purpose seems to you.

By: AnomicOfficeDrone

AnomicOfficeDrone — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:35:00 +0000

I hope they lose their licenses, lose their motorcycles and spend hundreds of hours picking up trash alongside the 10 freeway.

That said, I also hope they have a long, happy marriage. I just hope that marriage starts with a lesson in respecting the people around them.