Blubbergut Whales and Winter Biking Today was the first snowfall of the season. It's the kind of snow that would make most people think "maybe I should take public transit today" but the streetcar takes twice the time as biking (well; perhaps a bit less, since I wasn't going anywhere near full speed) The only people who got in my way? Fatties - or average sized people in the USA.  One of them stood in the middle of the track as the streetcar turned the wide open corner and slowly approached while ringing the bell. She stepped back and unfortunately was not run over. Though if she were, she would have held up traffic each way, and that would have sucked for everyone trying to get to wherever they were going. Also, I was standing right next to her, and I don't need fat and blood and fat and guts and fat all over my winter jacket. Then another one was walking in the fucking bike lane towards me as I was coming towards them. They had a big section of sidewalk to use, but no, use the bike lane that's being used by bunch of cyclists going each way while trying not to slip and fall on the fucking pavement. How clueless can they be? They should know basic safety protocol for crossing the street. They have to know their bodies take up more space... On the other hand...