Much like how Vlad the impaler would leave the golden chalice in the city square, daring anyone to take it…
Ah yes, people commenting how much Singapore is a facist/police state. Can’t have nice thing, eh?
Speaking of not having a nice thing…
Possession or consumption [of cannabis] can result in a maximum of 10 years in prison, with a possible fine of $20,000, as well as caning, under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Trafficking, import or export of more than 500 grams may result in the death penalty.
As we say her in the USA, let the punishment fit the crime. There’s a Star Trek episode where Wesley gets sentenced to death for walking on the grass or something like that… Singapore is basically that.
When i went to Singapore people told me how bad it is and you’re not even allowed to throw trash on the street and might get to jail for spitting your chewing gum on the street. Sooooo, you’re saying I’m perfectly fine in that nice city then?
I mean your examples are trashy things to do in the first place. If you’re traveling to other countries and your main fear is “am I allowed to litter here” then it’s best you stay home.
Singapore has a lot of intense laws, and they enforce everything fairly strictly. That being said, almost every country has littering laws, just because they’re not enforced doesn’t mean you should litter.
If your motivation of traveling is to litter, than it’s best that you fuck off and stay home.
The point is not that they want to litter. The point is that they’re not Singaporean lawyers and they could very well break some random law unintentionally and then be shoved into a prison cell for years.
It’s really quite obvious if you actually think about it.
If they want to make a point, then they better use a better example. If littering law is all they know, then they’re not gonna make a good point.
I think it’s a great example
You really don’t.
genuinely curious here: are you saying that we should just ignore that part because people can leave expensive bikes unattended?
What part am I ignoring here, exactly?
that singapore is a police state
I thought the title was an exaggeration but nope
It might have a tracker.
You have to be very brave to keep your 15k bike with an airtag only
In Singapore?
Not in Singapore, but I see a lot of people in my area doing this. I’ve always wondered how the unafraid part works when the bike is obviously over $5k.
Where you wanna go after stealing it?
Unfortunately wouldn’t deter anyone where I live… addicts will flip that for $20 within an hour, and go get their drug fix, before the owner even has a chance to catch the thief
Even worse are the organized criminals driving around in SUVs looking for high end bicycles, a good few videos of them all over xitter sadly, brazen enough to follow people home and rob them in their driveway
Yet people complain when Singapore has death penalty for drugs 🤔
Death penalty for anything is abhorrent
Death penalty for drugs, chewing gum is illegal, porn is illegal, mandatory national service if you’re a (male) citizen… If you keep looking it looks less and less like a good trade.
Gee almost like there’s a stage between streets filled with addicts and murdering people.
Y’know like decriminalising and rehabilitation.
But I guess valuing life is hard for some people.
Yeah because that’s horrific? What point are you making?
What country is this, so that I never travel there?
Probably most major western cities
The first paragraph is just about every city in Canada right now. Can’t even mow our front lawn with the garage open because they run into your garage and snatch it before you can run after them. Although I haven’t heard of quite the extremes of the second paragraph here yet.
Is it unattended? Looks like someone is standing right in front of it taking a photo for Twitter.
Singapore laws play for keeps tho
1 to 2 years for selling gum. 100 to 500 USD for chewing.
No, not chewing. POP’n.
He had it com’n. He had it com’n. He only had himself to blame.
I think this is the only comment I’ve ever seen anywhere referencing Chicago. Congratulations! Your prize is the knowledge that my wife and I still occasionally use jazz-hands as code for “that person had it coming.”
Broadway Chicago reference good. Movie Chicago reference… go listen to the Broadway soundtrack and hear how it’s supposed to sound.
Fair enough. I enjoy musical theater, but that one never grabbed me. So the movie’s my only point of reference, and I wasn’t a big fan. Don’t think it deserved to beat out Gosford Park or Fellowship of the Ring for best picture.
Honestly, if the only way you know the music is from the movie, I’m not surprised it didn’t grab you.
Sounds reasonable.
They’ll chop off your wiener for looking at naked women.
Naah, it’s always women’s fault. Don’t you know that. /s
Jaywalking? Fuckin life with no parole.
Not looking both ways before crossing a street? Straight to jail.
Not holding the door for an old lady? Public lashing.
$1,500 bike blocking access to the coffee shop window and the beer kegs.
Edit: I have been corrected, the bike is $15K. Thanks u/pacoboyd!
Yeah, I was thinking this was a mispost and the intended community was supposed to be “fuckbikes” since this ahole is blocking a to go order window that patrons will use.
I’d much prefer bicycles be affordable.
They are, but that is a halo product
Certainly has a product placement feel to it.
I got one for $20 at a garage sale and worked ok until the tires gave out and I haven’t gotten around to changing them yet. But I don’t need high performance tires or anything since I just bike around the neighborhood, so that will be what, another $50? Bikes are cheap if you don’t care if they’re brand new.
Finding one that’s the right size can sometimes feel like you won the lottery.
Actually, I’ll admit it is slightly too big for me, but it only bothered me a little at first and then I got used to it.
To me, the culture shock would be that there is a bicycle that costs $15K
I’m into mountain biking and it’s fucking criminal what they charge for bike prices these days. A good bike with decent quality components is like $5000-$7000. High end name brand components will bring that up to $9000 easily. Higher end frames and boutique components can bring it into the $11000-$15000 range. It’s fucked lol.
Oh and for an electric bike add $2000-3000 to the price.
Your notion of “decent” is certainly not the same as 99.99% of the population. Or you live in a very expensive place and have a very specific use of mountain bikes.
Wow I suddenly feel privileged to have had a bicycle growing up.
EDIT oh actually even then it looks like they’re relatively affordable. This was the hot brand for cool kids when I was growing up
Where are you buying this shit? I got a nice KHS like 5 years ago for $700 and it’s not terribly expensive to get a motor, controller, and batteries.
Is that a hardwood sidewalk??
Not my kind of bike personally, but damn that looks nice 😍 the matt black one in the back looks hella stealthy too
People do that all the time in my area. It’s not because it’s “safe”, it’s because they’re stupid. Then they want to join my communities so they can spam it with their stolen bike posts and get help finding them.
Reminds me of my first weeks in Japan…
I took my Kona Private Jake with me (nowhere near that bike, but $2-3k) which I would expect to be gone in an instant in the UK. I kept placed my bike on the balcony of the monthly apartment in Roppongi, which was only on the 2nd floor, and would check it at night as I thought someone would nick it
This shortly progressed to leaving it outside when going to the conbini, etc
I love how you casually slipped in the word “conbini” as if it were English, lol
conbiniens storu
Can do too, Germany, the nicer part of the city here. Left my car with open windows in the summer, with my stuff in it, over night, nothing. Wouldn’t do it in the northern city though. My seats would’ve been gone.
I’ll raise that by the time I left my car window open for 4 days in a semi big German town. After police couldn’t get ahold of me, a neighbour covered it himself with plastic so the inside wouldn’t get wet.
Reminds me of when my friend moved to Las Vegas, the shitty side of town, not the strip. And on the first day he had every wheel stolen off of his car when he stepped in a store for a couple of minutes.
Is your friend Clark W. Griswold?
No lol, did the same thing happen to him
Holy shit, a 15k bike?! It better be electric.
