So a dog made me crash today

[giverdada]

well this is a tough one. practically a politics-potential for lockdown opinions flaring, but everyone seems to be behaving well enough thus far.

first: super sorry to hear about your incident, and super glad that you're okay.

second: my lady is not okay, has not been okay for months, and all this because almost the same thing happened to her, but she was in a public place, dog charged into her path from bushes on the side, and she hit it at full speed to land on her head and sustain a concussion.

third: we're slowly coming round, as a partnership and a family and she has been amazing throughout the entire arduous ordeal, but i'd go back and undo all of the days from that one just to not have to live this crap again.

dogs are dogs, not humans, and if the sign says put the damn thing on a leash that you can hold onto, keep it on the damn leash! i feel the rage smouldering here so i'll stop, but if we're going to live by life-altering rules, we should follow the life-altering rules or move to somewhere else where the rules are different.

last: what if she killed the dog? she didn't; it yelped and ran away while she lay there becoming a survivor, but what if the dog had sustained damage? vet bills these days would easily beat out her bike bills. (vet bills could not possibly match or outweigh the detriment to quality of life or whatever lawyers call it, but that's another story.) what if your spokes cut off the dog's left nostril and now it can't smell the kibbles and the owner wants to make you pony up for that nostril refacilitation rehab at the pavlovian muttcare facility? i don't know. and i don't think that would be right, but i think humans are distinct from dogs in rights and privileges, and i live in a place where it's slightly less likely for someone to successfully sue mcdonald's for burning themselves with their own damn coffee. whatever the case, i'm glad that your human brain is okay. i wouldn't wish a TBI on anyone.