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Reminder: Wear a helmet! (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Good to see that you agree that

Even with a chin bar, the face part tends to open up when you hit the ground.

isn't true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's your very best-case scenario, with a $600 helmet, in controlled impacts. Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly, especially because you don't hit the ground once. If you hit the ground at speed, you bounce, and you roll.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago

Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly,

Source?

[–] Kecessa 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

7% of the time is a tendency

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Tends to" implies that it's more likely to happen than not.

[–] Kecessa 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, it means something has a tendency to happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tend

to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic

[–] Rampsquatch 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love how venomously pendantic this exchange is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

https://xkcd.com/386/

[–] Kecessa 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Likely: having a high probability of occurring or being true : very probable

So it's subjective.

7% chance to have your face ripped open, do you consider it to be likely enough to take it into consideration when buying a helmet? If you had a 7% chance to crash every time you ride would you continue riding?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 22 hours ago

Now you're just being stupid on purpose.