1)OK, my wife works closer and we have friends though 2)BS, I live 20 miles from work and have been riding 3-4 times a week for 15 years. Now I have an electric bike to help cope with the 10 hours a week in the saddle. 3)That's not really true. This place I work used to require a tie. I packed a neat outfit in a backpack for many years. 4)Lots of people park a bike on the street and change in the bathroom. I have a full time job, two kids including a kid in a travel team, I mean, it's not by necessity a lower stress life, though I deal well with my stress, which isn't onerous.

As somebody who rides about 5,000 miles a year, I used to split lanes through stopped city traffic. People are more impatient nowadays then they used to be and they will routinely jump between lanes with no rhyme, reason, or warning. One car doing this is no problem. But two cars did this in front of me in rapid succession earlier this year and I walked away with a broken hand and a subsequent complication post-surgery. I've changed my route and don’t split lanes anymore, but still ride 20 miles round trip or more to and from work every day. When I quit riding for a couple years six years ago, I gained 45 pounds. I’ll take my chances. In an earlier life, I was a bicycle messenger for five years and took an absurd amount of risk every single day and never had any negative outcomes more serious than minor scrapes and bruises. YMMV.

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I haven't seen anyone mention why this matters. If you get a kill in the game, you used to be required to post a screenshot to prove it in the online forum, although this isn't necessarily de rigueur anymore with the advent of the achievement system. Thus, SSDD, screenshot or it didn't happen. It could still be important though to back up your argument in some type of situation.