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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's literally betting against yourself, while knowing the dealer doesn't pay out 9/10 times even when you win.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Insurance is a good bet for things where the cost of a loss would be a big deal. I put fire insurance on my house because if my house would burn I couldn't afford to replace it. Because I can bet my house won't burn down I dare live in a nice house. Without that insurance I'd have to live in a mud hut (or maybe a step above).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well that's obviously the reality of it, I'm exaggerating.

In Finland every car has to have basic traffic insurance. If it doesn't and you hit someone and maim/kill them, you won't' be covered. So yeah, I understand that for some things it's essential, but that's only as long as the system is at least in some way reliable.

If actually 9/10 cases insurance didn't pay out when something was actually obviously covered by an insurance, then I don't think many people would bother.

I'm just exaggerating but we all know what scumbags insurances companies are. Some less than others.