They represent progress, writes our Modern Guru, so live and let live.
As a keen cyclist, I’m fed up with continual “Get an e-bike” comments from my e-biking friends. No longer smiling courteously, I now retort with: “Hello ... I’m actually exercising!” Is there any way I could handle this better?Since the dawn of humankind, this has been a thing.
Each new stage of human progress has divided people into the embracers and the old-schoolers. The old-schoolers shouldn’t judge the embracers, just like the embracers shouldn’t hassle the old-schoolers; everyone should just smile courteously and accept that This Is A Thing. And maybe your e-biking friends are still getting enough exercise. I have a friend who rides his e-bike everywhere, enjoying the lovely sunshine with minimal effort. Then, at night, he does 30 gruelling minutes on his exercise bike, sweating away in a dark, musty, airless shed.is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He writes the Modern Guru column in the Good Weekend magazine.
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