Jalopnik Going Hard With This Headline

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
08/04/2020 at 23:01 • Filed to: None

I haven’t laughed this hard in a while.

Good job Bradley Brownell, good job.

DISCUSSION (40)

lone_liberal > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:11

Age and obesity are risk factors so he ain’t wrong and I say that as an old fat guy.

Jim Spanfeller > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:11

Wait, what’s so bad abou... Oh. Oh no...

Discerning > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:13

My last encounter with BB ended in him ignoring facts and avoiding me. Really strange encounter. Just wanted him to correct an obvious e rror in his article. Provided him with evidence a nd everything after he tried to say I was wrong.

atfsgeoff > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:13

I commented about Sturgis before, folks who ride motorcycles are risk taker s by definition . Covid ain’t got nothin on motorcycles for killing folks.

shop-teacher > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:33

I'm not a big fan of his, but yeah, that headline is on point!

Under_Score > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:35

No One Should Have to Live on Their 12 Harley Davidson Bikes The City is Making Us Get Rid of Because Our Elected Officials Screwed Up the Pandemic.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 23:36

Can a person still donate organs if they test positive for COVID-19?

atfsgeoff > BaconSandwich is tasty.
08/04/2020 at 23:43

Transplant policies would probably prohibit it, though if I was in need of a liver or heart, I’d take the chance of death with COVID over the certain death of not getting a replacement organ.

I’m reminded of an episode of House MD, where they had a patient who needed a heart and they found a match in a braindead middle aged obese car crash victim who had gonorrhea. Official policy wouldn’t allow use of the heart due to multiple risk factors but as House said, “Big fat sloppy heart is better than no heart”

Deltyn drives a meh car > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:45

Automotiv e journalism is supposed to be rock and roll and embrace the subculture, not act like a worried mom. J alopnik is for sweater-vesters .

For Sweden > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/04/2020 at 23:51

We need Wes Siler with a “riding without a helmet is cool and good” take.

Deltyn drives a meh car > Discerning
08/04/2020 at 23:51

Journos are far to mighty to int eract with readers. That would mean stoo ping too low.

Deltyn drives a meh car > For Sweden
08/05/2020 at 00:00

I would bet riding without a helmet is statistically more deadly than covid 19 if you spin it the right way.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Discerning
08/05/2020 at 00:07

He’s one of the touchiest, most thin-skinned bloggers to write for Jalopnik. From what I’ve seen, only Justin Westbrook is more sensitive & ban-happy.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Deltyn drives a meh car
08/05/2020 at 00:07

Mighty generous use of the term “journo” in regards to Brownell.

PyramidHat > For Sweden
08/05/2020 at 00:08

Was he anti helmet?

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/05/2020 at 00:11

A: Good job Bradley Brownell, good job.

Q: What is “a phrase that has never occurred to me before”?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/05/2020 at 00:27

welp... guess ill scratch probably wont see american tourists over here this year and replace it with definitely wont

guess the states are going to be travel advisory code orange untill theres a vaccine...whenever that is

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Dead_Elvis, Inc.
08/05/2020 at 00:33

I think even he did n’t describe himself as such. If I remember the quip when badgered by a commenter, he described himself part writing entertainer and left leaning op-ed.

I t’s kind of a shame because he’s capable of some really good pieces (like when he’s given a moto to review), but he sways mainly to grating report publishing . His Covid related pieces have been nothing but doom- scroll.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
08/05/2020 at 00:50

I’ve grudgingly found common ground with him on some of his motorcycle pieces, but his approach/attitude typically makes it difficult. He’s not nearly a skilled enough writer to make an antagonistic approach entertaining, and when he gets (easily) baited in the comments, he’ s as likely to put someone into the greys as he is to engage. In the cases of shitty ad hominem attacks? sure, dismiss away, but if you’re (notionally, at least ) a journalist, being able to defend your position against good faith counterarguments without sarcasm is a key skill . He needs to take a lesson from David Tracy in that regard.

Years ago, Brownell contributed to Hooniverse occasionally; I think that’s where I first read him. I don’t know what happened over the years, but when his byline started appearing on the FP here, I kept thinking “this can’t be the same guy whose stuff I enjoyed on Hooniverse, can it?”

Shift24 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/05/2020 at 01:34

And I bet the ICUs are not ready for even a fraction of a ny of that

BigBlock440 > Shift24
08/05/2020 at 07:41

If by fraction, you mean about 1/2, then sure.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Deltyn drives a meh car
08/05/2020 at 07:56

Riding without a helmet is not a hoax.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Discerning
08/05/2020 at 08:11

He is a complete asshat. And a poor writer.

shop-teacher > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
08/05/2020 at 08:15

Probably yeah.

i86hotdogs > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/05/2020 at 08:48

“I ride without a helmet all the time, I’m not dead. Explain that!”

Mercedes Streeter > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
08/05/2020 at 09:11

I wish he was able to do more motorcycle stuff. That’s clearly what he’s absolutely the best at.

Definitely better than this . Final drive gush in heavy rain seems like a good way to die and turn people off from motorcycling.

Milky > Shift24
08/05/2020 at 09:29

My home town is about the same size as Sturgis. A couple dozen extra people threw the hospital for a loop, they’re boned.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
08/05/2020 at 09:31

His interview with Gordon Murray was quite good.

nerd_racing > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/05/2020 at 09:38

His article headlines are so clickbaity and I’ve pointed out many inaccuracies in his “stories” lately. I really won’t click on any of his articles anymore. Even if I agree with the premise.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden
08/05/2020 at 09:38

He has an interesting life, so I gave him a follow on Instagram. Here’s one of his posts in response to the looting/destruction:

Violence has been a part of America just as long as racism. Deny people a voice and they will still make themselves heard. We should be better, and yet we’re not. Burn this shit down.

———

I can’t get on board with encouraging violence and destruction.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dead_Elvis, Inc.
08/05/2020 at 09:41

Same thought came to mind after his Gordon Murray interview.

Discerning > Deltyn drives a meh car
08/05/2020 at 10:10

He kept replying to me until I shared an irrefutable piece of evidence. A li teral data sheet published by IMSA that showed the statistic I was referring to... three times over! He ignored me after that and never changed his error.

Your boy, BJR > Dead_Elvis, Inc.
08/05/2020 at 10:38

I asked David Tracy why he looked like such a wiener once. He laughed and said he’s often told he looks Rick Moranis. Much respect for him after that.

Shift24 > Milky
08/05/2020 at 11:33

O of thats not good. I wish there was a way the city could try and shut it down... oh wait they did but you know business and freedom....

https://www.1011now.com/2020/08/03/annual-sturgis-rally-expecting-250k-stirring-virus-concerns/

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/05/2020 at 11:35

Local white guy thinks he doesn’t have a voice to lobby his government lol

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Your boy, BJR
08/05/2020 at 14:31

The Moranis resemblance never occurred to me, and now I’ll never not be able to see it!

Stef Schrader > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
08/05/2020 at 23:34

Brad’s finest work yet, TBH.

Stef Schrader > Deltyn drives a meh car
08/06/2020 at 00:01

Kinja'd!!!

Stef Schrader > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
08/06/2020 at 00:05

:( I hate this friggin’ garbage so much. Friends over there are posting from a Nürburgring meet this week. I am posting.......my dumb house.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Stef Schrader
08/06/2020 at 14:00

yup it sucks...