Falling for a Hells Angel

http://narrative.ly/gangsters/falling-for-a-hells-angel/

by pmcpinto • 12 years ago

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yeezul• 12 years ago

504 Time-out. Here's a link to the Google Cache version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CIBYb2V...

ssimpson• 12 years ago

Pretty good read from a woman's perspective. I don't know why I find M/Cs fascinating.

erok• 12 years ago

SOA

Fuzzwah• 12 years ago

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Nursie2• 12 years ago

Do the relationships described in that story not seem deeply unhealthy to you? From my (male) perspective the women seem to get treated like property.

__david__• 12 years ago

Finding something fascinating and finding something deeply disturbing are not orthogonal; the relationships seemed deeply unhealthy, the men inherently violent and the women second class (don't disturb to club members while they're talking)—and still it was very interesting, very well told.

chroma2• 12 years ago

The people in this story (including the author) seem insane to me. It's crazy enough to ride a motorcycle (let alone without armor), but that's a footnote to the real issues: the violence, needless aggression, and treatment of women as chattel.

What's worse is the author spares no effort rationalizing her abuse. For example: After Jack hits her, he quickly says he's sorry and comes to her aid. That was not an example of how much Jack cared about her. That was Jack scared of her calling the cops and sending him to jail.

I can't find a single good decision made by the author of this story. Had Jack not broken up with her, she'd probably still be in this abusive relationship.

mercurial• 12 years ago

What's worse is the author spares no effort rationalizing her abuse. For example: After Jack hits her, he quickly says he's sorry and comes to her aid. That was not an example of how much Jack cared about her. That was Jack scared of her calling the cops and sending him to jail.

Is it? It's Jack being a wifebeater. Whether his regrets are genuine or not isn't something you can easily deduce from her account.

I can't find a single good decision made by the author of this story. Had Jack not broken up with her, she'd probably still be in this abusive relationship.

Unfortunately, plenty of people do this.

randlet3• 12 years ago

Riding a motorcycle is not crazy. It is a risk/reward decision. The risk can be mitigated by always riding with gear (ATGATT - All The Gear All The Time) and making smart decisions about how & when you ride. For me the reward of being on a bike far outweighs the risk.

chroma2• 12 years ago

Humans suck at estimating risk. From the Wikipedia article on motorcycle safety[1]:

Per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists' risk of a fatal crash is 35 times greater than a passenger car.

In 2012, the US had 23 fatalities per 100 million miles ridden. If you do the math, riding 4,000 miles a year for 40 years gives you a 4.2% chance of dying in an accident. That's just death. It doesn't include getting crippled or having permanent brain damage.

You would be crazy to ride in a car that gave such a high risk of death. In fact, any car that dangerous would not be allowed on the road, and any excuses about mitigating risk would be laughed at. It is an accident of history that society allows motorcycles. If they were invented today, there would be zero chance of them being allowed on streets.

Paradoxically, the only sane place to ride a motorcycle is a race track. With no obstacles, large run-off areas, trained riders, and plenty of armor, injuries are minor.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_safety

the_rosentotter• 12 years ago

W. T. F. Why am I reading pulp romance novel on Hacker News.

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