Dumb Arizona female runner calls out Olympic runner for running with headphones

I think the only thing that Lemon's rant proves is that professional runners have way too much time on their hands. I mean really, if this is something that bothers him a lot then he doesn't have a lot going on in his life.

It's called a thought experiment. I'm running around distracted all the time. Am I at fault the way runners with headphones are at fault? Am I a danger to others? If not, what is it that makes headphones any different?

Do you people not understand English? He wrote:

"Something inside of her lit a spark strong enough to tell me that because I was wearing something that pushed music through my ears, I had no credibility as a runner."

I'll explain to you, because clearly it went right over your head. She gave him a disgusted look then proceeded to tell him that because he was wearing headphones, he wasn't a runner. Keywords in that aforementioned passage: "....spark strong enough to TELL ME..."

She TOLD HIM.

DUH.

That girl was a stupid bitch. His sentence was phrased differently. And your post was idiotic.

Have a good day.

First, you might want to look up the meaning of the word "weakly", because it pretty much invalidates your whole stupid argument.

Right back atcha, lil dude! The definition of "weak correlation" is "not very significant", note the "very". "Not very significant" isn't the same as "not significant". If 1 million people go for a walk and 0.2% of them get hit by a vehicle if none of them wear headphones and 0.21% of them get hit by a vehicle if they are all wearing headphones, then 100 extra people die from wearing headphones (and that's actually lower than the threshold for a "weak correlation".

xenonscreams wrote:

It's called a thought experiment. I'm running around distracted all the time. Am I at fault the way runners with headphones are at fault? Am I a danger to others? If not, what is it that makes headphones any different?

Whatever you want to call it, obviously you aren't putting a lot of "thought" into it.

xenonscreams wrote:

It's called a thought experiment. I'm running around distracted all the time. Am I at fault the way runners with headphones are at fault? Am I a danger to others? If not, what is it that makes headphones any different?

Do you drive with headphones? Do you text while driving?

If the difference is that small, than why the f*ck should any of us care? That number is way, way high for 1 walk, by the way. The difference between .2% likelihood and .21% likelihood in real terms is virtually nil.

Are you admitting that wearing headphones is not actually dangerous?

No, because the two are illegal, and the latter has been shown to be pretty much as bad as driving drunk. But sometimes I drive unmedicated, which means I'm in a constant state of distraction, and sometimes I drive with music so loud that I can't hear much else. Are the latter two as bad? Why or why not?

xenonscreams wrote:

No, because the two are illegal, and the latter has been shown to be pretty much as bad as driving drunk. But sometimes I drive unmedicated, which means I'm in a constant state of distraction, and sometimes I drive with music so loud that I can't hear much else. Are the latter two as bad? Why or why not?

If it's as bad as you are saying then you shouldn't be driving unmedicated or with the music so loud. Doing so makes you a complete moron and ahole for doing it. Why are you even asking? This is obvious.

Cool, just seeing if you're consistent. What about running around unmedicated? Is it as bad as running around with headphones?

xenonscreams wrote:

Cool, just seeing if you're consistent. What about running around unmedicated? Is it as bad as running around with headphones?

Why are you asking these medication questions? This thread is about running with headphones.

No one has mentioned it yet, but he obviously ASSUMED that she made a snide comment about listening to music because he clearly couldn't HEAR what she said over the distracting MUSIC in his ears!

So she gave him a dirty look, and for all he knows it could've been because his shorts were too short, or his ribs stick out too far.

He assumed the dirty look was directed towards his music in his ears. Maybe she just didn't like the song??

Sounds like they BOTH are whiny prima donnas.

Judgemental? Runners? Seriously? You would never know that by cruising the LR forum!

Reading so much into how someone looked at you at a stop sign is probably not sign of a highly secure adult.

Judgemental? Runners? Seriously? You would never know that by cruising the LR forum!

Reading so much into how someone looked at you at a stop sign is probably not sign of a highly secure adult.

This thread is so typical of Let's run. Who cares if the guy was wearing headphones or running in Phoenix? Jesus, he could have been visiting a friend or family or down there for a variety of reasons. The fact that people here are so quick to latch on to his whereabouts is comical. In addition, just because you run with headphones doesn't mean that the headphones are turned up loud and you can't hear anything. When i run alone I listen to music but I never have it turned up loud so I'm able to hear cars, etc. This is ridiculous and this is what I love about let's run. Some nerd is telling everyone how dangerous headphones are hahaha. You can use headphones safely and I do. I've run plenty of 100 mile weeks all on the roads in a city and I've yet to get run over. I'll let you know when I do.

ksksk wrote:

Why are you asking these medication questions? This thread is about running with headphones.

People who are against running with headphones mostly cite the idea that it's distracting to run with headphones, and therefore dangerous. But nobody seems to care that I'm running around distracted all the time, which makes me think that there is an underlying prejudice against runners who run with music that has nothing to do with them being distracted.

Running with headphones doesn't mean you're not a runner. It does, however, mean that you're 100% lame and in need of some serious psychiatric therapy.

"a fellow runner approached me and gave me a look of disdain as she saw I had my earphones plugged in."

Noticed that as well. How did he know what she was thinking?

Perhaps she just didn't like his music. When have you ever heard someones music blaring out on those cheap headphones that is anything other than crap

xenonscreams wrote:

ksksk wrote:

Why are you asking these medication questions? This thread is about running with headphones.

People who are against running with headphones mostly cite the idea that it's distracting to run with headphones, and therefore dangerous. But nobody seems to care that I'm running around distracted all the time, which makes me think that there is an underlying prejudice against runners who run with music that has nothing to do with them being distracted.

We operate under the assumption that it's far easier for Lemoncello to just not wear headphones on his run than it is for you to have to counteract your ADHD, something that you didn't choose to have and which you are used to dealing with all of the time.