EDIT It suggested “Zoom zoom” on a bicycle accident memorial, which can be seen as insensitive as it could hint at either the cyclist or someone else carelessly “zooming” ahead too fast.
Sorry, the image failed to upload. I replaced it with a url to imgur. There was a photo of a pile of ghost bikes and Google made a suggested caption of “zoom zoom”.
There are over 150 white-painted bicycles chained up throughout New York City. Each bike represents a cyclist killed in traffic - each is placed at the scene of the crash.
I think it exists anywhere in the world, but if you have strict browser settings the url might not load because it’s not a secure link. And yes, ghost bikes are memorials to cyclists killed in traffic. So the “zoom zoom” caption comes off as morbid.
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Why is “Zoom zoom” a problem?
EDIT It suggested “Zoom zoom” on a bicycle accident memorial, which can be seen as insensitive as it could hint at either the cyclist or someone else carelessly “zooming” ahead too fast.
What
Sorry, the image failed to upload. I replaced it with a url to imgur. There was a photo of a pile of ghost bikes and Google made a suggested caption of “zoom zoom”.
Use catbox.moe please, it’s much better.
That url sounds cringe af, but I’ll give it a look
It’s a great free file hosting service
It is a great image host
http://ghostbikes.org/
That doesn’t seem to exist, or at least be reachable from NL.
I did find a brand called Ghost Bikes ( https://www.ghost-bikes.com ) but I think this refers to these type
~ https://vimeo.com/243579287
I think it exists anywhere in the world, but if you have strict browser settings the url might not load because it’s not a secure link. And yes, ghost bikes are memorials to cyclists killed in traffic. So the “zoom zoom” caption comes off as morbid.