Rub
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
The biker thing I have wondered why so many get so pissed because they aren't being accepted as being one .
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Man he was funny,
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i blame hollywood for this term. rich people trying desperately to be as cool as bikers without actually being one. shortly thereafter HD dealers became boutiques. anyone could buy one and become an instant biker. makes me sick to my stomach.
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From: Calgary eh
Not really when I first the term getting used publicly many years ago it was usually to describe some guy who acting like something he wasn't and in general being a dick . The money reference just kinda stuck because the guys acting like dicks where throwing it around like it could buy them into something that wasn't there natural arena or social group .
The biker thing I have wondered why so many get so pissed because they aren't being accepted as being one .
The biker thing I have wondered why so many get so pissed because they aren't being accepted as being one .
I know some of those "biker" types you're talking about. Minimum wage, shitty jobs, or no jobs. Dumber than a bag of hammers. Spewing denigrating comments out about white collar professional people. Calling them pencil necks and office boys and crap. I call them "think I'm so good's", because they really think they are something special. I can't see it. To me, someone who drops out of high school because they're too cool, can't find work or collects welfare, or works minimum wage. But hangs out with others like himself and augmenting his income with B&e's or selling dope, is just not a lifestyle I envy. I don't think it cool at all.
So the term RUB speaks more about the person using the term than the people it refers to.
IMHO of course.
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I worked with a few bikers and a few certain club members that will remain unnamed and they were very respectable people thank you.If you want to put this in prespective chew on this. A movie comes out like Rambo, I like the movie so I go out and start weight training buy all the military garb and everthing it takes to look like Rambo. Does that make me a Rambo? No! Does that make me RuR? Yes!
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I worked with a few bikers and a few certain club members that will remain unnamed and they were very respectable people thank you.If you want to put this in prespective chew on this. A movie comes out like Rambo, I like the movie so I go out and start weight training buy all the military garb and everthing it takes to look like Rambo. Does that make me a Rambo? No! Does that make me RuR? Yes!
But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about people who hate professionals, and call them "RUBs".
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From: Northern IL
Love the Carlin Vid... that is some god damn funny ****! now that i actually know what RUB means, I can think of a few RUBs i know who think they're cool as ****, but no nothing about their bike... they know to start it, you push the button... oil change? no clue, take it to the dealer... Stator Box... thats big box under the seat right? they're bike ignorant bascially