They succinctly told you the reasons it could be happening and offered you a solution. What do you want them to do, tickle your balls and tell you you’re pretty? The fuck kind of response is that, go back to Reddit lol

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I do a fair amount of solo bikepacking in the rural Midwest, and have gotten into enough weird altercations that I now ride and camp with a concealed pistol.

A few years ago, I would have called anyone doing this exact same thing a psychopath. I give myself endless amounts of shit for having a “bicycle gun” and would be fucking mortified if anyone I casually ride with found out, but I’m also intensely aware of how batshit crazy and divorced from reality the average redneck is.