To the fine young gentleman in the lifted pickup truck yesterday on Northwestern:

Thanks for inflating my sense of moral superiority! I'm not sure whether it was the fact that I was riding my bike legally in the lane, or the fact that I don't pay car owner's insurance or for gasoline, but I'm sure that whatever reason you had for tooting your horn and flipping me the bird was equally puerile. It's not like you can't buy a used bike and do the same thing yourself, and it's not like it's illegal. You should probably even thank me for reducing the amount of traffic you have to deal with.