Mucca Sacra! Nothing could be more Austin Weird than this stupid person on a scooter exposing their skin to third-degree burns in 10 minutes (or stage one skin cancer in 20). One friend thinks they’re from Venice Beach, CA where this is acceptable. I’m not concerned about the “acceptable” angle, it’s outright dangerous, especially when riding one of those damned electric scooters. One good bump, the rider goes flying, lands on the asphalt or concrete…serious, serious raspberries! It’s what we Midwestern kids called abrasions in the Seventies and Eighties. Now I also realized there’s a thong involved and I’m getting a wedgie just looking at it! I have serious doubts any level of SPF sunscreen was applied given the pale complexion and no sheen of oiliness.
The only hope I can imagine could be the time when the photo was taken. If the rider wasn’t going about their shopping (there’s a purse) or errands between 2 PM and 6 PM, the peak times for the grid to be stressed and the worst time to be outside while we have a record-breaking Summer of temperatures exceeding 100° F/40° C; they’d have lesser sunburned skin.