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Life is inherently purposeless. DNA has no end goal or even any goals at all except to expand and replicate. Humans seem to be a dead end in that we are almost inevitably going to bring about our own destruction in a relatively short time span from our advent so yeah, "AI DNA" or some such is probably the only real path "forward" from here. That AI will be inherently purposeless as well but, thems the breaks I guess.

It seems unfair to me that people with a leg/foot amputation have to buy two shoes when they only need a specific one. I know there are specialized places they can order from online but wouldn't it be easier for them to be able to just go buy them at any shoe store?

Mead posted...

Yeah the people that took advantage of the protests to steal and break things for the fun of it are opportunistic scum

luckily stuff like that was an outlier and most of the protests were overwhelmingly peaceful

Yeah in my city the protests were entirely peaceful... except the police who among other things shot a tear gas canister at someone's face and blinded him in one eye. Even then things didn't go overboard thankfully.

And when I say "thankfully" I don't mean people shouldn't have been upset over something like that, but that using violence against the police in return or decending into general lawlessness would have just made things worse for everyone.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Ok so technically I left today so I'm "not" visiting but I was there for three days and was too busy to make this topic then so it still counts.

https://imgur.com/a/4OayYPn

The violent looting and riots about a year ago last summer I mean. Talking to my brother and cousins who live there it sounds even more disturbing and repugnant than what they showed on TV. Senseless destruction and brazen theft as the norm for certain segments of the city.

It kills me that such immoral people took advantage of the legitimate protests to satisfy their own greed dispite it hurting not only the good people out there and the shop owners/workers but also themselves in the long run. Like how animalistic do you have to be to do something like that?

DirtBasedSoap posted...

theyre fearful idiots

You really love to exemplify your sig, huh?

Does the FDA have a time machine that allows them to detect any side effects that might not manifest for long periods of time for these particular vaccines by any chance?

Krazy_Kirby posted...

inbreeding

Inbreeding isn't the same thing as incest. Even if one case did result in the kinds of genetic problems associated with multigenerational inbreeding, people with disfiguring and degenerative genetic disorders that they are guaranteed or have a high chance to pass onto their children are not restricted from having those children. Rightfully or wrongfully the right to reproduce trumps any concern for the wellbeing of the child being born. Also this is all assuming they choose to have children or can even physically have them (if they are the same sex for example).

SunWuKung420 posted...

Dude, stop crushing on your sister.

Love is love.

agesboy posted...

oh you just really like incest and you wanna justify it

carry on then i guess

whatever tickles your fancy

Give me one good reason it shouldn't be allowed as long as both parties are consenting adults that doesn't boil down to "it's icky!".

agesboy posted...

"love is love" means in general be accepting of stuff you don't understand, because ignorance doesn't mean you should shun it.

I take great issue with this because the very same people who say things like this shun others all the time. I'm not saying all types of "love" should be accepted, but don't use a phrase that turns you into a hypocrite. There were plenty of people who thought love between different classes was valid who were disgusted by interracial love. There were plenty of people who thought love between different races was valid who were disgusted by homoerotic love. There are plenty of people who think love between the same sex is valid who are disgusted by love between members of the same family. Among the people who think incestuous love is valid I'm sure they have lines and limits that going beyond is disgusting to them where they say "well that's not """real""" love so of course it isn't valid".

Mind you I'm not trying to make some slippery slope argument or anything, it's just an observation of the acceptability of different kinds of love over the last few centuries. I'll also say again that I personally don't find all of the things people call "love" as equally valid, but at the same time I've never once made a bold claim like "Love is love" which outright does imply ALL types are equally valid. "In general" is pretty meaningless when cultural norms change as fast as they do these days and the saying only makes one a hypocrite who is trying to make themselves look better than they are unless they fully believe it.

agesboy posted...

the point of the phrase is that non-hetero love is just as valid as hetero love

The way you say hetero and non-hetero implies that you only mean Eros, or romantic love which excludes the majority of the other types of love from the get go making the phrase even more nonsensical but that aside, not all hetero romantic love is considered valid so logically that means not all non-hetero romantic love is valid. So even excluding most types of love we still have at the very least four different divisions being lumped together.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Do girls really just want to have fun?

While I imagine many of them do enjoy having fun, to say that they "just", implying only, want to have fun is preposterous.

darkknight109 posted...

That's not a sign of corruption or incompetence, it's a sign of scientists trying to fight an emerging and unknown disease and learning as they go.

What about the double masking thing then? Didn't he say it was "common sense" if one mask helped two would help more? At the point they figured out masks help at all (which as pointed out above is rather silly that it took them so long to come to that conclusion) why didn't he push for double masks then?

MondoMan180 posted...

What are your thoughts on "Boys will be Boys?"

While it doesn't annoy me, I still find it a useless saying. Of course boys will be boys, whatever else could they be? "X is/will be X" is just poorly formatted English no matter how I look at it.

First of all, what is love? Even beyond the classic divisions of Eros, Storge, Philia, and Agape, which are all markedly different things you have more modern subdivisions of it.
Is love still love if only one party feels it? The term unrequited love is well know and acknowledged isn't it? What if one person hates the other, whether a parent and a child or a stalker and a stalk-e, is that still love?
What about love that is socially taboo? Pedastry was accepted as a valid form of love in ancient Greece, while lesbian relationships between adults weren't considered as such.
There is also the fact that love can cause great joy and great pain, and any other number of emotions depending on the exact circumstances it exists in. It can also cause great works to be manifested or great tragedy to be wrought.

Saying "love is love" sounds to me almost like "A gun is a gun" without clarifying if you mean a water gun, BB gun, hand gun, or an assault rifle. It appears to me as a worse than meaningless phrase because it can easily be turned against those who use it.

Ehh, I don't want this topic to become all about me so I'll just leave it at "I'll take my chances". I do appreciate the civil discussion though and not being treated like some monster or complete idiot for not getting it.

adjl posted...

Because that's such an incredibly trivial effort that virtually any chance of deriving a benefit from it is going to mean it's a good idea to do it. When the cost is that close to zero, you don't need much benefit for the cost-benefit analysis to lean toward doing it.

I see what you're saying but for me the equation comes out to something like 1% cost from the soreness, fever, trouble sleeping that people talk about commonly and taking time out of my day to go take the shot and schedule the second dose etc.etc. (I'm paying no mind to the conspiracy theory stuff about long term side effects) while the benefit is something like .5% from it possibly preventing an illness that I possibility might get and which possibly might make me feel mildly bad for a few days. The cost is low but at least partly guaranteed while the benefit is practically intangible.

keyblader1985 posted...

Because covid can have lasting effects or be deadly even to healthy or young people. For every case of covid that passed without much trouble or a vaccination that went south, there are many more that are the opposite.

I've already acknowledged that in extremely rare cases young and healthy people can be laid low by the virus. People can also roll out of bed and break their necks or be stuck by lightning if they are extremely unlucky, the world is full of potential dangers and death some small and some not so small. My point is that the risk for me personally simply isn't high enough for me to pay it any mind.

I'm going to have to ask for a citation on that second point of yours. Again, people seem to keep forgetting about how this whole thing was presented last year, but one of the biggest concerns were the asymptomatic carriers. That's why testing was pushed so hard because there was a significant chance you would have no idea you even had it when you were "sick". Just that alone, a sickness so mild it isn't apparent you even have it for many, is part of what I mean about not finding it worrying. Beyond that though, it is impossible to know how many people had it and will never know in addition to the numbers we do have which show that even for those who tested positive the recovery rate was extremely high unless you already had one foot in the grave. So the recovery rate is actually higher (probably significantly) than what the CDC reports.

Hell there's a decent chance I actually have had it already myself since my roommate got it (and was 100% fine other losing his sense of taste for about a week).

Wanded posted...

well would you look at that, lgbt people are individuals with their own opinions and minds and not a liberal hivemind *surprised pikachu*

It's interesting how little self awareness some people when they try to shut down a minority for not thinking or behaving as they think that should, especially since that sort of thing most often seems to come from the side that claims to be allies and advocates for those same minority groups. Biden's "You're not black if you vote for Trump" comes to mind as one of the most egregious examples, but even that slid by without too many people seeing the deeper implications of him saying that.

keyblader1985 posted...

But that's like saying you don't get in car accidents so you don't need a seatbelt or airbag.

That seems like a bad analogy since if you're young (heck or any all other than old) and you're relatively healthy then getting covid isn't actually that big of a deal except in exceptionally rare cases, to the point many have had it and never noticed. I can't think of a situation where you could be in a car accident so minor it had no adverse effects on you or the car.

Remember that the vaccine was orginally pushed not because of the danger covid presented to the average person but because that average person could infect a vulnerable person who might actually get seriously ill or die. Most of those people are vaccinated themselves or still social distancing yeah? In that case what real reason is there for a healthy young person who (say in my case) interacts with few people to spend the time to go get it?

I'm sorry, am I supposed to feel bad for the guy or something? Even if he hadn't profited at all he was still breaking the law everyday and enabling many others to break the law for a long time. You can say it's disproportionate retribution but the guy should have been well aware something like this could happen to him if he kept doing what he was doing.

A sign from god? Has the West Bureau Baptist Church started posting here or something?

Why do people, on both sides of the issue like to focus so much on mass shootings? 2020 had very few "big profile" shootings that the news loves so much while still having the largest number of gun deaths recorded at 19,000 plus. More people will die over this holiday weekend with more perpetrators involved in any major city than the number of people who were killed in this Florida shooting, virtually guaranteed.

I'm not saying that it isn't important, but the lack of concern shown for the vastly larger number of spread out deaths compared to the ones the news makes headlines out of makes me wonder if the people mocking the thoughts and prayers crowd really care anymore than they do.

And this is why I hate misinformation so much. TC saw this posted on some other board, got incensed and posted it on this one which has gotten more people here incensed who will likely continue spreading it elsewhere. The person who posted it in the topic TC saw it in was probably just another link in the chain and who know how many were before that one.

I'm sure everyone has heard the saying "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't." right? That's pretty applicable in reverse too, when you hear something that sounds absurdly bad/negative/evil, there is a very good chance you aren't hearing the full story or are being manipulated in some other way. That isn't always the case, but one look at the way "journalism" operates these days (although to be fair it has always been common knowledge that playing to negative emotions is the best way to grab the attention of someone) should make you weary at least.

MondoMan180 posted...

NPR and National Geographic are professional and reputable news organizations.

They are clearly biased on this subject (and many others), as you seem to be yourself. The NPR article you linked literally has the very first words as "Conservative Lawmakers" purely to stir up the base that they know uses their site. And before you try to get on me, I'm apolitical since I think both sides are full of morons.

MondoMan180 posted...

I take it the issue is that there's no actual "90%" figure presented, making the headlines seem sensationalist to you?

You're right, but that isthe PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCSE of the Bill, because once it dips BELOW 150 wolves Federal Management kicks in, the Bill is actually technically WORSE because it really actually allows hunters and ranchers to kill ALL the wolves; the only reason that wouldn't actually be allowed is because of course Federal law supersedes State law.

I hate these small-d---ed hunters and ranchers. I have no problem hunting for food or hunting invasive species or population control, but trophy hunters, and punishing wolves for less than a couple hundred cattle killed out of millions, man F' all those guys. I hope Biden can somehow intervene...

The 90% is extrapolated from the current wolf population compared to the minimum number considered acceptable, it's click baity for sure but technically not incorrect. What I'm taking issue with is the phasing that you and the article uses as if the hunting of these wolves is being mandated or is a goal the state wants the reach. The minimum number is just that, the minimum, and considering the restricting on hunting wolves were mostly eased for cases where there is a clear indication the wolf is harassing or trying to kill livestock and not the ones out minding their own business far away from people, the likelihood that 90% of the population will be culled is ridiculous. You also seemed to have missed the fact that any wolf killed in this way is the property of the state, no trophy hunters would waste their time stalking a wolf (which are relatively rare compared to the vast open spaces they inhabit as predators), waiting for it to attack another animal someone owns before killing it only to turn it over to the state. Sure a hunter might kill one illegally, but if that was the case they would have done so regardless of this legislation and clearly not many bothered with that either if the wolf population is so high currently. That's another thing you and the articles seem to be missing is the idea of perspective, killing up to 90% of an animal's population sounds bad on paper, but considering the Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan (yes the limit was put in place by Idaho itself, I have no idea where you got the idea that it was a federal limit stopping them from exterminating all of the wolves, as if any sane government would do that in the first place) did their home work years ago and crunched the numbers and successfully brought the wolf population back up so high, too high apparently, how do YOU know the population doesn't need culling? People itt are talking about ecological concerns from too few wolves, but you know there can be too many of them as well right? I won't claim to be an expert on the topic, but I highly doubt any of you getting upset over sensational headlines are either, maybe the people who wrote the laws aren't 100% right either, but considering they know much more about the situation in the area and can make amendments as needed to the law I see no reason to assume the absolute worst case scenario will happen (that worst case scenario STILL being within the bounds of what the wolf population could recover from).

So yeah, that's my issue.

I really hate that sensationalist, often outright false, headline posting is the norm for reporting on virtually all subjects.

Read the actual senate bill (Bill 1211), it's only 10 pages long, it won't take much time.

Zangulus posted...

Except... it doesn't. But ok.

Do you actually have a rebuttal or not? If I want a sour drink, I don't want a bunch of other flavors getting in the way, it's that simple. The Ph might be the same but the taste won't be.

Another way for you to look at it would be, if a person liked black coffee because it was bitter or hot chocolate because it was sweet, pouring salt in their cups wouldn't actually make the drinks less bitter or sweet the way putting sugar in the coffee or cacao powder in the hot chocolate would, but do you think they would appreciate it?

DirtBasedSoap posted...

complaining about the attractiveness of a video game character is some of the most incel shit ever

Your signature fits you well.

Zangulus posted...

No it doesn't? One doesn't automatically cancel out the other. Sweet and Sour sauce is a thing for a reason.

It defeats the point of a sour drink if it's sharing the spotlight with extra sweetness, yes. Just like pouring hot sauce on a lemon wouldn't necessarily make it any less sour, the fact that your tongue would be contending with the spiciness as well when you only want the sourness would effectively dilute it.

SilentSeph posted...

I never understood the 'Aloy is ugly' thing

Compared to the average woman as portrayed in video games she certainly is.
Compared to the average woman irl, she's average but isn't helped by her awful hair.

As the above poster said though, that's just my opinion though, and I think most people who complain about her are looking at it in a similar way.

Sprite isn't sour at all, or at least that there isn't a sour flavor variation. It seems there was something called Sprite Blast that was marked as such but it wasn't really sour even then and the packaging played up that it was both sweeter and sourer which kinda defeats the purpose.

Maybe calm down there Reggie. You certainly don't come off as anyone I would trust to comment on the education of young children just on your tone alone, that's ignoring the obvious bias you have. Most teachers and school systems suck, sorry to break it to you. Is that the only problem? No, but it's undeniably a large part of it.

ReggieTheReckless posted...

As someone married to an educator who has taught in poverty level schools almost exclusively...

You sound like Ben "my wife is a doctor so I'm pretty much a doctor too" Shapiro there.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy when you look at how much hatred they've generated over the millennia. They've been expelled from dozens of different cultures all around the world, almost everywhere they settled time and again. If not expelled then bearly tolerated because the rich people of the area wanted loans or financial advice, and many times they've been outright killed as everyone knows.

Obviously they still get a ton of hate today and I'm not trying to downplay that but it's inspiring to see how high in society the people have risen. Hollywood and other famous American institutions couldn't function without their Jewish members. All with having such a small population to boot, only like 2.5% of the total population in America. I'm suprising there hasn't been a movie made about the phenomenon, it's a quintessential underdog story that other marginalized minorities could look up to.

Jen0125 posted...

The street behind my house has like 10 sex offenders that live there. For like serious shit like trafficking 16 year olds. It's wild.

Residency restrictions often end up causing masses of them to congregate in the few areas they're allowed to live in, which ironically makes the public (especially segments of the public who already have to deal with other types of crime) less safe and more paranoid in the long run.

Also I'm not saying trafficking anyone is alright ever, but in most of the United States and the large majority of the world 16 is considered an acceptable, or at least legal age to be having sex.

This is a little something I came up with one time when I accidently bought corn tortillas instead of flour ones at the store. It's a nice quick snack that gives you a flavorful fried top section, a moist and toothsome steamed center, and a stable and balanced baked base.

Ingredients:

1. three corn tortillas
2. two tsp of cooking oil
3. a pinch (or two) of salt
4. other seasonings to taste

Steps:

1. Place a pan or skillet large enough to hold the tortillas on the stove over low heat
2. Add your oil to the pan or skillet and move the pan or skillet such the oil pools on one side
3. Layer all three tortillas together and place them in the pan or skillet over the oil pool
4. Turn up the heat to medium and wait 2-3 minutes until you see the top tortilla start to peel
5. Use a fork or spatula to check the bottom tortilla and flip the stack when it is light brown.
6. Move the tortilla stack away from the location the oil pool was in if there is any left over still
7. At this point season the top of the stack with your salt and anything else you have
8. Wait another 2-3 minutes and check the bottom (previously the top) tortilla for a light brown bake
9. Turn off the heat and use a fork or spatula to remove the tortilla stack and place it on a plate
10. Wait 2-3 mins for the stack to cool, but not get cold. The bottom should be dry and oil free so you can eat it with your hands
11. Enjoy.

PunishedOni posted...

do you have your route planned out? USBR10 looks nice if its not too far out of your way
https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/commute-choices/bike/us-bicycle-route-system-washington

I'm going to go along the Adventure cycling Northern Tier route with some deviation like stopping in Chicago briefly to visit some family members (I'm dreading trying to ride a bike through that city more than anything else). The route has been ridden probably many thousands of times by now so I figure it must be pretty good and safe. One thing about it though is that it is almost always done west to east, not east to west like I plan on doing it, apparently the wind tends to blow eastward? Oh well, I'll manage.

Mead posted...

I suppose I hope you dont die on your trip, so good luck

Thanks, I'll do my best not to die. I suppose that it's mostly up to the drivers who pass by me though...

Mead posted...

Just dont post titties

a chest is different than titties

Elliot Page does not have titties

So flat chested women are alright to post topless? I'm not so sure about that...

I don't want to make this too weird, really, but I have a question.

In the United States it is culturally acceptable for men to go shirtless while it typically isn't for women. For example posting a picture of a shirtless male model wouldn't get you moderated here but if the rules are still the same as I remember them, posting a topless female model is against the rules.
This applies to minors as well, if a young boy was walking around on the beach or pool without a shirt no one would bat an eye.
Minors can start medical treatments to transition in most states if their parents approve, and beyond that (to my limited understanding) how far along the the medical path an individual is does not change their ultimate status as being trans, correct?
In that case, would it be considered inappropriate or fine for a young trans boy who hadn't received any sort of treatment to walk around shirtless?

CarefreeDude posted...

Btw there is a decent chance going through the mountains even on the low elevation roads will burn out your motor.

Is that so? I've never even seen a mountain irl before so I hadn't really considered what special precautions I would have to take with them yet. I suppose if the elevation is bad enough I can always just get off and walk, I'm not really doing this for fitness or speed, so I don't mind cheating.

MondoMan180 posted...

I'm sorry to play that card but it sounds a little bit like the old white privilege to me, like I don't think I'd be able to rely on the kindness of strangers for something like that and neither would a black person I imagine

Also you should really get a spare battery not just for emergencies but when you're using one you can always charge the other. Take out a loan / credit and rush delivery maybe if you have to

Well I mean I'm not going to be doing it regularly, or at all if I can help it. It's just an option I can try in case something goes wrong that I wouldn't have if I was out in the wild for real. Also I'm not white, but even so I believe people would help me if I needed it even when I'm out in the countryside in states where the population is 97+% white.

If keeping the battery charged is an issue I can always order another one while on the road and have FedEx deliver it to a Walgreens or something a few days ahead of me, I've never used that service but I've heard of it. Worst thing that could happen is I misjudge the time or the package gets delayed and I have to hole up in some small town for a few days.

MondoMan180 posted...

If you come across any rivers or lakes ;)

Heh, looks cool. My bike is monstrously heavy though, so I doubt I could get it across anything but the shallowest of streams. I'll have to keep that in mind.

MondoMan180 posted...

I hope you have all the other basic bike repair tools, bikes are so complicated these days that just to change a tire on my electric bike proved to be a headache, you might wanna practice disassembling parts then reassembling, REI has classes on that kinda stuff. Certainly I would think a final tune-up before you leave

The company that makes my bike has a bunch of detailed videos up on how to maintain and repair their bikes that I've watched. Fixing a flat on the back tire where the motor is kept does indeed look like a nightmare, but I'm sure I can manage if I'm careful. I will make sure my route goes through major towns so I can get to a bike shop if I really need to grab anything beyond the spare parts/tools I have now.

Speaking of routes I'm going to use a navigation app called Komoot. I used it for that 250 mile trip and it worked like a dream, it kept me on the back country roads so I had no issues with cars or coming across a highway where biking was banned. The single bad thing about it is running the gps on my phone constantly drains the battery like crazy so I needed to carry a powerbank just to make it through one day.

teddy241 posted...

what happens if you break down in the middle of nowhere and are at the mercy to the random locals (including wild life and crazy people)? arent you scared?

I'm not going to say I believe people are inherently good, but instead I believe that people inherently want to appear good. If I'm ever in a bad enough situation I'm positive I can ask a local for help and they will do what they can for me, if for no other reason than it likely won't be a great drain on them (a few pennies worth of water or electricity/giving up a dozen square feet of their property for the night) and they can tell everyone they know that they got to help a young man traveling across the land by bike. The story of meeting and helping me will be more valuable than what I take, and the more they help me by offering food/whatever else the more they can brag. It's a bit of a cynical take but I think it's accurate.

As for animals I'm not really worried. Even if I did legitimately get stuck out in the woods somehow things like bear and wolf attacks are very rare. I would probably have to be more careful about not accidently wandering into hunting territory.

PunishedOni posted...

do you know roughly where on the west coast you're headed to?

North western Washington. This might sound strange but based on what I've heard I don't think I would enjoy being in Cali or Oregon. Even Seattle seems to not be all it's cracked up to be but I still plan on going through there to see for myself and because the company that sells the brand of ebike I own is based there and I imagine I'll need repairs by then. I've lived in a moderate-small sized city my whole life and I'm pretty sick of it. The population of Seattle is almost exactly 10x that of my city so I would probably like it less. I want to set up shop somewhere maybe half the size or smaller.

CarefreeDude posted...

I hope you have spare batteries, and basic repair tools. I used to ride an E bike and it failed so frequently.

I considered buying an extra battery but they run at like $600 plus shipping and it would take up a good amount of my storage space. So far I've put around 450 miles on the bike in the month I've owned it, and while there are a few minor issues it's held up so far. The worst failing I've had is once when I tried going from the weakest pedal assist to the second weakest and for some reason the controller gave me max power which really threw my for a loop. Good thing I was out in the middle of nowhere so I could stop without incident.

PunishedOni posted...

oooo sounds fun.

if you're camping, where are you going to charge the bike?

Great question. On my test ride I found that there were a suprising amount of places outdoors with electrical outlets if you look for them. Parks and pavilions are rather obvious, but I even found wells and billboards far out in the countryside that had them in easy access. As a last resort if I do find myself with an empty battery in the middle of nowhere I can always go up to a house and ask for their charity.

All that said it is undeniable that the best time to charge up would be while I sleep and while official camp sites and state/national parks would have offices/store houses I could probably arrange to leave the battery charging over night in, that won't always be the case.

It's almost like a video game where I have a physical stamina gauge, a battery gauge, a timer, and my available cash. I can trade one of the resources for some of the others in various ways, like burning up my battery by using the throttle to save on time if I'm late or tired, or using money to rest in a motel to regain more stamina/battery than camping would give me. Balancing all of these variables will by far be the hardest part of the trip and I'm sure I'll make some mistakes but ultimately I'll always still be in the US and not some uncharted wilderness so I doubt anything catastrophic will happen.

Thanks you two, I had fun with the whole thing as well both as a joke here and "seriously" but for all the time I spent thinking about stories I wanted to make and such I have nothing to show for it. I lacked the drive to do anything in reality beyond amateur drawings. That describes me as a whole pretty well, which is one of the reasons I want to do this bike ride actually.

I want to go on an epic journey, not just in my head but in reality. I also want to move out of my home town I've been stuck in my whole life. ...and I saw Golden Boy for the first time recently which is what really planted the seed of the idea, but you know the journey part, not the other stuff in that series.

CinderLock posted...

Sleeping King is that you fam? Still drawing swords?

Sleeping_King, Dreaming_King, Tengu_Spam, etc. yeah it's me. I gave up on the sword thing, or maintaining any pretense that I have creative talent awhile ago. I'm in my mid/late 20s, time to grow up you know?

MondoMan180 posted...

I also ride an electric bike and live in the Midwest but used to live on the West Coast.

Tracking topic.

I'm not actually going to start the trip until the first of June when my lease runs out since I'm planning on settling somewhere near my destination. I'll probably make another topic then since I assume this one will be dead. I'm not even sure why I made this one right now to be honest. I guess if anyone has suggestions that I can look into over the next week that would be great.

*Well it's an electric bike but considering the sheer weight of the thing from the battery, motor, suspension fork, and all of my gear like a tent, sleeping bag, air mattress, cooking kit, food, 2-4 liters of water, tools, spare parts, laptop, camera, clothes for several days, etc. and the drag from having all that stuff hanging off the bike riding on the lowest power setting to get the most mileage is only slightly easier than riding a normal bike unencumbered and if I ever run out of power it's much, much harder.

**I'm starting in the midwest and heading to the west coast, it's going to be about 2,300-2,500 miles or a bit more than 3/4s of the width of the country.

The longest trip I've gone on was about 250 miles and that took four days after which I definitely needed the rest I got when I got home. So if I do four days on and one off resting that should be about 50 days or so assuming nothing major happens like an injury or an issue with the bike that requires leaving it at a shop overnight. On the other hand I might find that as time goes on I get more efficient and make more miles per day, I could probably shoot for 75 a day.

I honestly thought this topic was going to be about circumcision.