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Friday I'm headed to a funeral for my friends child....
Depression is a fucker. Kid killed herself at 13 ! What the fuck is going on that a 13 year old would rather be dead than live with a family that loves and supports her.
Mental health is a huge problem in society today.
If you sad...Get help
Condolences to your friend man. That makes me sad since I have 2 girls in that age bracket. Really makes a person wonder was really going on.
Man that sucks, I'm sorry. I can't imagine that at thirteen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil Fiedler
I read this last month, doesn't seem good but there may be some truth to it. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...ration/534198/
for sure. I have 3 little boys that adored her. Trying to explain death to my 9yr old wasn't any fun. I cannot Imagine... coins the phrase " I can't even" fits well...Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
Abraham I'm going to read that later. Thanks
Jesus. That would break me in half. There's no going back to normal life after that. Be there for your friend.
Man, that is tough, so sorry to read this Neil...Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil Fiedler
Condolences to the family and loved ones.
ok, never mind about my pump check then. jesus, sorry to hear.
At a mandatory meeting at my government job, we were forced to watch a fundamentalist christian video ranting about the zombie drug apocalypse caused by public school loving atheists who are possessed by demons....here's the video they made us watch at our mandatory meeting, at my government job:
But, since I live among hillbillies, and work with white trash, nobody cares or notices when govt employees are made to view a religious youtube rant as part of safety training. So if there's a complaint to anyone outside of the agency who could look into it, all the fury and retribution lands specifically on me: atheist public school devil.
Pretty sure AFSCME could just replace our worthless, wage-sucking human rep with a PC on a desk....you insert dues every week and tell it what new atrocity has been committed in the workplace...clear violations of labor law, waste/fraud/abuse, harassment of every kind....and it prints you the one and only AFSCME response "sorry, there's nothing we can do about that".
oh cool, so I'll just keep my dues then. Nope, the pro-union white trash hillbillies will slash my tires if I stop paying into it, even though they're getting fucked over by the complete dysfunction as well.
What the hell did I just watch?
Haha we had to do a two hour training on emotional well being... everyone was bitching about it. I'm putting this video on facebook... you're in Michigan, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
Do you happen to remember who taught it? I ask because I just saw an update on LinkedIn from a former coworker about how she just finished teaching a "great" emotional well being class. That would be some shit if it was her.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtngirl79
I don't remember her name but she works for our company's employee assistance program..
Yup. Right where Michigan meets Kentucky apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtngirl79
There's a real frustrating thing going on in my life here....I figured I had a decent read on my hometown, having grown up here, but it turns out my view of things growing up was unrepresentative of the big picture I'm seeing having moved back here with a lot of experience elsewhere. It's really provincial and insular and a lot of the institutions that affect my life (ski area, employer, local university, city government, state DOT, county road commission) are deeply infiltrated with hillbilly white trash who have no idea how to do stuff properly and no interest in learning. People who actually take pride in a huge variety of dysfunctions and behave aggressively toward people trying to make this place more civilized.
Anytime you're ready to move to bham... we make nearly 3 times what you have said you make...
There are issues here, for sure, but nothing like that video! Lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziNaZxvp-QkQuote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
Vibes. Though, that's pretty much the norm in most of rural and middle America.
Vibes - that would drive me to crazy town...Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
shit, that one hit home.
Don't I know it. When I completely ran out of money and had an acute back problem I drove an over-the-road semi dealing in walmart grocery freight in a 500 mile radius from southeastern Illinois. So, you know.....got an eyeful and earful of life in what they call the "mid-south". Lots and lots of little and medium towns plus Indy, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, St. Louis, and the south side of Chicago. The only bright spot was Larry Bird country, winding through those Indiana hills and seeing skiers in Paoli. The rest was dismal, totally fucking dismal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I gotta say you really elevate yourself in my eyes with that language.Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
Easier to disparage than to understand, I'm sure.
Bravo.
Now, if you ask me, "progressive" people who talk like your quote above, they seem highly dysfunctional and narcissistic -- especially on the hypocritical demand for tolerance while displaying rank disparagement.
Maybe you're just trying for satire of NPR/PBS/TED Talk morons, and not really all that good at comedy?
Wow man that vid is some bizarre shit, especially when those gmo's and chemical chemical companies are responsible for huge funding for the right. That shit wouldn't fly up here. Extreme with a capital X.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f159e2993e.jpg
when you have to post so many times before you can add a thread that you really need an opinion on >-<
Yeah, I don't know dude. I don't like stupid people. It's not satire.Quote:
Originally Posted by creaky fossil
I'm not intolerant of white trash hillbillies, I tolerate them. I don't think they should be placed in charge of public institutions.... I'm intolerant of stupidity, waste, fraud, and abuse in public life. There's nothing unreasonable about that.
I think there's a Karl Popper element here....this bullshit idea that being tolerant necessarily includes tolerating intolerant people and attitudes, people and attitudes who seek to overwhelm and squash tolerance. It's pretty simple: valuing tolerance means being intolerant of things like the church state, and fascism, and corruption.
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I really fuckin hate it when the toilet paper ply's get separated. /rant
Hell ya, and then one ply gets ahead of the other ply, so then the serration don't line up.Quote:
Originally Posted by kai_ski
this guy knows what i'm talking about. it's infuriating!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
Stop signs are NOT suggestions, they say STOP not sort of slow down and make like you're looking around before just rolling on. I've had two cars totalled by morons like you and really don't want to go through it again.
If you are making a left turn you DO NOT have the right of way.
I know that speed limits are too low but doing DOUBLE the limit IS NOT ok, not saying I'm perfect and few of us are but c'mon this is getting silly.
You know that stalk on the left side of your steering column? If you move it up and down it activates TURN SIGNALS - USE IT!!! I guess if you drive a BMW, Acura SUV or and Audi you get a pass on this one, you must because none of you seem to know it's there.
Just because you drive an overweight and oversize pig that looks like a tall station wagon DOES NOT mean you get to have your way with those of us in normal vehicles, slow down and PAY ATTENTION to driving not whatever it is that you think is important enough to run me (us) off the road. You also don't get to keep backing into our cars in parking lots because you can't see them.
I know that motorcycles are fast and that you can rap it out to 10k and do wheelies while passing on residential streets but that DOES NOT mean you should.
I may be going slower than you'd like but I'm probably going over the speed limit and if that's not good enough for you TOO FUCKING BAD so please DON'T flash your lights/honk/make dumbass passing maneuvers on narrow residential streets. If your choice is to ride my bumper I will probably slow down until you're so pissed off that you will do something stupid and when we approach the next tight corner I will accelerate leading up to it and then go even faster through it because my sports car can and you will probably lose control because you were so fixated on being mad at me.
Some of the things I see on the road every day are driving me nuts lately. I've seen things that scared the daylights out of me over the last two weeks and much of it can't be blamed on distracted driving but can be blamed on just plain aggressiveness, rudeness, impatience, intolerance and piss poor driving skills. Over the last few months I've seen some horrible accidents and results of accidents and don't want to see me, my family or my friends involved in one. Please everyone, be careful ❣️
Is padded room no longer a thing?
didn't realize this wasn't in the pr....found it in new posts.
apologies for non-cycling posts.
Fucking pinkbike scammers. Bought a cheap fork off a guy. It was old and there were just two photos, but the guy had an extensive buy/sell history and he described it as "functioning great". It shows up and the seals look like this:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...781d158469.jpg
Just unbelievably rotted, and the overall condition was way worse than described. I can only imagine what kind of shape the internals are in. This thing isn't worth more than the scrap value of the metal.
Message him on pinkbike and he tells me to pound sand. Took it to PayPal and he's doubling down, saying everything is perfectly fine and in no need of service, and claiming that even if it did need seals they are a $10 fix.
After El Chup's experience I'm pretty confident I'll be getting my money back back via PayPal, but fuck this guy.
I dented my frame in a fall yesterday, so the re-sale value went from good to....right off a cliff. Which is what happened with my body during the fall, but scrapes and bruises go away. Fuck.
Lame. Pull off the lowers; if the stanchions aren't scored up it will probably be fine with fresh oil and seals. If they are damaged, that's a pretty good reason for a claim and send it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Ya YouTube is your friend. May still be issues but ez to do and well worth doing it regardless. Fingers crossed that you'll be fine
What did you pay for it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I don't know man, you got a fork for cheap and seals are a consumable. That doesn't mean that you didn't get a functioning cheap fork still.
Didn't you pay right around $100 for that fork? WTF were you expecting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Still looking at $50+ for parts and labor in best case scenario. Out the username.
I had some idiot beep at me cuz he didnt want to stop and almost hit me at a 10mph roll thru. WTF! I yelled at him and he took off, but seriously?! This was a well lit intersection, I had a 750 lumen flashing front light (rear light also btw) that I pointed in his direction while coming to the intersection. It was a stop light and I had green, he wanted to turn onto the street and ignore his red. So yeah...def everyone be careful!!
I have always ranted about people that rip around corners on trails, out of control. Then a few days ago I ripped around a corner and had to crash to avoid hitting a guy. I am THAT guy now. Humble pie; eaten.
This spooks me a little. My trails are just empty enough to start thinking I'm alone when I'm not. Got on a 6" bike and lately I've been having a bit more fun, but mostly just at speed. Starting to rethink some of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted
People that put their dog crap in a little bag and then leave it on the trail. I went by five of these tonight. Thank you for taking something that would break down and wrapping it in plastic, and then leaving it for others.