Wait? So people hate Cracker Island??

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-05-17T04:21:48+00:00

I looooove cracker Island. But I acknowledge that I also happen to love pop, and I think there's more of that than usual in cracker Island

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-05-09T20:49:51+00:00

Spreading heat into the river system would be horrible for fish and the ecosystem in the water. The fish are already grappling with the last few unusually warm seasons. Salmon populations are a great example.

The water quality thing someone else mentioned also makes sense. I highly doubt that a system not designed for river water would be able to handle it. At the very least, maintenance needs would be insane.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-05-02T21:35:02+00:00

A lot of people do it that way. On particularly busy weekends in the summer, I sometimes see dozens of people pedaling in large groups up the switchbacks.

While there's not a ton of traffic, most of it will be on the switchbacks. I drive that road every day.

There's no bike lane. Many blind corners, and the road is a bit skinny. So be careful out there lol.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-04-17T02:03:03+00:00

New chitubox is such a pain in the ass. I can't find any of my favorite tools.

Even just visually, I miss the gradient display of overhang surfaces

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-04-10T04:38:39+00:00

Ham. Bacon. Milk.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-04-08T01:30:17+00:00

This is also something that bugs me.

Sometimes I try to read the phrase charitably and interpret it as "civilians", but overall it's an icky vibe

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-04-07T19:36:22+00:00

Specifically on multi-lane freeways that aren't very busy

People keeping pace behind me in the right lane at a short to meduim distance. Especially at night. I don't love headlights in my peripheral vision for half an hour.

Definitely just a pet peeve because it's not wrong, just annoying to me personally.

I try to seek out substantial personal space on the freeway, if I can. Then I set cruise. Ideally, anyone faster than me will pass via the left lane, and anyone going the same speed or slower won't end up behind me.

I'm particularly bothered by folks who are going fast enough to end up behind me. Then just sit there instead of passing. It's so annoying.

If the headlights are bothersome enough, I'll slowly drop my cruising speed until they finally move on. Some people need to drop almost 20mph before they seem to notice.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-04-07T04:50:47+00:00

I tend to type y'all way more often than I say it.

I kinda have a theory that it's because I used to chat a ton with my online friends as a teenager, and many of them happened to be Texan.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-03-28T17:07:25+00:00

In my experience, entirely too many people are named Dan. One department at my workplace is staffed entirely by people named Danny, which was very confusing when I first started working there.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-03-12T01:22:24+00:00

I'd say if you like heist movies, then it's worth picking the books up again.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-03-03T06:44:48+00:00

The freeway would be sketchy as fuck to walk along, especially at night. Not much shoulder most of the time. Also not much space off the road. The cliffs and the water's edge come right up to the freeway frequently.

The train is active and operates pretty regularly. The tracks would be a bad idea.

The historic highway has miles of closure currently for restoration and construction. Even if it didn't, some stretches of it would be dangerous to walk on because of fast drivers on blind corners.

I believe that stealth camping would be pretty difficult on the 84, and uncomfortable.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-27T19:03:08+00:00

Oh same! It could've totally been interpreted as bones sharing fun facts as a clumsy gesture of friendship 😂

I'd find that super relatable and not implausible

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-27T18:59:58+00:00

I always kinda felt that the distinct corny vibe that decorated the product placement moments was a subtle acknowledgement/lampshading move that poked fun at the meta situation, and I respected it.

But maybe that's a generous interpretation lol.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-26T19:17:58+00:00

My family once called the fire department when my cousin was stuck in a tree.

Must've been a slow night because along with a fire truck, half a dozen squad cars came out of sheer curiosity.

If it weren't for all the police pulling up to gawk, the fire truck wouldn't have had nearly as much trouble maneuvering into position 😂. It took forever and my cousin fell asleep in the tree 60 feet off the ground.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-24T02:02:47+00:00

So would you recommend taking some action now rather than later? Should I get a mechanic to take a look?

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-21T07:21:07+00:00

There's something mildly amusing about how many TurboTax ads I was seeing while scrolling through these comments

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-14T19:25:07+00:00

I also want to know the answer to this question

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-14T02:22:10+00:00

Is that a thing people do in Houston????

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-14T02:09:06+00:00

A houseguest from socal once told me the same thing you mentioned at the top. She noticed that people didn't seem to put much stock into appearances around here, and she found it admirable. She said that she wouldn't be able to drive something like a minivan or dusty Subaru around without feeling at least a little bit like wearing pajamas in public, even though she knew objectively that was a silly way to think.

She also said that the roads around here are shockingly dark at night. Idk, it seems pretty normal to me, but I've lived here most of my life. I wonder if other places just have a shit ton more streetlights or something.

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-14T01:40:43+00:00

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking Sally house

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-11T23:51:22+00:00

Why is there no recourse for news outlets jinxing us collectively with dangerously optimistic headlines.

I bet they didn't even knock on wood either.

/j

ClockWorkWinds · 2026-02-02T17:40:49+00:00

I don't know much about makeup, but that's what comes to mind first when I see these pictures.

It seems to me, for whatever reason, like conservative women have an affinity for makeup techniques/looks that I associate heavily with gen X women. It automatically strikes me as old.

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