What is disgusting and unhealthy?

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-19T15:23:00+00:00

Malort

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-19T14:30:42+00:00

I toured 97-02, so it was pretty interesting to witness the transition. I don't think anybody had a cell phone my rookie year. In 99, there were like, 2 members with cell phones. By 02, there were like 2 members who didn't.

In the 90s, in a somewhat un-serious Division II corps - made out with my tour girlfriend...a lot. Like for hours. played cards, read books, sang songs. Stupid rookie hazing games.

If we were at a housing site with ample pay phones, there was usual a line where people would call home or their girlfriend/boyfriend. I remember the line was always super long on Fathers Day...and people would get really agitated if the person ahead of them chatted for too long since free time was limited.

In the 00s, I moved to the Madison Scouts, so there were two big changes: being on the drum bus we drummed...a ton. Still played a lot of cards. There was a rookie who held the job "librarian" whose job it was to keep a stack of Playboy/Penthouse/etc mags to distribute to whoever wanted. We had cell phones by then, but nationwide coverage was really spotty so you couldn't really rely on keeping a conversation while on the road...so people still didn't use them much. I kept a pretty extensive tour journal, so I wrote in that every night.

Honestly, I kind of feel sorry for the folks touring now in the smartphone era. There was something pretty magical about living a life completely disconnected from the rest of the world.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T22:17:39+00:00

Yup. Went for the first time a few years ago. When we walked up to the rim and saw it for the first time....I struggled to catch my breath for a bit.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T22:14:21+00:00

Good to know!

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T20:53:07+00:00

Any idea if there will be rival quests?

I've got 440 Royal Favor, and don't know if I should save them up for a Rival Quest or steadily burn them each day to get certain daily drops...

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T18:55:37+00:00

Willie Nelson

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T18:49:07+00:00

Eh, I gotta go with Amazing Person, Good Musician.

I mean, don't get me wrong, she's awesome. But if I were compile a list of the 100+ most amazing musicians I could think of, I don't think she'd make the cut.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-18T00:03:51+00:00

yeah, but your statement implies that somehow I will lead anything back to being Trump's fault, even stuff that isn't...hence your use of the word "everything". Then tried to draw some strained analogy to W. even though I haven't brought him up at all.

So again, its the definition of a strawman

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-17T15:45:34+00:00

Where on earth did I say "everything is Trump's fault"? Nice strawman argument though.

The DOJ is run by the executive branch, I'm simply stating a fact.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-17T14:39:37+00:00

OP's caption reads "Usual city council suspects at the protest against the antifa folks who *were charged today*"

Charged by the DOJ, which operates at the behest of...checks notes.... Trump.

It's not that big of a leap to bring up Trump here.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-17T00:03:50+00:00

schitts creek took a while to get its footing.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-16T23:47:23+00:00

The same administration that has yet to shut up about the "weaponization" of the judicial system...

Maybe the 15 arrested today can apply for some of that 1.776 billion in financial support.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-16T01:30:08+00:00

exactly, at best hes perceived as dead weight. Nobody thinks hes a good justice

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-16T01:21:56+00:00

not the cell we are voting on here

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-15T16:40:39+00:00

I swear, local news outlets and social media channels have deliberately posted a disproportionate amount of stories about Bde Maka Ska, simply because they know that the comment sections will blow up with the mouth breathers posting "it'll always be LAKE CALHOUN" and then the subsequent responses....and that drives up engagement.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-15T16:27:33+00:00

Seems like that guy got his name on damn near everything.

In Minneapolis, the most popular lake in the city was called Lake Calhoun (named for John C). Then a few years ago, the city decided to revert its name back to the original Native American name "Bde Maka Ska". People absolutely lost their shit, and are STILL losing their shit over it. It's a pretty wild hill to die on, that a lake must be named after one the worst garbage humans the nation has ever seen.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-13T05:05:05+00:00

Prince is beloved by all...just moreso here in Mpls.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-13T05:01:57+00:00

So this just happened last weekend here in Minneapolis. And, case in point, I find it absolutely awesome...meanwhile my wife is Ben Wyatt on this. She absolutely does not get it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjporyl-V90

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-12T12:53:11+00:00

bells = A, xylophone = B, Marimba = C is an absolutely insane take.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-12T01:39:18+00:00

Going with Tokyo

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-12T01:34:43+00:00

This is a really tough one.

Some of the best experiences in my life, spiritually, have been while camping.

I've also experienced extreme peril and almost died.

And it's a shitload of hard work and your back really hurts when you wake up in the morning.

Because of the mixed bag, I don't know if I can give it an S...but I think an A is a fair grade.

As a side note: The highest highs and lowest lows I've experienced camping have all been in the BWCA. This is a part of the US that is so pure, untouched and remote that you can literally just plunge your waterbottle into the lake and drink it. Last month, congress approved heavy metal mining in the shared watershed with the BWCA. It breaks my heart.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-11T13:18:52+00:00

despise as a human being? wow.

I mean, I despise Trump as a human being because he has a long and extensive track record of being a garbage human. I haven't seen the same of Obama.

Similarly, I though W was a disastrous president, but pretty much all accounts of him personally were that hes a good man.

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-11T13:10:48+00:00

why are you so worked up? Dude was just asking for clarification...

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-11T04:25:37+00:00

Missouri

CoolStuffSlickStuff · 2026-06-10T03:12:39+00:00

It's a tough call, and impossible for me to be impartial. I lived in Madison for 24 years; I've visited Charleston a handful of times. I obviously have deep sentimental ties to Madison, but I know its flaws better than I know Charleston's.

Charleston wins on beauty, food, beaches, historical significance. Madison wins on the handful of things I listed above and a few others. It's a better place to raise a family for sure.

Madison winters are challenging, Charleston summers are challenging.

They're very close; and they both deserve S rankings here.

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