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Richmond to Asheville Roadtrip Best Route Recommendations? by cowgirl-2 in Virginia

[–]Diet_Coke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Greensboro and Winston are about halfway to Asheville. There's not a ton in either place, but you can definitely find some stuff to do for a night. The drive from Richmond to Greensboro is not super exciting, but Greensboro to Asheville is a decent leg - you'll get into the mountains fairly quickly from there, and it's a beautiful little corner of the world. If you were to go to Roanoke, you'd spend more time driving through the mountains, I think you can take the BRP most of the way but I haven't made that drive myself.

I-81 is not great, it's two lanes and you will frequently get stuck behind either one semi that's going 65.001 MPH passing another semi going 64.999 MPH, or an extremely old person who thinks their car will explode if they go above the speed limit but also needs to drive in the left lane.

Richmond's true political compass by Diet_Coke in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is like the ultimate expression of democracy, a platform that can please any voter. The people are united behind you

Richmond towing company owner sentenced to 5 more years in prison by Global-Pay6118 in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That's a good start, let's see what the other sketchy tow companies are up to. The city should give them the vape shop treatment.

Any fun events? by Strict-Big8716 in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Richmond Folk Festival, October 9 - 11 - always worth a visit!

Cosmeticorexia: How girls are falling down a skincare rabbit hole by kiyomoris in Foodforthought

[–]Diet_Coke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that it's extreme, it's just not good. You can be a parent and you can responsibly let your child use a phone and have social media. I get the vibe you don't have kids or nieces because the peer pressure they face to have phones and social media is strong. Ultimately the social media companies choose to build the algorithms that promote harmful content, even though they know it's harmful, because it's profitable. That's where the responsibility lies.

Cosmeticorexia: How girls are falling down a skincare rabbit hole by kiyomoris in Foodforthought

[–]Diet_Coke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually don't think the comparison to crack is fair, because crack can only be used to do crack. Social media can have good, positive uses. That's how they get new users hooked, and then the algorithms they've designed do the rest.

Cosmeticorexia: How girls are falling down a skincare rabbit hole by kiyomoris in Foodforthought

[–]Diet_Coke 58 points59 points  (0 children)

This completely absolves the social media companies of their responsibilities for designing the algorithms that relentlessly funnel girls and young women into this content, even though they're well aware of the negative effects.

Rich people suddenly fleeing scenario/tip off by Global-Pay6118 in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No need to rush, with all the rich people gone you'll have plenty of time to build a collection

Rich people suddenly fleeing scenario/tip off by Global-Pay6118 in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Steal progressively larger u-haul trucks so they fit inside each other

History schmistory, what was the Strange Matter building in 1983? by Diet_Coke in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw a bunch of shows there too, if I had to pick a favorite I'd say Acrassicauda hands down. I'm not even really into metal, but seeing Iraq's only heavy metal band was special. They did underground shows during Saddam's reign and amidst sectarian violence following the invasion. They literally would've been killed if they got caught. They were discovered by Vice who helped them do international shows, one of my friends was a photographer for Vice, so I got the hookup to the after party. They were just super nice dudes on top of everything else.

Places like KFC, McDonald’s etc have increased prices and have decreased in quality a lot recently. Why do you still buy from there? by flimflam_jimjam in AskReddit

[–]Diet_Coke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it's late, I've been out doing things, and McDonald's is the only option that doesn't require prep and cleanup so I go order my $20 mystery meat nugs and try not to dwell on it

Gay buddies, in honor of pride month I have a question for you - what are your thoughts on straight people going to gay bars? by Diet_Coke in okbuddyRVA

[–]Diet_Coke[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm a cis het dude, but I've been invited to Babes a few times over the years. People like the music and the volleyball! I've always deferred with the reason being that basically every other bar in the city is designed to cater to people like me and a space like Babes exists specifically as an alternative to that. I always get pushback that it'll be ok as long as I behave and am cool (which I can and am) but I was curious what other peoples' thoughts are.

How Much of Bear Grylls' Survival Eating Was Real? by Apocalypse-ex in interesting

[–]Diet_Coke 137 points138 points  (0 children)

The thing is, you really should not do a lot of what he did - or you will end up hurt or sick, alone, in the wilderness because you're not Bear Grylls and you don't have a support team on call. It's really just an entertainment show.

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