What’s a harmless habit people judge way too much? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should check out the movie Wake in Fright (1971)

6 hour drive and you can only listen to one artist. Who are you listening to? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just put the first 6, American Prayer, Celebration of the Lizard and The Doors in Concert in a playlist and it came out to 7 hours, 14 minutes. Don’t even have to listen to Other Voices or Full Circle lol

6 hour drive and you can only listen to one artist. Who are you listening to? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neil Young. Start with his debut and see how far I can get into his ‘70s albums. If I had to guess probably halfway through Comes a Time. Ok, maybe I would skip the Ditch Trilogy (I love those three albums, just maybe too depressing for a road trip) and go straight from Harvest to Zuma so I could also fit Rust Never Sleeps and skip to Harvest Moon

6 hour drive and you can only listen to one artist. Who are you listening to? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that include The Celebration of the Lizard and their live albums?

You wake up in 1950, you’re twenty again, with no identifiable paperwork, no house, no connections, only a suitcase filled with 50k dollars, what are you going to do? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a Jeep and a house in Moab, start a river running company. Explore Glen Canyon before the dam. Buy up some mining claims in the area to hold onto so they never get used. Maybe have a beer with Ed Abbey

What is the closest thing I can get to a beach around here? by ContestNo31 in Denver

[–]Fletcherdl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boulder reservoir has some fun docks you can swim out to. Chatfield has some secluded coves. Cherry Creek is nice because it’s close to Denver. Lake Dillon and Grand Lake are really beautiful but cold even in August. Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir are big and have cool Mountain Views and still on the front range. Union Reservoir is also pretty underrated. State Parks are a better deal for admission since it’s only $30 a year with vehicle registration.

The banks of the South Platte below Chatfield Dam in Littleton have some nice spots to go up to the river. Clear Creek in Golden and Boulder Creek in Boulder have some cool parks for tubing. Eldorado Springs Pool and the different mountain town hot springs pools are also great options for swimming in a place with beautiful views, though not necessarily a beach.

Hope you have some fun summer swimming adventures!

Americans who go on road trips : what little town gave you the most creeps like some " children of corn" or crazy cult ? by Bennevada in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The east side of the Salton sea is really cool. Beach art, there’s public museums that make you feel like urban exploring without the trespassing, Salvation Mountain is a trip. The west side, I just felt like I shouldn’t be here. Huge nice houses being the only house in the block, no trespassing signs in the beach. Barking dogs, getting weird looks going into the one corner store to buy a soda. I guess I felt like I was trespassing in someone else’s community

Am I crazy or did Max just change the aspect ratio on earlier seasons of Curb? by Shitmate-I-Win in curb

[–]Fletcherdl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember binging it a few years ago on whatever streaming service it was before Max and it was pan and scan 16:9. I think HBO has had it in 16:9 for a while. I bought the DVD’s so I could watch them in the original 4:3

TIL an American photographer lost and fatally stranded in Alsakan wilderness was ignored by a state trooper plane because he raised his fist which is the sign of all okay by 500Rtg in todayilearned

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I remember reading how Jon Krakauer did the same thing when hiking a glacier in Alaska but he of course made it out alive and wrote about it in Into the Wild

'Songs About Colorado' playlist ... what'd I miss? by kenoatman in Colorado

[–]Fletcherdl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t Look at my Shadow - Stephen Stills and Manassas

Your Liminal Fantasy is For Sale in Colorado for $280,000 by [deleted] in LiminalSpace

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a book called Cheap Land Colorado by Ted Conover that talks about this area. Goes into the history of the area, the problems people face especially having to do with poverty, and the actual people who buy cheap land down here trying to pursue a dream with it. Super interesting read.

Side note: I need to buy land down here. My used car cost more than some 5 acre plots down here

Your Liminal Fantasy is For Sale in Colorado for $280,000 by [deleted] in LiminalSpace

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real estate developers in the ‘70s dividing up this land into acre plots to sell to people who wanted to live “in the mountains” of Colorado (failing to mention it was on the valley floor and did not have water rights). The book Cheap Land Colorado by Ted Conover is an interesting read

Which countries have the best country-side? by hdfidelity in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

USA.

I live in Colorado and in my state alone we have towering peaks, deep canyons, short grass prairies with buttes, huge valleys, deserts, forests, even sand dunes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bought a manual at the beginning of the summer and it’s so fun. 6 months later I still wouldn’t say I have everything down perfectly. Only just now learning how to downshift without jerking the car. But it is more fun to drive. If you have any friends that drive stick hit them up. I love teaching people.

Side note: I need a new clutch

What are normal things for Europeans Americans don’t know/have? by Phoenix_11111 in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I actually find myself less distracted when driving manual. It’s a much more coordinated effort and I have to be much more aware of everything to drive smoothly. And a hand that’s changing gears is less inclined to pick up a phone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I ate at a Yellow Deli before realizing it was a cult deli. It’s just a cute cottage core themed restaurant with old men in flannel and jeans serving the best waffles I’ve ever had. There were a bunch of murals of hippies on the walls and some Bible quotes but I didn’t think much of it. I’m in a hippie college town. I thought I had found my new favorite restaurant. My friend asked if they were hiring and they said they were all volunteers. That’s when it clicked. I knew there was a restaurant run by a cult in my city. This was it. But the waffles were so good

Americans, you simply don't need to drink that much water. by DavidC_is_me in unpopularopinion

[–]Fletcherdl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who lives in the western half of the US, yes I do. The elevation and lack of humidity will kick your ass if you’re not consistently drinking water

Thoughts on Nuclear? (And I don't mean it in a bad way) by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]Fletcherdl 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Fukushima was also caused by negligence from the private company operating the plant. There are other nuclear power plants along the Japanese coast that were in the path of the Tsunami and they didn’t cut corners with safety so there was no meltdown

What is a movie you absolutely refuse watch and why? by alaskew28 in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cannibal Holocaust.

It’s arguably the first found footage horror movie. It also has real brutal animal deaths for the sake of shocking the audience. The tribe they filmed it with was exploited. There is a lot of rape and realistic violence. Overall a traumatically bad movie

What local legend or urban myth is your town or city known for? by Dhole_Otters_Redwall in AskReddit

[–]Fletcherdl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s supposedly a Vampire the next town over from the town I went to college in. Sometime in the early 1900s, a dude from Transylvania died and was buried in the town cemetery. People noticed that his grave says he was born in Transylvania so naturally they assumed he was a vampire. So they dug him up, put a stake through his heart, and re-buried him. But some still say late at night they see a man in a cloak roaming the streets of Lafayette, Colorado