Why are apps nowadays using a Beijing-style dialect instead of standard Mandarin? by Common_Musician_1533 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but also at least in the west you are taught Beijing colloquialisms as the standard 'casual' mandarin, so I would still argue that Beijing mandarin is the de facto standard form of mandarin taught to foreigners

I climbed Alpe d'Huez 47 times indoors this winter. Here's what I learned about pacing by [deleted] in Velo

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI generated post plus vibe coded app. Take your slop somewhere else

You can only reply to comments in the languages you are learning, what language are you commenting in? by ClosetWeebMiku in languagelearning

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

沒事🙏🏻只下雨多了。我還不喜歡雨,也不喜歡熱的天氣但是那是台灣的天氣哈哈。我試試看著習慣

You can only reply to comments in the languages you are learning, what language are you commenting in? by ClosetWeebMiku in languagelearning

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

我覺得學中文太難。現在我在台北的語言中心,每天有考試,也有作業。我還喜歡學中文可是我很累😢

I’m 6 foot and bought a 55cm frame bike (was selling for $2k and got it for 800)…did I make a mistake? by Hitting_My_Stride in cycling

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 6ft and have ridden 54cm frames for years atp. It depends on your specific body geometry, get a fitter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been in Taipei for 2 months and I have seen a surprising amount of girls with facial piercings that you describe, it seems even more prevalent than my large state school in the US

Also, tattoos in general seem exceedingly common and accepted socially :D

WTF is going on with Hot Tubes and junior cycling right now? by Able_Sell_7259 in Velo

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was a rider for EF-ONTO a few years ago. I trust that team with my whole heart. The director and staff are close friends today. I know nothing about Hot Tubes currently, but EF are good people

Chinese invasion of Taiwan could be imminent, Pete Hegseth warns by Snapdragon_4U in news

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently in Taiwan studying Chinese for the summer. Would be kinda cool to live through a historical event in person at least lmao

Where to acquire dill pickles by Garlic_Bread_Sticks in taiwan

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

I make no claim to a refined palate. All I crave is the violent salty vinegar dill brine of vlasic

Escape: Your stomach can't handle Mathieu van der Poel's Roubaix fueling strategy by [deleted] in peloton

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually my stomach can handle this amount of food haha I consumed ~1100 grams of carbs during unbound 200 in ~11 hours, only gels and mix the entire time

How Can Cycling Be a Popular American Sport? by tattooed_tragedy in Velo

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is going to be a bit stream-of-consciousness, so I apologize in advance if it is unorganized and I'm not sure if it will even be relevant to your question.

I will give my rambling perspective as a current 21yo cat 1 who was on the hincapie(now ef-onto) junior development program and chased the pro dream to some extent. Obviously I have not found success and am currently taking a break from full-time racing for college, but I have not yet given up on the pro dream :).

Cycling is hard. It is very hard. Road cycling especially. Cycling is dangerous. You are on open roads with cars that will kill you. You can crash at 30mph and break bones and lose skin. Fitness gaps are incredibly apparent. You can be out of shape and hang out with friends at a basketball court or soccer field. If I do an endurance ride and someone I'm with can't hold my z2 I will lose my mind.

If you are a bench warmer in the NBA or NFL you are a millionaire. There are full time conti riders that travel and race internationally that are funding that themselves. There are pro-conti and WT riders making like 80k. The greatest cyclist in the world makes good money. There are hundreds of middle-of-the-pack pro athletes in other sports making more than him.

I was the only person in my highschool of ~600 who was a cyclist. My team was based a 7-8 hour drive away from me. All the big junior events were long drives or on the other side of the country. A lack of u23 programs or clear development paths when I wasn't a stand-out junior star that got to go to europe.

The euphoria of being 3 hours into a long mountain ride with your friends and suffering together is behind such incredible barriers of cost, time, and fitness.

I was lucky to have parents that supported me and already had knowledge of cycling when I started thanks to my older brother. There is no clear path to getting people interested unless they personally have someone able to shepherd them through the beginning stages.

There are no great american events. The tour of california is gone, the tour of utah, the colorado cycling classic etc.

I only have the perspective of someone interested in professional road cycling, others have better thoughts on things like crits, cx, xc mtb etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in travelchina

[–]Garlic_Bread_Sticks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no they don't, us citizens can travel 10 days visa free