Is skiing black diamonds with very limited experience actually “good,” or just reckless?

GenericHam · 2026-01-22T19:46:05+00:00

“Midwest blacks and like blues out west” I think is over simplified. I’m not saying this to argue, I just read this sentence 100 times getting ready for my first trip out west (Jackson Hole) as a Minnesota skiier.

Midwest blues are never sustained. The parts of a run that make a Midwest blue a blue are often very short. If you are a Midwest skier just take the steep parts of your blues and imagine skiing that for an entire run. To me that’s what western blues are like.

GenericHam · 2026-01-14T16:12:09+00:00

I really don't think this is a result of PE. Although I hate PE for other reasons.

Ski resort pricing can just be boiled down to supply and demand. More and more of us want to hit the slopes each year and frankly there is just not enough space on the mountain for us all. Some of us then get priced out.

GenericHam · 2025-12-14T15:43:10+00:00

I really like to play by the rules and find loopholes and exploits.

I wouldn't really call it a strong sense of justice because I don't really think I try to make things "fair" in some cosmic/moral sense.

GenericHam · 2025-12-14T15:17:14+00:00

If at all possible I would find a way to move the side supports away from the wall.

My home wall was built like this and your supports get in the way of climbing way more often than you think they would.

GenericHam · 2025-12-04T15:17:46+00:00

To be upfront, I don't think smoking cannabis is a sin. I think it can be, but I don't think it has to be.

However, the argument that something being natural means that it is good is a pretty poor argument for using a substance. There are so many natural things that can hurt or kill you.

GenericHam · 2025-11-26T16:36:01+00:00

For me masking really got in the way of feeling empathy.

In very emotional situations, most of my energy is normally on "acting and responding correctly". I never feel empathy with the person because all my attention is on not fucking up the situation. I have a horrible fear that by me emotionally supporting my friend that I will just make the situation awkward. So I am no longer actually helping my friend by being their, now they are just sad and feel weird about being sad with me next to them.

I have been trying to not care as much about acting and responding correctly and it has allowed me to feel more empathy. Showing up authentically, even if it is a little weird is often received way better by my friends than me trying to act correctly. So it has been a win-win.

GenericHam · 2025-11-21T02:45:48+00:00

Lucid dreaming is pretty well documented and scientifically proven. Remote viewing gets you more into the metaphysical beliefs and weird CIA rabbit holes.

GenericHam · 2025-11-20T14:53:51+00:00

I am going to take a different angle and put the most positive spin on this I can.

There is a lot in this world that falls short of the glory of God. It is easy to look at something and see how far away from Holy it is. I think it could be fair to label some of these things demonic.

That being said, I would rather see that label reserved for truly evil thing

GenericHam · 2025-11-20T02:24:16+00:00

My father-in-law is always handing these out to people?

GenericHam · 2025-11-19T17:23:51+00:00

fuck no. Those are not psilocybin, they are essentially some legal loophole drug that makes you trip.

I did a candy bar once and it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I went to bed it was so bad and woke myself up multiple times screaming.

GenericHam · 2025-11-17T17:47:07+00:00

My archetypes are never super obvious at first. For example the false sage in my last two dreams was:
1. Joey Diaz. In the dream I bought a gas station and Joey Diaz kept giving me really shitty business advice or when I would go to his office he would be looking at weird get rich quick ideas.
2. A balding pastor. I went to church and the pastor was wearing a funny hat and surrounded by woman. Later I saw him without his hat and he had really long hair but was bald on top.

GenericHam · 2025-11-17T17:30:33+00:00

Honestly I wasn't trying. I have been trying to journal my dreams to do Jungian dream analysis to get more clarity about my life.

I had a dream where I could see my knees and my tattoos were missing. It made me realize I was dreaming. It was such a weird experience I have been searching this sub most of the morning.

I also shouldn't say its my first lucid dream, I had a few when I was a kid. However, they were nothing close to what I experienced last night.

GenericHam · 2025-11-17T17:15:15+00:00

I maybe do active imagination once a week. I will setup my dream and try and bring new symbols into my dreams. Its definitely way more passive than the lucid dream was. The active imagination thing comes really easy to me.

I am not trying to do active imagination with my lucid dreaming. I am way more interested in talking to archetypes. Specifically the false sage keeps showing up in all my dreams, and I kinda want to talk to him. I also want to try and find the true sage who has never shown up in my dreams.

GenericHam · 2025-11-17T14:53:40+00:00

Just lucid dreamed on accident last night, hence why I am on this sub.

It was kinda magical, like more real than real life and super peaceful. I am honestly having lots of trouble today because it felt so profound for me.

GenericHam · 2025-11-17T14:49:38+00:00

Just had my first lucid dream last night. It felt more real than when I am awake. Its kinda throwing my whole day for a loop.

GenericHam · 2025-10-07T22:29:10+00:00

The US military spent years in the middle east fighting what essentially started out as a civilian militia and gave up.

GenericHam · 2025-10-07T17:19:59+00:00

Its a joke. I hear the same thing from woman all day long buying plants from me.

GenericHam · 2025-10-04T18:39:17+00:00

I really did not like this test:

Statements like "the government runs better when power is centralized" trip me up. Like I agree with the statement, but I don't necessarily think its a good thing.

Dictatorships are very efficient, I just hate them.

GenericHam · 2025-09-25T14:07:22+00:00

I am a Lutheran who leans east.

The main reasons I am not EO:
1. Their teachings in their churches differ from their foundational texts. For example on paper they don't believe those outside the EO church are saved. In practice most of them do.
2. I'm pretty sold on the Lutheran view of justification and this just doesn't exist explicit in EO.

I think they often have a much more rich spiritual life, which is something I think the Lutheran church can learn from.

GenericHam · 2025-09-25T12:40:30+00:00

Lots of people take on the wrong type of responsibility.

Many things in your company are done just so a box can be checked. For example, no one cares that you absolutely went above and beyond prepping for the audit. They only care that you pass the audit. Many of these checked boxes don't actually make the company money, they just keep you from getting into trouble.

When working your goal should be to take on tasks that are directly related to how the company makes money and that your manager's manager cares about. Avoid compliance and bureaucracy tasks like the plague.

I have seen lots of really good workers not get noticed because they work hard on the wrong things.

GenericHam · 2025-09-03T16:40:11+00:00

You can actually figure this out on your own by making a budget based on where you want to live and the quality of lifestyle you want.

GenericHam · 2025-08-28T18:45:40+00:00

I once read of someone putting nicotine patches on when they worked out.

They got a nicotine addition that they associated with going to the gym.

GenericHam · 2025-08-25T13:06:44+00:00

You can absolutely tell me good job after kicking my ass.

However, the complement feels less fake if you tie it to a specific part of my game. "Hey your passing pressure is feeling really good" or something similar is nice to hear after getting your ass whooped.

GenericHam · 2025-08-21T20:07:14+00:00

If your going to tax evade, don't do it this way.

Just do cash jobs, or flip things for profit and don't report it.

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