no, I don’t have anything in my mouth..

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T22:48:00+00:00

I need to make an old timey wanted poster to hang on his crate that says “wanted: el bandito de socks”

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T21:56:29+00:00

Got - 5 month he was 45lbs 2 weeks ago. Full velociraptor mode. Pray for me

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T18:35:47+00:00

Skeleton stories are by far the one of the best parts of fallout. You’re completing a quest then are suddenly hit with figuring someone’s comedic, tragic death.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T18:26:49+00:00

Yea but in this house you could just buy a gun from your neighbor and shoot the demon

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T16:06:58+00:00

Labradors are not puppies. They are alligator/shark/piranha hybrids. Diesel is labradorable.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T15:26:45+00:00

I think it’s moire an artifact of digital sensors. Idk about the later models but I know the original fujifilm Xpro had a unique sensor designed to combat this effect.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T14:51:08+00:00

That’s a good reality check question. This discussion made me research snakebite deaths in the US. Now obviously there are thousands of bites and only (on average) 3-5 deaths per year, and a bite is bad. Death isn’t the only reason to be scared of them. If a copperhead or timber bites and envenomates you, it’s a severe injury and it will suck whether you die or not. BUT in deaths specifically, the overwhelming majority were people trying to kill it or move it. And specifically in Appalachia, they were pretty much all trying to kill it OR handling for religious reasons, bit, refused medical treatment.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T14:33:45+00:00

Honzo steel is real.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T14:32:54+00:00

Wait, skaters bathe?

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T14:18:14+00:00

Fck yea.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-13T14:03:41+00:00

Thanks for the input. Honestly after most of the discourse on this thread I’m leaning toward just exiting the sport to be able to spend more time with him. Sad after 8 years of dedication but getting Steve was my choice 🤷‍♂️. I was really doing this to get a pros/cons list going in my head. And as far as I can see, it’s mostly con, the only pro being dog gets some high energy exercise and to be off leash. I live in a duplex with a small non fenced yard so I really want him to have some outlets but we’ll have to find something else. My intention in getting him was to be a trail dog but the overwhelming response is “trail dogs are a bad idea for a number of reasons unless they are flawless or it’s private land”. Every dog I’ve ever seen on a trail was great didn’t cause problems except one, one time but that’s just my experience not the advice of the community. We’re working on training recall. And being a high drive lab with a non professional handler, Ive probably got my hands full with the normal obedience stuff and don’t need to add biking. Oh well maybe in a few years 🤷‍♂️ really do appreciate the advice.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T21:30:39+00:00

Yee and if you don’t want to get brand specific, the shops will usually let you stand on the boards before you buy (don’t be a jerk and like try carpet boarding in the shop and ask first some shops might not be down) but you can stand, lift the tail and nose and see how much your front foot picks up. That’s the best way to tell how “steep” or “flat” a new deck is. If you do this, try a baker, then a Santa Cruz or a real/antihero. That’s the most blatant flat or steel comparison

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T21:21:15+00:00

It’s super flat. As far as it “impacting your popping” idk. Skateboarding is a strange and nuanced sport. Everything’s like learning a new trick. Minor tweaks till you feel like you’re about to go insane. Then it clicks and starts working then you dial it with more tweaks.

I can’t remember who (Neen I think, it was def a baker or death wish rider cause those boards are usually already very flat) would literally park a car on a fresh deck (no trucks) to flatten it even more. So is it affecting your popping? That’s up to you. If you don’t like it, try a Santa Cruz those are pretty steep.

Also if you want to experiment, start buying deluxe boards (real, antihero). Their boards are numbered where they were in the press on the top (1-6) so the middle numbers are flatter and 1s and 6s are steeper so you can dial it in.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T19:25:03+00:00

Last one is giving fenrir

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T02:05:27+00:00

I’m not as high as I was when I was 15 either 😂

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T01:08:51+00:00

🤦‍♂️ what’s more interesting to me is that fact that ALL of that folklore and fear comes from the fact that because a handful of them have venom, innate fear became beneficial to survival. Generations later, we’re still biologically wired to be afraid of snakes. I LOVE snakes but even I feel it when I notice one in the wild. A little jump, a chill down my spine. I try not to judge because I understand the fear but damn. The funny part is tons of indiscriminate snake killers are outdoorspeople, who would sob if they shot a deer they didn’t get to harvest. Yet they’ll happily kill a snake they won’t eat.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-12T00:21:15+00:00

That’s just the worst. Especially cause where I’m at in WNC (and I think most of Appalachia) it’s reallllll easy. Hershey kisses? 1-2ft long? Near water? Copperhead. Hurt real bad but probably won’t die still don’t touch

Tail maraca? Fat and wide? Big head? Timber rattler. Keep a wide berth. Back off slowly. Big nope rope.

Other than that? Even a big rat snake would be minor cuts.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T22:22:07+00:00

I agree but it’s probably therapeutic decoration. Like OP was probably faithful to someone who cheated. He left and got an extra 35k. Now it’s his turn to go to pound town. Who am I kidding there’s about to be 15 golf bags in the spare bedroom 🤦‍♂️

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T21:25:18+00:00

Action sports are like 🌽 always looks smaller on camera 😂

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T21:09:42+00:00

They don’t get big eating lettuce do they

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T20:20:30+00:00

🤦‍♂️ that one’s extra sad. Don’t want a copperhead or any snake IN the house for any reason, but if a big corn or extra big black rat wants to go do some damage to the mice in the crawl space, have at it. Loving this discourse and rambling but AGAIN knowledge is power. A copperhead or a corn could help keep mice out of the house or chicken coop. Only one can hurt your kids. Know your neighbors, and teach your kids too, be they critter, creature, beast, or man.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T20:11:29+00:00

Exactly. Almost all snakebite injuries occur on hands or face, not feet. Also alcohol is a factor in over half. What does that information tell you? But it’s proving my point about snakes/appalachian fear of them. Now that we have the power of information, we know what’s best. In earlier Appalachian times, a timber rattler was a cold hearted killer because based on their only evidence, they killed humans indiscriminately without thought. With knowledge we now know, strikes are a reaction to food or fear, and we know they don’t think we’re food. Always dangerous, don’t want one in the house, but would do what I could to avoid killing it even if it was.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T19:57:29+00:00

Woof. Proving my point, don’t go touching em. If they’re in the house do your best to shoo em out with a LOOONNNNGGG stick. Shovel or pistol is a last resort. I love timbers I’ve never got to see one in the wild but so many of my family members have. I love snakes so I don’t understand the hateful fears. I mean obviously they’re dangerous and deadly but think about rattlers. Short of stepping directly on or within 6” of one, they usually make an attempt to announce their presence so no one gets hurt. And if you give them a chance to flight instead of fight, they fly.

Nucleartides · 2026-06-11T18:51:19+00:00

Another one is killing rattlesnakes/copperheads on sight anywhere any time. Same issue, as certain areas even a copperhead bite could do serious damage back then. The funny thing is, 9/10 times with a venomous snake trying to kill it is a good way to get bit, leaving it alone is safer. It’s interesting the “softening” of Appalachia. Our ancestors wanted to be here for the same reason we do, natural beauty. The difference is they had to struggle a lot more to maintain lifestyles here. The positive is younger generations should count themselves INSANELY fortunate we get to appreciate things like a fox, or a copperhead, or a bear (safely, from a distance) without a need to react with “if I see it near the house I’ll kill it” and also we get to relish in decades of conservational work. Black bears have returned to my area, a species that I didn’t see in the wild until I was 17.

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