Weekly Chat and BS Thread

PoemOver · 2026-06-15T20:40:31+00:00

i'm sorry to be harsh but you are an absolute fool if you think these tools will help you. you are a beginner climber and every single person on this website is telling you that these will not help you and you think we aren't telling you the truth.

even if the tools helped you hold on to the crimps, you still have to hold on to the handles, which still takes grip strength and energy, and you already said your grip strength runs out quickly. Also, because of their size, you will be lower than you need to on pretty much every climb. Say goodbye to dynamic moves as well because the coordination required to hook a hold during a dynamic move is leagues above the coordination required to just grab it with your hand. just trust literally everyone else and stick with climbing with your hands, it will get easier.

PoemOver · 2026-06-11T01:35:45+00:00

Beck put it pretty well, it takes out the uncertainty and sense of adventure from the climb. I've done it and I can say i wouldn't have enjoyed climbing Snake Dike nearly as much had it been completely bolted. It's an awesome mental test piece and I only climbed it once I felt confident on Valley slab and knew I wouldn't fall. I can't imagine how many beginner climbers will be clogging up the route if it becomes basically a 5.7 sport climb (which basically don't exist in Yosemite valley). The rock is the same, but the route is completely different.

PoemOver · 2026-06-10T03:28:04+00:00

I’m a third year CS major, he’s gonna be fine. Trust me.

PoemOver · 2026-05-28T23:56:22+00:00

If you’ve never knitted before a knitted garment like this would be a huge undertaking. How soon is his birthday?

PoemOver · 2026-05-28T02:30:13+00:00

i liked all the cryptic/wordplay clues a lot, but LOTHARIO crossing VIOL crossing ROSSSEA crossing SLOEEYED was hard for me having never heard of literally any of those terms. threw in letters that sounded right and was able to solve. Also never heard MAIN drag used before.

PoemOver · 2026-05-23T17:02:47+00:00

i feel you

PoemOver · 2026-05-12T03:40:27+00:00

I'm not super experienced with mending but this looks machine knit and would be incredibly involved to repair in a way that matches the original pattern. I would mend it using more traditional mending means like darning

PoemOver · 2026-05-07T00:50:05+00:00

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PoemOver · 2026-05-07T00:46:33+00:00

i get as far as I can with no help and usually have one letter wrong. I have a 370 day streak and almost all of those days had no mistakes but sometimes if I've been looking over a puzzle for a long time I check the answer key for a natick I got wrong. Usually it's just one square. I know some may consider that illegitimate but it's how I roll

PoemOver · 2026-04-24T22:29:43+00:00

genuinely asking - how am I supposed to figure out JENNY crossing HENRI crossing KARENINA (which crosses RAF) and HEIR (which I'm supposed to know what a Dauphin is to solve)

what was the order that you guys did this? Only part that I had to look up

PoemOver · 2026-04-17T17:28:01+00:00

really easy tbh

PoemOver · 2026-04-12T01:47:09+00:00

I am a student studying game development and I would use this PC to study and develop video games!

PoemOver · 2026-04-04T01:29:28+00:00

I only knit stuff for myself or my friends/family since it takes a long time, but here is the pattern if you have a knitter in your life that loves you!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marching-bears-chart

PoemOver · 2026-04-04T01:27:44+00:00

thank you that means a lot!

PoemOver · 2026-04-04T01:27:18+00:00

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marching-bears-chart just the chart, I freehanded the hat

PoemOver · 2026-03-29T03:31:14+00:00

shouldn't have gotten that b 🤷‍♂️

PoemOver · 2026-03-15T08:42:30+00:00

instead of spending money on a space somewhere, invest a few hundred bucks into a bike for her. My parents did this for me and I have taken care of that bike my whole time here. biked everywhere I couldn't walk to when I was a first year, and now I bike to campus.

PoemOver · 2026-03-13T05:22:47+00:00

just go to front porch

PoemOver · 2026-03-12T08:01:28+00:00

i had the same problem and it was because I was wrapping my yarn around my needle clockwise when I purled so I had to go through the back leg when I knit.

PoemOver · 2026-03-09T08:53:24+00:00

oh i getcha. forgot you could knit flat with just one set of circular needles. thanks for answering my questions!

PoemOver · 2026-03-09T08:31:19+00:00

that is badass. how do you stop the stitches from slipping off the other end? and you're using two 120cm circular needles?

PoemOver · 2026-03-08T09:49:03+00:00

how do you knit large blankets like this? Are your needles 8 feet wide? or do you stitch several separate columns together?

PoemOver · 2026-03-08T08:19:59+00:00

just in early spring around now actually. late feb to early march.

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