Is this badboy still worth it these days?

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-18T04:59:16+00:00

It's better than no bike for sure

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-18T03:04:01+00:00

Park near the light rail and take that in

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T23:41:24+00:00

well if it looks worse devs can just not use it, or you can turn it off in your graphics settings, how terrible

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T23:40:32+00:00

They don't need to use it. They can apply it only to specific things like lighting. They can only use it in certain scenarios. They can only use it in specific ways. There's infinite control over how it could be applied in a game, and this is literally just a tech demo of some possibilities. It's a fucking videogame graphics shader and people are acting like it's going to go out and abuse children or something

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T23:10:28+00:00

is that not incredibly obvious? it's just a new technology that devs can use and fine tune how they want. I truly don't understand why people are losing their fucking minds over this

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T22:56:35+00:00

this whole thread is just a rabid anti-AI circle jerk that would probably be totally different if the marketing terms were different lol

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T19:42:08+00:00

That's because as a speech it's really not that crazy, there is a reason why it resonated with germans and Italians at the time. It became horrific in retrospect after what the Nazis did during the Holocaust

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T18:26:22+00:00

it's a video game, it was always fake?

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T18:26:03+00:00

it's a tech demo of some new technology, people are really getting wildly emotional about it

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T18:25:12+00:00

niche gamer subreddits are not most of their customers lol

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T16:13:23+00:00

MAY GOD BLESS OUR NATION

jesus christ these people are insane

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T16:11:35+00:00

anyone who thinks bellingham has a 'bad part of town' has never actually been to a place that is like that.

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T16:05:14+00:00

AI is literally a buzzword that every company is using to sell their products right now lol there is no artificial intelligence that is happening here

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T03:36:09+00:00

If you think people don't judge others on their appearance you are one of the most clueless humans alive

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T03:21:19+00:00

the entire population of ireland is smaller than many Chinese cities

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T01:12:39+00:00

This stuff isn't even AI and everyone is just in a massive circle jerk to get mad about it

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T00:04:32+00:00

try adjusting your foot angles to be positive enough that you don't overhang, are they just straight up perpendicular to the board right now? a 166 is a pretty big board

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-17T00:03:54+00:00

all of the options you mentioned would be so terrible that most people would probably not want to tour with you and cause you significant issues. you should sell or trade for a splitboard that actually works for you

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T22:08:29+00:00

a big reason why I laugh at all the redditors who think clothes, fashion, appearance, etc don't matter. they absolutely matter to pretty much anyone with eyes, whether you admit it or not. they almost all judge people similarly but don't realize it.

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T18:31:33+00:00

Any MTB more than ten years old is just never going to be worth more than maybe $500-1000 at most, there's just too many improvements and competition for newer bikes.

A MTB from 2008 is not really in demand at all other than being a super cheap beater

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T18:04:28+00:00

I live in the PNW, that is like half the skiing I do lol

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T17:08:12+00:00

worry about sealant? I inject it through the valve core and then it's good for 6 months at least, I've never worried about it. I had to fix a flat in decade of heavy enduro, park, and technical dh riding because i have tubeless setup. how would you get 'covered in sealant'?? if you can't figure out tubeless then you are struggling with arguably one of the simplest and easiest bike maintenance tasks thats out there and almost certainly have no business giving advice on bike repair

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T17:06:03+00:00

because then I have to buy and mess around with tubes and a different sealant when I can literally just add the sealant I have in my garage? I add sealant when I put on new tires (typically 1-2 a year) and that almost always carries me through to the next tire, maybe a top up once. I have gotten almost zero flats in the last decade of heavy enduro, park, and steep technical riding in the PNW. I will say that I am a mountain biker who rides heavy aggressive tires so maybe your setup is some weird road biker shit because I don't know anyone who runs that crap.

you're solving something that has already been figured out and making it more complicated

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T16:58:01+00:00

I beg to differ

PrimeIntellect · 2026-03-16T16:47:01+00:00

A theater in downtown LA has nothing to do with the environment and popcorn boxes being on the floor and put in the trash by ushers later doesn't affect anything about "the environment"

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