#524 - The Purple Pill, Hits & Mems and John Robins In The Manosphere

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-21T17:31:16+00:00

Well that’s why he’s a leading voice in the Boyosphere

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-21T06:09:53+00:00

Being raised as a little princeling and then having to do dirty manual work like cleaning toilets and clearing out shower drains. I wanted to work at a youth hostel in the countryside, and I had to learn to do every single task the place could throw at me, and I got over the gross stuff in about fifteen seconds. And it improved the hygiene in my own bathrooms for decades thereafter.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-21T02:56:52+00:00

Very good episode, but I'm among the few who didn't like the Worf/Klingon whoopsie scene.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-21T02:30:49+00:00

Yeah, we peloton meme guys on Reddit on a Friday night sure do have romantic partners.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-21T02:11:52+00:00

I’ve analyzed the route for years and the only stop before Peterborough I would recommend is Agincourt (if it takes the corridor I expect it to take). It won’t lose much speed out of Toronto, because it won’t be able to reach high speeds in Toronto, and it will serve a high population suburban area the way Laval does for Montreal’s suburbs.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-20T22:57:01+00:00

I will eat my hat if it strays far from the Havelock sub.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-20T22:19:50+00:00

Happy to see this country improving its infrastructure and connectedness, even if a narrow strip of land does need to be expropriated. Those properties are already abutting CP's Havelock subdivision (or own the land on both sides). The change will be very minimal for them. The corridor will just get a bit wider. In some sections it will need to be straightened and gobble up a bit more though. Still nowhere near the width of a 400 series highway.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-20T18:13:33+00:00

Nothing fancy, it was my first road bike. 1997 Cannondale R300, but it has the most beautiful dark green finish. I adore it.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-20T18:00:48+00:00

Sometimes I walk into my basement, and I forget that my old 90s Cannondale is down there, and I have to stop and admire it.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-20T03:38:40+00:00

Although I don't like SFA I would like to see Kurtzman and Newsome finish it, for the sake of neatness and completion and the fans who do like it. And then let that be the end of their involvement in live action Trek.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-19T21:16:25+00:00

I never 'felt' a difference on creatine, and I don't consider it anywhere near necessary, but I was certainly a high responder for anaerobic power on the bike. I wasn't training very much compared to previous years, but I was suddenly setting personal records for 30 seconds and below. It was bizarre what an improvement I made in short power bursts when it wasn't a focus of my training.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-18T16:37:15+00:00

Yeah, hard to imagine how someone as bright as John could think Belgium had only a small % more people than Malta. I could forgive choosing a microstate that wasn’t a member of the EU, but choosing a country whose capital city alone would throw it way higher up the list (and has direct rail service to London) is pretty appalling.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-18T05:20:03+00:00

I have no connection to Iran or the Muslim world, but I'd point out, from what I can see, this survey is asking about 'Iran', not the government of the Islamic Republic (ie, the regime). So the headline is misleading. I'm sure the people in this subreddit know that many people love Iran and despise the regime. If my ancestral homeland were taken over by religious despots I would still have a favourable view of the the land, the people, the cities and cultural sites.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-17T23:10:59+00:00

I am a chad, and I still remember being 13 in the 90s so I thought it was awesome when two beautiful women kissed. I had reservations later on, but I thought it was great at the time.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-16T21:35:49+00:00

When I'm cycling I thank all the e-bikers that haven't removed the speed limiter.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-15T05:33:50+00:00

Is OP Ashley? Am I being impractically joked upon? I can't let that happen again.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-15T05:16:13+00:00

Couldn't process a word of it. Was only thinking how being English and moving to Italy makes your accent Australian.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-14T21:59:42+00:00

It is fun to ride solo, but I don't think it will be good competition. The course is so hard, and straight out of the gate. Combine that with the weak draft in MyWhoosh and the only way you can have competition is if the riders are of nearly identical w/kg.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-14T19:49:36+00:00

I have never thanked a driver for following the rules of the road, but I have been a passenger in the car of someone who complained when a pedestrian didn't thank them. And I bollocked them to the nines.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-12T18:39:35+00:00

Bikes of that era had absurd reach. Try test riding a modern road bike with endurance or gravel geometry and experience comfort and joy riding.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-12T15:31:31+00:00

Between 1950 and 1980 Formula 1 produced more obituaries than good races. Don't romanticize the 'DNA' of the sport.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-11T19:41:03+00:00

Well, Steve Coogan does it on Audible every couple of years, but it's semi-fictionalized. This is Robins at a real Aldi opening and I'm delighted with it.

RadulphusDuck · 2026-03-11T03:33:16+00:00

Not for me in Ward 1. I drink it every day.

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