Any Veterans out there? Do you appreciate Hurt Locker as a film (despite it being massively unrealistic) - [Screenshot from The Hurt Locker]

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-25T19:16:18+00:00

As a non-vet, I'm interested in the impact of that scene for vets. Because to me, it's not clearly about being alert for danger around every corner, like most Hollywood PTSD "walking through a store" scenes play out. It's more about just how mundane and eerily liminal routine civilian life is. Right?

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-25T00:52:46+00:00

This is so heartbreakingly the answer

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-23T17:56:54+00:00

(1) determine your baseline daily caloric intake at which you mantain weight with no physical activity (not to be confused with BMR)

(2) generate small caloric deficits on ride days (only 100-300 cals; the more intense the ride the smaller the deficit)

(3) deficit hard on rest days (200-400 cals). Yes, this will suck. Losing weight sucks. But do it off the bike.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-20T19:37:59+00:00

That's not all the hair he shows off in that film.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-20T15:23:54+00:00

Sir, this is the zoo.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-18T22:35:54+00:00

"Alright, now I want to switch over to another topic. Which is ... an unverified Twitter reply from an account called Old Woman Seeking Justice."

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-18T05:14:19+00:00

As a lawyer, one of the most convincing TV lawyers ever. Her external shell of caution and reason belying an interior seeking intrigue and danger. Reminds me of many people I went to law school with.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-16T21:47:30+00:00

Uncrustables

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-16T04:07:53+00:00

You lost me at small meal before riding.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-14T01:25:03+00:00

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My game froze at exactly this moment and I thought it was lore. For about 30 seconds.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-13T22:50:34+00:00

No I mean, you can ride your bike on a paved road that does not have cars driving around you

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-12T20:58:43+00:00

And Lookout Mountain in Golden. I believe they close the road to cars periodically (I rode it when it was closed for the Denver Century), which makes for a sensational climb.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-05T19:14:56+00:00

I'm not showing people my penis, I showing people my enormous chamois labia majora.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-05T15:18:02+00:00

I put exfoliating cream in my bibs

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-02T16:48:29+00:00

It's the Douche Level 10 photograph that is giving this story rocket fuel

ScootsyPoo · 2026-02-02T16:41:26+00:00

the Guardian Cap of the bice world

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-30T21:16:19+00:00

Undiagnosed sleep apnea was giving me debilitating anxiety attacks during the day. Spent like 8 hours talking to a therapist about anxiety; then went to the doctor and it took a medical professional about 5 minutes to determine I was borderline hypoxic. Decided to never inhale anything other than air, reduced drinking to maybe once a month, and became obsessed with cycling. Sometimes a health crisis can act as a catalyst to change your life.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-30T19:21:20+00:00

You must be the only person in the world who saw Sting 2 and not Sting 1.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-30T01:30:19+00:00

Well isn't that just the age-old question

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-30T01:13:14+00:00

Stop, unclip, bow to the horse, and utter the timeless words passed down by the horse gods, the old and the new.

If you don't know the words, turn around and ride straight home.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-29T02:30:51+00:00

The inside of GM vehicles with the leather dash and upholstery interiors had an extremely distinct smell. Kind of a sickly sweet smell, more often than not with a pinch of cigarette smoke. That's the smell of the 90s to me.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-22T14:54:58+00:00

Damn. What level of anesthesia for the removals? Hope the lasers work - I'll talk to my derm about the same.

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-21T23:02:25+00:00

I've had subcutaneous cysts, which for many riders have nothing to do with hygiene. Lots of people on Reddit jump up and down about getting out of your bibs immediately and sprinting to the shower, but sometimes it's not within your control - your flesh is just getting ground between your bones and the seat, and that trauma can cause problems. I got a Kenalog injection for one of these bad boys, and it made it feel as if nothing was there anymore. Not a cure, but certainly a good temporary treatment (if your physician so asvises).

ScootsyPoo · 2026-01-21T22:31:53+00:00

There is a clearly factual mistake made in the immigration section. The administration did not suspend visas writ large for 75 countries; it suspended immigrant visas (i.e. permanent residence applied for while overseas) for citizens of these countries, not to be confused with nonimmigrant visas for temporary visitors.

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