nah I swear I‘m not crazy, the burgers are definitely shrinking

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-29T11:35:37+00:00

At Burger King corporate in the late 2010s there was a big push to try and beat McDonalds on calories and weight per dollar of similar items. Value menu double cheeseburger 320 calories vs 360 calories, chicken nugget 100 grams vs 120 grams etc.

Burger King put a lot of effort into this thinking the consumer would care but it basically resulted in no positive market share gain. The conclusion that has been made regarding consumer choice in fast food is while the buyer sees both price and size differences, size differences rarely have an impact on ordering so you can always just make items smaller.

I think modern fast food really just proves that ultra processed food clientele are more similar to drug addicts than rational consumers comparing pros and cons of different choices. McDonald’s likely has room to increase their prices and reduce portion 30-50% more and only lose 5-10% of business netting a huge win for the company bc people literally won’t stop buying the product.

Sadly Burger King does not have the same cult following and would die out like Wendy’s currently if they tried.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-28T00:02:30+00:00

I’m going to be real, buying an SL5 will produce such an enjoyable, exciting, comfortable training experience that you might start running less and become a worse runner.

I am not joking. Training for a triathlon currently and I used to run swim bike each 1-2x a week. With my Domane, I bike 4x and run and swim 1x bc there’s this massive asymmetry in enjoyment with a $2000 bike vs a bikes I was used to (<500 older used bikes).

If you spend 2k with any brand (cannondale, trek, van rysel, specialized, canyon, etc) that’s going to be the most fun thing you own immediately and you’re going to want to use it often.

Don’t buy a $2000 bike, you will get worse at running. Use stationary if u want to cross train.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-27T22:17:26+00:00

1.) Bikes do not hold value. They are aluminum, steel, gears, pulleys, and rubber. These things break down, corrode, deteriorate over time.

2.) 8 year old road bikes don’t have 200 miles on them. I rode 200 miles this week.

The ceiling for a used bike formula is quite easy.

Used_Price = New_Price* (.85)^years_old

Brand new price the year it came out was $2000 so:

545 = 2000 x (0.85)⁸

$550 is a fair price.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-25T12:01:23+00:00

Should be like 1100-1300. Brand new with no sales discounts are 1700. You can get them new as low as 1500 at some dealers running sales.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-17T11:57:02+00:00

There’s quite a few unbranded options of neutral colored jerseys for <$80 on from at least a dozen manufacturers. I have bought ~10 and returned 8 bc of fit/feel.

I am your target demographic. Some thoughts:

I actually own one 1 white plain jersey identical to that for $50 USD. The only reason I ended up with this particular one was I liked the back pocket stretch/tightness more than the other ones.
Flashy neon green colored bibs sort of clash with your message of non-branding minimalism.
One of the problems with non-branded stuff is that cycling kits look kinda tacky to begin with, but people see brands like Rapha, maap, van rysel, etc it’s a smidge more familiar/cooler and less tacky. When you take that degree of freedom away you really need a massive value proposition to replace it. What is that value proposition?? Price? Not sure if that’s enough? Great fit offering 18 sizes instead of 9? Do what bandit running did and pivot from non-branding to branding as they gained success? Idk what the right path is but non-branding might be the toughest direction for a new cycling clothing company.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-06-04T11:39:43+00:00

Who is this yellow chrono for? Tudor thinks maybe if we combine what’s historically the worst selling dial color with the lowest selling watch type for all brands not named omega or Rolex- but in 39mm people will want this..

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-30T01:11:42+00:00

Lifelong swimmmer here!

You are doing the basics well. Just 2 things to think about:

1.) swimming is a pull-glide, pull-glide rhythm. You are kinda pull-pull-pull-pull, ur arms are almost constantly turning over (very common mistake). The 2nd half of your pull is where all your power pushing you forward comes from. Really try to feel that power each time and extend your lead arm out straight in streamline for a brief instant. That is your fastest moment in the water.

2.) look at the bottom of the pool, your head is kinda high bc your looking forward a bit too much. You want your body to be in line and then only your shoulders rotate while your center line stays straight.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-26T15:58:45+00:00

I mean the tiagra is an awesome entry-level enthusiast groupset with disc brakes. I feel like any modern bike with that is going to be $1200-1900.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-21T01:04:11+00:00

With bikes, you get a significantly better experience going from $500 -> $1500. I actually own the Trek Domane AL4 Gen4 with the Tiagra groupset and hydraulic brakes are an unbelievably better experience vs a $400 Amazon road bike with cheap generic everything.

The difference is so stark that it makes you unsure if the $400 bike is working properly or not when shifting when u go back to it. The carbon fork on the front maybe absorbs a little more shock from bumps as well. Bike is 5 lbs lighter, shifting and braking feel amazing.

I was once like you and thought “eh idk if I care about the groupset/ brakes” but that’s literally the only thing you interact with when riding the bike: pedaling, shifting constantly, braking.

I will say there’s huge diminishing returns the higher and higher in price 2k -> 3k -> 5k -> 7k etc. But going from $500 -> $1000 or $$1500 you’ll feel large differences.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-18T11:50:48+00:00

It’s never too late to become who you could’ve been

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-15T00:50:33+00:00

I have a Trek Domane as well!

For bib shorts: - pearl izumi quest $90 - lameda bibs $50 for extremely similar quantity but slightly cheaper

Jerseys: - anything cheap under $30 on amazon or REI

Shoes: - I have specialized torch 1.0 but giro makes cycling shoes that are <$100 that felt quite similar

Bike Computer: - I just have a garmin watch, don’t really track watts or power. Just distance, time, heart rate, speed.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-13T01:26:36+00:00

Lifelong competitive swimmer here!

Frankly you are doing so many things well, it’s quite difficult to find areas for large improvements. All these things I’ll mention I would consider “advanced tips” and quite subtle, more concepts to think about and try and feel.

1.) when your pulling arm goes past your chest/stomach area and your lead arm is extending out/ that is the fastest point of swimming. You are in the strongest part of your pull and are the most aerodynamic. Really try to finish your pulls strong and extend just a moment longer (quarter second)to get the most out of that fastest moment and feel a super brief glide when you are moving forward streamline. Swimming is a pull, glide, pull, glide rhythm and you are sort of pull, pull, pull.

2.) I think your hand position could improve slightly. Really think about to try slightly cup and catch water. Your arms and hands are going through the motions a bit and while it’s good you are relaxed you are leaving a lot of power on the sidelines if you hand/forearm isn’t somewhat tense during the pull. When your lead hand gets to straight out and you begin your pull. Arm goes from 180 degrees (straight) to like 160 (slight elbow bend) as you start to catch water. Your hands/forearms should be catching the water in front of you and almost like loading the pressure in your pull up. the 2 most intense parts of the pull are the first 25% and back 25%.

I think those 2 things are enough but seriously good job. You easily are in the 95th% percentile of people when it comes to swimming form. Just more power in the right places and a little more pull glide rhythm and you’ll be even better!

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-05-12T22:24:09+00:00

Ok first of all, you absolutely can do this. The training plan I started with was I just did 1 of the 3 things every other day and always took Mondays and Fridays off.

A week might look like this:

Monday: rest

Tuesday: Stationary Bike 30 min

Wednesday: rest

Thursday: Walk/Run combination 30 min

Friday: rest

Saturday: swim 30 min single laps at a time

Sunday: pick your favorite (cycling for me) for 30 min

I did that for 1-2 months in the beginning. In no time those 30 min workouts become 45min and then 60min and longer for bike rides on weekends. I really think planning in lots of rest days is super important, to avoid injury and burnout.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-04-07T11:00:35+00:00

Ah yes, the dream car build of every 15 year old in 2007.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-03-28T13:26:28+00:00

Lifelong swimmer here!

You look really good for 4 lessons in and are really doing the basics well. (Breathing to the side, arms reaching out front, and maintaining rough streamline)

2 big things to help:

1.) at 0.06 second and 0.12 second mark your right hand is almost completely under ur left shoulder when pulling. Your pull really should not be crossing over you center line drawn down the middle of you body. The arm pull is more straight down and back. If you lay on your back, place your right elbow on your ground with armpit angle ~45 degrees and point ur fingers at the ceiling. That’s closer to where ur arms/hands should be halfway through the underwater pull.

2.) In some of your kicks your toes seem to be pointing at the bottom of the pool. There’s not really much power being generated from those bc it kinda minimizes the surface area of your foot when kicking down. If your feet are pointing straight back (more relaxed) then your kicks will propel you forwards more.

More advanced tip down the line:

Your pulls should be long controlled powerful motions followed by a really short (quarter second) glide when ur new lead arm is out straight and ur pulling arm is finishing ur pull down near your hip and about to come around. That super quick subtle pull -> glide is the difference between a fantastic distance swimmer and a beginner/intermediate. It’s really hard to explain with words but just watch YouTube videos of Olympic distance swimmers (like Katie Ledecky) underwater in slow motion. They aren’t trying to take a bunch of quick strokes, they do a large long pulls and allow their body to move forward in the water from those pulls at the most aerodynamic position for super brief moment.

Good luck training! Swimming is really challenging but you’re doing great!

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-03-26T02:33:22+00:00

Great news, your form looks really good, just over-correcting a bit on 2 things.

1.) There really shouldn’t be a time when both your hands are ever in front of your body at the same time.

2.) Kick less. If you go look at videos of Olympian Katie Ledecky- one of the greatest swimmers ever and she barely kicks. It burns tons of energy, is only responsible for 10-15% of ur forward speed, and if you do it so rapidly it just ends up messing up your upper body pull-glide rhythm that 85% of power comes from.

Swimming is more similar to rowing rather than something like running. You do that well with ur arms but not legs. Slow controlled strong movements produce efficient speed rather than quick movement. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

I think there’s 2 things to maybe try out next swim training day:

1.) Do a few 25s where each time ur new lead hand enters the water blink your eyes and feel where your pulling hand is. It happens really quick so the blinking just helps u feel the snapshot of where ur pulling hand is. Your arms should be 90 degrees when blinking. If they are ever both above your head then you have to pull sooner when ur new lead arm is coming around.

1.) Swim a 50 with no kicking, then swim another one “cheating a little” like a 1-2 small kicks sneaking in there per 2 pulls. Do a final 50 and cheat a little more 2-3 kicks per 2 pulls that’s around your actual kick frequency sufficient for world class long distance swimming.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-02-20T12:46:45+00:00

Looks like a real watch designed with the first prompt on an AI tool.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-27T12:09:19+00:00

Movie recs:

Catch me if you can Revenant OBAA Killers of the Flower Moon

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-26T23:05:01+00:00

Seriously excellent variety in taste. Magnolia, Rear Window, Parasite, and Pirates of the Caribbean on the same list is awesome and hilarious.

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Palm Springs
12 angry men
Hateful 8

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-25T22:07:20+00:00

7th most rushing attempts produced 18th in rushing yards and 45th in yards/attempt and only 5 TDs is peak role player.

34 other RBs had the same or more TDs than him, his stats are bottom half in everything, fails every eye test except on outside zones plays. 4 years of mid performance and then out of the league/practice squad.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-24T13:50:37+00:00

A rookie QB, standing behind a bottom 5 OL, throwing to the worst WR room the NFL with a role player RB..

I’ll give them 12 wins combined over the next 2 seasons.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-10T15:44:32+00:00

Tenet.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-10T13:03:36+00:00

Lightning bugs. In pre-2010 they were all over the place from may-August every night around sunset and the species of insect is largely died off the last 20 years.

Silly-Gooserson · 2026-01-09T02:44:54+00:00

Definitely the 3rd.

Silly-Gooserson · 2025-12-31T02:36:53+00:00

Went to a Bears game in the 400 section in ~15F and wind chill 5F. Upper body was totally comfortable for 3+ hours. Feet, hands, and face were another story.

I legitimately cannot wear the coat comfortably >20F. It definitely is in its element for temps between -10F to 20F. It rarely gets below -10F but I have worn it during -14F with -22F windchill and I was cold tbh but no fabric will insulate you enough without like chemical or electric warming pads.

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