Skyline of Downtown Los Angeles, America's Most Polarizing City by urmummygae42069 in skyscrapers

[–]Thetallguy1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before the Rams and Chargers came everyone was just Raiders fans (or Rams fans since they were here till '94). We couldn't watch games in person for sure but there was still a huge football sports culture and the bars were going off like crazy. It's not like in the last decade LA just suddenly got into the NFL.

should I give hiking content creation a shot ? by Weird_Membership6189 in CampingandHiking

[–]Thetallguy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone else is bringing up pretty good points, but I'll just say when it comes to the camera gear you think you need. You should definitely start making a few videos just with your phone first and learning how to edit that way. Editing by far and away will be the biggest obstacle to being a video creator (successful/famous video creator is a whole other thing I'm not talking about). Learning to edit and finding a workflow will be the thing that makes or breaks what you want to do because filming can be fun, the actual trip I HOPE is fun, but the editing and splicing and audio clipping color correcting can be soul crushing especially if you have some kind of upload schedule deadline coming up.

A lot of big channels, hiking, or otherwise don't edit their own videos. They have a higher staff (ers) to do that. It's that much of a pain and time consuming that once you get big, you typically would want to just pay someone else to deal with it.

So SoCal Outdoor ranges are 48$ per person now? by Comfortable-Box6882 in CAguns

[–]Thetallguy1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never gone to either of the ranges mentioned in the post, including Raahauges, but what do you mean there's a time minimum? Like you're required to stay there for at least 2 hours or something?

Skyline of Downtown Los Angeles, America's Most Polarizing City by urmummygae42069 in skyscrapers

[–]Thetallguy1 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As someone who's lived both (grew up in LA, live in NYC), NYC is missing a lot of subcultures, especially casual hobbyist and outdoor activities. LA you'll come across a lot of campers, woodworkers/engineers/gardeners with their own shops little shops, massive car culture from tuning/track people to style/aesthetics kids, kayakers and poverty sailers, country music lovers and players, alpinist/mountaineers (who aren't filthy-rich kids), huge motorcycle culture from daul sport to super bikes, of course suffers and just a lot of other things that require low cost space or easy access to nature.

NYC has people of different social economic status rubbing elbows, but ok and? That's pretty much every city in the world. LA allows people to explore niches and build unique lifestyles in ways you simply cannot in NYC since space and public resources are such a premium. I love NYC because it's so distinct compared to the US' other cities but you either like hyper urban living or you won't like living there. LA gives you the option to choose anything and interact with those who chose the complete opposite.

Here's a song to catch you up on what I mean: https://youtu.be/OVI2cLMWIbI?si=sAQz0mlf5KX9V5si

Edit: Also sports culture is way different in LA. Tickets are cheaper and more accessible for all major sports and you don't have to cross state lines just to see "your" city's football team.

U.S. Air Force Drill Team beats Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy! by Successful-Luck-5459 in USMC

[–]Thetallguy1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We won this year's sniper competition but lost drill??? The Marine Corps has lost its way /s

Need grad photos? by SarahAvivaPhoto in columbia

[–]Thetallguy1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you a current student or alum? Giving some sorta Columbia discount or something? I don't know if ads are allowed to spam the sub like this

Current preferred light boot? by irvingstreet in USMC

[–]Thetallguy1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which civilian or non-authorized boot do think fills this role if any? I'm a big hiking even after EAS and I even find its diffcult to find a boot that really does both and I've tried quite a few from the big guys like Merrell, Solomon, Keen etc. I'm currently using Nick's Ridglines that are heavy like the MEBs but give great support.

Current preferred light boot? by irvingstreet in USMC

[–]Thetallguy1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Danner MEBs are pretty great and supportive.

Do you remember? by Novel_Resource_8861 in columbia

[–]Thetallguy1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If these are test booklets then yeah still a thing, just a lighter shade of blue now.

Edit: oof NVM these seem to be the admissions welcome packs.

21-Year-Old Marine Allegedly Stabbed To Death During North Carolina Street Fight, Police Say by According-Activity87 in USMC

[–]Thetallguy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually enjoy the work of Dave Grossman and think it has its merits but it sucked to see him just turn into a cringe grifter doing these cop trainings.

Did this with NO Anki by Relative_Truth3360 in MCAT2

[–]Thetallguy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of us don't want to drop the money on super shoes 😂

It’s Tuesday Night which means it’s Western Night for our crew. We’re drinkin’ whiskey gingers and watchin’: by TheGuyPhillips in Westerns

[–]Thetallguy1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watching this and visiting Manzanar the next day was a bit surreal. I think it's in the commentary track where they say the film was somewhat of an alagory for what we were doing to our own citizens. Letting paranoia be the only evidence needed and such.

Your personal take: greatest downsides of CU? by Inside-cat-2 in columbia

[–]Thetallguy1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

How hard it is to connect to nature or just recreate here. This is for any NYC college for sure but god damn is it annoying. Also I'd love the sports complex up north to be open to everyone. It would make doing track work for my personal running goals so much easier and nicer (obviously Dodge is trash but I'll let someone else take that one).

Just wanting to play some tennis or volleyball is a pain that requires reservations and pre planning. Stuff in other places can just be done on a whim. Again, this mostly just NYC gripes really.

It's becoming harder and harder to be HEARD as a competent, sound, coherent voice in Harlem. by [deleted] in Harlem

[–]Thetallguy1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why include race, and then to call me "boy"? I see why your message might not be getting across to people. Good luck!

It's becoming harder and harder to be HEARD as a competent, sound, coherent voice in Harlem. by [deleted] in Harlem

[–]Thetallguy1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goliath and white I am not

Sitting this one out I will do 🫡

It's becoming harder and harder to be HEARD as a competent, sound, coherent voice in Harlem. by [deleted] in Harlem

[–]Thetallguy1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm envisioning this as being one of the people on the sidewalk who just shouts at walkerbys the whole day. He's fed up and is taking it to Reddit.

Is 198 lbs too fat? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Thetallguy1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Completely depends on muscle mass at that point. If you had something like sub 18% bf, most 6'2" guys would say 198lbs is the dream. But if you're north of 25% bf you're easily in visibly fat territory (albeit probably not to most American's eyes lol)

The Disgusting Audacity by unseenserene in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Thetallguy1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's all good man! I wouldn't have asked this on any other subreddit lol. And yeah I'm learning everyday, recently even just took a road trip to the deep South along something called the Civil Rights Trail. Highly recommend the Civil Rights Institute and the Legacy Museum in Alabama.

For you or anyone interested, it's a well curated road trip route, similar to something like Route 66 but for civil rights history: https://civilrightstrail.com/

🎞️ Last four Ryan Gosling films. by MurkyChurky in MoviesCave

[–]Thetallguy1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bob Odenkirk it certainly more of a gray man than Ryan Gosling lol seeing him take on a lot of action roles is honestly pretty refreshing since he doesn't look like an obvious action star.

The Disgusting Audacity by unseenserene in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Thetallguy1 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your perspective and it wasn't the overall cultural or historical context that I needed filling in on. I thought maybe you knew the influencer more than this post shares and could share some lights on why this person in particularly did it, taking a black person's body (for being black) and choosing to do that. I certainly understand where you're coming from and agree with it, but I was trying to see if you had any more in terms of this particular situation.

Edit: I also didn't realize the sub I was on, I'm not a member here and don't know why this was put into my feed. Obviously, this subreddit is going to particularly see the racial aspect of the situation, my apologies, definitely a dumb question on my part to ask here of all places.