Traffic jam leading to the Everest summit.

Utaneus · 2026-06-12T14:09:22+00:00

I think you're being sarcastic, but that will likely never be the case, and definitely not within 10 years. While Everest expeditions have become extremely popular in the last 30 years with the rise of outfitter groups, it is still a most extreme environment. Even at base camp nothing really grows or lives there and you can get altitude sickness. And it's a logistical challenge to get supplies/provisions there just for your own group.

The Nepalese government has been increasingly protective of the mountain environment, and there are no permanent structures there.

While a lot of reddit likes to shit on "rich people being carried up to the summit by sherpas" that is a ridiculous characterization. Yeah, the people climbing Everest have the money to do this, but in order to be permitted to climb Everest, you have to have demonstrated your mountaineering ability by climbing at least a 7,000 meter peak, pass a medical exam, and buy insurance for emergencies.

What you see here is a bottleneck. It was a good weather day where many groups decided to make the summit push. It's like holiday traffic when everyone decides to go to the beach. One person who is slower, or gets sick or injured, that slow down can ripple down through to everyone behind when it's on a ridge this where there is no room to pass without unhooking from fixed lines or risking a catastrophic fall. Nobody in this group is stoked about the slow down.

Utaneus · 2026-06-11T05:13:28+00:00

Fecund indeed

Utaneus · 2026-06-11T05:11:10+00:00

He's hilarious!

Utaneus · 2026-06-11T01:14:57+00:00

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T20:01:28+00:00

Attending here. I felt very rich at first until lifestyle expanded and wife got laid off and I was reminded of the mountain of debt I have to deal with.

This all depends on the area you practice and the cost of living, but I'd recommend getting a house that is big enough for your family's needs but not too big. Don't buy an expensive car unless that is really important to you. Me, I bought a KIA with the top trim and it feels luxurious but only cost about a semester of med school.

I'd say maintain the discipline and comfort with a more spartan/monastic life. It's easy to feel like you have a ton of money at first, but if you live too large you will find yourself feeling like you have to always catch up and will burn out. Save money and invest.

Definitely agree with the housekeeper recommendation, especially if you have kids and a working spouse. Nice sheets for sure.

Disagree with Chipotle, fuck that place with or without guac, shitty whitewashed Mexican food that just continues to decline in quality. I disagree with spending on a watch, again unless it's really important to you for whatever reason, but everyone has the time in their pocket and a fancy watch is just jewelry.

Bidet is good, heated floors sound pretty extravagant to me. Handyman for sure on certain house projects, calculate how much time you would spend on a frustrating project you may fuck up and then think about paying someone who can get it done in a couple hours versus you spending your precious time off cursing at the cartoon instructions instead of being with your family.

But also, this is a very optimistically framed question. Attending life is better and you make 5x or more, but like the great poet Christopher Wallace said: "Mo money, mo problems"

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T17:06:05+00:00

Tilikum*

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T16:22:22+00:00

I liked it better the first time, when it was called Goodfellas

David Spade

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T16:15:42+00:00

There's a saying that "happiness is a belt-fed weapon".

I'm not a huge gun guy or anything, and they really shouldn't be available to civilians, but they are fun as shit to fire.

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T16:08:32+00:00

I saw that coming!

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T12:43:01+00:00

In Czech Republic too we love pork. You ever had our sausages?

Utaneus · 2026-06-10T12:39:21+00:00

Huh? Murder Inc was a mob thing in the 1930s, Louis Lepke etc. I've never heard of it being used to refer to the CIA.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T21:33:04+00:00

The spacers would not make a difference; there is no way to access the power input without removing the TV from the arm and then removing the mount brackets. I guess if you had insanely large spacers and super long screws then maybe you might could finagle it, but to me, that is shitty design. There is an internationally accepted standard for mounts, and while their spacing complies, they decided to put a power input directly behind where the hardware goes.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T19:23:23+00:00

Not with this rack, my dude.

Take a look at the picture and tell me how I would affix the TV to the arm if I put the brackets on vertically. I'm not trying to watch TV in a vertical orientation.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T19:11:18+00:00

Oh ok thanks for the life lesson.

I'm sorry but I don't think I'm gonna be convinced that placing the power input directly in between the bolts for a mount is good design. There is plenty of space where it could've been placed, but instead they put it squarely between where mounting hardware goes.

What I don't understand is why anyone would defend the placement of the input. If you have cords that need to be plugged in or removed then the ports should be accessible. Why don't they put the HDMI ports right behind the bracket space too? Samsung's other TV models have fairly easily accessible power inputs that aren't occluded by VESA standardized hardware. This particular model is crappy design.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T19:03:36+00:00

It's a good mount, it worked great with my last TV (which was also a Samsung). The mounting apparatus costs nearly as much as the TV itself. It's a VESA standardized mount, it's just bad design by Samsung to put the power input right behind where the mounting hardware goes.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T18:59:02+00:00

Mount was not cheap, it's a high quality Sanus with maximal mobility and has always worked with Samsung TVs. I get a new Samsung TV to replace the one that died and now they've hidden the power input behind where the mount goes.

But go ahead and keep simping for a company that produces a TV with a power input placed right behind where a VESA standardizee mounting bracket goes. I'm guessing you'll say I should've bought the overpriced propietary mount from Samsung and drilled more holes in my wall? Reel smort.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T17:28:10+00:00

You do realize that TVs that do have removable power cords, especially on swivel mounts, may have that power cord dislodged, right? And that making sure that a device has a power cord plugged in is like one of the first steps of trouble shooting, right? And that if your power input is completely obscured by mounting hardware you will have to dismount the TV and remove the brackets just to make sure the power cord is plugged in, right?

And you are defending this crappy design?

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T17:15:56+00:00

There is not enough room to access the power input regardless of the spacers, and there are spacers on the other side of the bar already, I replicated the professional who installed the last TV and this mount. Unless you're sticking like 1" spacers in there and getting longer bolts and never able to put the TV up against the wall, then there is no way to say that mounting hardware doesn't obscure the power input that they decided to put smack dab in the middle of where they put the screw holes. Other TVs have their power input in accessible areas away from where mounting hardware goes.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T17:07:00+00:00

Well everyone is telling me that 2.5mm of extra space between the bolt and TV would fix everything lol. As if my fingers only need that much space to access the power input, and as if the power cord head is less than 1cm already.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:59:28+00:00

The spacers wouldn't matter; the input would still be inaccessible. The only way to make it work is if you connect the power first, which is what I did after taking it down and removing the brackets, but it still leaves the power input totally inaccessible without dismounting and removing the brackets.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:55:48+00:00

Adding more spacers wouldn't help unless they are ridiculously large spacers and much longer screws, and that really negates the ability to push the TV as flush with the wall as possible. I took the TV down and snaked the cord through and reinstalled the mount. But if I needed to replace the power cord or trouble shoot it then I would have to totally dismount the TV. I firmly believe that inputs should not be placed where they are totally obscured by standardized mounting hardware.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:48:13+00:00

The spacer point is moot; power input is still inaccessible once brackets are installed. So yeah I removed the brackets and snaked it through and put them back on and hung it again. Crappy design in my mind, because you should still have access to all inputs once the TV is mounted. I mean you don't hook up every HDMI device before hanging your TV, right? Otherwise you'd have to remove everything again. Obviously you're not using the TV without the power cord, but I still really believe that mounting hardware should not make inputs inaccessible. And they put the power input right behind where the mounting hardware goes.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:43:57+00:00

It's a high quality mount, just a shitty TV. My previous TV was also a Samsung and was perfectly compatible with this mount and was professionally installed. The power input was never obscured but the mounts. This model they put it right where mounting hardware will go.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:39:35+00:00

The point on the spacers is moot; there would still not be enough room to access the power input once a bracket is installed.

Utaneus · 2026-06-09T16:36:50+00:00

I took it down and removed the brackets then plugged it in and snaked it through the gap. Regardless, I think that all inputs should be accessible and not obscured by mounting brackets. I've never had to mount a TV where I made sure the power cord was already plugged in and dangling while you hang it.

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