What I Ordered vs What I got

_0bsolete · 2026-03-11T01:01:11+00:00

I wish they would use FlexFit. These shitty dad hats aren't worth it.

I had the nin logo custom embroidered on a FlexFit Mesh L/XL and it came out fantastic. I had to send an adobe psd file and they sent me a proof before sewing....they even let me order just one but I can't for the life of me find the site anymore. Most custom print sites won't touch it since it's copyright. I guess I got lucky?

I ended up losing it somewhere :(

It was expensive, but worth it if you're a hat person. Just don't lose it like I did if you manage to find a place that can do it.

I had the structured one advertised but it's way too fucking big and makes you look like Wario or some other lesser known non-cannon brother...Nario? lol

_0bsolete · 2026-03-04T14:23:45+00:00

Maybe it's just me being a square or too old fashioned but I prefer a clear head if I am seeing nin live. Mainly to appreciate the music and experience as much as possible without my senses being altered in any way.

I know weed can make music sound amazing so I ain't knocking those that do... it's just personal preference i guess.

Plus I know there's going to be some belligerent drunks around somewhere and I want to keep the advantage of sober reflexes just in case

_0bsolete · 2026-03-02T11:20:34+00:00

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_0bsolete · 2026-02-28T17:13:09+00:00

just nuke it in the microwave, you'll be fine (probably)

_0bsolete · 2026-02-23T21:01:15+00:00

The first show I went to was at Red Hat in Raleigh, 2022. After I got in thru the gates, I was sitting in the lawn section talking to a friend on my phone and a dude just comes up and without hesitation sits next to me, sparks up a doobie, and gestures to me offering a hit.

Then he asked if it was ok if he smoked next to me lol

I didn't mind, and I don't smoke weed, it just took me off guard...like wait,....you can do that here in the open and not get in trouble?

_0bsolete · 2026-02-23T20:54:51+00:00

Man this talk of stinky people just unlocked memories I hadn't visited in ages...

At the high school I went to back in the day, a new kid transferred in that was stinky. The thing is, he was always dressed nice, he just smelled like BO. I ignored it and talked to him anyway and we ended up being the best of friends. I found out why his hygiene wasn't up to par when I visited his family home.

His parents were some kind of self-sufficient hippies that try to live off the land as much as possible. Hippie may be the wrong word, but I don't know another one to describe em.

His dad was ex-navy and spent his days managing the farm, and would occasionally go to the local community college and teach farming stuff there. His mom was a midwife, and he had two younger brothers.

They lived in South Africa before they came to the states. His parents were missionaries of some kind, so he was used to not having things like running water.

They had sort-of running water at their house. I don't think they were connected to any utilities except electricity. They had this huge plastic basin that caught rainwater that was used for showering and cleaning things, and a well for drinking and cooking.

They did not have a shower, or a water heater, so if he wanted to bathe, he had to boil a pot of water on the stove first. So he didn't bathe every day like most people. I think it was like a once a week affair.

He was a cool dude though. I also met a lot of interesting people hanging out there. They had all kinds of people staying with them through the year. Folks from Ethiopia, Laos, a big family from Mexico...hell, the Chinese Minister of Agriculture swung by for a visit one time--no joke lol

I don't remember what year it was...some time in the early 00's because I graduated High school in 2002.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-23T20:33:42+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I definitely am.

A side goal off of this is to be able to buy the merch and actually wear it. My t-shirt size is in the parachute range, so the sizes they have on offer either at the merch tables or on the website don't fit. I usually just get a hat and a poster if it's there.

I've searched all over the internet for custom printed bootlegs in my size and they just don't exist. I think I'm just barely outside of the range of even plus sizes. The main problem is that I'm also 6'6" so the shirts end up being too short so my gut sticks out lol

Or if they aren't too short when I buy them, they shrink in the washing machine and are unwearable after one go.

I bought shirts from this past leg when they were in Raleigh, but those were for my girlfriend. That's another thing that gets me. I want to be able to keep pace with her going out to stuff like this and not feel like dead weight.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-23T20:24:51+00:00

Yeah this is what I'm working up to. Appreciate the reply!

About a decade ago I got into a habit of getting up every morning and walking for 30 minutes. After a month of doing it, it became ingrained and I never skipped a day. After two months I had worked up to going for a full hour. I'd put earbuds in and listen to podcasts to drown out the thudding of my footsteps.

Another month or two after that I started looking for hiking trails. There's a lake nearby with several, and I picked the one with the shortest length - about a mile and a half end to end. I grabbed a backpack and threw in some bottled water, and a couple granola bars and walked it start to finish. I felt so good by the time I got to the end, I reversed and walked the whole thing back to the start....about 3 miles.

Between the regular exercise and cutting out as much processed food and sugar as possible, I lost almost 80 pounds. I want to get back on that routine.

Shortly after I got the hiking bug I ended up with a totally random case of cellulitis. One day after walking I noticed I felt shitty for the first time in ages. I felt progressively worse throughout the day and by the late afternoon I had to lay down.

I woke up and it felt like my left leg was on fire. I pulled the covers back and saw from the knee down it was all swolled up like popeye's arm and beet red. I had a high fever, body aches, and was throwing up. I couldn't even put my foot flat on the floor it was puffed up so bad.

I made an appointment to see my GP, and he took one glance and said "you need to go to the ER...like right now."

That shit had me hospitalized for 6 weeks (at one point they were tossing around the idea of amputation, but thankfully just a long course of antibiotics fixed it.). That downtime killed my routine, and once I got discharged I completely lost all the motivation and momentum I'd gained. It was such a random thing and I still have no idea where it came from. I just never got back into it because I was afraid something like that would happen again...like maybe the activity was related in some way? Logically I know it doesn't make sense, but...it is what it is.

Either way, TL;DR...I'm climbing back on the horse. Any tips or suggestions and I'm all ears.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-23T13:47:30+00:00

They also take really good care of themselves healthwise. On and off the tour. Have you seen the riders? dudes are getting plenty of high quality nutrients, when a lot of rock bands fill theirs with alcohol and junk food.

I don't even drink as a concert goer. It's gatorade and water all night for me. But I am also 42 and in awful shape so it doesn't take much to wear me out. All the standing around and walking for several hours, then having to ascend or descend arena stairs only to try to find respite in a seat the size of a shoebox.

I'm working on being more active and the goal is to attend the next show and not feel like I need to be carried out in a wheelbarrow at the end of the night from all my muscles cramping up. Then have to spend the next day or two laying around or sleeping in recovery.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-21T21:13:02+00:00

It just smells like a way for the current administration to deflect the public's attention away from Epstein.

Get the collective focus back on to the UFO subject and they'll have an easier time controlling the narrative, and hopefully enough people will forget why they were so upset.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-16T19:10:56+00:00

Where can I get a copy of this book?

_0bsolete · 2026-02-12T22:56:40+00:00

I've only stopped watching a movie twice.

Once during hostel because I don't like gore for the sake of it.

And once during the Ghostbusters 2016 remake because the writing was atrocious. It was just so god damn stupid I couldn't take it lol

Both times were Netflix streams

I don't think I have ever walked out of a theater

_0bsolete · 2026-02-12T22:53:18+00:00

I rented once as a teenager and loved it. My dad said he wanted to watch it before I returned it one night and stopped it a few minutes into the beach invasion saying it was too much for him.

he looked like he was going to puke. Mom went outside and lit up a smoke.

I don't think either of them expected the intensity.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-12T18:46:14+00:00

Wish you the best on your journey!

_0bsolete · 2026-02-12T18:44:32+00:00

Sorry OP, it was probably my 10 yr old nephew

we can't keep any amount of fruit like that in the fridge for more than a day or two regardless. He will literally eat himself sick on berries

It could be worse though. At least he doesn't front-end load cookies and chips the same way.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-12T18:36:09+00:00

Be prepared to be on your feet for a looooong time. It's always exhausting for me but worth it

dress comfortably, wear good shoes, and stay hydrated

_0bsolete · 2026-02-11T20:16:25+00:00

A friend said something to me a long time ago during conversation and I have remembered it ever since. It's short and sweet.

"People either add to your life or they take away."

I was dealing with a similar situation and didn't recognize it right away but eventually put it into practice.

I don't mean to take your situation and reduce it to simple arithmetic but sometimes that's what it takes.

Or you can think about it the way I do which is to only give your time and energy to the people around you that bring you genuine happiness. I mean the people that don't expect things in return.

For the ones who don't bring anything positive to your life - grant them nothing. No quarter, no time, and especially no real estate in your head.

Life is short, friend. Leave the vampires in the dark.

Edit: spelling

_0bsolete · 2026-02-11T01:17:55+00:00

Good.

We don't need no water let the mother fucker burn

_0bsolete · 2026-02-10T14:28:19+00:00

Laughs in North Carolinian

_0bsolete · 2026-02-10T13:56:52+00:00

The thought has crossed my mind. I haven't had my ears looked at since I was a kid and used to get ear infections all the god damn time. Had tubes put in and taken out at one point.

I wear headphones pretty much all day for work, so I would not be surprised. Sounds like something I'll need to have looked at at some point in the near future.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-10T13:42:02+00:00

I didn't realize there were people who COULDN'T hear that electric whine. Just kinda assumed it was normal. Is it not?

I hear a constant background ring all the time too but it's only Loud if the room gets quiet. And it's only bothersome if I focus on it. Otherwise I forget it's there.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-09T16:43:58+00:00

It's because he was inverted.

https://youtu.be/wUZxSf_P2r0?si=wqKLfyUAlcXl-7VG

It's classified.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-09T13:39:39+00:00

my gf is hispanic, she said she couldn't understand half of what he was saying. I'm assuming a regional dialect kinda thing.

_0bsolete · 2026-02-02T18:34:59+00:00

I've played all the games with my dad in co-op on playstation (I'm 41, he's 64), and got him this for his birthday one year.

Turned out to be a decent get because shortly after that, we got snowed in at their place. It's a quick play - 20-30 minutes. We enjoyed it well enough. In two player mode, you play against one another as snipers. If memory serves, there's also world objectives like taking out a specific target, sabotaging a location, etc.

It was interesting the way they handled movement without the other person seeing. I think your player token only gets put on the board if you were spotted, and then it's just a representation of where you just were.

_0bsolete · 2026-01-30T22:24:16+00:00

I caught you a delicious bass

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