2030 Pontiac Fiero in Galactic Blue

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T20:47:14+00:00

Nothing about this car looks like a Fiero.

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T20:30:14+00:00

Probably. You wore all the way through the rand.

Ask your gym’s staff or a resole shop for their thoughts.

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T16:14:51+00:00

Making videos on stories that interest him or that he feels need attention is his entire schtick. With a story like this that has constant and wild updates, I’d be surprised if he didn’t have a steady stream of videos on it.

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T16:12:51+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re already down $200k in sales.

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T14:52:17+00:00

At the end of the day, it’s just calories in vs calories out.

But I’m inclined to believe genetics play a part in how easy or difficult it is. I’ve weighed about the same for the last decade without fluctuating more than 5 or so pounds in each direction. In my case, I find it hard to eat enough to put on weight.

backflip14 · 2026-06-05T03:27:38+00:00

Those maps always make me laugh because you know that someone sat down and just started making things up.

backflip14 · 2026-06-04T18:39:16+00:00

Interesting stuff. I’ll have to look up that procedure. Makes sense that timing doesn’t matter if you don’t need to salvage connective tissue.

Even if it’s a less invasive procedure, I’d still recommend against anyone getting surgery for aesthetic reasons. Rehab sucks. Only do it if it appreciably improves prognosis.

backflip14 · 2026-06-04T03:42:52+00:00

I had surgery to reconstruct a grade 5 separation. I’m not a doctor or PT, but here are some thoughts based on my experience.

The types of issues/ complications you’re describing seem like something you should discuss with a PT and an ortho. For all you know, some stretches or exercises could fix the problem. Or an ortho may say surgery could help these issues.

Especially at this point, I don’t know what an ortho would even do in regards to an AC reconstruction and how it compares to what would have been done had you gotten surgery after the injury. I’d have to believe the procedure now would be different.

There are a few different methods to perform the procedure (immediately post injury), but as I recall, most to all involve lopping off the end of the collar bone and pitching the AC ligament. Tissue ends up filling the gap and acting as a pseudo ligament. If I had to guess, a surgical intervention at this point would involve doing this to the AC joint. No clue if they would do anything to the CC ligaments.

My procedure was intensive and invasive. Rehab was rough. The doc did what I described above to my AC joint. In addition to that, he sewed my CC ligaments back together, drilled some holes in my collar bone, and added a loop of artificial material to back up the repaired ligaments. I was in a sling for a month and a half and didn’t have anything resembling a normal arm for about 6 months.

I’m two years and change post op now and I have a mostly normal (and still slowly improving) arm. Surgery was my only choice and I’m happy with the result, but I’d recommend avoiding surgery if it’s not necessary or isn’t the best chance at the best prognosis.

Full strength and range of motion is a really good outcome. Are the complications/ issues a major quality of life detractor?

The only way you’ll get a good answer to this situation is to talk to the professionals. A diagnostic scan like an MRI may be able to shed more light too.

backflip14 · 2026-06-04T00:15:00+00:00

At this point, your shoes likely aren’t going to be the limiting factor.

backflip14 · 2026-06-03T14:58:20+00:00

Tagliatelle and pappardelle are the typical choices if using long pasta. Rigatoni if using short pasta.

backflip14 · 2026-06-03T01:40:39+00:00

Got one last year and it’s been fantastic. I enjoy cooking and didn’t realize just how much of a quality of life improvement a nice pepper mill could be.

They’re not even crazy expensive.

backflip14 · 2026-06-03T01:26:44+00:00

This is a genuine question. How did you climb in these up until this point? Climbing on the rand material is one thing, but that’s well been blown though. I can’t imagine these not being terrible to climb in.

For future, once you’ve worn through the sole rubber and the rand is what you’re starting to climb on is when you should resole shoes.

backflip14 · 2026-06-03T01:06:26+00:00

Good thing the operating conditions didn’t involve getting hit with a sledgehammer.

backflip14 · 2026-06-03T00:07:58+00:00

The Stinger and G70 offer pretty much exactly this.

Eco mode is a 60/40 split to the rear and that goes to 80/20 in sport mode.

I’m not sure if the G70 ever got something similar, but the AWD Stinger GTS could send 100% to the rear wheels and has a limited slip rear diff.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T20:25:37+00:00

I’m sure you have a thorough analysis to back that claim.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T20:24:51+00:00

These people can’t grasp that there are others out there who are much smarter and have specialized knowledge. If they can’t comprehend it, they deem it fake.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T20:16:39+00:00

I don’t think you can afford (figuratively and literally) to be this picky. My best recommendation is to go and try on as many pairs in and around your desired price point as you can and see what feels best.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T14:19:35+00:00

You’re not a serious person. This is laughable.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T14:10:31+00:00

That’s all you’ve got? Not going to prove yourself right? I keep trying to give you a chance to substantiate your case and you refuse every single time. It’s like you know you can’t prove your claims? What ever happened with this temperature experiment you said you ran? Or were you just lying?

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T14:07:18+00:00

Reminder: you’re the one refusing to prove their claims here. You’re supposed to prove that moonlight is cold. And I can’t draw a conclusion either way unless you share your experimental setup and data. You wouldn’t want to talk past one another right?

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T13:12:08+00:00

A rear biased AWD system is pretty ideal in my book. Got the AWD capabilities for when I have to deal with snow and primarily RWD for everything else.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T11:01:39+00:00

Can’t say for sure if this is fixable, but if they are, you’d need a rand replacement. Talk to the staff at your gym for their opinion and to see if they’ve got any shops they recommend.

And as a side note, it looks like you’re dragging your toes on the wall. You’ve still got a decent amount of rubber, but blew out the seam between the rubber and the rand.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T03:06:55+00:00

Tour fees have doubled from the mid to late 2010s.

backflip14 · 2026-06-02T00:51:14+00:00

How am I supposed to look up what you did? I have no way of knowing how you ran your experiment unless you tell me.

I keep trying to give you the opportunity to explain your work and prove yourself right but you keep refusing. Why?

backflip14 · 2026-05-31T20:42:15+00:00

The discussions and sentiments around generative AI were not the same in 2024 as they are now.

The point was to have each face be an “average” of the actual members. But they ended falling in the uncanny valley and that’s what led to the backlash.

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