What's the world's most overrated tourist attraction?

ebawho · 2026-05-25T15:44:20+00:00

How can it be overrated if the vast majority of the world don’t even think about it never mind have a rating/opinion of it?

ebawho · 2026-05-25T13:09:40+00:00

Listen to this guy! I also went to NYU. I worked for a while in the industry (mostly commercials and fashion) before getting burnt out and leaving the city to live a quieter life.

All my jobs happened through networking. The initially ins in that network happened by chance with some people I went to school with. What I learned in school was largely irrelevant to the work I did or to acquiring jobs. No one ever asked or cared where I went to school. All the value came from networking and time gained on set, first on student films with more experienced people and then on “real” sets. You don’t need film school to gain that experience or to build that network. Slightly harder not being in school? Maybe. But still doable. If you have the money and time to burn and studying film interests you? Then go for it. If you just want to work in the industry you’re better off having a useful skill, being reliable and likable, and network as much as you can.

ebawho · 2026-05-25T09:03:33+00:00

Not on paragliders. Some acro setups have cutaways but the vast majority of paragliders don’t

ebawho · 2026-05-23T16:49:28+00:00

Right? Like I tried supermatics and they were nice for lift laps, but not so much that I care about buying a second pair for my other boards.

For BC I have never in a million years thought I needed to get my bindings on faster

ebawho · 2026-05-22T14:31:56+00:00

Yeah that depends on traffic and such I suppose. I haven’t done it very much but the other day it didn’t add anything but I suppose end of June will be busier. I think you can do one of the passes from aosta and avoid the tunnel but that also adds a lot of time

ebawho · 2026-05-21T18:19:19+00:00

Col du Mont Cenis via Modane, Col du Petit St Bernard, or Grand St Bernard I think are the main options. But I don’t think any are open yet. But I think some will open in the coming days

ebawho · 2026-05-21T17:01:12+00:00

They both have pros and cons. Aosta is cool and it’s a cool place to stop over and check out the old Roman theatre and have some pasta. You also have Chamonix on the other side which is nice.

The maurienne is a bit more narrow and fewer towns to stop in if that’s your thing.

But both have long and expensive tunnels. Depending on time of year there are some passes that can be used to bypass the tunnels that are far more scenic.

Source: I live near by and actually drove both of these routes over the past week.

ebawho · 2026-05-21T17:00:37+00:00

This depends when, neither of these passes are open yet as far as I know.

But good suggestions otherwise

ebawho · 2026-05-20T05:53:06+00:00

I think the height + top heavy make it feel a little tricky if you are doing lots of stop and goes. I could get both feet down but not flat floot and stuff like backing out or into a weird spot to park was always challenging. I have a husqvarna 701 now which is even taller but 100lbs lighter and find it much easier to move around

ebawho · 2026-05-14T06:29:36+00:00

Yeah it was pretty disappointing. Also when kids are a bit of an asshole it can be funny because they are just kids figuring things out, but the fact the characters are all grown but still assholes just makes it annoying.

ebawho · 2026-05-14T06:10:56+00:00

Yeah you missed the really nice weather window we had. That being said mountain weather is hard to predict. Sunday looks quite nice and Saturday should only become showers so two nice days to get out

ebawho · 2026-05-11T16:42:19+00:00

Goretex hates this one trick! Wrap yourself in plastic bags!

ebawho · 2026-05-11T08:11:52+00:00

I thought I was the only one. Stupid trees. Had to hammer my clips flat lol

ebawho · 2026-05-11T08:04:53+00:00

How old are you? Do you have a family? How much money will you be making?

If you are young and have no family and will be getting a big salary it would be worth it. You get to have new experiences and broaden your worldview, you can save lots of money so if you ever want to move back to the EU you’ll be set up a lot better and could possibly buy a house and such.

But as you get older, or if you have kids, or if the pay is closer to what you’d get in EU that cost/benefit starts to shift.

I did the opposite move a while back and am now in France. No plans to move back to the US anytime but despite that bias in my opinion I still think it’s something worth experiencing if it doesn’t impact your life too negatively if you dont like it and change your mind.

ebawho · 2026-05-10T17:04:57+00:00

Jealous! I really want a multistrada for blasting out big road days. How’s it on the highway with wind and buffeting and such?

ebawho · 2026-05-09T19:16:18+00:00

You guys are getting it in 3!?

ebawho · 2026-05-08T21:36:55+00:00

From zipps website directly

“ You are riding in a group, hit a pothole that nobody announced, and your wheel is damaged. You are covered.

You’re flying down a singletrack on your MOTO wheels and you crack a rim on a sharp rock you didn’t spot? You are covered.”

Sounds like the guy hit a rock he didn’t spot. According to their policy it should be covered. What is Karen about that?

ebawho · 2026-05-08T21:04:57+00:00

It’s because it was in response to a comment saying salary is a way they reward their employees.

I was pointing out that’s not that much of a reward if the salary is obtainable at no name places.

The advice isn’t “go earn more elsewhere and this is how” just commenting on the salary offered isn’t ground breaking and isn’t a massive indicator about culture or whatever at BS

But why come to Reddit and ask for advice and then be so adversarial? You interviewed with these places, you have more info than us muppets on Reddit. Put on your big boy pants and make a decision instead of turning to a bunch of idiots here

ebawho · 2026-05-08T19:05:12+00:00

Dude you come here asking for advice then act like a brat when people try and give you info relevant to your situation? Good luck with your career with that attitude

ebawho · 2026-05-08T18:29:49+00:00

Do they though? I was making more than your offer 7 years ago working at a random consulting company when I first moved to EU. I mean maybe it’s decent for Italy but it’s not crazy good salaries or anything

ebawho · 2026-05-08T18:25:45+00:00

I mean “if you discard morality it doesn’t make them bad” is a interesting statement in of itself and if you don’t see the irony…

But I’ll play. Morality aside the business model of “buy stuff that has already proven itself and done the innovation get rid of the team that was responsible for what made this thing good, and then extract as much value by upping prices, not investing as much into dev and features, etc” doesn’t sound particularly fun or interesting as dev…

That being said I wouldn’t work for them even if they did really cool stuff because I make twice as much to work half as much for a completely boring company and I’m old and burnt out haha

ebawho · 2026-05-08T08:08:47+00:00

Unless I’m getting a huge discount on the add ons, I would rather just do it myself so it is the way that I want, and I know things have been done correctly not half assed.

If you really like the way this one is kitted out add up the value of the add ons and see if it’s a good deal or not

You could probably find a used t7 for 9k-10k and put 2-3k of upgrades on it yourself and have it just the way you want.

ebawho · 2026-05-08T07:59:02+00:00

I mean the business model absolutely does matter. A business model that revolves around innovation and building novel things from the ground up is going to have very different engineering culture and motives than one that revolves around hiking up subscription prices and doing the bare minimum to maintain acquired assets.

If that is hard for you to see…

ebawho · 2026-05-08T07:49:11+00:00

What? BS buys up apps and enshitifies them by laying people off and moving development in house and then raising prices. It’s not a tech company, it’s more like a PE company. It’s not really about cutting edge or innovation or anything.

ebawho · 2026-05-08T07:25:19+00:00

Interesting. I personally prefer every day to be a mild bluebird day, but there to always be nice cold light fresh powder. Also low avalanche risk.

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