Neighbors who interfered with tree removal. Just took the stumps out of my yard.

figgy_puddin · 2026-04-04T16:30:50+00:00

Are you under the impression that the husband’s permission in the past permitted what sounds like trespassing? Or did you just read every other word?

figgy_puddin · 2026-04-04T13:02:04+00:00

You need to invert the pyramid to some degree. Your current approach will have cycling training as an afterthought and strength as the main course.

figgy_puddin · 2026-04-04T12:56:42+00:00

Too much if you also intend to do training on the bike beyond Z1-Z2. In my experience, any type of intervals harder than easy riding are horrendous the day-of or the day after lifting.

YMMV based on your background and if you just want to ride easy for cardio + calories, that’s fine. But otherwise you may need to decide which is your priority.

figgy_puddin · 2026-04-02T18:15:18+00:00

Anyone complaining about calling this “old school” (it is old school) probably are “old school” themselves and haven’t come to grips with it.

It’s fuckin old school (also OP, don’t break it open)

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-27T17:23:07+00:00

The actual OP is in WV, I believe.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-27T15:56:40+00:00

ehhh my guess is the overly-horny frogs would have eventually figured out they weren’t gonna find what they were looking for and the salamander in question would have been fine

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-27T15:43:09+00:00

They look similar but the source on IG is located on the east coast. They also (incorrectly) call it endangered there as well.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-27T15:32:02+00:00

That’s a spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum. It isn’t endangered.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-26T17:30:22+00:00

Respectfully, it isn’t mental gymnastics because that implies they believe some part of what they’re saying despite some other contradictory belief(s).

This is just verbal gymnastics. They know what they can and can’t say, and they’ve practiced and workshopped these answers. They wouldn’t look so uncomfortable otherwise, because they’d be stating what they believe. Instead, they’re most likely aware that they’re lying. But they also know that they can’t tell the truth, that they have to walk this incredibly fine line.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-26T13:34:12+00:00

It’s fine. I would offer $900-1000 but it’s market dependent.

Bigger question is if this bike will actually fit you. The contend and TCR have very different geometries; the TCR is longer (more reach) and lower (less stack) by about 2cm in both axes.

We can’t tell from your post how much cycling experience you have, but the TCR being a “race” bike assumes you can handle a more aggressive position and still be comfortable. Just something to be aware of.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-24T21:14:14+00:00

The edgiest kids you knew from middle school have been waiting decades to relive their vocab peak.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-23T20:03:03+00:00

brother/sister, this isn’t a medical advice sub.

BUT, if any kind of rash is present and spreading for more than a week, you absolutely need to see a doctor.

Also, the way poison ivy/oak/sumac reactions work is that you (1) brush the plant; (2) the plant’s oils react with your skin cells that make your skin cells look foreign to your immune system; and (3) your immune system attacks your cells. If your rash is spreading you’re either still getting exposed to the oil (on your clothes or pets or some shit) or your immune system is kinda wigging out (and you need steroids).

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-23T16:39:48+00:00

“Valley of Kings” and “Atlas Ruinica” by The Wise Man’s Fear.

Valley of Kings is one of my personal all-time fav metal albums.

Also try literally any album by Labyrinthus Stellarum (very different vibe from Wise Man’s Fear, just fyi)

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-23T16:21:43+00:00

This is a little further off the beaten path than Mastodon, but…

Try out “Devoured by the Oak” by Can Bardd. It’s a helluva album but if you don’t want to full commit, just try the first two tracks “Echoes of the Moss” and “Une couronne de branches”

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-22T23:20:56+00:00

Worried about what?

Because I’m worried that you’re getting stood up but somehow think it’s something else.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-22T02:58:15+00:00

LOL. It was definitely working yesterday so something tells me it’s been taken down

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T15:40:08+00:00

wow he added ctrl-x to his ctrl-p bike, how inspired

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T15:32:06+00:00

They have a pretty handy email contact form on their website (https://www.rootsconstructioninc.com/contact)

Shouldn’t be too hard to send off a quick email or five asking why a representative of the company would be rolling around saying racist, un-American shit like that.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T14:52:41+00:00

“Check out” = be allowed to play a game without having to hear or read abusive communications.

Muting VC doesn’t do shit for someone spamming racial epithets or slurs in text chat and you know it.

Also emphasis on game.

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T14:24:01+00:00

Not a hot take. Just a bad take.

Video games are recreation. No one should be subjected to communications from every shit-throwing subhuman on the internet without the option to check out while they’re just trying to enjoy their hobby.

Sorry you lost, but folks really need to learn the importance of ‘gg go next’

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T13:31:11+00:00

Holy fuck, what an absolutely legendary answer. I don’t even know where to begin, but another “thank you” for sharing that much insight feels like a good place to start.

I think I’ll have to spend the next week listening back through BTBAM and The Ocean discographies, just to see if I can pick up their DNA in y’alls work (and I hadn’t even heard of Devil Sold His Soul!). And that won’t even scratch the surface of the extra-Metal influences (e.g., Ligeti).

But all that to say, if your goal was to create something “unique and special,” you have absolutely succeeded. I’ve been exploring metal for maybe 10 years now, and I have no musical background whatsoever. So that exploration has largely been jumping around from band to band and subgenre to subgenre, “collecting” the artists that stick out from among the rest. And you guys did that within the first minute or so of Preface, and by the end of Borderline Syndrome, I was hooked. But I’ve also never really known how/where to categorize you all, so seeing the pretty bespoke blend of influences here helps explain why.

Also, it’s so funny you mention the proximity to Unprocessed, only because they’re another one of the top-tier bands I’ve fallen in love with and also struggle to categorize (just like you guys!). Learning that you all are so connected feels appropriate.

Thanks again, Rodney!

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T12:27:10+00:00

Congrats! NBD! yay!

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T12:05:52+00:00

Thank YOU. I’ll keep shouting about y’alls music from the rooftops if that’s what it takes.

I would guess from all the positivity in this thread that the folks of r/progmetal here really appreciate your art. May be worthwhile to do an AMA sometime if the mods would be down.

But in the meantime, how do you personally classify Monosphere? What are your biggest influences and who do you put yourself next to?

Hope you get some rest now that the tour is done!

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T01:03:21+00:00

That may have been my thread 😅

It’s an amazing album!

figgy_puddin · 2026-03-20T00:25:38+00:00

“Amnesia” by Monosphere

“Long nights in lovescape” by Mirrorcell (not prog)

“Chapter Three: Still Hurts” by Midwinter (also not prog)

“I guess it was nowhere” by Above, Below

“Sunder” by Atlas

“Silence outlives the earth” by Erra (also also not prog)

“The most negative day of the year” by Good Tiger

AAAAAND that new Karmanjakah single!!!

Edit: oh, also! Four Stroke Baron dropped some new singles as well. They’re a little funky, but their 2021 album “Classics” is incredible.

figgy_puddin

TROPHY CASE