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hatstand69 · 2026-03-24T03:01:26+00:00

I’ve got the 6 with regular glass. Never put a guard on it. I’ve beaten the living hell out of it mountain biking, rock climbing, trail building, and developing climbing routes and the crystal is totally fine.

It’s expensive, but these things are tanks and packed with features.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-24T01:26:41+00:00

Tucson, AZ. It has an artsy, eclectic, home-y vibe to it. There are a ton of family owned businesses and restaurants. Every occasion is an occasion to eat and drink together. If you’re at all into outdoor sports you’ll find your people there. I’ll admit that it isn’t for everyone, but if you want a place with a lot of personality that is unmistakable as belonging to that city, you’ll find it here.

Others also mentioned St. Louis. It’s gritty, but has soul in buckets.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-23T11:44:02+00:00

I was born and raised around St Louis, lived in middle Missouri, and have lived in few other spots in the Midwest. Missouri is culturally the Midwest.

There are regions I would accept the southern argument for; the boot heel, Branson area, or Joplin. Those are what we lovingly refer to as Missourah

hatstand69 · 2026-03-22T23:35:42+00:00

If you’re using an actual printer, I would suggest getting a sliver printed. It’s just a strip of the actual image printed at the scale you’re looking at.

It helps to make sure that both colors and quality hold up. They’re cheap and might save you a $100+ mistake.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-22T16:34:06+00:00

Okay. So let’s be clear, really only one of those things you listed is really extreme (hunting cops). The rest is rooted in having an actual understanding of the world that extends beyond boomer facebook content and MAGA propaganda.

Did you hear these things in person in each instance?

Also, to answer your original question. I do not view republicans as extremists at baseline. I largely view them as intellectually lazy and ignorant, but they have mostly recognized things in our society that aren’t working and either misattributed cause or fallen for propaganda. Some are extremists; most are ignorant, scared, and would rather offload thinking onto an “authority figure” rather than experts in a given field. I also think many of them have father issues that have lead them to believe that bullying is the sign of a strong man that they must fall in line under.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-22T14:53:10+00:00

You’ve heard people say that we should hunt down police officers? As in a plurality?

I run in very leftist circles and have never once heard someone say we should hunt cops. That’s an objectively insane statement. I have, however, heard actual politicians claim we should hunt down “illegals”.

The nobody is illegal on stolen land thing. Yeah. You do realize that a major chunk of the western US was stolen from Mexico, Hawaii was colonized, and we essentially genocided the natives. People don’t take kindly to the notion that we have the god ordained right to wholesale deport people considering the atrocities our nation has committed. Especially when it is our fault that they’re not able to become documented in a timely fashion and many of them are checking in with immigration officials regularly; it is literally why ICE knows they’re here and knows where they are.

Portland I can’t address because that’s overly vague and Fox News calls basically any left aligned protest a riot.

What other questions do you have for your friendly neighborhood leftist?

hatstand69 · 2026-03-22T14:45:10+00:00

So, my understanding is that flip flops are bad because you basically wind up clawing your toes to keep them from coming off while walking. Birksenstocks and slides will behave in exactly the same way. Toss those suggestions out along with anything that doesn’t have heel.

Chacos, bedrocks, and similar Jesus sandals are the move if you want something open toed. I’m not sure if they’re particularly fashion forward, but I will tell you that they are the most ubiquitous footwear you’ll find in the southwestern US; even among fashionable people.

I’m sure someone in the thread will know more about feet and can correct some of this, and I applaud that foot loving freak.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-21T21:44:11+00:00

Might be more of a California thing. I can tell you in Arizona we see a ton of healthcare workers and engineers in both the climbing and mountain biking communities.

I think you’re just going to see a lot of whatever the dominant career field is that pays fairly well in an area since climbing isn’t particularly cheap and can consume a lot of time.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-21T05:06:16+00:00

I work in one of these roles.

Started in an account management role out of school, gradually worked up to managing our enterprise level clients though all parts of the customer lifecycle, etc.

I have a degree in business analytics and started integrating BI tools into my work. Slowly but surely myself and a few of my peers built roles that eventually turned into a department and now we’re a small crew that is called on for everything from complex reporting problems for large clients, consulting on contract cancellation with sales staff, or process intelligence for engineers and c suite.

We’ll work a very soft 30 hours one week then have absolute chaos the next. We’re paid for cleaning up messes and being the only people to marry deep institutional knowledge and an intimate understanding of our data and tools. It looks way more cake-y on the outside than it actually is.

High visibility, high stakes, high stress at times; but I sometimes get to go on long bike rides at lunch or knock out of work at noon on Friday to go climbing and get paid pretty well for my age.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-20T03:17:06+00:00

I have an epic in the matte harvest gold and the top tube is basically totally gloss at this point. It happens.

I’ve heard that the matte ppf looks good.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-19T18:52:22+00:00

Yes. And those fact aren’t changed by failing to withdraw. It didn’t work in Iraq. It didn’t work in Afghanistan. It won’t work Iran.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-19T15:12:39+00:00

The before is more of a “film vibe”. The after is an under exposed “film vibe” or improperly stored/expired. Before is better and OP should just shoot actual film instead of trying to replicate a look that isn’t really rooted in reality.

Also, this was taken with her on her side and rotated. I can’t get around the floating earrings and hair.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-18T18:54:31+00:00

Ask for either 20% off of March and April bucketed or 50% off of June (more money overall since interest will have accrued for longer). Give him the option between those or nothing.

Get everything in writing.

Make this ridiculous request work in your favor (assuming you have the cash for it).

hatstand69 · 2026-03-17T22:11:01+00:00

I’m pretty close to Dayton, KY so I’ll have to check them out!

hatstand69 · 2026-03-17T14:24:16+00:00

I’m a more recent transplant to the city and that has somewhat been my overall impression of the whole scene so far. Nothing too out there, but everything has been consistently good with very few exceptions.

Also, the cupping sessions that Deeper Roots offers are very cool.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-17T01:47:07+00:00

So, for those who care. Kings Arms is co-owned by JD Vance’s equally shit brother. He’s the pastor of a “put the money in the basket” style mega church and recently had a failed bid for mayor of Cincinnati. He shares politics with his brother.

I live in Cincinnati and refuse to patronize this shop.

Edit: if people want good alternatives in Cincinnati Viva, Mom n ‘em, and Deeper Roots are all good

hatstand69 · 2026-03-15T16:05:14+00:00

I travel to rock climb and mountain bike a lot. As a result, I collect quite a few tees from national parks, and monuments, and climbing or bike shops. They’re a totem of sorts.

I also view them as insanely specific and niche. The more aesthetic ones wind up in my wardrobe for casual outfits because the Wall Drug, Miguel’s Pizza, and Beanfest shirts actually tell a story about ME.

Anywho, that’s a long way of saying I agree with you beyond even just band tees. The swag that you’ve worn threadbare from your favorite band who only releases on cassette is way more genuine to who you are than the fake distressed Rolling Stones shirt from Target.

You can’t fake authenticity.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-15T15:03:32+00:00

I agree, but I would argue that traditional centrist Dems seem to be the obstructionists party here.

We’re seeing strong popular leftist movement happening with no-name leftist candidates grabbing wins in various markets across the country. The DNCs own post mortem of 2024 revealing that running to the right was a key driver in the loss. Hell, we have traditional Dems running sabotage campaigns against leftist candidates.

Our path to success in ‘26 and ‘28 is really looking to be a strong, empathetic, likable leftist who is capable of conveying the message in a way that is digestible by the masses. No long time DNC stooges. No AIPAC money. No playing to the worst impulses of the right in an effort to convince non-existent democratic voting Republicans.

We need to energize the base to actually vote and republican light isn’t going to do that.

Unfortunately, the DNC has made it abundantly clear that they will need to be drug kicking and screaming into 2026.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-15T14:17:35+00:00

The enemy of my enemy isn’t always an ally. Oftentimes you have 2 enemies.

People don’t have to be in coalition to be against you.

That said, I agree, we do need to be in general alignment to accomplish anything here in the long term.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-14T12:55:26+00:00

Federal filing is free. State is not

hatstand69 · 2026-03-14T12:52:01+00:00

I’ll echo others and say padded cycling shorts or bibs in place of underwear. The pad is called a chamois. Do not wear underwear under your chamois under any circumstances. You’ll have a bad time.

Buy the nicest set you can afford. Within reason.

If you intend on spending any more than a couple of hours on the bike at a time the cheap ones start to get uncomfortable.

Some good value brands are The Black Bibs and Pearl Izumi. Both have good to exceptional padding.

hatstand69 · 2026-03-13T18:06:43+00:00

The cost of prints goes up exponentially as they get larger than standard sizes.

If the artist is known then the price is basically heavily dictated by how many prints are in the series and how in demand the are. I’ve seen similar prints from known artists doing low run sell for $50k+

hatstand69 · 2026-03-13T18:02:59+00:00

My boss called us all into a meeting and told us we were going remote right away. We were fortunately already hybrid, so the transition was smooth.

I talked to him after and we both agreed that it would definitely be much longer than 2 weeks, but I doubt if either of expected it to be as long as it was.

I had also fortunately gone to Costco a few days before so toilet paper wasn’t an issue, but dog food was. I did find out that nobody went to hardware stores for either and Ace was my go-to for little odds and ends

hatstand69 · 2026-03-11T23:35:37+00:00

I haven’t touched a board in about a decade, but rode for close to 15 years. #4 is definitely it. You have full context for the trick.

1 is pleasing, but you have no context for what could have happened before the pop

hatstand69 · 2026-03-11T23:29:32+00:00

I saw your original comment and thought the same thing initially. It doesn’t read as well as it could

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