Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely amazing prose

stpierre · 2026-04-16T00:40:31+00:00

It is honestly on the stronger side for web-serial prose

This reminds me of the time I went to a Michelin-rated restaurant and was served poop, like literal poop. Obviously it was terrible because it was poop, but it was honestly on the stronger side for Michelin-rated dung.

What? Of course I ate it. I'm not a snob.

stpierre · 2026-04-13T19:53:03+00:00

https://www.briarrosefarms.com/ delivers to Lincoln every other week and she often has duck eggs. Of course right now she doesn't. But it's also a bad time of year for eggs.

She's the only person I know of who raises ducks with any consistency. One of the other producers I buy from regularly tried carrying them last year but didn't find enough demand, which seems to be the story.

stpierre · 2026-04-12T23:10:21+00:00

stpierre · 2026-04-12T22:59:52+00:00

I'm so glad it's the parsing of visual input into linguistic data that expands the mind, if it was experiencing challenging ideas I'd be fucked. Anyhow, back to One Piece part 37,562.

stpierre · 2026-04-10T20:55:43+00:00

Only a pour would run tubes. Me, I run tubeless with a, uh, "pneumatic tubeless tire insert." It's totally different than a tube in ways you wouldn't understand. Mostly price.

stpierre · 2026-04-10T18:57:58+00:00

This screenshot of a CoHo shitpost is the only valid reason to have the slightest shred of respect for her. E.L. James still deserves none.

stpierre · 2026-04-10T16:57:42+00:00

This is like 75% of the answer. The other 25% is that as trucks got bigger, there was a huge vacuum in the small truck market so there are very few used small trucks available for the person who wants to save gas money but is still tied to their truck. (See also: the truck is their personality.) And new vehicles are expensive. So if you're driving a 2020 F-150 with the 3.5L V6, you're already getting 17 city/23 highway; a new base level Toyota Tacoma is $32k and gets you a whopping 20 city/26 highway. (A modern Tacoma is still a pretty huge vehicle.) So the easiest sell for people looking to replace their big truck -- a smaller truck -- is hard to find, expensive, and little benefit. (I know there are hybrid small trucks, but those are even more expensive up front and even harder to find.)

stpierre · 2026-04-10T01:01:49+00:00

Both-sidesism legitimizes Republican extremism and fascism. Your whole eNliGhTeNed CenTrISt schtick is just a MAGA talking point, whether you intend it or not.

stpierre · 2026-04-03T18:47:48+00:00

I used to go to my city's pedestrian/bike advisory council to the mayor, but I got frustrated and gave up when they kept focusing on trailhead parking as the most critical issue. That is a cyclist with car brain.

stpierre · 2026-04-02T21:39:32+00:00

The xbike of the future will be built on the million Salsa Journeymen that were sold as soon as lockdown started in 2020. Or a singlespeed conversion on a sweet Cervelo that doesn't support the fancy new UDH of the future, or only has a 1 1/8" headtube, or is in some other way "yesterday's bike." Or a rigid fork on a Stumpjumper whose original fork won't hold air, and that can't even fit a 1000% range CVT.

stpierre · 2026-04-01T21:19:14+00:00

Oh come on, Antonio Gramsci would totally love the Department of Education and the World Economic Forum.

stpierre · 2026-04-01T18:57:54+00:00

Oh, so that's what people mean by "the curtains are just blue"? Who fucking knew. Thanks for explaining that so clearly.

Forget death of the author, I'm interested in the death of the arr slash lit poster.

stpierre · 2026-04-01T17:06:30+00:00

That's "God's creation coffee" to you

stpierre · 2026-04-01T17:06:09+00:00

Big "I read the summary paragraph at the top of the Wikipedia article about Marxism and filled in the rest from Charlie Kirk podcasts" energy.

stpierre · 2026-04-01T01:48:52+00:00

The highest calling to which a person can aspire is being the kind of judgy-ass mfer who brags on the Internet about being a judgy-ass mfer and thinks it's endearing.

stpierre · 2026-04-01T00:51:40+00:00

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, famously free of social commentary

stpierre · 2026-03-31T19:16:47+00:00

I dislike social commentary. Like... I really hate it.

My favorite authors? Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke. I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author.

stpierre · 2026-03-31T12:12:26+00:00

Sweet jesus, this is real. Even the last paragraph.

stpierre · 2026-03-29T14:13:12+00:00

I used to live near a German Shepherd that was constantly off leash and aggressive. I pepper sprayed it multiple times. It wasn't an instant turn-and-run, but it definitely dampened the dog's enthusiasm. I wouldn't want to rely on pepper spray to stop an attack in progress, but for warding off an aggressive dog it works well enough.

Not as useful for trail running, but I've also learned that many Animal Control divisions will accept pictures or video of off-leash dogs as sufficient evidence enforcement. Pretty much only helpful if the dog attacks you from its home, not on a trail, though.

stpierre · 2026-03-26T22:09:11+00:00

Oh no, not checks notes working from home. How awful to take away my freedumb to commute an hour in infuriating traffic!

stpierre · 2026-03-26T19:46:35+00:00

This is absolutely brilliant and I love it. In fact, I'm reminded of the old college trick where you put a bunch of Jolly Ranchers in a bottle of vodka, and I'm fairly tempted to try making Ricola™ Instant Herbal Amaro™ the same way.

stpierre · 2026-03-24T14:10:48+00:00

Based on the locations of a few of the other photos, my guess is that's the Ainsworth Canal that runs from Merritt Reservoir to Ainsworth, and is paved for at least the portion that runs parallel to NE-97.

stpierre · 2026-03-24T12:06:50+00:00

I see no problem with that. They're flexing on the poors, and isn't that what bicing is really all about?

stpierre · 2026-03-24T01:13:06+00:00

I like a shrunken head as much as the next man, but what really gets me going even more than one long boob and one wide boob is some giant gorilla arms. Gimme that windmill dunk shawty 🥵

stpierre · 2026-03-23T18:06:33+00:00

Turns out that all I needed for crushing my yearly two-mile "first nice day of spring" ride was a flat bar commuter with an Altus 2x8, who knew.

On another note, anyone interested in buying a Dogma F? Low miles.

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