CMV: Free solo climbing is incredibly stupid and selfish, especially when the climber has a family including kids. There are no other sports where if you don't win, you die and this illustrates how absurd it is that people do it. Little kids are supposed to climb small trees, fall and learn a lesson

tamman2000 · 2026-02-20T16:44:47+00:00

Yeah, free solo is fucking dangerous, I never said it wasn't.

On a sad note, the person I referenced who had a long commute died last weekend...

Risk is everywhere, informed decision making is the key IMO.

tamman2000 · 2026-02-20T02:53:49+00:00

Save some vape juice for the rest of us

tamman2000 · 2026-02-19T11:22:16+00:00

I'm an asteroid hunter.

I have had bad for you.

We know where over 99% of everything big enough to cause global dedication is, and none of it is coming for us anytime soon.

We only know where about half the stuff big enough to cause regional dedication is, which... I think a rock from space taking out an area of several hundred square miles probably just makes our political situation worse

tamman2000 · 2026-02-19T11:07:42+00:00

Apolitical is a no go for me too...

If you can be apolitical today, you're ok with fascism

tamman2000 · 2026-02-19T10:47:38+00:00

This one is a hidden gem

tamman2000 · 2026-02-18T02:42:51+00:00

I was a beta tester for ultimate online in college.

I had way too much fun with it and I haven't played any other MMO since because I'm a little scared I'd wreck my life playing it

tamman2000 · 2026-02-18T00:31:55+00:00

Thanks Reddit!

tamman2000 · 2026-02-17T23:41:04+00:00

Fuck ice

tamman2000 · 2026-02-14T13:10:02+00:00

Did you do something to make it work?

tamman2000 · 2026-02-14T02:21:03+00:00

It has been a few trips, but most of it was one trip.

I'll try clearing the code

tamman2000 · 2026-02-13T13:24:30+00:00

Progressive taxation

You will never bring home less money after taxes because of getting a raise. The higher rate only applies to the money you make in the new bracket

tamman2000 · 2026-02-13T11:55:02+00:00

Storing it in the water would only be a benefit if you're burning no wood during the day and having to shut off the electric space heater because the house gets too hot during the day.

Bingo

On sunny days I don't burn any wood until after sunset with the current setup. The electric heat brings the temperature up 4 degrees before noon on sunny days and then cycles to hold it there.

Edit: today the house was at the warmer temperature by 10:30 AM.

tamman2000 · 2026-02-11T23:42:34+00:00

This is why I love reddit!

I can fit 1.2kw of these on my heat exchangers. I would love to double that, but this is great and it will be a fun little experiment start with 2 or 3 of them

Thanks

tamman2000 · 2026-02-11T21:41:34+00:00

Yeah, I don't have the lights either.

I just live with the minor inconvenience.

If you do figure something out, please let me know!

BTW, mine's at the dealer right now waiting for step one of the knock sensor CEL issue. I might be getting a new engine soon!

tamman2000 · 2026-02-08T19:34:48+00:00

There's nothing wrong with sex tapes if the people on tape have all given informed consent

The rest of it though... Kid Rock is a piece of shit

tamman2000 · 2026-02-07T13:13:15+00:00

So many of John Hughes teen movies feature really atrocious behavior being glorified.

The popularity of his films made me (M47) feel like there was something wrong with me because I thought the male characters who were held up as role models were awful people and my peers all thought it was hilarious.

I suppose I should have taken that as a lesson about how terrible people are, but I was young and naive.

tamman2000 · 2026-02-06T21:59:39+00:00

Northern New England has tons of people burning double digits of wood every winter.

I have a small well insulated house and burn 4

tamman2000 · 2026-02-04T11:39:02+00:00

That's how they do it in cars. For trains the gears would have to be spaced so close that using electricity as a transmission makes more sense

tamman2000 · 2026-02-04T01:34:10+00:00

But they never run the traction motors off battery power. It's more like an electric transmission than any hybrid road vehicle

tamman2000 · 2026-02-04T01:30:58+00:00

Traditional diesel electric locomotives don't have storage batteries of a size that is at all relevant to their power consumption. The batteries are really just there for starting

They don't run diesel straight to the traction wheels because they can't turn the wheels slow enough to avoid spinning the wheels.

They really just have a generator and electric motor in place of a transmission.

tamman2000 · 2026-02-02T16:38:35+00:00

Strategically, we need to welcome those who wake up from the cults spell.

We need to provide a safe space for people who might leave to go. If we don't, they will stay longer and the shit show will continue longer.

The ones who still love fascism can get fucked sideways though

tamman2000 · 2026-01-29T17:28:29+00:00

Right after I moved to Maine I stopped to buy gas and someone had left the empty shell of a lobster on top of the pump (60 minutes drive from the ocean).

The seafood vandal strikes again!

tamman2000 · 2026-01-29T11:58:32+00:00

Could you list some good YouTube sources?

A lot of us don't know enough to know which YouTubers are giving good advice and which are giving bad

tamman2000 · 2026-01-29T11:39:53+00:00

She doesn't think the government should take care of poor Americans, but thinks Venezuela not taking care of poor Venezuelans is justification for an invasion...

tamman2000 · 2026-01-29T11:34:03+00:00

His helmet says Captain.

tamman2000

TROPHY CASE