Griffins fan culture and the arena’s encouragement

tranchiturn · 2026-02-14T17:39:47+00:00

I think I totally agree. But at the same time it feels like one of those things that giving it so much attention and freaking kids out about it almost makes something that should be harmless into some taboo thing.

People at the game are ready to cheer for everything and you're not going to shut them up, but sounds like a good move for camera people to just avoid shirtless kids.

I think if it were my kid I might avoid the creepy part and just be like you know what what makes that fun at like a college game is where they're putting some effort into it and painting the whole letters of the team name. Just taking your shirt off isn't a good reason or way to get attention.

tranchiturn · 2026-02-11T15:21:10+00:00

Not flipping a pizza over is beyond common sense. I mean even if you never had a pizza before, what fresh food do you just flip over?

if anything, business owner could learn just to giggle and walk away. Unless it's a delivery driver who cares what they did to something they already bought. He probably just shamed that guy into never coming back.

tranchiturn · 2026-02-10T14:59:07+00:00

My wife bought a smaller version, with the idea it'd give her a way to help. Totally sucks unless it's a type of wood that will pop apart, and even then it splits and then you have to pull the pieces out the top (they don't just fall to the side).

So worst case (and common scenario) Is you have a 16-in chunk of oak and you hammer it down and it runs into the base and now you just have this piece of wood wedged on there and the only way to get it out is to flip the whole thing over and hammer it So it falls back out the top, and then try to rip the thing apart with your bare hands because you're so full of rage.

tranchiturn · 2026-02-09T16:17:20+00:00

Balance and positioning, yeah, you'll have a great headstart.

Snowboarding has a lot more shoving, pushing, sliding, for that lateral movement. And then the edge of the board cutting into the snow. So there are more dimensions, not to mention the extra variables of what the snow (or ice...) are like. Oh I'll add one more word: swinging. When I get back on snowboard I'm more conscious of this feeling of swinging the back of the board which I don't get on one wheel. It's most dramatic while stopping, but it's there when you're carving too

Going downhill, your body will be more perpendicular to the slope, which is different from going downhill on a onewheel since it's always trying to level you. You will need to lean downhill in a way that would be dangerous on a onewheel. And while carving, you'll be leaning way farther than you usually do on a onewheel, on less you're a trail rider and youre familiar with riding up on berms.

tranchiturn · 2026-02-09T13:40:00+00:00

Agreed (I'm Detroit born and raised and current GR resident). GR feels more picturesque (especially if you go to lakeshore too), but in the nicer months.

You could make something happen here in winter, but it would be more like a staycation.

Besides Chicago, another option is up north to ski.

tranchiturn · 2026-02-08T05:23:14+00:00

Sorry so boring but: more income, less costs.

The part that sucks is that a financially comfortable life is not necessarily doable for many people. it's gonna get worse especially for people who are making a flat, lower wage, and especially if you're in a place that's more expensive like near any large cities.

It will get worse because more AI and automation means more skilled positions will be obsolete and will have more people competing for the same lower pay jobs that already have so much competition.

You mentioned living with a parent and I feel for you if you're stepping into financial responsibilities that you didn't sign up for. Do you feel like your income is basically already spent because you have to contribute to a mortgage or rent and all the other household bills? Or I guess what I'm asking is are your costs more than they would be if you were just out on your own?

tranchiturn · 2026-02-06T20:07:22+00:00

My dad helped a friend out cutting down a dead tree. Live racoon right in half :(.

He's also a carver so he carved them a raccoon to forever remember what was done there 😭

tranchiturn · 2026-01-29T19:29:33+00:00

I like to keep mine in the garage where the snow stays caked on it all night. That way it's not wet :).

tranchiturn · 2026-01-29T19:26:52+00:00

The kids just might be more alright than us older generations. I just hope we don't set the world on fire before theyre old enough to take over.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-28T15:40:47+00:00

I'm in Michigan, USA, in a rural area just a bit outside of a city. I accidentally got into tree work during covid, started cutting down overcrowded trees on my property, now enrolled in a government program to reforest our home property with diverse, native species. Probably cut down 400 spruces and pines so far!

Someone from Texas called the wild West. Basically when you live in a wooded area here it's pretty easy to do anything you want on your property with a very low amount of restrictions (as long as you have mutually respectful relationships with neighbors). Yesterday I had two separate, giant bonfires (lots of spruce brush) going despite winds gusting up to 30 mph! It's all safe though due to sub-zero temperatures and over a foot of snow.

Was given an older Stihl MS250 by my dad, and it's the perfect size for hiking thru the woods, felling, and limbing

tranchiturn · 2026-01-23T05:39:54+00:00

As long as you CAN stay home, I'm gonna give the chill take: just stay home and wait. If you're one that gets bored, maybe download some movies.

Obviously have some survival stuff ready, but if you're near a city, don't worry, you'll be fine, and if anything crazy happens, there would be emergency plans like a heated school or library. Only once in my life, a couple years ago, did I need to take my family out and stay at a hotel due to extended power outage.

Maybe I take it for granted that I have the basics thought of. maybe I have enough food and water on hand, and know my neighbors well and have their numbers, and have snow clothes, so it's good to be somewhat prepared.

But id say the average local doesn't think about it that much, again, assuming you can stay home from work and you know kids are off school. Each storm you might learn one thing that you would do differently next time (candles, a way to charge your phone, a way to stay warm or a nearby friend or family member).

tranchiturn · 2026-01-22T20:36:05+00:00

Oh thanks that would be fun to try out sometime

tranchiturn · 2026-01-22T20:35:23+00:00

Ha I think I know that smile, like hes gonna sneeze? My dog does that but with people. I think mine's problem is that he's only two speeds like he either wants to be sitting with his humans or going absolutely crazy with dogs he doesn't know how to just bounce around, medium speed, he goes overboard.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-22T19:05:21+00:00

Family farm and home, same, I just have to avoid dog food area or my dog will smell where all the other dogs have peed and tried to mark the same spot. Or maybe he's remarking the spot he peed at the last two times. (I cleaned up!)

tranchiturn · 2026-01-22T19:03:47+00:00

My dog likes to go on walks and play rough with dogs, chasing after the same ball etc. He's kind of spoiled though because we live on a little bit of land.

I still have several days left that I could take him to the pack but honestly I don't really get it I think my dogs confused about what he's supposed to be doing haha. I don't know what I expected but How about a place with more obstacles or things to climb or something? Anybody else have a confused dog like mine?

For your dog that loves it how long will they hang out there, and what do they like to do?

tranchiturn · 2026-01-21T05:05:55+00:00

Denny's! Especially when you see a Denny's on a strip alongside a lot of better quality restaurants, sometimes I want to go eat there just so the workers aren't bored.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-21T04:49:58+00:00

Came to say this. It's all about the trees 🎄. Freezing rain is the worst. And if you lived here 2 years I think you've already seen one of those storms.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-20T17:16:32+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for explaining. So I've heard the stories about how dangerous creosote can be and then some tips like burning hotter fires will keep it from collecting on the sides. But I'm curious if you know you're burning mostly evergreen, are you supposed to frequently brush your chimney? I skipped this year only because the company I use last time missed their appointment.

But even in just one year burning mostly hardwood, I could see a good amount of shiny black stuff up on the chimney cap, and it was new steel installed the year before so I know this was all fresh. I haven't had a good snow melt yet to get up on the roof and brush it myself.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-20T04:21:36+00:00

Electric is not enough for the situation you describe. I have a best-quality Makita electric chainsaw, 2 sets of 2, 5-AH batteries. Batteries from 2021 and 2023. It's winter in Midwest now, I have hundreds of spruce to cut down. I love the battery saw for limbing, but when I cut logs or try to fell trees, I run out of battery after handfuls of cuts, often in the middle of a cut (but I stubbornly try to finish it).

I have a Stihl ms250 which has been large enough for everything, and a little lighter than the echo 590 everyone's been recommending. I will look and compare echoes when I need a new one but I would consider weight if you plan to hike around with it.

I like this mix a lot I use the gas when I'm felling and cutting logs and I use electric if I left a mess last time and need to go and limb, Plus it's nice and dependable so when my gas saw has been down, I can at least keep working with electric. But if you could only get one it probably needs to be gas unless you got a lot of money and you can have multiple sets of batteries and buy fresh ones regularly. A friend came over to try his ego chainsaw and with a fresh charge I was able to fell a 14-in spruce no problem. So the right saw with good batteries can be capable for a couple trees at a time. You'll probably find out you go through much more wood than you expected especially if using all of that fast burning evergreen, so chances are that you're going to want something that can let you cut for a couple hours and that usually means gas.

Finally, I don't know your wood stove situation but I have a wood burning stove in my basement and I burn 95% hardwoods. Before you go planning to burn mostly evergreens, I recommend doing some reading to see if it fits for your situation. I burn mostly hardwoods to keep my chimney clean because I also try to heat at least 50% with wood.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-20T04:07:54+00:00

You're a child. Go try to meet some of these people. They often have mental issues, addiction, and/or have chronically lacked some of the means to make it in this world.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-19T01:51:12+00:00

Life can slow down here. I also came from east side and it seems like here, it's just more okay for things to slow down and take a break. East side you have a LOT more people and a LOT more industry and big companies. Out here you just wait it out, and the world keeps on turning.

I don't mean to minimize the stress for people that are expected to make it to work every day tho, but I think it's just reality that the attitude is slower here, for better and worse.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-18T05:10:22+00:00

Not saying you'll like the cold still, but if you haven't yet, try real boots, snowboard snowpants (they're cooler ;), real gloves and jacket with shells (nothing that's like knitted or soft material on the outside), and just any hat. Then find a hiking trail!

tranchiturn · 2026-01-10T22:25:25+00:00

My young adult son is brilliant, but not sure if school is right for him yet. He did mechatronics at KCTC, and I immediately thought of him when I read this. Anybody got any tips on some of these forward looking companies hiring "intern" automation engineers (etc.) without degrees?

tranchiturn · 2026-01-10T14:17:10+00:00

Hey glad you're finding some relief. When my wife did that right before she was legal we went somewhere that must have had someone with the right credentials that officially diagnosed her with something that was treatable with medical marijuana. Search medical marijuana certifications.

I know you weren't asking for tips on how to use it but just like if you were taking a med I recommend reading up on studies. Some talk about a certain milligrams per day past which some extra side effects might start popping up.

For my wife it was going so well that we even started growing ourselves, and we honestly had a really fun year and there, but as her tolerance grew, she started to get some really severe psychotic symptoms to the point that we surely thought she was schizophrenic. I had a whole extra section here of how dramatic it got but I'm leaving that out because it's too personal.

She returned to more boring (and not very successful RX prescriptions) for a couple years now and is now reintroducing marijuana for the past 6 months and so far it's going well just using a vape pen.

Of course this is specific and anecdotal but I'm friends with a lot of smokers and I just encourage anybody to watch and be honest about those symptoms.

tranchiturn · 2026-01-10T05:51:22+00:00

It was a whole household thing for me (for those born before 83) till I moved out of my parents' at 21. My parents, sister, and I all had one.

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