plantwallshoe (u/plantwallshoe)

plantwallshoe commented on Telo MT1 telotrucks.com/... · Posted by u/turtleyacht

It doesn’t matter how capable, efficient, affordable, powerful, etc. the truck is. That’s not the point.

The point of a truck for 90% of American pickup truck drivers is that it signals to the world around them what team they’re on. This truck is a signal for the wrong team.

plantwallshoe commented on Rivendell Bikes Has Crafted the Rear Derailleur of the Century outsideonline.com/outdoor... · Posted by u/jerlam

plantwallshoe · a month ago

“A company that makes normal bikes for normal people in normal clothes who want to enjoy the outdoors in a completely normal way”

I sorta disagree. The new geometry, the new clothing, the new suspension and drivetrain tec is what has allowed “normal” people to get into the very difficult and dangerous sport of mountain biking.

The people mountain biking on old school geo rigid frames in the 90s were extreme sport thrill seekers. The new tec has lowered the skill bar of entry (although not the price bar) so many more “normal” people can enjoy the sport.

plantwallshoe commented on Bus Bunching futilitycloset.com/2025/0... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

plantwallshoe · a month ago

The number one thing that has improved my bus riding experience here in Seattle was them getting all their buses onto a real time tracking app.

I usually have a couple different bus route options, and now instead of just waiting blindly at a bus stop I can actually see which bus is going to be getting to me the soonest and go to that stop instead.

I ride the bus 4 to 5 times a week and pretty much never use the actual “schedule”

plantwallshoe commented on Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/andsoitis

com2kid · a month ago

This is true to an extent and I'm very fond of the saying, but beyond a certain point you can indeed outrun a bad diet.

I used to spend ~4 hours a day training martial arts (kickboxing, BJJ, etc) during which time I could eat almost anything I wanted without gaining weight.

I'm sure if I had downed a cheesecake a day it would've been bad for me, but I was able to get away with a level of excess back then that I am unable to today.

So you can indeed outrun a bad diet, it just takes more running than most people want to do!

plantwallshoe · a month ago

The most effective exercise for weight loss is fork put-downs.

plantwallshoe commented on What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another? derekthompson.org/p/what-... · Posted by u/mmcclure

plantwallshoe · a month ago

Was it a side effect of the war ending or a side effect of having a generation of financially stable young men via the GI bill?

plantwallshoe commented on The new literalism plaguing today’s movies newyorker.com/culture/cri... · Posted by u/frogulis

zoklet-enjoyer · 2 months ago

Most movies are pretty bad. Always have been. I feel like I got scammed for paying to see 28 Years Later.

plantwallshoe · 2 months ago

The threequel zombie movie lacked too much subtlety for you?

plantwallshoe commented on 'Europe must ban American Big Tech and create a European Silicon Valley' tilburguniversity.edu/mag... · Posted by u/taubek

ews · 2 months ago

I am making way more than 10x of what I was making in Europe, for exactly the same role. Cost of living is definitely not 10x.

plantwallshoe · 2 months ago

Tech workers make tech salaries are not living anything close to the modal American life.

plantwallshoe commented on 'Europe must ban American Big Tech and create a European Silicon Valley' tilburguniversity.edu/mag... · Posted by u/taubek

ews · 2 months ago

I am originally from Europe and I must ask : how many startups of global reach has Europe produced in the last 30 years compared to the US as a whole (or even just the SF Bay Area). What is Europe doing in AI compared to the US or China?

plantwallshoe · 2 months ago

How has living in the same country as a crop of successful tech startups made the lives of an average American noticeably better?

plantwallshoe commented on America’s incarceration rate is in decline theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/paulpauper

plantwallshoe · 2 months ago

Is it possible that incarceration had the intended effect? Did an entire generation grow up seeing their fathers and uncles locked up and decide that there must be a better way?

plantwallshoe commented on Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/howard941

bn-l · 2 months ago

Do those stats take into account the negative externality of the child being raise for a large portion of its most critical years by a stranger instead of the mother (or father)?

plantwallshoe · 2 months ago

Child care providers build strong relationships with the kids they take care of, they’re hardly strangers.

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