gizmonicus

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[–] gizmonicus 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I got pulled over in Germany with weed from Amsterdam in the car (I'm an American, visiting my friend). I'm leaving the country the next day, I show them my plane ticket, so instead of giving me a ticket, they have us follow them to an ATM instead and give them 200€. They take my weed, my brand new bubbler, and most of my remaining money. All I was left with was this story.

Another time, was camping with friends for a week. We have an ounce with us, at the time a big problem if we got caught. We're on day 1 of 7, sitting on the tailgate of my car, smoking a one hitter and eating PBJs. Cop wheels around the corner, catches us. Started searching my car, I have no fuckin clue where my buddy stashed the bag. I'm sweating bullets. Cop tears the car apart looking for what he knows must be there, but finds nothing. Eventually leaves us with a minor ticket and takes our grinder and our piece. Immediately after he leaves I turn to my friend "where the fuck is the weed!?!" He's laughing hysterically, lifts up the loaf of bread that was sitting right next to us on the tailgate the entire time, it's just chilling there in plain sight.

[–] gizmonicus 20 points 1 year ago

As an American, I think the moment I said "which one" when asked if I had heard about the mass shooting in wherever it was I can't even remember now, that was when I realized how fucked our gun policies are.

[–] gizmonicus 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what a HD is, but my doctor says I uave 80 of them.

[–] gizmonicus 2 points 1 year ago

That's how much you will have after buying into this shit.

[–] gizmonicus 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn it, you beat me to it. A wise linux user you are.

[–] gizmonicus 7 points 1 year ago

I only drink the straw yellow stuff, the other flavors are too strong.

[–] gizmonicus 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, my dad's magazines were stuffed under his chair cushions in the living room. My friend got ahold of a VHS tape somehow and we hid it in the suspended ceiling in his basement, lol.

[–] gizmonicus 8 points 1 year ago

Vegans really need to embrace this strategy. Reduce meat consumption is a much easier sell to the majority of the world, and it would open them up to the idea that vegetables can make a complete meal.

Too many vegans I know try to get you to buy into their lifestyle from the start. Bruh, I'm an American and I can tell you from personal experience that most Americans, especially down here in the south, do not consider something a meal unless it has meat in it. You are not going to convince these people to stop eating burgers straight up. This is a cultural thing that isn't going to be easy to change. Going full vegan is a deal breaker. Cutting back on meat for your personal health might just gain some traction.

[–] gizmonicus 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if that small change In made was assasinating billionaires (sorry, PragerU, people with means) in my spare time instead of just playing Hitman?

[–] gizmonicus 3 points 1 year ago

This might be true, but there's something about how bad this picture is that I don't think I could do worse. It's uniquely bad in such a profound way that it would require real skill to make something more universally terrible.

[–] gizmonicus 7 points 1 year ago

You know what, that's exactly how I feel about it. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but that sums up my feelings about that show precisely.

[–] gizmonicus 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I wasn't understanding the joke. This made it much more clear.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gizmonicus to c/mtb
 

https://youtube.com/shorts/dJLjuVoz1OE?feature=share

I'm so stoked on this jump right now. I crashed on my 3rd attempt. This was the redemption run.

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Hear me out. Dirt jumpers are great, but I find them too squirrely for some of the bigger hits. I wanted something fast, fun, and capable on jumps but not too small or unwieldy.

Enter: the Trail Jumper. Take an aggressive hardtail (Nukeproof Scout, Kona Honzo, Commencal Meta HT, etc.) and slam the seat, remove the dropper, convert it to single speed, pump up the fork a little, and run some faster tires (not pictured but I have tan-wall Rekons on it now and they are kick ass). I dropped the stem a little lower for more leverage, and pumped up the tires +7psi for better sidewall stability.

I like the bigger tires, especially with the sandy soil we have here in NC. Plus having a front brake is crucial for last minute bail outs or if you want to shred urban. It's maneuverable enough for some tricking, but not so twitchy as a 26" DJ or 20" BMX. Added bonus, since I kept a few cogs from my cassette on here and use a tensioner that fits the derailleur hanger, I can quickly switch to "trail mode" for some of the flatter trails here.

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submitted 1 year ago by gizmonicus to c/mtb
 

Trying to kickstart this community with some content. Here's what the jump line looked like a year ago. It was even more dilapidated when I started work on it a few weeks ago. I'll eventually do another video when it's "done" (it will never be done) to show the improvements in action.

 

FYI, if users complain about permissions, try this command so you can get back to browsing Lemmy and tell them to fuck off.

chmod 777 -R /

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submitted 1 year ago by gizmonicus to c/mtb
 

I feel like I'm yelling into the void here, but why not right? Anyway, I went on my lunch break and moved the lander back on this big double so you don't need mach speed to clear it. Previously it required loads of pedalling to clear it, so hopefully it will be closer to trail speed now with the update. Video to come once it's dry enough to actually ride.

Take off

Landing

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submitted 1 year ago by gizmonicus to c/mtb
 

No one else was maintaining this spot so I decided to grab a shovel and fix it up. Progress so far:

  • Re-faced a few jumps
  • Fixed drainage problems in a berm
  • Cleared out vegetation on a gap and working on sizing the lander appropriately for the speed
  • Added some dirt to a roller set to make it more fun to rip

Progress shots:

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