PNW_Doug

joined 1 year ago
[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

JFC NY Times, you're just noticing his decline now?. It's been self-evident for years.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Stuff like this has a real 'whistling past the graveyard' quality to it.

I'm sure it's catnip to his base, but man, does it ever have the possibility of coming back to haunt him if she keeps building momentum at this rate.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

News like this makes me wonder if David Bowie finally reincarnated somewhere on Earth. Everything went to shit in 2016 after he left for his home planet.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's pronounced "xitter."

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 69 points 4 months ago (29 children)

While I wouldn't say that's right, I also wouldn't come right out and call it wrong either. This very much engages with the "Selfish Gene", an heuristic model of thinking about evolution from the perspective of the gene itself instead of populations.

As an added amusement, the book "The Selfish Gene" came out in 1976, and is the source of the word "meme," used somewhat differently than it is now, naturally.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Haha, I've been using old.lemmy.world for so long I'd forgotten I even had the Space Needle profile on my account. Was truly puzzled for a minute.

"How do they know I'm in Seattle? Oh, yeah."

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Generation X here.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

You can predict the outcome of this court's decisions with two questions:
A: Will it cause chaos?

B: Is it cruel?

They seem to feel it's bonus points if the answer to both is yes.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! You can’t hear it, but I squee like a little kid in my head every time someone says they like it.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because that’s what this bike is designed for as a low-trail bike. It’s biased to handle weight on the front. Even fully loaded with two panniers it handles completely neutral. It’s almost unnerving how normal it feels. More stability climbing passes too is also nice bonus.

I’ve toured with both this and a more standard four pannier setup and this one is far better, IMO.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haha no. Just a rider with very particular tastes.

 

This past Sunday's ride, a view across the water from Alki Beach in West Seattle.

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