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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

I met a guy like that in the 90's except he was on a lot of LSD and was making his way around the world. IDK if that was true but my buddy picked him up one night and we had a party with him and he cut his dreads off and burned them so a witch wouldn't get them. Good times!

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Can confirm I live in ZA WARUDO!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 64 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Micro cosmology is a problem a majority of Americans live with. If they can't see it from their front porch it don't exist. That played a major factor in the current shitshow preloading in d.c.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Here's another one for you: 'played a major factor in'. Not strictly correct grammatically. A better phrase would've been, "played a major role in".

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

That voter is gonna learn some stuff.

I was not surprised by the presence of a giant cross necklace.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 30 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

One change of clothes for a 2-week trip... now that's a man's man!

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Does he carry a Texas sized bottle of French cologne?

I don't want to be his room mate.

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

French cologne, my ass! He wears WAAAAAAY to much Axe Body Spray like a patriotic American bro who doesn't understand geography should.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Axe Body Spray. Guaranteed.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

I mean, also because he's apparently not aware of the largest mountain range in North America.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

Lol, what a country

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago

Orogeny gonna get ya

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 26 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

How does he use IG?

Assuming its not a parody.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 55 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You'd be surprised how functional the illiterate can be.

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, just look at Trump. Functional illiteracy is a real thing in the US.

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

All 7 words he knows? It's called THE WEAVE!....or something.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 34 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

When I first moved to Japan, I had to use lots of websites that used untranslatable images (not text, like png or whatever and google lens was not a thing). I got help a few times and memorized what clicking on an area did more than even what the image was (which would change sometimes). This is how I got by with ATMs and various websites for quite a while. It works until something changes. Today, screen readers, google lens, and other things exist to help as well.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 75 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Apparently, Chad Caruso set the Guinness world record as the first person to skateboard across America in 2023, from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach. It took him 57 days to cover 3,162 miles, adventure adventure of 55 miles a day.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Always need more adventure

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

The best kind of adventure

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Rob Thomson skated across the US starting in 2006. Also from Switzerland to China.

http://14degrees.org/

I have a photo from that trip handing up poster size in my house. A random waterfall panorama.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

how did he skate up and over the Rockies?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 31 minutes ago

He kicked the mountains and then flipped them off, they felt so disrespected they moved north and waited until he had passed them.

[–] demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 124 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

Two weeks, huh? The US is around 3,000 miles from coast to coast, so that puts him over 200 miles skateboarding every single day... I'm not sure, but the person who didn't know mountains exist might be dumb.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

200miles/8hours of skating straight means an average speed of 25 miles an hour.

Ambitious, considering the average speed of a skateboarder is closer to 10 miles an hour, but it could be possible if he was extremely fit, had unbreakable bones, and the US was a flat plane for 3000 miles like this guy thought.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 76 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Just go faster. I don't get it.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 53 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Paint the skateboard red if you have to.

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 9 points 3 hours ago

Add a lightning bolt. Kachow!

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Add a stripe. Maybe some speed holes.

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Go faster stripes FTW!

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[–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 hours ago

"I'm crouching as hard as I can!”

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