PoS really does have a double meaning

very true

wheelying does heavily restrict your handling

ive never thought to do it quickly enough, and im tryna not lose any VR

fair enough, it was just something i came up with during my hours online but never dared to risk

consider a situation where maybe first and second are neck and neck, but with a fair bit of distance between them and the pack - it might be worth it in that case to make it less close, surely?

iirc mach bike has decent acceleration, and thats what i use mostly, and ofc a complete stop woukd never be a good idea

i know right 😭 definitely an otter in spirit, rather than in practice

i know it makes me sound stupid but i was just very young the first time lol, barely remember it

the first time i was VERY young to be fair, only one was relatively recent

I can confirm this - I have nearly drowned a few times, and it felt like I couldn’t move. The natural reactions just took over me, and to be honest felt quite counterproductive. Until I was helped, I felt completely frozen, only moved by the water, until someone helped me, it was terrifying.

One of the worst parts was because I had got water in my lungs, even as I was helped above the water, I tried to breathe, but I simply couldnt. I thought I was going to die and I couldnt communicate it because, like the article says, breathing first, speaking second. It took what felt like multiple minutes but was probably like 10-20 seconds before I could actually breathe.

I’m very grateful for those who have saved me, and I clearly haven’t learned my lesson because I still love being in water :P

all good :P

According to the Wikipedia article,, for those wondering what its historical significance is, this is where anesthetic was first successfully used in a surgical operation.

It served as the hospital’s operating room from its opening in 1821 until 1867. It was the site of the first public demonstration of the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic on October 16, 1846, otherwise known as Ether Day. The Ether Dome event occurred when William Thomas Green Morton, a local dentist, used ether to anesthetize Edward Gilbert Abbott. John Collins Warren, the first dean of Harvard Medical School, then painlessly removed part of a tumor from Abbott’s neck. After Warren had finished, and Abbott regained consciousness, Warren asked the patient how he felt. Reportedly, Abbott said, “Feels as if my neck’s been scratched”. Warren then turned to his medical audience and uttered “Gentlemen, this is no Humbug”. This was presumably a reference to the unsuccessful demonstration of nitrous oxide anesthesia by Horace Wells in the same theater the previous year, which was ended by cries of “Humbug!” after the patient groaned with pain.

Very fascinating!

not something you wanna be mistaken for these days

i think this guy must like star wars /j

i wonder if this guy likes Lord of the Rings…

Not perfect, but its okay and I’m feeling pretty good about myself currently. Theres just a few personal things I want, and to be able to sustain myself in the future and be able to get a place.

ah yes, we all have the all consuming spaghetti wires above our monitors. cant have a computer without it

that’s not how it goes

didn’t make sense not to live for fun