Yeah idk if I’m out of touch, but $5 sounds totally reasonable for me. I’ve seen ones for $1 before, but they were tiny/flimsy.

Hello it’s me.

I took the MSF course three times to pass. :/

Imo, the MSF course is way too short. It’s a lot to learn in two days if you’ve never ridden anything manual. The first time I was just wayy too filled with anxiety and the instructor wasn’t overly helpful tbh. The company did not allow me to retake the class despite the website saying that they did.

The second time I took it, the environment and instructors were so much better. They made me feel a lot more confident and competent on the bike. When they saw that I was struggling with something, they would actually give me real guidance, not just telling me to “relax”. Their corrections actually made me miles better. But I still managed to fail the final test.

I was very frustrated, but that same company allowed me to retake the class no problem. I passed after learning what components on the test were worth what sort of demerits.

Look, when I learned to drive, I spent weeks in a driving course before I took a driving test. Two days for MSF is laughable in comparison.

I’m a firm believer that anyone can learn to be a competent car driver or motorcycle rider. It takes practice, anxiety mitigation, and not acting like a dip shit doing dangerous shit.

I got a cat only just last year and I notice I only call him “bro” lol

Lol wtf is the context

What part of the world are you in where fire alarms are not a thing?

Well one good thing is that some cars have auto dimming rearview mirrors. I didn’t realize my car had this feature until I drove one without one. I’m literally never blinded through it at night. It’s nice to have.

Not a great shot, but I have multicolor beans

What the heck? Another dingus!

What is this “occasionally” nonsense??? When I finish eating the pickles then I drink all of the juice! I try not to in one go because I hear that too much at once can be not great for you. But I fucking love it.

Water vapour with additives can definitely cause you to cough if you inhale it into your throat and lungs. I understand the effect to the lungs is absolutely nowhere near cigarette smoking, but it is still absolutely something that can and does cause people to cough. I’ve witnessed this effect on others trying it their first time too. No, they were not all the same vape.

What do you mean what was in my vape? Have you never seen someone try a vape or cig or something for the first time? Inhaling anything into your lungs is a fucking godawful experience the first time or several times you do it.

Like I said, I’m sure it’s both a technique issue combined with tolerance. But the experience is way too unpleasant for me to want to experiment with.

No, but I could see how that can happen with vaping. I tried a vape like 1-2 times and both times I hated it. I was coughing like crazy and didn’t understand how you were supposed to be able to do that and not feel like your throat and lungs are on fire. Even if it was a technique issue, it seemed like a very unhealthy way to consume such a drug. So I only was interested in trying edibles from there.

Both the anoxic effect from inhaling a substance that isn’t oxygen and the more rapid onset of how you feel the effects of vaping can cause lightheadedness and for some people to pass out iirc.

You might like to try either an edible or one of those canned weed drinks. But the unfortunate downside with them is that the effect takes a LONG time to kick in, and it’s easy to accidentally dose too high before that. So it’s better to start slow (look at the recommended dose and HALF that), and then add more.

The annoying thing is it’s really hard to precisely cut the gummy so I’m in a sweet spot. The phenomenon seems to happen I think somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3, but it can vary. It’s such a narrow window between minimal effect and too much for me. I’m also wondering if maybe the gummies have “hot spots” where some areas are more or less concentrated, making it more difficult for me to accurately dose.

Interesting that it happens more often with delta 9 than delta 8 with you. I’m wondering if that might make a difference. I went with delta 9 as it’s supposed to be closer to actual weed.

I’m not well versed in drugs. I have these “delta 9” gummies that I’ve taken on rare occasion. If I accidentally have just a hair too much (which is really not a lot…maybe like 2/3 of a gummy), my perception gets really fucked. It’s like somehow my perception becomes a sequence of still images/photographs rather than a world in motion. It is very disorienting and uncomfortable and I don’t like when that happens. It almost feels like I am being teleported from place to place with no memory of how I got there. Then the image of where I currently am gets stuck for a while until the next “photograph” happens.

It’s not just a one off either. Rather, it always happens if I take around the suggested dose or a bit more. I don’t understand why but I wish I could experience the gummy without that effect.

It made me not really get into using them much so I guess that’s a good thing.

Edit: I seem to have found the name of the phenomenon on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinetopsia

I always thought it seemed kind of dumb to own a manual nowadays considering how prevalent automatics are and how simple they are to drive. I had never ridden a manual but it seemed like too much work.

Well I got a motorcycle earlier this year (most are manual), and now I definitely understand the appeal of a manual vehicle. I actually get annoyed at my automatic car due to the lack of throttle response compared to my bike. It’s a lot more fun on the bike. And I have a slow as fuck bike.

But I still don’t know if I would replace my car with a manual car because it can also be nice to just chill while driving.

Are you absolutely certain the cat isn’t your boss tho???

You have a very large cat

Well yeah that’s how sprawling suburbs came to be. Most people work in cities but then they are often too expensive to live in.

Generally only if you’re incredibly stupid. Small children you have to watch tho.

Homie, you had it set to whore