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I hate SoCal. It's a pit stop between utterly nothing and glorious Norcal, where unless you work for an industrial firm, you are likely just here to 1. be a hipster or 2. slowly die. "Bikers" include old men on Harleys and marines with pensions on GSXRs and Yamaha Rs. But our eggs are $1.20/dozen at Costco instead of $1.80 in NorCal so I guess that's cool I wanna sell my bike and get a sumo because I don't think I've taken it above 50mph since I've been down here. I'm also quite literally under a mile from everything homeostasis-related and under five miles from anything entertainment-related, but the nearest "twistie" is about 30 minutes away with the "okay" one (Palomar/Julian) being an hour away. My motorcycle has become solely a commuter and my Volvo gets way more love now that I've cranked the boost from 6 to 10psi to enjoy mashing my automatic pedal for a grand total of three minutes before hitting the nearest shopping center.  I'm also a hermit and haven't actually left the house outside of groceries in a month. SoCal. 
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Safety Dance posted:There but for a girlfriend go I. My girlfriend lives with my family and I.  I'm in the process of building a weight room so I don't even have to leave the house for any reason other than food. Friend just got some olympic rings and I have kettle bells to stay in shape.  I honestly want a Ruckus so I can zip around my neighborhood and its parks for entertainment. What have I become? 
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Jul 23, 2013 06:17
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vibrations numb the need to poo poo and, while tempting, attempting flatulence at post-hundred speeds should be strongly advised against due to postural similarities between riding a motorcycle and explosive defecation
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Jul 24, 2013 03:22
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I'm absolutely insufferable as a human being in real life so I can't afford to lose the neutral-distant friendship that exists in my mind I call the Internet.
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Oct 7, 2013 22:43
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I've been riding for thousands of miles and every close encounter has been a result of my own misjudgment. I never get into the situations people talk about. Motorcycling, when done right, is a journey into the daunting task of weeding out one's own bullshit. I really should upgrade my horn though. I currently cannot hear it over my exhaust. 
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Oct 8, 2013 17:37
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Sorry I couldn't hear you over me barreling down the highway in a skid lid, Icon field armor, muscle tee, and a clown mask on my baffle-less Hayabusa SoCal is literally a gigantic frownie face. If you cross your eyes and squint really hard at a map I hear you can see it. Or a gigantic man-doodle. Or maybe a sailboat I dunno
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Oct 8, 2013 18:39
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I wouldn't knock riding Bruce until you've tried it.
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Oct 10, 2013 18:16
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Linedance posted:what the gently caress did I just watch? Bruce
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Oct 10, 2013 21:19
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My bike is named Harley because it's easier explaining that your bike is Harley after they stare blankly at you when you tell them you have a Bandit.
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Oct 15, 2013 06:19
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Am I crazy for liking riding alone? My friends always want me to ride with them and I have absolutely no desire to. I also have zero incentive to ride outside of commuting. I just feel the adventure is the byproduct of purpose-driven agendas and have't really ever had a desire to just go and ride for the sake of riding. I mean, I will take a motorcycle over a car ten times out of ten and I'll look for excuses to be productive just so I can ride my bike, but "group rides" don't really have the same ring to them when your trip is nothing but brodozers, McMansions, smog, and badlands.
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Oct 17, 2013 00:05
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Well, see, that's camping. That's awesome. I am more talking of the whole "hey let's ride" thing. If somebody said "hey let's motorcycle camp", well hell yeah I'm down for that! But just riding? Sorry, I gotta rank up in CS:GO or categorize my warm plastic women collection. Ain't got time to dilly dally.
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Oct 17, 2013 00:40
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That's awful.  It makes me wanna do a bore kit myself (just have a clean table, take pictures, and keep your bolts labeled)WHY DOES CRAIGSLIST HAVE PITBULL STANDS FOR $10 CHEAPER THAN REVZILLA even if I talk these retards down I'm still breaking even with the cost in gas to take my car there gently caress SoCal so hard oh my god
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Oct 23, 2013 22:37
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gently caress yeah. You better post pics! My friend, who has never been on a motorcycle and isn't really exposed to automotive stuff in general, was in the car with me and inquired about Harleys. "So the way I see it, these people-- the same people who can barely drive on California roads-- go out and buy motorcycles that barely run and sound like poo poo, puttering around sub-optimal speeds in boat shoes and leather jackets because they think other people envy it?" "Yeah, basically" "drat. Harley Davidson is the real life equivalent of 'pay-to-win'."
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Oct 27, 2013 16:49
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Yeah, I can't keep track of how many times people have gunned it at the margin and that delay has helped keep me from being creamed. ...and how many times I've gone through a yellow knowing it would turn red while I'm in the intersection but it's okay because the other lights are still red
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Oct 28, 2013 17:50
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My okcupid profile has accurate pictures thanks. 
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Nov 5, 2013 04:37
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I will own at least one in my lifetime.
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Nov 6, 2013 19:44
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Harley Davidson is Hannah Montana for grown men
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Nov 12, 2013 06:10
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I have perfect vision but I also take shitloads of nootropics. Colors and lights are enhanced dramatically so driving at night is a techno nightmare 
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Safety Dance posted:Off topic, but how do they work for you? I've been thinking of adding 30mg/day Noopept to my diet. They vary for each person, but for me personally they're really (positively) intense and wonderful. But I'm also a late-diagnosed celiac so I was deficient in a lot of the nutrients that are responsible for many effects shared with nootropics that just come from eating a healthy diet (choline, carnitine, inositol, K, A, D, plus many more) but there's no denying the cognitive expansion that occurs with them. The best part is you can quit whenever you want and you're back to normal.  Nooptept is great, but if you wanna feel some Limitless poo poo go snag some Pramiracetam and try riding for a few hours. 
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It assists in choline uptake, effectively helping with all facets of cognition. No withdrawal, no side effects outside of the normal "don't take this if you're prone to mental imbalance; mania, etc." Everybody I know takes it now (even my mom) and everyone loves the stuff. This is appropriate conversation here because it's a padded room (not just an echo chamber!) so I can sound as crazy as I want, damnit! If you want the most immediate "will I like this" route to nootropics, go to Health Supplement Wholesalers, order a small bag of Aniracetam, mix it in with your coffee/water/jamba juice/whatever for a week then wonder how you ever lived without them. Topic: I don't like police. Stop trying to ticket me a week's 40-hour post-college income because you don't like A Thing about my bike/car/whatever. You're not upholding public safety, you're being a dick. Just because I have a car with Oregon plates does not mean I need to register it in California. That's what my other three cars and two motorcycles are registered in California for. Also, you're younger than me, and that's sad because I'm 24. Quit being the College Republican of law enforcement and go arrest some people creating victims.
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Nov 15, 2013 23:28
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nsaP posted:Lol just saw this post. I like all the posters on this list I like all CA posters 
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Nov 29, 2013 08:19
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Now is as good of a time as ever to invest in Plastidip. 
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Dec 18, 2013 22:47
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yo Slavvy move to SoCal since NorCal is already full on cool peeps and we're hurting pretty badly down here
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Dec 20, 2013 01:44
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Grease will degrade plastic wire enclosures faster.  http://www.johnswireshop.com/ Get some mil-spec or Teflon enclosed wire and don't look back.
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Dec 20, 2013 19:27
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Crap. I've been reading those as double fun construction zones
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Dec 27, 2013 18:14
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I quit all caffeine/nootropics/drugs a month or so ago and I've found I actually ride more like a dick now than I've ever on any sort of mind-altering chemical. Also I rode 5.8 miles of residential and commercial in seven minutes to work today. Scissor Sisters will always be my favorite drug. 
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Surburbanites are the worst. Living with a stay-at-home mom makes you realize that the phenomenon of "having nothing better to do than create this absolutely absurd scenarios in one's head to the detriment of others" is very, very real. Either ban idleness or legalize Valium, because if we don't act soon I'll have to change my stance to legalizing murder first.
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M42 posted:What bullshit is this, berkeley rules. 24 years young. Just ignore graphic tees and desert boots and it's a city like any other!
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Jan 22, 2014 23:52
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Chichevache posted:I basically meant "don't move to Socal because it sucks balls and I miss NorCal so much it hurts." Plus there isn't much North of the Bay besides Humboldt County. I live in Carlsbad and I'll attest to living in basically the sunny sterile rear end in a top hat of LA and SD's plump round buttcheeks.
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A recruiter contacted me for a job in Modesto as a statistician for the wine industry with a starting salary of 92k. Despite it being five times my current income I was like "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but it's Modesto" and then rode my broke rear end all around my temperate sunny San Diego I can't not live by an ocean. Looking in every direction for miles and seeing nothing but dredges of humanity just doesn't seem like a fun experience.
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KARMA! posted:Did you really give up a 5x salary increase because you couldn't deal with I hate working. I'd rather be poor and free than a slave with lots of things. Still trying to find that balance. 
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Sagebrush posted:That's cool and all, but dude, if you seriously turned down $92,000 a year for your current $18,500 a year job because you didn't want to be a "slave" like every other working stiff and live in Modesto (which is like an hour away from loving Yosemite), you're a colossal idiot. Do you know what the difference in quality of life is between <20k and >90k a year? Modesto is a pretty steamy shithole-- not quite Ramona or Bakersfield, but close. Unless they'd agree to a Skype interview and travel costs for a lofty chance at getting a job recommending a master's degree then I'm gonna look elsewhere. 92k isn't enough money to live in the middle of nowhere sitting in a cubicle crunching numbers all day. If I can get a job for 40-50k living at home then the difference in income after tax and living expenses makes living in the desert even less appetizing. clutchpuck posted:Goons sure have a lot of trouble getting over themselves about other people. Speaking from experience, unless you live in a metropolitan area, most places are pretty mediocre to live in. CA supremacy etc.
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Bugdrvr, we should hang out sometime when you're not super busy. Maybe one day I'll drop by the Porsche dealer and say hi since I perpetually stock up on parts from the adjacent Volvo dealership.
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Jan 24, 2014 22:39
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hot sauce posted:What would the CA shop be called, Chain Lube and Skidmarks? Skidmarks and Skidmarks.
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Jan 29, 2014 19:03
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I really tried to like his artwork but none of it has any aesthetically pleasing traits. It's all uncomfortable to look at and throws off my autistic ASMR
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Jan 29, 2014 19:47
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Sagebrush posted:it's in my yospos.txt file of course Posting this to my Facebook feed. Should I browse YOSPOS if I liked YCS and LF? I've never actually been 
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Jan 30, 2014 18:43
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I'm an intern 
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Jan 31, 2014 03:19
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Z3n posted:I work with computers. I read all of your posts fyi
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Jan 31, 2014 03:38
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I know Z3n in real life so it doesn't count!
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I read all posts, so naturally the posts of zee three enn are included in that Yeah this I am kind of addicted to reading and it's a bad habit
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