Hideakikarate

Bought my one and only bike around 12 years ago. Second generation Kawasaki Ex500. $3000 at the time, and only 3k miles. I was driving close to 2 hours a day to college and work, and it was great.

Rode it in winter because my job at the time didn't charge bikes for use in the parking garage. Slipped on ice, banged up a turn signal and bar end. Easy fix. Stopped riding it in winter, though...

Driving home one night, I got cut off by a truck and ended up clipping his rear tail light. Bent my finger in a way it shouldn't, bent a handle and mounting bracket for the handle, but didn't go down. That was a fun ride the rest of the way home.

5 or 6 years ago now, coming home from work, ended up hitting a deer that crossed right when I was coming by. Wasn't going exceptionally fast, but kinda froze up. I had already rattle-canned the remaining fairings (never did have lowers) and the tank with truck bed liner, but that crash destroyed the front end and the cracks that were there from my previous escapades. Ended up getting a cheap aftermarket gauge cluster and a universal headlight. I no longer have a wind screen on it. I guess I was trying to go for cheap street fighter.

I still ride that bike. I've got around 40k miles on it now, a little more, I think. Done all the work on it myself. Carbs, forks, oils, head clearance. The only thing I don't do is change the tire. I usually take them off and into a repair place for that. I really enjoy that little bike. Almost bought another to use it for parts but decided against it.

Not just this post, but I wish every tweet or social media post had a date tied to it. "21 hours ago" tells me nothing about when this was actually posted.

R. E. S. C. U. E. Rescue aid society!

WHERE COTTON IS KING AND MEN ARE CHATTLE!

ATBGE?

I have to recommend it as well. A bunch of people going into dungeons to eat the creatures inside didn't really resonate as a show I thought I would've liked. I was wrong. Thoroughly enjoyed the show.

I mean, they've already done something very similar 50 years ago, then again in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2018. But this is just one series. I'm sure there are more.

I almost forgot Gamer. I'm sure there are still many more. Sad thing is, the immigration version will be more real and less silly action movie nonsense.

I always wondered how long it would take for the worst parts of Black Mirror to really take hold in society. Didn't think it was this soon.

Lake Superior used Scald!

Oooh, a reference to her, even in passing, would've been neat.

"The Nazi bastards are on high alert. Soldiers keep going into the woods to bang some broad and end up banged themselves. Stupid fuckers keep going out there. I guess their dicks override orders"

That really puts it into perspective on how far they've gone. Good find. Very neat.

Depending on your skin color, the predators are more like parasites. End result is the same, one just gets there faster.