Eh, I don't like most people, which doesn't mean I like the people here, but I definitely don't like most of the people elsewhere.

Yeah, people who self identify as a single thing, whether it dirt biker, theater kid, rock climber, wokie, think boy, or bitcoiner, kind of by definition, are one dimensional and boring and or cringy.

Yeah, you also need to care about the things that the man on the screen says to care about, oh, and then there's not caring about the things that we're not supposed to care about!

Personally, I find moderation to be distasteful.

People occasionally get sick with it around here; how to avoid it is common knowledge in this community so people tend to be moderately careful, but not fearful. But a deep desire to trust the experts™ is also super common around here. I'm so excited for the prospect of the cognitive dissonance and mental gymnastics if the-powers-that-be declare that we should live in fear 😆

I wonder if the "alternative, highly effective neural strategies" are objectivity, logic, and reason. I bet they're objectivity, logic, and reason.

Hmm, maybe I've just listened to too many gross VC sales pictures, but to my year this rhymes with the sort of thing you'd say if you secretly needed help but couldn't say. I want to ask if everything's okay but clear I too can't be too on the nose 🤔

For a few summers, as part of an old job, I did a bunch of solo backpacking. It changed me.

You assume that people are more self aware than I do, but to your point, I too am undoubtedly fooling myself more than I'd like to think.

Guess manlier men is, as manlier men does.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you are the facts that are on your birth certificate, and your feelings in them have no relevance to the fact of the matter, but given that you're obviously way more than just the facts in your birth certificate, they often aren't particularly relevant regarding many of the more important aspects of life 🙂

TBH, I always felt like it was a bit lackluster for stereotypical hiking (where there's a trail and you don't need your hands) (my wife likes to assert that I've been spoiled for where I've spent my time climbing/hiking/backpacking (I'd say I've been strategic)), but a bit of navigating and scrambling can get you to tons of cool spots up the various canyons without the need for any special gear. I remember really liking Terrace Canyon.

Seriously, we spent some winters in Vegas and while we'd go to the strip about once per year, we'd go to Red Rocks a few times per week 😁