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Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by antonvs »

khazhoux wrote: post #44
arthurofbabylon wrote: post #11

“ No part of the prose was machine-generated. You will not find machine-written prose on this blog. I consider it deeply disrespectful.” <3

Writing articles by hand isn’t just smart— it’s important. No shortcuts. No filler. No excuses. Key insight: relying on AI for writing assistance helps neither the author nor the audience.

Ironically saying "isn’t just smart— it’s important" (complete with em-dash!) and "No shortcuts. No filler. No excuses." sounds very AI-generated.

Not saying it is, just pointing out how messed up the world we live in now is.

But... was it?

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by estearum »

qmr wrote: post #58
ProllyInfamous wrote: post #20

Please don't get a motorcycle: A good felon buddy of mine has been out now for 4 years. He slowly built a car repair business, with steady clientele, and got his life back on track – including reasonable sobriety and a steady relationship. He and his girl would cruise around often, enjoying their newfound happiness . Last week he totaled his Harley and his body (destroyed bike, multiple broken bones). Total reset. He…

Have you ever been on a motorcycle? Closest feeling you can get to flying and a helluva lot cheaper. Bike costs are line noise, (cheap!) planes I fly are better part of $200 an hour. I get what you're saying though. Barely been on bike since latest baby and wondering if I should just sell them for now. As much as I miss riding and wife misses riding with me, if the worst were to happen, yikes.

Motorcycles are ridiculously fun but yeah, if you have anything in your life worth preserving or sticking around for, it's statistically a pretty awful decision.

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by coldtea »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #45
jeron wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

as someone who just got back from a nice motorcycle group ride: lol

Stay safe, young grasshopper. You can be the best rider in the world and still have a bad day/week/month/year/life.

And you can be the best car driver and still sway off or have some idiot crash into you head-on or miss a red light...

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

qmr wrote: post #58
ProllyInfamous wrote: post #20

Please don't get a motorcycle: A good felon buddy of mine has been out now for 4 years. He slowly built a car repair business, with steady clientele, and got his life back on track – including reasonable sobriety and a steady relationship. He and his girl would cruise around often, enjoying their newfound happiness . Last week he totaled his Harley and his body (destroyed bike, multiple broken bones). Total reset. He…

Have you ever been on a motorcycle? Closest feeling you can get to flying and a helluva lot cheaper. Bike costs are line noise, (cheap!) planes I fly are better part of $200 an hour. I get what you're saying though. Barely been on bike since latest baby and wondering if I should just sell them for now. As much as I miss riding and wife misses riding with me, if the worst were to happen, yikes.

>Have you ever been on a motorcycle?

Absolutely. Broken bones, and all.

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>wondering if I should just sell them for now

>if the worst were to happen, yikes

Listen to yourself, Papa.

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It's a young (dumb) man's game.

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by himata4113 »

tux3 wrote: post #27
himata4113 wrote: post #18

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I see karma as form of a currency to afford getting downvoted. I actually don't mind the downvotes especially when it's followed by a comment on why. Helps me see parts I've missed.

I wouldn't internalize that idea too much. In a lot of countries traffic fines are a fixed amount, so some people feel like they don't have to respect traffic rules since they can afford to just pay the fine. It's one way to process the negative feeling of being fined. But it doesn't really make the roads safer.

Goes both ways, if you're afraid of getting downvoted you might never find out that people actually agree with you, same goes with traffic tickets sometimes they don't make sense especially related to parking in crowded cities and ebikes, as long as you're not an asshole about it it's fine.

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by jusgu »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #20

Please don't get a motorcycle: A good felon buddy of mine has been out now for 4 years. He slowly built a car repair business, with steady clientele, and got his life back on track – including reasonable sobriety and a steady relationship. He and his girl would cruise around often, enjoying their newfound happiness . Last week he totaled his Harley and his body (destroyed bike, multiple broken bones). Total reset. He…

if you do, I’d recommend taking motorcycle safety courses on a regular cadence in order to practice your skills. even if you’re a regular rider it’s great to learn the limits of your bike and do emergency maneuvers in a controlled environment

there’s lots offered near the bay area (where I’m from) and they don’t cost that much for what you’re getting in return

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by estearum »

coldtea wrote: post #54
ProllyInfamous wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The wrecklessness which brings some people into prison, is what brings them & others lusting towards motorcycle culture, often shortly upon release. Something something something anti-social something. I'm just offering real-world advice after witnessing all the broken bones and jerked roadrash upon this tattoo'd convict's broken body. Shouldn't be alive.

Billions of people have a motorcycle globally... Some anecdote from a chronically motorcycle adverse culture (US) doesn't mean a whole mean of transport is invalid...

Most people riding motorcycles globally are not doing so on busy freeways at 60mph+ multiple times per day, surrounded by 2.5 ton vehicles with poor visibility traveling 60mph+

Putzing around an urban center on a cafe bike is not what it means to "ride a motorcycle" in the US.

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by estearum »

coldtea wrote: post #57
sergiotapia wrote: post #26

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True but a motorcycle is basically 100% given that you will crash and have bad injuries.

It's hardly any given. You can just ride properly. In other countries they are a huge means of transport.

True. If you ride properly, then everyone else on the road is not allowed to hit you by the laws of physics.

Re: Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

stringfood wrote: post #50
isamuel wrote: post #5

I’m curious (as a recovered alcoholic myself) how you got sober.

the secret is to hate drinking and never drink

That would make sense, wouldn't it?

"Just say no"?

Sadly, it doesn't work. If you're an addict, you'll end up manifesting in one way, or many ways. Drugs aren't the only way that it expresses itself.

I hate alcohol. I always have. The taste makes me sick. The best way to ruin a dessert, is to pour expensive booze on it.

That didn't stop me from becoming a prize-winning lush, though.

The thing about addiction, is that it just doesn't make sense. It can't be understood, when looked at, through a rational lens.

That's a big reason that Recovery is difficult. It's also often badly supported by family members, who don't understand the mechanisms.

But that's a long story, for other venues. I am happy to read his story, and sincerely wish him luck.

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