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Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

ChrisHansen posted:

If this guy was selling water in the desert and I was dying of thirst, I would still be skeptical


http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/soylent-creator-hacks-pooping.html?mid=twitter_nymag

he also is extremely mentally ill and lives in like a hovel with a solar panel so this does not surprise me.

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Fallows
Jan 20, 2005

If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.

EngineerJoe posted:

Soylent is a sponsor, gently caress them for getting someone else to pay for their adventures, right?

are they climbing everest on solvent or just taking their add money?

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Fallows posted:

are they climbing everest on solvent or just taking their add money?

I hope the first.

EngineerJoe
Aug 8, 2004
-=whore=-



Fallows posted:

are they climbing everest on solvent or just taking their add money?

They say they are supplementing with it but who the gently caress really knows

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


This is pretty rad though:

Potrzebie
Apr 6, 2010

I may not know what I'm talking about, but I sure love cops! ^^ Boy, but that boot is just yummy!
Lipstick Apathy

ChrisHansen posted:

If this guy was selling water in the desert and I was dying of thirst, I would still be skeptical


http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/soylent-creator-hacks-pooping.html?mid=twitter_nymag

How lovely and runny is your crap if 24hrs without taking a dump is a challenge? And why not just take some Imodium instead of antibiotics?

FE: I guess the answer is mental illness.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Potrzebie posted:

How lovely and runny is your crap if 24hrs without taking a dump is a challenge?

Not making GBS threads for 24hrs sounds like a bad idea

trauma llama
Jun 16, 2015

Potrzebie posted:

How lovely and runny is your crap if 24hrs without taking a dump is a challenge? And why not just take some Imodium instead of antibiotics?

FE: I guess the answer is mental illness.

Lol at anyone who thinks killing their gut bacteria is a good thing.

This dude has a fundamental lack of Understanding regarding poo poo and his intestines. His poo poo might be all water, dead bacteria, but...yeah good luck. I've never wished C. Diff on anyone before, but crazy dude who chugs heavy metal splooge may have changed that.

I'm very interested in HACE. Can anyone recommend some medical journals or medical literature on it?

SulfurMonoxideCute
Feb 9, 2008

I was under direct orders not to die
🐵❌💀

Beastie posted:

This is pretty rad though:



This was taken from base camp yesterday

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
How many solo/unsupported climbers who are actually pretty baddass get to the top only to find a dozen rich sick assholes taking selfies? That must suck.

*Spits a glob of frozen saliva through frostbitten lips*

"loving tourists!"

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Outrail posted:

How many solo/unsupported climbers who are actually pretty baddass get to the top only to find a dozen rich sick assholes taking selfies? That must suck.

*Spits a glob of frozen saliva through frostbitten lips*

"loving tourists!"

Uh I'll have you know I'm half Sherpa and grew up in south Everest punk

I Greyhound
Apr 22, 2008

MusicKrew Dawn Patrol

Outrail posted:

How many solo/unsupported climbers who are actually pretty baddass get to the top only to find a dozen rich sick assholes taking selfies? That must suck.

*Spits a glob of frozen saliva through frostbitten lips*

"loving tourists!"

Essentially none. The High Camp Battle Royale between Sherpas and Wool Stick a few years ago had a Lot of factors, but one of them was tension because the Westerns were climbing themselves without support which is exceedingly rare.

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot
Whats the kill count?

1 prick 1 sherpa?

Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

unpacked robinhood posted:

Not making GBS threads for 24hrs sounds like a bad idea
Not making GBS threads for a day or two isn't a big deal. I didn't poo poo for like...three or four days after my appendectomy (and then I birthed a shitbaby). Ignoring your bowels desire to move for a week is bad and you're setting yourself up for some unpleasantness but you can do it.

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
That picture makes it look like a tour group on a day trip.

Fallows
Jan 20, 2005

If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.
It is lol

Cojawfee
May 31, 2006
I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius
Yeah, I was 1 of 25 people to reach the summit of Everest in that hour.

Comrade Koba
Jul 2, 2007

Microwaves Mom posted:

Whats the kill count?

1 prick 1 sherpa?

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

sherpas don't count towards kill total.

Prav
Oct 29, 2011

blood is blood.

Glass Joe
Mar 9, 2007

Picnic Princess posted:

This was taken from base camp yesterday



What I really love about this photo is that it makes it seem that the summit is roughly 500 feet above base camp.

Easy peasy, right?

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

as a person who never leaves my house i've done pretty well for myself.
Do gingers count?

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Microwaves Mom posted:

sherpas don't count towards kill total.

I think we need An official judgement on this.

FunMerrania
Mar 3, 2013

Blast Processing
I say we make a compromise and count them for half a person.

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

FunMerrania posted:

I say we make a compromise and count them for half a person.

Excuse me the going rate is 3/5 of a white person.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
IMHO the soulless yuppies paying $50,000 + to be dragged up the mountain should not count as people.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Jumpingmanjim posted:

IMHO the soulless yuppies paying $50,000 + to be dragged up the mountain should not count as people.

Uh yeah. Wasn't the whole point of this to count lemmings for the slaughter?

chopbustabrown
Sep 14, 2011

I AM THE HEAT MISER
How do they have internet for snapchat on the top of a huge mountain but I get data cut offs and bad lag in my home town of South Australia???

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

chopbustabrown posted:

How do they have internet for snapchat on the top of a huge mountain but I get data cut offs and bad lag in my home town of South Australia???

The sherpas carry all the data up and down, you live in australia

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
Australia tried to have Sherpas but the kangaroos kept kicking them in the balls

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


Just split the Deathfest count into Sherpas and Shitlords and then do a total

chopbustabrown
Sep 14, 2011

I AM THE HEAT MISER

unpacked robinhood posted:

The sherpas carry all the data up and down, you live in australia

Must have a big Ethernet cable

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot
Pretty sure we had ad ebate about this months before it started and agreed to not count them.

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


chopbustabrown posted:

Must have a big Ethernet cable

Backpacks of USB sticks

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

simplefish posted:

Backpacks of USB sticks

Oh to see the usb littered future Everest. With green boot and yellow jacket selfies forgotten by time. Except you can see some of those with your own eyes too

Except you won't need to bring usb dongles because of the Starbucks with free wifi in the death zone. The toilet hasn't been cleaned in months though

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


Germstore posted:

That picture makes it look like a tour group on a day trip.

Everest - expectation:


Reality:


I'm sure most of you have seen those by now, but they're relevant at season start.
From this album: http://m.imgur.com/gallery/Ermpp

Rojkir
Jun 26, 2007

WARNING:I AM A FASCIST PIECE OF SHIT.
Police beatings get me hard
Dutch mountaineer Eric Arnold has died after summiting. http://nos.nl/artikel/2106318-eric-arnold-overlijdt-op-de-flanken-van-de-mount-everest-na-bereiken-top.html

A combination of altitude and temperature, he died in his sleep in camp 4 at 7900 meters. It was his fourth attempt after having to return 250 meters below the summit a couple of seasons ago and barely surviving the avalanches of last seasons

Take the plunge! Okay!
Feb 24, 2007



Rojkir posted:

Dutch mountaineer Eric Arnold has died after summiting. http://nos.nl/artikel/2106318-eric-arnold-overlijdt-op-de-flanken-van-de-mount-everest-na-bereiken-top.html

A combination of altitude and temperature, he died in his sleep in camp 4 at 7900 meters. It was his fourth attempt after having to return 250 meters below the summit a couple of seasons ago and barely surviving the avalanches of last seasons

If you don't die at first, just keep trying. Very inspirational!

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
"i'd rather die livin on the edge instead of in my sleep"

*dies in sleep*

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KiddieGrinder
Nov 15, 2005

HELP ME
What if you sleep on the edge though?

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