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Sun Sep 13 19:49:57 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> "saudi arabia can house X refugees, why aren't they heading there?"
Sun Sep 13 19:48:59 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> the cynic in me wonders if the whole "refugee quotas" thing is germany's push to cripple other EU economies
Sun Sep 13 19:45:44 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> i can drink 18 beers, but not in an hour
Sun Sep 13 19:45:37 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> trinque my understanding is that it's not the numbers but the timing.
Sun Sep 13 19:45:10 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> "look, see? refugees throwing rocks at police" under a photograph of a football riot from 2012.
Sun Sep 13 19:44:10 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> i'm actually playing captain toad treasure tracker atm
Sun Sep 13 19:43:52 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> as if you can't buy a used smartphone for $100
Sun Sep 13 19:43:52 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> etc
Sun Sep 13 19:43:46 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> as if the mattresses were not brought there by local citizens
Sun Sep 13 19:43:27 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> as if somehow it makes more sense to bring a goddamn mattress on a train instead of your only link to the outside world
Sun Sep 13 19:43:07 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> lots of people pointing to pictures of, e.g., mattresses & trash left behind in train stations, refugees holding "$600 cell phones"
Sun Sep 13 19:41:56 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> this whole refugee thing is really bringing the complete fucking idiots out of the woodwork
Sun Sep 13 19:40:07 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> it's not uncommon for serious cyclists (touring 100km+, racing, etc) to purchase high quality steel frames that were made 20+ years ago
Sun Sep 13 19:38:33 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> https://www.google.ca/search?q=bicycle+frame+failure&tbm=isch is not smth you want happening while you're doing 60km/h in traffic
Sun Sep 13 19:37:02 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> constant chain derailments, heavy friction wear from parts grinding, frame failures from bad welds...
Sun Sep 13 19:36:35 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> most cheap bicycles simply do not work for any reasonable definition of "work"
Sun Sep 13 19:35:43 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> most of the cost is in components; a frame is a frame (to some extent), but having your brake discs machined vs stamped from sheet makes a big difference for longevity as well as maintenance
Sun Sep 13 19:34:56 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> $500+ will buy you something you can rely on to, e.g., get you to work/school/market every day for years without failure
Sun Sep 13 19:34:31 UTC 2015 <nubbins`> $100 will buy you what is commonly referred to as a BSO -- a Bicycle-Shaped Object