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theabortionator
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Yeah I know there were some rant threads over the years grinds my gears and whatever. I don't think any of them were that happening to dig up. I probably made one of them honestly. Whatever.

I figured if we could rant somewhere we'd be more docile creatures in the rest of the forums.
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TOAST.
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BigPurpleSkiSuitMaybe people decided Vail wasn't worth it anymore


easy now buddy, we are just talking about a generic mega Corp here.
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Sorry, I just can't believe Ikon numbers are down right now
TOAST.easy now buddy, we are just talking about a generic mega Corp here.
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Biffbarf
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Really wanna save some cash to buy property if the market takes a shit. Also really wanna buy something shiny at the same time cuz I feel all hood rich when my bank acct starts building up.

My most recent cope is trynna justify to myself a ps5, because then I'll play vidya instead of buying more shiny shit I don't need. Peak first world problems but damn everything I love ain't cheap.
2 years ago
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oldmanski
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ASSholebomber22Really wanna save some cash to buy property if the market takes a shit. Also really wanna buy something shiny at the same time cuz I feel all hood rich when my bank acct starts building up.

My most recent cope is trynna justify to myself a ps5, because then I'll play vidya instead of buying more shiny shit I don't need. Peak first world problems but damn everything I love ain't cheap.


Is it really that shiny? Property is worth the wait.
2 years ago
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Biffbarf
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oldmanskiIs it really that shiny? Property is worth the wait.


New skis would be v shiny lol also want a new (used) car before long. Don't really need one but you right.
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cyphers
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one of the high ups at the contractor whose job i’m inspecting right now has apparently been talking shit about me to my bosses. talking about how i’m “always in my car” like yeah that’s where i sit when i fill out the forms that get your dumb ass paid. we don’t even work for the same fucking company.

fortunately my bosses are chill and just gave me a heads up instead of taking him at his word.

anyway he can look forward to me strictly enforcing every letter of the contract for the rest of the project. fucking prick
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partyandBS
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cyphersone of the high ups at the contractor whose job i’m inspecting right now has apparently been talking shit about me to my bosses. talking about how i’m “always in my car” like yeah that’s where i sit when i fill out the forms that get your dumb ass paid. we don’t even work for the same fucking company.

fortunately my bosses are chill and just gave me a heads up instead of taking him at his word.

anyway he can look forward to me strictly enforcing every letter of the contract for the rest of the project. fucking prick


Lead every conversation with ‘While reviewing things from my car, I noticed you weren’t compliant with xxxx’ or ‘As I was doing paperwork from my car I noticed xxxx’ or some shit. Let em know you know lol
2 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Owner of shop I worked at in past literally didn’t hire someone because they smelled. Very knowledgeable but they smelled really badly of spicy bo.

Also, they were French lmao
safarisamMy coworker smells but i can’t tell him because he’s living in a van right now and he says he showers every two days but it’s clearly not enough.


maaatttBy far the hardest to have work place conversation I experienced was pulling my very nice, wonderful to work with coworker aside to tell him that he needed to do something about his scent.

Nobody wanted to say anything because he was honestly that nice and decent of a guy.

Archaeologist too, I hope he's doing well.
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theabortionator
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Road a bunch if workers, maybe 3/4 of our work force live on is an unmainatined dirt road. Snow, melt, freeze thaw. Anyway its not fucking good. Its been shit but the amount it deteriorated the last 2 weeks is bad.

Thanks Crystal. Stoked I get to cross train my rally skills for the baja 500 while commuting to work. Not like on site employee housing has any value.

Fuck. Still better than Vail but mismamaged af.gonna lose some good employees next year.
2 years ago
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_Garagely_
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Application fees to sit for this certification are a racket. $245 first time fee, then also a slightly lower amount to pay to sit for one of four sections if you are verified to be qualified.

Filling out long applications is also extremely annoying.
2 years ago
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HypeBeast
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If you put your car into park at a drive thru, I'm judging you.
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Biffbarf
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Nfl touchbacks should be 40yds to discourage literally every kickoff going deep into the endzone. They're pretty much ceremonial at this point.
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r00kie
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ASSholebomber22Nfl touchbacks should be 40yds to discourage literally every kickoff going deep into the endzone. They're pretty much ceremonial at this point.

Pretty sure the NFL is actively trying to get more touchbacks as kickoffs are statistically the most dangerous plays.
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GayWolf420
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Im not trying to be a yellow jacket or some shit and kill your stoke. Id be a total hypocrite if I didnt do the same shit I see people doing everyday at work on the hill, but holy shit some of you need to grow the fuck up and get it together. Its bad enough having to deal with stoned college kids working their first ever jobs and sending injured guests down the chair, but harassing patrollers as they close off a jump because SOMEONE IS HURT AND IS IN THE LANDING is weak shit. Fuck off and get over yourselves. I never understood why park riders get mad at that. I'm sorry I ruined your opportunity to do a shitty three off the jump, asshole. Go ski some steeps.

**This post was edited on Feb 12th 2023 at 8:56:08pm
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SteezyYeeter
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there is this girl that sits next to me in science and her last name is felch (Wtf is that name btw). anyway she's obsessed with "felching" which is sucking cum outta oriphices. additionally her face resembles that of sally from nightmare before christmas. makes me uncomfortable and she's not even bright enough to cheat off of (got a 70 on the last test) and she's just said im evil for typing this.
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Newsheepers
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SteezyYeeterthere is this girl that sits next to me in science and her last name is felch (Wtf is that name btw). anyway she's obsessed with "felching" which is sucking cum outta oriphices. additionally her face resembles that of sally from nightmare before christmas. makes me uncomfortable and she's not even bright enough to cheat off of (got a 70 on the last test) and she's just said im evil for typing this.


that's crazy if you let her see that wtf you guys are freaky
2 years ago
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keagan.karstens
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SteezyYeeterthere is this girl that sits next to me in science and her last name is felch (Wtf is that name btw). anyway she's obsessed with "felching" which is sucking cum outta oriphices. additionally her face resembles that of sally from nightmare before christmas. makes me uncomfortable and she's not even bright enough to cheat off of (got a 70 on the last test) and she's just said im evil for typing this.


let her pee in your butt
2 years ago
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piss.boy
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how is the season already close to ending. feels like i was just hoping for the first snowfall
2 years ago
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armchair_skier
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piss_boyhow is the season already close to ending. feels like i was just hoping for the first snowfall


last month of skiing is half of the season imo
2 years ago
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muffMan.
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piss_boyhow is the season already close to ending. feels like i was just hoping for the first snowfall


It’s a shame but a blessing. Spring skiing is the best. A little over halfway here
2 years ago
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TOAST.
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muffMan.It’s a shame but a blessing. Spring skiing is the best. A little over halfway here

move to PA it's spring skiing from December to March now. Probably a total of 13 days/nights of snowmaking all season thus far.
2 years ago
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Dlonetti
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Winter rain is such a bummer. Going up to Bohemia this Thursday and its raining all night tonight after it being 40s since the weekend. Conditions looking real variable.
2 years ago
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maaattt
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Why bother asking me what to do if you're not going to then do what I said????
2 years ago
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partyandBS
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maaatttWhy bother asking me what to do if you're not going to then do what I said????


Cause I wanted you to validate what i was already going to do
2 years ago
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maaattt
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partyandBSCause I wanted you to validate what i was already going to do


I don't want to start micro managing but I can stop being nice about it FUCK
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dognutsdogfart
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“wEre nOt iN thiS inDusTrY bEcAuse thEre is a fOrtuNe wEre heRe beCause we LoVe iT”

no sir that is just your and the rest of the ski/bike industries shitty excuse to pay employees like shit
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theabortionator
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dognuts“wEre nOt iN thiS inDusTrY bEcAuse thEre is a fOrtuNe wEre heRe beCause we LoVe iT”

no sir that is just your and the rest of the ski/bike industries shitty excuse to pay employees like shit


We have a bunch of j1'a here. Obviously common in the ski industry. But They're living a half mile down a dirt road 20 min from the mtn by shuttle, have no car, town is 30 min away, the small town is 12 min away that has a tiny bar and gas station. What kind of cultural experience are they getting?

I mean the mtn is sweet. But it's just exploiting cheap labor same as it ever was'd. You could get it a bit if places weren't charging 190 for a lift ticket. We might be more than that now idk. But it's a shame. Don't pay enough to get locals, doze employee housing to make it even harder, put 4 j1s in a room at some old christian summer camp and call it a solution. These ski areas need to get burned hard. I don't think anything will ever happen. Complain that locals don't want to work and are lazy, bring in j1s.

The ski industry is starting to pay up because they have to. Vail went to 20 because they were tired of paying managers to work OT to run a crucial lift because they wouldn't pay someone else 1 or 2 bucks more(like 14) to run it. When Fast food, gas stations, everything is a pay raise, the wage is clearly bullshit.

The mega corp game is whack. And they're pretty much running a labor exploitation scam at a bunch of them.

Go to another country you want to see. See nothing, get nothing that was promised, be stuck in some bunk ass over crowded dumpster fire living conditions, be happy because skiing is fun!
2 years ago
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HypeBeast
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Gas pains are quite possibly one of the most painful things on the planet. Fuck.
2 years ago
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WoFlowz
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this chick is nuts and i was just tryna have fun. fuck and now the girl i actually like is pissed at me
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Non_State_Actor
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WoFlowzthis chick is nuts and i was just tryna have fun. fuck and now the girl i actually like is pissed at me


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1064366/Pyschogirl
2 years ago
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profa_212
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I am sick as hell. Congested and feeling bleh so that sucks. Not Covid though.


Also I go into the office on Wednesdays because every other friday our accountant comes in and has to use my office. Thats fine. Showed up today to her sitting in my office and nobody told me. So now I am in a different office that doesn't even have a monitor. I need a minimum of 2 monitors to properly do my job. I usually have multiple spreadsheets up, stats software, and then other data/word docs/whatever. Now I am trying to do that on a 10" laptop screen. Not happening.
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GayWolf420
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Media and Marketing: "Hey so we're having two Private photo shoots with pros and need patrol staffing for it and you guys to stay late"

Patrol: "A sooner notice wouldve been nice seeing as we're extremely understaffed. Can we get more in our budget to staff it?"

Corporate: "lol no we can't bring anyone else in and also no OT. Have fun tonight!"
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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CoolChillGuy420Media and Marketing: "Hey so we're having two Private photo shoots with pros and need patrol staffing for it and you guys to stay late"

Patrol: "A sooner notice wouldve been nice seeing as we're extremely understaffed. Can we get more in our budget to staff it?"

Corporate: "lol no we can't bring anyone else in and also no OT. Have fun tonight!"


then tell them to fuck off at that point. They're asking you to do unpaid work.
2 years ago
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GayWolf420
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BigPurpleSkiSuitthen tell them to fuck off at that point. They're asking you to do unpaid work.

I now totally get where my managers are coming from, why they're so stressed out, and why they've been putting some more expectations on me as well as others. I need it honestly but I'm starting to see things from their eyes finally. Extremely frustrating having your hands tied because someone above them thinks this is good for business.
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TOAST.
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CoolChillGuy420I now totally get where my managers are coming from, why they're so stressed out, and why they've been putting some more expectations on me as well as others. I need it honestly but I'm starting to see things from their eyes finally. Extremely frustrating having your hands tied because someone above them thinks this is good for business.

media and marketing should be bottom of the totem pole and not telling anyone what to do imo. Operating safe staffing levels during normal ski hours should take priority.
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WoFlowz
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had an asthma attack tryna go around 6:40 on a 2k today. about 1350 meters in. Very disappointed in myself about it but the coach did make us do a 3 mile steady run right before. still mad i couldn’t finish
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GayWolf420
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TOAST.media and marketing should be bottom of the totem pole and not telling anyone what to do imo. Operating safe staffing levels during normal ski hours should take priority.

Its frustrating. I don't know if this is how it goes at other ski areas but yeah. So annoying to the point where they will ask us sometimes to ask people with camera setups just taking pictures of their families if they went through marketing first ????? Guy is just spending time with his family. You can tell them yourself and then deal with the brunt of you ruining his time with his family.
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TOAST.
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CoolChillGuy420Its frustrating. I don't know if this is how it goes at other ski areas but yeah. So annoying to the point where they will ask us sometimes to ask people with camera setups just taking pictures of their families if they went through marketing first ????? Guy is just spending time with his family. You can tell them yourself and then deal with the brunt of you ruining his time with his family.

lol, two of my buddies and i got asked if we had a filming permit by a patroler one time because he didnt like that we were filming someone that was hiking a rail. We knew 100% he just made that shit up on the spot. He then got pissed when we didn't disclose right away that we were on Park Crew, the one hiking the feature was the only one not wearing a jacket with the mountains logo and the words Park crew on it.
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dognutsdogfart
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caught something and holy is it ever knocking me out. throat and body are on fire and every time i move or stand up i nearly black out.
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theabortionator
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TOAST.media and marketing should be bottom of the totem pole and not telling anyone what to do imo. Operating safe staffing levels during normal ski hours should take priority.


Marketing... ugh. Same shit different resort always. Hell. Ours just tried to cancel our rail jam last minute like at show time because of the weather. Weather was shitty but 20 something people still showed up and we(park crew) got some good sponsors for it because marketing gave out redbull mx goggles and mtn beanies at the last one.

Sucks ass especially all the OT hours put into rhe builds. Idk. They're in their own unchecked universe generally
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profa_212
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theabortionatorIdk. They're in their own unchecked universe generally


Squaw posting blower photos at 9am from their 6am special lift rides into closed terrain because they are very special people telling everyone to get up there. Meanwhile there's 3 hours of traffic on 89, the parking lot has been full for an hour and a half and the mountain is already cut up. Lmao


usually followed by a nightly "hey guys you should get up earlier to beat traffic" post
2 years ago
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maaattt
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I'm fucking mad bros
2 years ago
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Newsheepers
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maaatttI'm fucking mad bros


Why?
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SmokedGouda
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I think chairs were a silly invention. Why is it they they support you via 4 posts. Why couldnt it be 3. two in the front, one in the back. It just seems obsurd that we waste more materials on that fourth post. Thank god we didnt make them with 5 posts. That would be a painful experience if we fell through. I guess desk chairs have that one springy post in the middle, but its just kinda weird looking. Jumping up and down is like car suspension on a 4x4 road. Inventions man. Theyre just so obsurd sometimes.
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SmokedGouda
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maaatttI'm fucking mad bros


its getting heated in here
2 years ago
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Vish-shoe
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SmokedGoudaI think chairs were a silly invention. Why is it they they support you via 4 posts. Why couldnt it be 3. two in the front, one in the back. It just seems obsurd that we waste more materials on that fourth post. Thank god we didnt make them with 5 posts. That would be a painful experience if we fell through. I guess desk chairs have that one springy post in the middle, but its just kinda weird looking. Jumping up and down is like car suspension on a 4x4 road. Inventions man. Theyre just so obsurd sometimes.

The human ass and legs are naturally more square shaped than triangle, so it would be hella uncomfortable. This is a stupid ass idea.
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Newsheepers
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SmokedGoudaI think chairs were a silly invention. Why is it they they support you via 4 posts. Why couldnt it be 3. two in the front, one in the back. It just seems obsurd that we waste more materials on that fourth post. Thank god we didnt make them with 5 posts. That would be a painful experience if we fell through. I guess desk chairs have that one springy post in the middle, but its just kinda weird looking. Jumping up and down is like car suspension on a 4x4 road. Inventions man. Theyre just so obsurd sometimes.

It would be unbalanced if you leaned a certain way
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Biffbarf
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SmokedGoudaI think chairs were a silly invention. Why is it they they support you via 4 posts. Why couldnt it be 3. two in the front, one in the back. It just seems obsurd that we waste more materials on that fourth post. Thank god we didnt make them with 5 posts. That would be a painful experience if we fell through. I guess desk chairs have that one springy post in the middle, but its just kinda weird looking. Jumping up and down is like car suspension on a 4x4 road. Inventions man. Theyre just so obsurd sometimes.


What 3 legged furniture gains in self leveling it lacks in stability
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Vish-shoe
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We should count spins in radians. If you think about it, it really makes sense. It would make it way easier to count how many spins are actually in a trick. For example, a double cork 1260 would be a double cork 7 π. Sounds way cooler, and it’s easier to understand that its 3 and a half rotations.
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GayWolf420
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TOAST.lol, two of my buddies and i got asked if we had a filming permit by a patroler one time because he didnt like that we were filming someone that was hiking a rail. We knew 100% he just made that shit up on the spot. He then got pissed when we didn't disclose right away that we were on Park Crew, the one hiking the feature was the only one not wearing a jacket with the mountains logo and the words Park crew on it.

If anything, free marketing and positive word of mouth referrals from people taking pics or vids of their friends and family is ultimatley one of the best forms of marketing and PR. I think it's frustrating that they also assume some of us haven't been working in the industry for a while and understand the basic concept of how to generate a good image and ultimately sales/revenue. But whatever. It looks cool on IG/TikTok I guess.
theabortionatorMarketing... ugh. Same shit different resort always. Hell. Ours just tried to cancel our rail jam last minute like at show time because of the weather. Weather was shitty but 20 something people still showed up and we(park crew) got some good sponsors for it because marketing gave out redbull mx goggles and mtn beanies at the last one.

Sucks ass especially all the OT hours put into rhe builds. Idk. They're in their own unchecked universe generally


Profahoben_212Squaw posting blower photos at 9am from their 6am special lift rides into closed terrain because they are very special people telling everyone to get up there. Meanwhile there's 3 hours of traffic on 89, the parking lot has been full for an hour and a half and the mountain is already cut up. Lmao


usually followed by a nightly "hey guys you should get up earlier to beat traffic" post

Unchecked and unregulated is the best way to describe it. Unfortunately departments like patrol for instance aren't profit centers for resorts, especially mega ones, and if anything bear the huge brunt of liability even if something miniscule occurs and someone gets injured due to it, almost like it's our fault in a way but also not. I feel like management and risk managers look at any other department that doesnt bring in money as potential risks for lawsuit which is understandable seeing the stuff I see regularly and over the years working around a ski town, but that stigma needs to change because the white cross is all of a sudden your best friend when shit does hit the fan

**This post was edited on Feb 16th 2023 at 3:06:32pm
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