socks dont weigh much, then again I dont subscribe to the ultralight stuff. I am paranoid so I bring 4. One to wear, one I just cleaned and is drying, one for a backup (if I am hiking in wet conditions and want to change mid day or if I get a hole in one pair or…), and one as a backup to the backup. Three is probably enough, but I always have that second backup.

Im a big guy too and I was never a fan of the ultralight obsession. just stumbled onto this community as some friends are talking about doing a section of the PCT next year. Gear review/recommendations are welcome.

Wash them?

If you are backpacking, you should have at LEAST 2 pairs of socks and you wash them at the end of the day. Use campsuds or the equivalent. I also had a ritual of washing my feet every morning with the cold stream water right before putting on the socks. It helped prevent blisters. This was back in the day when you had to have a pure wool sock and a polypro liner as a separate sock. now the smartwool is much easier to deal with.

Brown the butter before adding back in the drained noodles and add cream cheese. Cut back the milk a bit.

You do the cheese smoking yourself?

Listen, Im over here wearing my floaties, watching sales people doing a triple gainer off the high-dive. I’m not trying to pretend to be especially good with the social skills. All I’m saying is water is wet. Some people have an affinity to those sorts of skills, some don’t. Some people work at it. Some can’t. Everyone has to at least bathe though. That’s a metaphor, but also not.

Why do you need to be forced by society to develop social skills?

Social skills is another way of saying the abilities required to function in a society. You might as well ask why do you need to learn to swim to get in the pool.

Why isn’t putting your best forward enough?

Often it is, but to stretch the metaphor used above, they are going to be stuck in the shallow end.

I definitely remember hearing “Here put this helmet and [thick] jacket on”… “Stay there and wait” etc

I was the younger brother. I was “willing” to do a lot of things I knew were bad ideas.

THIS MAN HAS A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.

How we allowed him to lead the HHS is beyond me.

hey! I resemble those remarks!

I think he actually believes this will move manufacturing to the US. He is a moron afterall.

First thing that came to my mind when I saw the question ‘What is his life like?’

He dated Grace Jones

I agree. This dissolve the union stuff is just as ridiculous now as it was then, “a house divided” and all that.

Newsom is kinda a schmuck.

Amazon Prime is the only one that’s been hard for me to kick…

Hell yeah. I might have gone with Everglade but I’m just glad L7 is represented.

I honestly have never been into an apple store. Why would we want this?

The vagueness of this statement is pretty telling of the competence of these ‘founders’. Rich assholes who have a ‘vision’ and make people who actually work figure out what the fuck is going on.

Like the whole bumper sticker thing “I bought this before Elon went crazy”

How about a bumper sticker that says “this car is fully insured”.

I was thinking rainbow face paint with interesting paterns

Masks work too though.

Is that the type they put in turon? I love those things.