Temporarily embarrassed billionaires are a common thread across eras here. Really dumb delusion
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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See also: West Virginia
I'd rather not, I go to great lengths to avoid seeing West Virginia.
Okay then. That means more West Virginia for me.
I never would have guessed that the knife guy was actually a sentient motorcycle.
The pictures are awesome and I love the scenery there. But what I'm stopping in to say is I dig those saddlebags. Ammo cans?
Those are the Tusk "large" size universal aluminum panniers. They're quite a bit larger than ammo cans (although maybe not 40mm or grenade cans).
A buddy of mine has the same bike but uses .50 cal ammo cans as panniers. They're a bit restrictive, so he also has to lash a duffel to the top. I can make do by cramming all of my junk in these panniers instead, which leaves the top rack free for my fold-a-crate into which I can put firewood or any unwise souvenir purchases I might make in my travels.
Nice. Now I've got to go look. I've been looking at 20mm ammo cans and they're about the same size as that (the .50 cal cans are too small for me).
Appreciate it, friend!
These are really beautiful pictures.
West Virginia is a truly amazing place to visit, just real rough to live there. Honestly, the two are kinda connected, the lack of people and development is really the biggest draw.
By all accounts the scenery is actually pretty nice, except for all the mountaintop-removal mines.
Not even the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Shenandoah River?
I for one am older than the trees
That's really sad, actually.
don't they have that spot in west virginia where you can't use cellphones though? that's pretty great
Gosh, that sounds a lot like "If I suck up to The Boss, and work those late nights and weekends, I'll be a billionaire one day!"
But even if that were true, even if you could kill enough people and subjugate others to have a very comfortable existence, should you do it? I understand an appeal to morality in a society of amoral beings is basically yelling to the void, but come on. Some things are wrong, regardless of how easy your life could become if you did them. I don't think Americans have ever understood that, and whoever did has historically been shunned (John Brown comes to mind), often imprisoned or assassinated.
True, Americans are very "pragmatic" (and this is not a compliment)
~~This~~ Every country was built on slavery.
Probably true, but some countries moved to feudalism or even capitalism at this point of history
I think it's a fair assumption that nearly every country that developed engaged in some form of slavery, but I struggle to think of any country that achieved the status of a world power that didn't employ it in some form.
This isn't to excuse US' history of slavery, which was barbaric, just that the singling out one country tends to ignore that slavery isn't an exceptional thing.
Probably true, but some countries moved to feudalism or even capitalism at this point of history
Slavery and feudalism aren't mutually exclusive - the most fascinating thing that I heard when I studied the US Civil War was the concept of the US South itself as a feudal society. The Southern aristocrats maintained their client networks of subordinate white folk with which they utterly controlled the social, economic, and political life of the South by the economic coercion of 'owning' a labor force, rather than extensive legal protections for themselves. By contrast, Northern plutocrats struggled to cultivate long-lasting client networks because, like most plutocrats, their power is based on the fluidity of their capital. You can be getting richer with every dollar, or cultivate loyalty with it - not both.
(the notion of 'feudalism' itself is often disputed amongst medievalists, but we'll ignore that for now, lmao, as a casual term it works)