Its not the height, it’s the age. Thar be eldritch monsters in the Appalachians. Rockies is just aliens and (Gay) Bigfoot
Those moutains are so quaint
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The Appalachians are older than trees and bones and exist across three continents.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shit. Sierra Nevadas are straight up on fire.
AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Hey now, do you really think all the eldritch monsters just stayed in the appalachians? No.
Thats why there are skinwalkers in the rockies; they’re just wendigo that heard there were taller mountains forming in the west and decided to migrate over.
/s
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 weeks ago
You shouldn’t talk about those things.
garth@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Western trails: Ascend on nicely-graded switchbacks.
Eastern trails: Ascend straight up a seasonal creek bed.
mbp@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
That’s actually incredibly real
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Million to one shot, Doc. Million to one.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This guy hikes
tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Look at the danish mountains and despair
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget
Sky Mountain! a whopping peak height of 140m elevation. A hike so deadly that it is a time honored tradition to let our kindergarten aged children ‘climb’ it. Takes an afternoon and theres a small giftshop selling icecream and knick knacks on top of it.
Try and best that yanks! 😎
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh wow even the Netherlands that is as flat as a pancake and half the country sits below sea level has a higher mountain
tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
the dutch and the danish, united in having a flat as fuck country and a love for pastries ✊
Logarrhythmia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just love the first sentence
“Himmelbjerget (“The Sky Mountain” or “The Mountain of Heaven”) is a hill”
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
that whole country walks up for gatherings.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
My hometown as a “mountain” almost twice as tall as this.
wieson@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Sky Mountain? Then it’s basically the same as the Tian Shan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
if “my mountains can beat up your mountains” is some element of the conversation, i’m not talking at all, i’m walking the other direction
bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What if it’s a titty fight, but nobody wants to say the word titty?
Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
my moobs can beat up your mountains
toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 2 weeks ago
I found out that pierced nipples give you an edge in titty fighting
atomicorange@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let the titties do the talkin
The_v@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
South America looks at both and snorts… “You call those mountains!!” These babies are started with the breakup of Pangea and are still growing.
First time I was flying into Santiago, I was amazed when we hit 3,000m and looked way up at the mountains out the window.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They also have the only empire we know of that used mountains as its imperial core rather than as internal boundaries. Even Rome which was located in the famously mountainous Italy and was a land power treated the mountains as an inconvenience. But the Inca were just like “fuck you, we’re mountain people”
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I love my Cascades and the Rockies are majestic and impressive, but the Appalachians are basically the wizened old crones of mountains. They’re weird and mysterious. They’re full of forests and traditions and stories. They demand respect.
Also, listen, folks from the eastern Midwest are barely used to hills then having to drive through them is scary.
Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m in Minnesota and I get super carsick just driving in Wisconsin. I’ve gone up the mountain on Orcas island in Washington and it was very beautiful but I actually thought I was gonna hurl. It feels just like those pirate ship carnival rides. I really don’t know how people ride those without getting sick.
However the small mountains (more like big hills tbh) along the north shore of Lake Superior are fine and don’t make sick at all for some reason.
tronx4002@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pallisade head! I love the north shore. Moved away and miss it quite a bit
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah, yes. The Old Gods of Appalachia.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget, they ae older and LOCATED IN THE RIGHT SPOT! Fucking Rockies just decide to pop up wherever they feel like.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t know. The Appalachians technically span an ocean. Though, they have a different name on the other side.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They’re both gorgeous. Why do we have to pit two queens against one another?
rabber@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Because one is prettier and it’s not even close
SavinDWhales@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not everyone likes huge Mountains, smaller ones are perfectly fine, even preferred!
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sure, the mature East Coast Lady wins…
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone from the west coast and now living on the east coast, the number one thing I can say is… the food sucks. All of it.
East coast food culture sucks.
Its either bland or some unholy pairing of bullshit (that also sucks). And I also think they go out of their way to make things wrong.
Try to order a “California Burrito” (if you dont know, Google it, pretty common), so what does Virginia think goes in it? Chicken, steak and shrimp and beans… thats not “choice of meat”, that all 3 together. None of which is what is a California Burrito is…
Here in Viriginia they just fuck up everything. Order a Philly Cheesesteak… what do they put in it? Fucking lettuce and tomatoes… what’s not in it, fucking cheese. You get more authentic subs from big chains like Subway. Like these people dont have the internet to search.
Oh, and sit down at a Mexican restaurant, theyll bring you chips with white sauce. Everyone else is thinking “oh cool queso”. No, not queso… its mayo with some onion powder… these mf serve tortilla chips with mayonnaise…
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are you ok?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There no way they are. That sounds awful.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No man.
Just grabbed some dinner with the kid at a Mexican restaurant in town… all I wanted was a burrito and they wouldn’t give it to me. Just one Cali burrito and they wouldn’t give it to me…
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
California Burrito
Carne asada, guacomole salsa, pico de gallo, french fries, a bit of cheese. A BIT like a tiny bit.
Its not a fucking delicacy, its a drunken fools only hope at 4 AM. Its not meant for a plate. Burritos are not meant for church. Its not high fucking art. Its fucking food and its meant to be a way.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My man, my fucking man, let me show you this shit.
Restuarant 1 Image
WITH fries. Like, as a side. Not in the burrito, neverminding everything else wrong.
Heres a different restaurant also nearby
Fucking google that shit… its like everyone out here heard that California burritos are popular and did literally NO further looking into it. Just made some shit up.
And look at this shit… you see that white “dipping sauce” there? Thats not queso…
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
East coast food culture sucks
Order a Philly Cheesesteak
So, um, just curious, but which coast do you think those are from?
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Listen, I know Philly is more east than west… but Ive had a Philly cheesesteak on the west coast. It was awesome… now… explain this shit being served here on the east coast…
fireweed@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
… How did we get here from mountains?
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
please keep the convo on track. we’re talking about burritos
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We talking about burritos now.
valar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
As someone from the southeast I had the opposite reaction when visiting Cali. No soul in that food at all!
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If youre visiting, get away from the tourist shops. This is true when you’re visiting anywhere. Don’t eat the food made for tourists.
Ask a local, find some place that has a dude selling burritos out of an unmarked doorway counter. If you see an old mexican lady wandering around with a ice chest behind her, shes selling homemade tamales, get that shit.
Food near tourist areas is made bland af to appeal the widest visiting audience.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You need to hit up the south. Amazing food. Sure the weather is hot af, the politics are fucking terrible, and you’ll probably get some odd looks of you’re not white.
But boy…that food. Put some pounds on you quick but you’ll leave fat and sassy
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Correct, barbeque from the south, dessert from the Amish, Italian from New York and nearby Italian grandmother’s. If you get a burrito from some place that’s bad that doesn’t mean there isn’t top tier food there.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your spoon may be too big though.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
how do they fuck that up lol the main thing that separates a cali burrito and a burrito is the french fries being IN the burrito. thats like one of the lowest hanging fruits to fuck up.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right? And it would be one thing if just one restaurant fucked it up. You’d be like “well that restaurant is just dumb”… but its like…ALL of them. All of them fuck it up in different ways.
Its baffling…
mbp@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
People are clowning on ya but I get it.
I grew up in Florida and moved to Oregon, the food culture was shit back home. People here will like watch you take that first bite and gauge your reaction; it kinda freaked me out at first lol. People are passionate as fuck about food here.
That being said, New Orleans still had some of the best food I’ve ever had in my life and it is on the East. Consider it the exception that proves the rule.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does New Orleans really count as the east?
starik@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah, only the West Coast knows how to make a Philly cheesesteak, made famous by the West Coast city of Phil Francisco.
almost1337@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What part of Virginia? Hampton Roads is basically only good for seafood, but they are good at it. Northern Virginia has diverse and interesting ethnic food options, but you have to look for them. Richmond I assume is the same. Western Virginia is kind of rural sprawl but the southern food is great.
content_educator_94@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
We get it, people from the west coast, you’re better than us, we fucking get it.
Y’all can find something else to jack off about now.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The thing about mountains is that they’re all big when you’re at the bottom of them
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
DonorTissue@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The geographical feature that you have no control over is for losers.
Zink@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Sometimes it’s not the moutains that get you, it’s the smaller hills and valleys surrounding them because there are actually people and roads there.
Sometimes if you make a wrong turn in Pittsburgh, you are not just going the wrong direction but are also at the wrong elevation or on the wrong layer, and there’s no looping around the block to get back to where you started.
Disclaimer: This thread led me to read the Wikipedia article about Appalachia. Some definitions of the region do not include Pittsburgh or even parts of Pennsylvania, but at the same time there’s a photo of downtown Pittsburgh at the top of the article, so I went with it.
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The Sierra Nevadas are no joke. If you drive through them in wintertime you are absolutely taking a risk, not only because you’re driving on windy (if well-maintained) mountain highways, but you may get stuck in snow despite your chains and will freeze to death.
If you are lucky, a CHP or forest ranger may see you and help you out.
Heaven forbid you have engine trouble or run out of fuel.
redditmodssucks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ours are older and were taller.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth until 1996 was on Mt. Washington, NH. That’s gotta count for some cool points.
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The Nepalese: Oh you Americans are so cute.
tresspass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Can we get a map of mountain deaths? Mt Washington would run up the scoreboard.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The real difference between them is the trees.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I love love love listening to my Western friends complaining about how much more difficult Appalachian trails are. See this creek bed? That’s the trail. No pansy switchbacks to keep the grade nice. If there’s a headwall, we’re going straight to the lip.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’ve lived in several places, all FLAT. Whenever I visit a mountainous place like Denver, it always seems so weird that there are these mountains always looming over me. At least you always know which way is west.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Lol at all the East Coasters in this thread.
Our mountains are old, show some respect!
Our mountains are haunted, oooo scaaaarrrry!!!
Hahahahah!
Nah, nah.
Scary is a semi truck with failed brakes barreling down a 14 degree grade with a 1000ft drop awaiting it if it can’t maintain control untill it hits a designated crash zone a 5 miles away.
Scary is a literal fucking volcano exploding with the force of many nuclear weapons.
Scary is whenever the Cascadia superquake hits and maybe also triggers the San Andreas fault at the same time, and turns the West Coast into an actual 90s/00s disaster movie.
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 2 weeks ago
Gringos and their flatland they call a country
Siethron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You see that little bump in the middle, those are the Ozark Mountains. The East coast’s seem perfectly fine from here
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those mountains to the east have endured much more bullshit than those young whippersnapper ranges in the west. They’re story begins as part of the African continental plate.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The east coast has some teeth, Mt. Washington will absolutely ruin your day.
DwellerVortex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mountains in East Coast are generally older while mountains in West Coast are generally taller
pseudo@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
I don’t know a single thing about USA elevation. Is this map real?
webp@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Mmm, apple atcha
platypode@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The Appalachians have been mountains longer than North America has been a continent
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
To the extent that a portion of the mountain chain that formed the Appalachian Mountains is in Europe. The Appalachians were a part of the Central Pangean mountain system, which makes them older than the Atlantic Ocean.
They’ve seen some shit.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
That’s kind of awesome to think about.
I’m picturing myself on Pangea. The mountains in front of me are taller than the Himalayas today. These are the Appalachians. Oh no, a dinosaur! Look out, duck! Huh, that’s not a duck that’s a QUETZALCOATLUS! Everybody run! How can we outrun a QUETZALCOATLUS?!?!?! AAAHHHHHH.
Isn’t it beautiful?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And through it all, the mountains can all agree…trump is the biggest piece of shit they’ve ever heard of.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And as old as that is, sharks are older than the mountains.
g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re older than Saturn’s rings
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So are sharks.
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re the bones of the world dawg. It’s why there’s so much spooky scary shit here (I live in Appalachia.)
Spitefire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not just the bones of the world, they’re older than bones.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And the white man brought inbreeding to those hallowed peaks and expects it to be celebrated
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Deliverance wasn’t a celebration.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And prominence of many is still impressive. And there’s Mount Washington, where it’s so crazy you can’t predict the weather 15 minutes out.