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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 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.
Thats cute.
Look at the danish mountains and despair!
https://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 (barely) and theres a small giftshop selling icecream and knick knacks on top of it.
Try and best that yanks! 😎
Oh wow even the Netherlands that is as flat as a pancake and half the country sits below sea level has a higher mountain
the dutch and the danish, united in having a flat as fuck country and a love for pastries ✊
I don’t know a single thing about USA elevation. Is this map real?
Well, yes and no. It’s describing the real differences between elevation, but of course it’s exaggerated to make the point.
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The colors are not real, either, btw.
Thank you.
Gringos and their flatland they call a country
the west coast was formed by an acient change of massive volcanic activities, thats why its also very fertile soil.
The Appalachians have been mountains longer than North America has been a continent
They’re older than Saturn’s rings
They’re the bones of the world dawg. It’s why there’s so much spooky scary shit here (I live in Appalachia.)
Not just the bones of the world, they’re older than bones.
Older than trees.
Older than bones.
Drones from land masses that don’t exist anymore.
There are Appalachian mountains with coal seams and those are the younger ones, because they formed in some places before the land biomass that made coal and oil existed.
They contain layers of fossils from ancient whales back to small crustaceans.
480 million years ago trilobites were being heft out of the sea by the Appalachians.
The Appalachians existed for 20 million years before bearing witness to a million year long meteor shower from the L-chondrite debris, and witnessed the earth with rings of comet orbiting for eons.
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.
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?
Wikipedia says they date back 480 million years, during the Ordovician period. I think the atmosphere would have been pretty breathable, but plants wouldn’t conquer the land in a serious way for at least another 60 million years or so, with bugs following them. Nothing saw those mountains. If you time-traveled to the Pangean mountains, you would be the only being to ever observe them in their formative years. Eons would pass before the first plant set root at their feet. The sterile and desolate emptiness would be beyond human experience.
The couple of people who’ve been on the moon have seen that kind of emptiness
I think the atmosphere would have been pretty breathable
HELLA breathable bruh…
Did you just snap a pic in your uni’s hallway
but plants wouldn’t conquer the land in a serious way for at least another 60 million years or so
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Eons would pass before the first plant set root at their feet.Pretty sure the mountains will still be there. Spoiler alert. I started at the end of the book.
you would be the only being to ever observe them in their formative years.
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The sterile and desolate emptiness would be beyond human experience.That’s badass though. Except that we might be returning to that sterile and desolate emptiness here shortly.
Also, don’t forget that fungi, algae, and lichen colonized dry land before the plants arrived, paving the way for them by eating rocks and pooping dirt.
And as old as that is, sharks are older than the mountains.
Sharks are older than the North Star. Not as in Polaris wasn’t pointing north yet when the sharks evolved, but as in it hadn’t formed yet.
And through it all, the mountains can all agree…trump is the biggest piece of shit they’ve ever heard of.
Can we get a map of mountain deaths? Mt Washington would run up the scoreboard.
Do murders on mountains count? Then there are definitely mountains with way higher kill counts than anything in the Rockies, in the Appalachian mountains.
Man in a few million years that tweet is gonna look hella dumb
remindmebot@lemmy.world 8 million years
New Pangea will just be one big mountain
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.
Western trails: Ascend on nicely-graded switchbacks.
Eastern trails: Ascend straight up a seasonal creek bed.
That’s actually incredibly real
I about died on old butt knob in NC at my peak fitness
Million to one shot, Doc. Million to one.
Hehe, butt knob
This guy hikes
Its not the height, it’s the age. Thar be eldritch monsters in the Appalachians. Rockies is just aliens and (Gay) Bigfoot
The Appalachians are older than trees and bones and exist across three continents.
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
You shouldn’t talk about those things.
Shit. Sierra Nevadas are straight up on fire.
The highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth until 1996 was on Mt. Washington, NH. That’s gotta count for some cool points.
There’s a little lodge on top they chain to the mountain
They could just put some spoilers on there for downforce
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
South America looks at both and snorts… “You call those mountains!!” These babies are started with the breakup of Pangea and are still growing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes
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.
What if it’s a titty fight, but nobody wants to say the word titty?
Let the titties do the talkin
my moobs can beat up your mountains
I found out that pierced nipples give you an edge in titty fighting
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…
Counterpoint: fresh lobster. Ordering lobster in a restaurant is crazy expensive for no reason. Cheap and delicious during peak season (nb it may not be cheap anymore since I left the area 10 years ago)
East coast food culture sucks
Order a Philly Cheesesteak
So, um, just curious, but which coast do you think those are from?
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 in Virginia, on the east coast…
Is that a Philly? Do you wanna claim that?
To be fair… It says it is a Philly Steak Sub… Not a Cheesesteak. As a steak sub that’s not a horrible combination.
But it is still clear what they’re trying to sell and is an abomination.
That sandwich is a crime no matter what they’re trying to call it
If you can’t make it up to Philadelphia, DC has some good places for cheesesteaks. It’s been a few years, but I’ll see if I can find the name of the place I liked
Oh I feel this so much, grew up primarily on the west coast (with some time on the east coast and in the south) and now that I’m living on the east coast again the general quality of food here is abysmal compared to average places I could find anywhere in places like Arizona, California, or Washington.
Are you ok?
There no way they are. That sounds awful.
I had “chili” in Virginia once, and it was literally beans and tomatoes in water and salt.
I’m not gonna tell you what date this happened because I don’t want the murders traced back to me.
I don’t think anyone would move to convict
I nearly killed a local with my habanero guac.
Nearly? We expect better next time
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…
I’m not crazy. INSTITUTION!
You’re the one that’s crazy. INSTITUTION!
You’re driving me crazy. INSTITUTION!I’m glad someone got that, cuz I was gonna feel real fucking old.
I mean if you know that song you’re probably getting old…
Fuck.
I’m further North and we have great Mexican. I’m not sure about a California Burrito but I’ll check it out!
Just tell them how to make it, or make sure they look it up. Don’t let “get creative” with it. If it doesnt have fries IN the burrito, its not a california burrito.
Did you move from a more densely populated area to a less densely populated area? Because if I moved from my bigger city with amazing food to a nearby smaller city, my food options would immediately suck
I’m sorry you’ve been disappointed.
This is how villains are made.
Where are you ordering your food from, the dumpster?
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.
My man, my fucking man, let me show you this shit.
Restuarant 1
WITH fries. Like, as a side. Not in the burrito, neverminding everything else wrong.
Heres a different restaurant also nearby
Beans and rice? Wheres the fries??
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…
Damn, you weren’t even exaggerating a little.
Thanks for bringing the receipts on these atrocities, they’re both hilarious and heartbreaking 🥲
That second California burrito is definitely a Texas burrito. We do beans and rice in ours. I’ve literally never heard of fries going in a burrito, and the concept makes me uncomfortable lmao
I got no qualms with rice and beans in a burrito. Love it, good stuff… but don’t call it a fucking california burrito.
This post is the first time I’ve ever even heard that a California burrito is a specific thing
I mean, you implied you live in Texas, right? No one in Texas is ever gonna try to present California as a good thing…
But you owe it yourself to try it. Good California Burrito is simple. It has carne asada, french fries, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream in a flour tortila. That’s the minimum.
But, bump it up, substitute salsa cremosa for the sour cream and just slather it on. Or, fuck it, do both, I won’t judge if you like your burritos dripping wet. Put some cheese in there if you want, stick to cheddar/colby/jack.
No one in Texas is ever gonna try to present California as a good thing……
Why would you say that?! California is amazing in many ways. I just think french fries on a burrito sounds very strange…
Most of the time when I get a burrito here, it includes chopped smoked chicken, chorizo, or al pastor as the protein, with mexican rice, refried beans, avocado, lettuce, pico, and jack cheese. Sometimes I’ll include sour cream or salsa, usually a roja for me but tomatillo is super popular. Cholula also
Your burrito is now their burrito. This is what it feels like, btw.
Beat regards,
A hispanic
Finally, I, a white man, knows what gentrification and cultural appropriation feels like. And it feels bad man.
I mean. Somewhat.
Like its kind of bullshit to make a claim that this isn’t appropriation/ gentrification/ whatever your proffered framing is. At the same time, Lola’s 7 up in barrio Carlsbad has been around almost a hundred years. Some place in El Cajon, Escondido, spots in LA, all over southern California… its not like the people living there stopped being Mexican when the border moved. And its truly injust to “make invisible” the people who have lived in some of these areas since it wasn’t even Mexico, but Spain, and dismiss their cooking traditions because especially on the west coast of alta and baja california, the cultural centers weren’t in modern Mexico. They were LA, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco (the mission, hello).
Sir, I’ve been waiting for my burrito for more than 2 hours now.
ok mijo calm down, i’ll take you to lourdes and get you some chicken soup so you feel better
ayayayay qué rico! :D
Not sure what’s going on here, but we had a different name for eating cum off a bland tortilla chip when I was a youth. We also didn’t typically do it in restaurants.
No idea how to reply to this
Dont lose eyecontact and it wont be your problem.
At least thats what I recall…
Was the different name for cum chips “Tuesdays”?
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.
Does New Orleans really count as the east?
What part of Virginia? cuz some parts are better than others
As someone from the southeast I had the opposite reaction when visiting Cali. I felt like there was no soul in that food at all. More healthy tho.
Edit: Rethinking it, I’m actually sure there’s good and bad in both places.
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.
As another person from the southeast, similar is true down here and most places: a locally known and mildly sketchy situation is the best! (Usually…)
Gas station places with a packed parking lot, open church bbqs, the smoky old dark wood panel places serving the best burger you ever had.
That said, the first time I had a proper tamale when I moved to Texas, omgosh! Magic.
… How did we get here from mountains?
please keep the convo on track. we’re talking about burritos
…what are those things on the right?
That I have but one upvote to give!
Here, have some Lemmy gold 🥫 (it’s a can of beans)
We talking about burritos now.
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
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.
Your spoon may be too big though.
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.
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…
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.
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.
You’d think if it were true they wouldn’t spend so much time trying to prove it. They doth protest too much
Right?
It legitimately just leaves a bad taste in my mouth regarding the west coast and particularly California
And I don’t want to feel like that! Like I know those places are cool and have beautiful natural settings and intelligent people and awesome culture.
You don’t have to trash talk the entire other half of the country to convince me that you guys have merit.
It’s low-key what someone with incredibly low self esteem does.
Hey, while you might not win on education, healthcare, quality of life or cultural attitudes towards racism, you can always come at the west coast over this BS:
“It’S tHe IcE tHaTs ThE pRoBlEm” sure, and the fact there’s eight whole plows in the entire state and nobody even understands the concept of winter tires is just totally unrelated…
(/j ❤️)
Seattle, just the city limits of Seattle, has hills taller than things I’ve heard people in the midwest call mountains.
That being said, yeah, you are absolutely correct that almost fucking nobody in the PNW knows jack shit about driving in the snow.
They also know jack shit about driving in the rain, which is… baffling for hopefully obvious reasons.
In general, ICE is always the problem. Even in Las Vegas.
Nah, this is more fun to jack off to. Speaking of, have y’all heard how terrible the Cali Burritos are out east?
I’ve never even heard of a Cali Burrito. Is it made of acid rain and somehow simultaneously water shortages?
Hey I get this reference. Sick meta.
