I had that happen, I parked my bike and got the next 2 drivers to come help, since none of us were moving until this car was out of the way. The gas station was literally 20 feet away on the other side of the intersection tho.

There’s nothing wrong with picking a machine that is harder to maintain if it’s more fun to drive or has other benefits, people don’t buy or restore and maintain old sports cars for prestige, they maintain them because they like the machine for what it is.

My bike is harder to maintain than a scooter because it uses foreign parts, has to be kickstarted most of the time, and needs oil every 200 km or so, though it’s still extremely practical. I could sell it for what I paid and buy a scooter and have the dealership take care of maintenance, but I wouldn’t enjoy the experience of driving it nearly as much.

I am looking at buying a much less practical zx-25r, and just keeping this as a backup in case I need to move 3 or more suitcases at once or the new bike isn’t running.

I don’t have a spare tire in the car, so a blown one would definitely mean a missed flight

One of the benefits of money and fame is that it should help with depression and material conditions so you don’t find yourself sleeping in rat-infested trash.

There’s people who aspire to have money and internet fame, and still sleep in rat-infested trash?

??? I’ve been going there every few months for the last 2 years and haven’t gotten sick. I do know a couple foreigners who got sick, one from cross-contaminated pre-cut fruit, and one from some diner they were invited to party at. I did have mountainside-clearing farts when I went to Korea the first time tho.

people getting/skimming “gutter oil” out of trash cans and sewers to use for frying street food.

Oil does not grow in sewers and trash cans. Old oil can be stored in cans buried in the sidewalk or in bins behind the shop. That oil is recycled for industrial processes, though there was an issue where people were buying that refined oil to use in food like a decade ago.

There’s no reason to put oil in the old oil can and then take it out to reuse when you could just not take out the old oil.

The food safety isn’t great in asia as a whole, but the gutter oil thing is taken massively out of context.

I mean we haven’t checked on her in 4 years, who knows what she’s up to these days.

That fascist streamer with the really bad hygiene. Every few months I hear something against my will and just think “Wait why is this guy influential? Who is he influencing?”

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