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[–] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

"It's one country, Michael, how wide could it be? Two weeks of skateboarding?"

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure he does.

Well, if you're following him, did you bring more clothes? Maybe you can lend him some.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Almost certain they were playing it up and this is satire, sorry to spoil everyone’s fun. https://www.instagram.com/jaayfilms They started again on September 30 this year and are now in Missouri. If these content creators are good at one thing it’s creating a compelling narrative and this guy did it by getting himself called illiterate.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Oh shit, he’s in the home state of illiteracy now

[–] figjam@midwest.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll admit there is a part of me thats relieved.

[–] Numenor@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Same, I was full. Ahh. That's better.

[–] xyz1195@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That guys vote counts the same as yours. Just saying.

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This might not be true. Depending on where you live, your vote could be worth about 0.8th of what this guys vote is worth

[–] Homescool@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Casper and Cheyenne Wyoming have the 75k most powerful voters in the country.

They control the same number of US Senators as the world's 5th largest economy.

The fact that 75k can filibuster 40m is the peak of absurdity.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago (7 children)

If he's from California then my vote counts a little more because my state has less population. The smaller the state's population the more their vote counts.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
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[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don't know the answer cancel each other out. It's the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 15 hours ago

Wisdom of the crowds works when people are making somewhat educated guesses. It falls apart though if everybody groups themselves into camps that either think A or B and no other option because their camp leader has told them that they think A or B

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 182 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Micro cosmology is a problem a majority of Americans live with. If they can't see it from their front porch it don't exist. That played a major factor in the current shitshow preloading in d.c.

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[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like a longboard would be better for this.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 55 minutes ago

If the longboard is the length of the US and he mounts it, does that count? Does he have to walk the length on the longboard? I have so many (very stupid) questions!

[–] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

No need to board shame him. He's just rocking with what he's got. It's not the size of the board, it's the motion on the pavement.

[–] demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 181 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Two weeks, huh? The US is around 3,000 miles from coast to coast, so that puts him over 200 miles skateboarding every single day... I'm not sure, but the person who didn't know mountains exist might be dumb.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 126 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Just go faster. I don't get it.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 125 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Apparently, Chad Caruso set the Guinness world record as the first person to skateboard across America in 2023, from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach. It took him 57 days to cover 3,162 miles, adventure adventure of 55 miles a day.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I met a guy like that in the 90's except he was on a lot of LSD and was making his way around the world. IDK if that was true but my buddy picked him up one night and we had a party with him and he cut his dreads off and burned them so a witch wouldn't get them. Good times!

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Does he have learning disabilities? How does someone with so much motivation not learn to read

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

See the great historical documentary 'Forrest Gump'.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (10 children)

It is easy to have motivation to skateboard across america when you don't have enough education to understand what doing that means.

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[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Most likely functionally illiterate and not 100% "I can't read," but I've overestimated instagrammers before

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