The fact he walked three hours being notable enough to make the headline is possibly the most American thing I've ever seen
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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I'm reasonably sure that's a 3 hour long drive. America is big.
Ahh sorry, to me a trek means a walk
America is so car centric they're eliminating walking from the vocabulary
Star Trek but it’s just guys walking through space
hitchhiking really
It's a fair point.
My city's about to get a new baseball stadium, and people are actually whining that they might have to park their car somewhere other than the stadium and walk.
And, mind you, we have a five-mile long, free passenger train that will take them right to the stadium. It's not gonna be hard to get there.
From what I can tell about 90% of Americans respond to phrases like "passenger train" with sheer panic.
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Make sure to avoid any star treks then
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Depends on your perspective. I've lived in the locations in the Midwest where we choose to just drive 10 hours because the airport is so far away.
If you're not from this part of the region there's 2 things you should know. The traffic corridor it's on has really high traffic as it's one of the primary ways between major metropolitan areas in the region and that flag is fucking HUGE. It's basically impossible to miss, it's genuinely one of the largest flags I've ever seen in my life. So to call it a prominent feature is an understatement and it absolutely should be taken down
It was actually recently taken down, I'm local and heard the reason was something to do with it never actually having been properly permitted to be on the land it was on or something.
Edit: Zoning and not obtaining proper permission for it to be that tall were the reasons it was removed. https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2026/02/14/judge-orders-removal-of-confederate-flag-along-i-85/
It's been really nice to drive through that area and not spend the next 30 minutes fuming and plotting to shoot gallium-filled paint balls at the aluminum pole it was on.
Ah, I haven't been to Atlanta yet this year so I didn't know that. Good riddance
I have never destroyed someone else's property.
I have absolutely fantasized about how I could pull off a flaming arrow, covert flagpole sabatoge, spray paint over cameras or signage, and similar for places that are so overly racist or evil.
I don't think I'll ever do it, since I'm more lawful neutral than chaotic good, but I value the people who are.
As a municipal planner, I love the solution. We get warm fuzzies when we can use our talent for bureaucracy to do something good. It helps make up for the politicians trying to get us to bend rules for developers.
waste of gallium. could be making spoons out of it.
if its back up, shoot a flare at it.
whoopsie poopsie.
i'm a californian and we don't fuck with fire for any reason but burning down the south.
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Unfortunately we're in a drought and it was surrounded by trees. On the one hand, finishing what General Sherman started sounds like a great idea, but it also would cause a lot of pain for innocent people so there are good reasons not to go that route.
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I mean, I'd have just lit it on fire, but to each their own I suppose
Easier to light on fire if you pull it down first I guess?
I mean aren't all flags held on by rope? And rope can be lit on fire... 🤷♂️
It doesn't burn anywhere near as well as you'd hope, unless you soak it in oil, or similar, first sadly, and manmade fibres are even less likely to carry the flame than natual ones.
Aw :(
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i probably would have too, but he thought that ahead better. arson charges are worse than trespassing, you know they wouldn't have just gone for vandalism.
James Blitch, huh?
We should start using the word "blitch" to mean a person who will go far out of their way to do the right thing.
"Here I blitch, I can do no other."
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What was he charged with? I don’t see a crime.
I can't believe how difficult it is for these people to accept the fact that they lost. Union should've gone Khwarazmian on them.
is he single?
that flag should be replaced with whoever put it up there.
Don't be a bitch be a Blitch!
Blitch made them his bitch.
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