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A Boring Dystopia
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Those fucking poles are overpriced outfitter gear. He'd have probably been better off with a good stick.
You mean with a stick impaled on his side? How is that better? (The stick may or may not be clean)
What are you? A rep with big shitty aluminum walking pole?
Let's just assume I was speaking to the other grizzled sorts that can evaluate a walking stick that their grandchildren can use without fear of unintended impalement.
Usually when I think of a (walking) stick I think first of a stick picked up from the floor and then I think of a walking cane.
See, I have to go outside for my sticks and branches.
But you've stumbled into my point out of belligerence; neither of those are "trekking poles" which are dressed up cross country skiing poles that'd cost you $20 - $300 to discover it's shit and apparently embed itself into your organs.
A boyscout could teach you how to find a fucking decent branch for free.
Since you absolutely must argue this shit(?), I personally feel big box outdoor outfitter camping stores are the culprit in this, and I don't think any cleanliness was provided to the perforation endured to justify the likelihood of just such an event or extra cost.