What's the deal with Hobo?

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Jarid332 wrote:
Bear driving a beamer is pretty bad ass I must say.
I agree, but that bear could use a friend. (PS Seely into the passenger seat)
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Camp332 wrote:
Sometimes I have no idea what goes on around here. This is one of those times.
GrapeApe wrote:
Seriously. What the hell is a hobo nick?
At first I thought he was this guy.

https://youtu.be/xaq37Rah_r4







But then someone mentioned that he walked across the US from the east coast to the west coast with a solar panel on his head and slept behind a dumpster to find himself. What have you done to find yourself?
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Camp332 wrote:
Sometimes I have no idea what goes on around here. This is one of those times.
Me, too.

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It's a sad day on Vital when this is what we are discussing

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Jarid332 9/28/2016 8:18am
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kaptkaos wrote:
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but...
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but this is not my playground.
1). Don't piss off GuyB, OCScottie and ML512
2). Post bears as often as you can.
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jeffro503 9/28/2016 8:26am
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jeffro503 wrote:
Can i ask what Nick's user name was on here? I had no idea he was even on here.
MJC wrote:
Mate, I'm chuckling that you asked this. He just posted what thread he got booted for and you and him were going at it about that...
Mate, I'm chuckling that you asked this. He just posted what thread he got booted for and you and him were going at it about that 4arm quackery
Well I'll be damned. I had no idea that was him. I'd have to go back through that thread and read what he said I guess. I vaguely remember the discussion and exactly what we were arguing about.
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visser62 9/28/2016 8:29am
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Jap is not a slang term or a nickname, it is a racial slur. People aren't "overly sensitive," they just don't take kindly to blatant prejudice.
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Jarid332 wrote:
1). Don't piss off GuyB, OCScottie and ML512
2). Post bears as often as you can.
Bonus points for driving bears
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GuyB 9/28/2016 8:51am
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kaptkaos wrote:
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but...
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but this is not my playground.
We make them so difficult to find. ;-)

http://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Vital-MX-Posting-Rules,4830…

There were no lawyers involved in the writing of those rules. One good suggestion is to try and not be a douche bag. Our job try and make it a level playing field.
Crisp BRAAAP! 9/28/2016 8:52am
9/28/2016 8:52am
Hobo Nick = Nick Kleckner

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/hobo-nick-kleckner-walks-flori…

It says he's an electrician in this article which might have been where he was at that point. But on the Main Event Moto site it points out he was a personal trainer and a mechanic for a few privateers, including Daniel Blair (who he now does the Main Event Moto podcast with). They say on the site that he walked after his last supercross, and I remember Matthes catching up with him on his walk across America. I think Pookie even made him go out and visit him when he went through Vegas.

http://www.pulpmx.com/pulpmx-show/2012/05/pulpmx-show-may-28-marvin-mus…

http://www.pulpmx.com/podcasts/guest-hobo-nick-sep-2012

I actually like him on the show but he's raw and DGAF. Pretty sure that's the part that got him in trouble with the law around here.

And, ML512, I honestly can't remember exactly what he said about it. Maybe he didn't express what I thought he said. Years of hard living have compromised my memory.
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visser62 wrote:
Jap is not a slang term or a nickname, it is a racial slur. People aren't "overly sensitive," they just don't take kindly to blatant prejudice.
Especially when there's a 'f*king' in front of it, as the person who brought it up said.

If that's correct - I have no idea if it is, but it wasn't mentioned in the reply to it.

I am also among the hobo-ignorant in this thread....
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GuyB 9/28/2016 8:54am
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40Plus_922mx wrote:
Cry fail all you want. Understand whatever suits you. Doesn't matter what you see. The Newpy's post is way off base. Nobody on DB's podcasts pre-judge...
Cry fail all you want. Understand whatever suits you. Doesn't matter what you see.

The Newpy's post is way off base. Nobody on DB's podcasts pre-judge anyone for their skin color or heritage. And that is the correct definition of racism. Being blinded by your bias as to one or the other. Using slang terms describing those traits in jest is not.
Period.
THE END.
The Fail was directed at you, not anyone on Daniel's show. I haven't listened to it.
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Crisp BRAAAP! wrote:
Nobody on that show is Japanese so not really sure why you say "in reference to their own heritage": it wasn't (unless Joe is Japanese, then...
Nobody on that show is Japanese so not really sure why you say "in reference to their own heritage": it wasn't (unless Joe is Japanese, then I apologize. He certainly doesn't look very Japanese).

I am 46.

It was all in fun and I don't think that they are racist. But it also wasn't funny.

Another point is that people used to do a lot of things, like put Japanese Americans in concentration camps, for example. Just because it used to happen doesn't mean it still should.
i tottally agree ,turned off the show after hearing that bullshit
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MelonFan123 9/28/2016 8:56am
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40Plus_922mx wrote:
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody on that show is a racist. Are you telling me that if a person uses a slang word...
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody on that show is a racist. Are you telling me that if a person uses a slang word to describe a certain nationality or culture then they are racists?
Was Richard Pryor a racist? Or a comedic genius?

I don't know how old you are but people used to call each other all kinds of slang names in reference to their own heritage and nobody got their feelings hurt. It was comedy. And that is exactly what it is on that show.

You have been brain washed, your feelings have been manipulated, and you have no control over your own thoughts as how to make this determination. You need to get the hell out of Newp bro.
First of all, nobody calls it Newps or Newpy, so please, just stop.

Did you just compare the commentary from a moto podcast to the comedy of Richard Pryor? I don't even know how to respond to that reach it's so far off base.

You're clearly coming at full force to defend Nick against being banned on here and also my insight from the show last night, so I'm not sure if he's your boy or what. Did you listen to the show and specifically the comments I'm referring to from about the first 20 min or so? It's your opinion that they were saying those things to be funny and/or entertaining?
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kaptkaos 9/28/2016 9:05am
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kaptkaos wrote:
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but...
I also still do not understand the rules of Vital myself...I would like the rules and guidelines posted somewhere and enforced accordingly to the letter, but this is not my playground.
GuyB wrote:
We make them so difficult to find. ;-) http://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Vital-MX-Posting-Rules,483019 There were no lawyers involved in the writing of those rules. One good suggestion is to try...
We make them so difficult to find. ;-)

http://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Vital-MX-Posting-Rules,4830…

There were no lawyers involved in the writing of those rules. One good suggestion is to try and not be a douche bag. Our job try and make it a level playing field.
Thanks, I swear I was looking for it and could not find it!! You should make it a sticky inside every forum, especially the ABOUT VITALMX which is where I probably looked.

The rules as written are very clear and make perfect sense to me.
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kaptkaos 9/28/2016 9:14am
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Crisp BRAAAP! wrote:
Nobody on that show is Japanese so not really sure why you say "in reference to their own heritage": it wasn't (unless Joe is Japanese, then...
Nobody on that show is Japanese so not really sure why you say "in reference to their own heritage": it wasn't (unless Joe is Japanese, then I apologize. He certainly doesn't look very Japanese).

I am 46.

It was all in fun and I don't think that they are racist. But it also wasn't funny.

Another point is that people used to do a lot of things, like put Japanese Americans in concentration camps, for example. Just because it used to happen doesn't mean it still should.
brimx153 wrote:
i tottally agree ,turned off the show after hearing that bullshit
I think the show is very entertaining and informative. They have a certain style and that may not suit everyone in todays overly PC society. He is no more offensive than Howard Stern who has a much larger audience.

You have to take it in context, he is providing ENTERTAINMENT not commentary. If you dont find it entertaining, you certainly have the right to not listen, but I would not go as far as calling them racist. If you really follow the show, you would know that Producer Joe is the king of contradiction, as he always calls the Martin Brothers Shady as hell, gangstas. He rags on Roczen and Dungey for spraying champagne on Minors! He says its a criminal offense! Its satire and comedy. Hobo Nick is controversial but also very knowledgeable. Daniel Blair brings it all together and I think its a good mix and very entertaining.

People love to blame racism for everything nowadays. Lighten up. We have bigger fish to fry.
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GrapeApe 9/28/2016 9:32am
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newmann wrote:
At first I thought he was this guy. https://youtu.be/xaq37Rah_r4 But then someone mentioned that he walked across the US from the east coast to the west...
At first I thought he was this guy.

https://youtu.be/xaq37Rah_r4







But then someone mentioned that he walked across the US from the east coast to the west coast with a solar panel on his head and slept behind a dumpster to find himself. What have you done to find yourself?
I still haven't found myself. Last report I was wandering around the hill country. If you see me please put a solar panel on my head, maybe that will help.
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Skidaddle 9/28/2016 10:06am
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Matthes calls it Newps all the time. 1st and only place Ive ever heard it though.

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It's time for Visser to sit down
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newmann 9/28/2016 10:11am
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GrapeApe wrote:
I still haven't found myself. Last report I was wandering around the hill country. If you see me please put a solar panel on my head...
I still haven't found myself. Last report I was wandering around the hill country. If you see me please put a solar panel on my head, maybe that will help.
I want to wander around the hill country some more. Need company? I'll probably be wandering near Hye, you know...

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Bramlett321 9/28/2016 10:26am
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here's Nick right before he finishes his trek!!!!!
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Bramlett321 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/28/153727/s1200_IMG_0395.jpg[/img] here's Nick right before he finishes his trek!!!!!


here's Nick right before he finishes his trek!!!!!
Scruffy with a neckbeard and baby stroller. Could have been him at half a dozen gun shows I went to here in Texas.
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I'm going to my "safe space" now. Thanks a lot Newmann!...........
TheGetFresh 9/28/2016 11:55am
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Saying that you want to go to Japan and kill everybody or burn them or whatever because 1 Japanese guy made a questionable decision on a motorcycle is pretty racist. I'm pretty sure attributing the behavior of one person of a race or national origin to all people of that race or national origin is the definition of racism.

But whatever, man. Be as racist as you want--that's your prerogative.
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Or what if it just wasn't funny?
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Or what if it just wasn't funny?
I like it!
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Or what if it just wasn't funny?
xr70 wrote:
I like it!
fair enough
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Motoxdoc 9/28/2016 12:44pm
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40Plus_922mx wrote:
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody on that show is a racist. Are you telling me that if a person uses a slang word...
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody on that show is a racist. Are you telling me that if a person uses a slang word to describe a certain nationality or culture then they are racists?
Was Richard Pryor a racist? Or a comedic genius?

I don't know how old you are but people used to call each other all kinds of slang names in reference to their own heritage and nobody got their feelings hurt. It was comedy. And that is exactly what it is on that show.

You have been brain washed, your feelings have been manipulated, and you have no control over your own thoughts as how to make this determination. You need to get the hell out of Newp bro.
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Fail. I get the comedy perspective. But I see very few comedians in here, and no Richard Pryors.
40Plus_922mx wrote:
Cry fail all you want. Understand whatever suits you. Doesn't matter what you see. The Newpy's post is way off base. Nobody on DB's podcasts pre-judge...
Cry fail all you want. Understand whatever suits you. Doesn't matter what you see.

The Newpy's post is way off base. Nobody on DB's podcasts pre-judge anyone for their skin color or heritage. And that is the correct definition of racism. Being blinded by your bias as to one or the other. Using slang terms describing those traits in jest is not.
Period.
THE END.
LOL.....there seems to be some irony in your posts when you refer to MelonFan as "Newpy" (a derogatory term based on where he is from)......but on the other side, while MellonFan seems to have a problem with racism, judging by his avatar he doesn't seem to mind misogyny. Draw! You both deserve each other!
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'Merica Unsure
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He's a "pussy" because he doesn't like to listen to racism?.....and THAT'S why Hillary is going to win?Huh "America is surrounded by pussies"? (Canada and Mexico?Huh ).......You make about as much sense as a 12 year old; for your sake, I hope you're not much older than that!

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