hikehīk/noun
1. a long walk, especially in the country or wilderness.
synonyms:walk, trek, tramp, trudge, slog, footslog, march; ramble
"a five-mile hike"
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
I feel like it's one of those "I love the outdoors and hiking" things where people really mean they like walking around a park.
When I think "hiking" I think of specialty footwear, possibly carrying camping gear, and following the Appalachian trail or something
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
In the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking refers to walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes.[5] A day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. Multi-day hikes with camping are referred to as backpacking in North America.
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
The thought of hiking makes me need to lie down. Preferably in front of an air conditioner.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
I'm going to go take a hike on this subject
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
mh do you list "pedantry" under your OKC interests
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Don't be a hike cop
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
nah, I was just reminded of some article where people were joking about the tendency for people to overemphasize sunny outdoors activities in words and pictures and thought it relevant
I hope your hike went well
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Think there's some regional difference in usage around "hike" - e.g. LA peeps talk about "going for a hike up Runyon Canyon" all the time and that is a freakin' paved path.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Going for a ramble with my schipperke after work.
― Liquid Plejades, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
traversing Runyon Canyon is hiking!!!!!
shooting hoops in your driveway may not be the NBA but it is playing basketball
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
There was Judge John Hodgman episode with a dispute about what counted as hiking. IIRC, it was decided that hiking involved hills.
― Je55e, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
idiotic decision-- ppl hike for miles in deserts and meadows with no hills in sight
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
eh, that's no hike, that's a traipse
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
u ppl are a traipse
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
grady otm thru this discussion imo
― imago, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
brb, going for a walk to clear my head after this discussion
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
when I hear hike I def think "change in elevation." if you're not going up something you're going on a walk. but I live in the PNW where hiking is a real thing for a lot of ppl.
― Clay, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
I had a friend who equated "mountain climbing" with "rock climbing." I feel like this is similar.
― Liquid Plejades, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
if u guys wanna roll your eyes at hiking being a dating profile cliche that's fine but insisting that ppl aren't actually hiking due to improper footwear, non-strenuousness, or brevity, it isn't just needlessly pedantic, it is wrong
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
In the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking refers to walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes
verifying this as good info
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
getting to my place from downtown is quite a hike, imo
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
fwiw I was poking fun at the mention of hiking in the context of okcupid, I am not actually that pedantic. at least I sure hope not.
― mh, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
just realised that gr8080's DN depicts undulating terrain
― imago, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
When I take a hike, it is just as long as I choose it to be. Neither more nor less.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 4 September 2014 01:23 (ten years ago) link
what we talk about when we talk about talking about hiking
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 September 2014 02:37 (ten years ago) link
lolololol a good friend of mine went on a date w one of my exes last night without knowing it, and then texted me about how bad he was, STILL WITHOUT KNOWING IT. Oh ok cupid.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Sunday, 7 September 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
People on OKC tell me to take a hike all the time, appears to be quite a popular hobby
― 龜, Sunday, 7 September 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
sort of on topic:
https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/509421194651529217
― goole, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
in denver, a hike usually means a pretty strenuous walk up a 14,000ft mountain trail at high elevation and fucking A it's exhausting. I hiked the piddly Mt Falcon last weekend and wished I could take my legs off.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
get me at sea level and I feel like an athlete
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
You might be…averagemore trustingless arrogantless adventurous
more trusting
less arrogant
less adventurous
so fucking lame
― love (the band) loves to love love (Treeship), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
welcome home pal
― imago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
okcupid scares me
― ∞, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
old friend who knew my open relationship status via okc just spontaneously sent me a poem to the effect of 'i'm leaving the country, let's you and me get it together'
pleasant side effect of a mostly unattended okc profile
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 13 September 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
:D hoos i think i have fully come around 2 ur braggartry
― imago, Saturday, 13 September 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
o no bragging meant i'm just excited, have crusht on her for ages
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
imago & hoos ilx poetry crew <3
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
can't remember if this was posted upthread, not gonna load 10000 messages to check but
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/380086/the-uncomfortable-data-behind-online-dating/
video (auto-playing, arg) of okc dude christian rudder riffing on the data he's been using for all his psych studies, his book, etc.
he seems weirdly and charmingly self-deprecating about his empirically-sanctioned cynicism about humanity
― j., Sunday, 14 September 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/
I guess this ^ is probably mentioned in the video?
― 龜, Monday, 15 September 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
hmm the only trend i noticed moving the slider five years forward was that both white men and white women were rated steadily less and less attractive. their losses don't seem to be being pulled from any race in particular either, just kind of evenly distributed among the other races. also asian women rapidly start rating asian men between 2011 and 2012, the year of jeremy lin and... psy?
― een, Monday, 15 September 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
that's a nice thing i suppose
― Nhex, Monday, 15 September 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
http://mathbabe.org/2014/09/16/christian-rudders-dataclysm/
― caek, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 12:32 (ten years ago) link
mathbabe >>>> foodbabe
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 13:46 (ten years ago) link
daaaamn mathbabe i haven't read her in a minute
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
fucken disabled my account, feel such relief rn. think i can get on w life
― imago, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
they did or you did
― goole, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
i did
― imago, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
'shit this guy's got too many words. smartarse gonna pay'
a lot of the people on okcupid are actually really nice
― Treeship, Thursday, 18 September 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link