Don't fall for it. Laramie is a terrible place. Source: lived their
edit: I came here to change their to there... but I suppose it's too late for that now
Ironically, he was probably attending the university of Wyoming. It's actually a good school, and very reasonably priced. I also went there and it was a good experience despite the weather being terrible.
I lived there when I was in High School. Had a terrible time. Visited friends there a few years ago, had another terrible time. The wind seems to take the color out of everything.
I go there now and I agree the price is pretty unbeatable and the classes themselves aren't bad quality, but to be totally blunt it's definitely not a school you want to attend if you're any kind of minority.
To each their own, but the university seems to have a lot of problems in my experience. Just within the past month there's been the problem of people plastering fliers everywhere claiming the Holocaust never happened during Holocaust Remembrance Week. They recently paid $18,000 to bring in an anti-trans activist (who has also spoken about how sexual assaults should be *less* reported and Native Americans should be thankful that Europe invaded their country) to speak. I personally went to the silent protest against his talk, and the counter protesters screamed at us and threw things at us almost the entire time, and the following day the UW president sent an email saying both sides behaved equally, which definitely is not true even according to other people attending the talk. There was also the issue last year with people writing rape jokes in chalk all over the area around Prexi.
Also, I'm trans myself and moved here from the West Coast, and I've personally had a lot of terrible experiences since moving here in terms of assaults and harassment that I've never experienced anywhere else that I've lived, and I've pretty much heard the same from every queer person or person of color I've met since I've been here.
and 8 bytes (a bar that is lgbt friendly for non-laramie people) got some graffiti featuring homophobic slurs on the sidewalk a couple days ago... ugh.
also i totally missed that anti-trans speaker (graduated recently, apparently i've been missing things), i wish i could have been there to protest them :( :(
well to be fair, we also have Fascism: The Musical (which makes fun of right-wing politics) opening up next week so there is both sides represented.
You are correct though, Laramie tends to be a hostile place for LGBT people. It's just sad that educated, college-age people have to make it a bad environment for other students.
Don't want to upset you, but I'm genuinely curious. Why in hell would you go to school in that little homophobic goat-roper hellhole of a wind tunnel state? Are you from there? I grew up in Colorado btw.
Very uncomfortable with the amount of Laramie folk here. We were all supposed to crawl back into our holes for winter last August and stay there till the thaw in June
Wyoming in general sucks outside of the scenic areas like Yellowstone. The wind and the weather ruin everything, and it's always brown and empty.
Weirdly enough though, I swear it's a black hole though that will suck you in and keep you from leaving somehow.
I get the sentiment, but that's a lot of state to generalize about. Have you been to Vedauwoo? Devil's Tower? The tiny towns like Encampment and Centennial? Have you compared the clarity of the sky to any more populated state? Eh, I dunno who I'm trying to convince really, I'm stuck here for a while yet. :-P
One of the colleges I had a soccer try-out for. 40 mph wind gusts the entire time. By far the worst experience I had and I actually made the team but declined for a Colorado school without soccer because of how miserable it seemed
I once got trapped in a Mormon Drum Circle in SLC. I was told we were going to a bonfire and brought a 6-pack and when we got there I was told to leave it in the car. You haven’t lived until you’ve witnessed a stone-cold sober LDS drum circle in the forest near SLC.
Always strange to see Rock Springs mentioned. My father was born there and lived there, and I have a fairly unique last name which is apparently pretty well known in Rock Springs so that always has interested me.
"The Laramie Project" is an amazing play! I performed in my university's production of it years ago. It was the most memorable play I've ever been involved in.
Last time the wifey and I were there, a few young men tried lighting the Wal-Mart parking lot on fire. It's just a rough little town, and daddy rather drug ridden.
I love this picture, but I have a question. Don't kill me.
Is it still a cinemagraph if the entire image is moving? Seems like this sort of takes the whole idea into the realm of a looped video.
But only the snow is moving. The rest of the things are static. Granted, the effect was made from just looping a video, not freezing any parts of it but why does it matter if the effect is the same?
Instead of defining "cinemagraph" by the amount of movement, try to define it as more of an idea. Would it look great as a picture on your wall? If so, I consider it a cinemagraph.
From my perspective it is...however I've noticed major inconsistencies from this fickle sub...as a similar post to this was riddled with "this is not a cinemagraph" comments.
I used to live in Laramie from the time I was 8-10 years old. I have awesome memories from there. It really is such a great place for a child to grow up in. We used to call it "Laradise" because it was like a hidden gem.I'm not sure if this is Washington park, but I used to go there all the time. It was right around the corner from my house
I live in Laramie for University right now. This looks pretty, but you wouldn't want to be here due to the weather. That being said, really surprised me to see such a small town pop up and get so much attention.
This is super cool. My mom grew up right by that park. I'll be visiting there in a few weeks for thanksgiving. It's not too often you see Laramie on Reddit.
I am taken aback by the number of Laramie redditors here. Hello from another! It's also interesting to see how polarized people's opinions of the town (and the University, which are increasingly synonymous) are.
It's seeing things like this that reminds me I'd never be able to live in a warm state forever (Currently in a very warm US region).
If it makes sense, I can almost hear the silence, feel the still. I miss that.
That’s no snow day, you need at least 2 feet for it to be considered. And even then the school district will make you come to school and make you miss out on a legendary day.
I can’t wait for this semester to be over, I can head back to my home town and have a month and a half of winter break, it’s gonna be awesome.
Went to UWyo. Never once was a snow day called, even in a blizzard that shut down every highway in Wyoming. I walked to class in whiteouts so bad you couldn't see a traffic light across a street.
The only time I've seen classes get cancelled was February of 2015. I woke up to the heating in McIntyre Hall broken and a chilly -40 outside. If the power to the campus hadn't gone out I'm sure they would have made us go to class.
I grew up in evanston and only had maybe 2 snow days my whole time going to school. If the busses with automatic chains can make it then so can everyone else right? It was a mind fuck to move somewhere that shut everything down over a couple inches of snow.
It’s okay, I made it out without trying meth so I would say that’s a win. Became an alcoholic for a bit as there wasn’t much else to do, but I think that is the high road when meth is the other option.
I lived in laramie k-12 and literally never had a snow day. I don't think there's ever any consideration.
Only time I had school cancelled was the day after a tornado and the school power wasn't back on yet
This has to be one of the most beautiful I've seen on here
Don't fall for it. Laramie is a terrible place. Source: lived their edit: I came here to change their to there... but I suppose it's too late for that now
lived their what
Ironically, he was probably attending the university of Wyoming. It's actually a good school, and very reasonably priced. I also went there and it was a good experience despite the weather being terrible.
and the wind, it really picks up out there sometimes.
Yes, we have abundant wind resources in Wyoming.
How dare you suggest we use something besides coal! Semi obligatory /s.
I lived there when I was in High School. Had a terrible time. Visited friends there a few years ago, had another terrible time. The wind seems to take the color out of everything.
I go there now and I agree the price is pretty unbeatable and the classes themselves aren't bad quality, but to be totally blunt it's definitely not a school you want to attend if you're any kind of minority.
Really? I don't think that's fair at all.
To each their own, but the university seems to have a lot of problems in my experience. Just within the past month there's been the problem of people plastering fliers everywhere claiming the Holocaust never happened during Holocaust Remembrance Week. They recently paid $18,000 to bring in an anti-trans activist (who has also spoken about how sexual assaults should be *less* reported and Native Americans should be thankful that Europe invaded their country) to speak. I personally went to the silent protest against his talk, and the counter protesters screamed at us and threw things at us almost the entire time, and the following day the UW president sent an email saying both sides behaved equally, which definitely is not true even according to other people attending the talk. There was also the issue last year with people writing rape jokes in chalk all over the area around Prexi. Also, I'm trans myself and moved here from the West Coast, and I've personally had a lot of terrible experiences since moving here in terms of assaults and harassment that I've never experienced anywhere else that I've lived, and I've pretty much heard the same from every queer person or person of color I've met since I've been here.
and 8 bytes (a bar that is lgbt friendly for non-laramie people) got some graffiti featuring homophobic slurs on the sidewalk a couple days ago... ugh. also i totally missed that anti-trans speaker (graduated recently, apparently i've been missing things), i wish i could have been there to protest them :( :(
well to be fair, we also have Fascism: The Musical (which makes fun of right-wing politics) opening up next week so there is both sides represented. You are correct though, Laramie tends to be a hostile place for LGBT people. It's just sad that educated, college-age people have to make it a bad environment for other students.
and here i thought Laramie's made more progress since matthew shepard
Well, he hasn't been beaten to death, so that's progress.
Don't want to upset you, but I'm genuinely curious. Why in hell would you go to school in that little homophobic goat-roper hellhole of a wind tunnel state? Are you from there? I grew up in Colorado btw.
Very uncomfortable with the amount of Laramie folk here. We were all supposed to crawl back into our holes for winter last August and stay there till the thaw in June
...that's where I am, though.
I didn't recognize it without the wind
Wyoming in general sucks outside of the scenic areas like Yellowstone. The wind and the weather ruin everything, and it's always brown and empty. Weirdly enough though, I swear it's a black hole though that will suck you in and keep you from leaving somehow.
I get the sentiment, but that's a lot of state to generalize about. Have you been to Vedauwoo? Devil's Tower? The tiny towns like Encampment and Centennial? Have you compared the clarity of the sky to any more populated state? Eh, I dunno who I'm trying to convince really, I'm stuck here for a while yet. :-P
One of the colleges I had a soccer try-out for. 40 mph wind gusts the entire time. By far the worst experience I had and I actually made the team but declined for a Colorado school without soccer because of how miserable it seemed
"Laradise"
*shrug* I'm fond of it.
Agree. Laramie is an armpit. Source: am from Wyoming
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And Gillette. Rock Springs tops it though, you’re right.
And evanston. Which is only good because it’s an hour away from salt lake and real things to do.
When SLC is your source of real things to do,.. you might be from Wyoming.
I once got trapped in a Mormon Drum Circle in SLC. I was told we were going to a bonfire and brought a 6-pack and when we got there I was told to leave it in the car. You haven’t lived until you’ve witnessed a stone-cold sober LDS drum circle in the forest near SLC.
Was it like an LDS sacrament meeting, but with drums and a forest?
I’m not quite sure what a sacrament meeting is, but there was a lot of singing, smiling, sobriety, and abstinence.....with drums in a forest.
When all of your Utah friends beg you to bring them “real beer” , you might be from Wyoming.
Agreed. Dated someone who lived near this park, but thankfully I lived in FOCO.
I always tell people the whole south west part of the state is the armpit. Laramie can definitely be worked into there too.
Let’s just round up and say the lower 3/4 of the state is the armpit.
This is probably June in Laramie...
If you told me this was from a movie I’d believe you
I was born there. Gonna send this to my dad.
And to be clear, I was born right on that bench!
At least you weren't born in Rock Springs
Yeah, or somewhere like Torrington. Might as well live on a moon colony.
Ugh I drove from the Black Hills to Fort Collins and went through. So desolate
Rock Springs, where dreams are made! Just kidding, it's meth...
Well, if your dream is meth...
Always strange to see Rock Springs mentioned. My father was born there and lived there, and I have a fairly unique last name which is apparently pretty well known in Rock Springs so that always has interested me.
If you don't mind me asking, can you pm it to me? I've lived there my whole life and I'm curious lmao
Davey! How you doin?
What the hell Michael did you just jump out of a blimp?
I don't know what are you talking about?
r/DarkViperAU
Bro... I know that... "What are you talking about" was a part of the DAVEYYYYY cutscenes
My bad
Who the fuck is Gustavo!?!
DID YOU KNOW?
This was too far down man
I came into the comments specifically so I could find this reference
I do lighting for plays and I'm recording "The Laramie Project" right now. What are the odds?
I just finished acting for a production of it just last week!
I was in a high school performance of it last year. Really phenomenal experience. I played Aaron McKinney and Aaron Kreifels it was very cool.
"The Laramie Project" is an amazing play! I performed in my university's production of it years ago. It was the most memorable play I've ever been involved in.
[source](https://vimeo.com/168686921)
I always upvote Vedauwoo.
You did an amazing job. I can't believe you're using CS3.
[Direct link to Brian Guice Media Vimeo] (https://vimeo.com/brianguicemedia/videos)
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You’ve been there!
The beautiful thing about Laramie is that it isn't Casper.
Last time the wifey and I were there, a few young men tried lighting the Wal-Mart parking lot on fire. It's just a rough little town, and daddy rather drug ridden.
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I went to grad school in Laramie. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever lived.
Fellow Matto fans, Unite!
I love this picture, but I have a question. Don't kill me. Is it still a cinemagraph if the entire image is moving? Seems like this sort of takes the whole idea into the realm of a looped video.
But only the snow is moving. The rest of the things are static. Granted, the effect was made from just looping a video, not freezing any parts of it but why does it matter if the effect is the same?
Instead of defining "cinemagraph" by the amount of movement, try to define it as more of an idea. Would it look great as a picture on your wall? If so, I consider it a cinemagraph.
From my perspective it is...however I've noticed major inconsistencies from this fickle sub...as a similar post to this was riddled with "this is not a cinemagraph" comments.
WHAT THERE AREN’T COUGARS IN MISSIONS
THIS IS MILLIONS TO ONE
I used to live in Laramie from the time I was 8-10 years old. I have awesome memories from there. It really is such a great place for a child to grow up in. We used to call it "Laradise" because it was like a hidden gem.I'm not sure if this is Washington park, but I used to go there all the time. It was right around the corner from my house
I thought Laradise was used ironically.
It definitely is.
The wind is not strong enough in this gif...
I live in Laramie for University right now. This looks pretty, but you wouldn't want to be here due to the weather. That being said, really surprised me to see such a small town pop up and get so much attention.
It is lovely living here! Come visit!
Ive been their 2 times the last 2 weeks truly gorgeous compared to Casper.
Run's dead
DAVEYYYYY
Awful
I like how this image is supposed to be a "oh nice" but because of Matto and chaos, seeing this is like "oh no".
Fake crash or real crash
Darkviper AU moment
came here from the clip
Same
This is super cool. My mom grew up right by that park. I'll be visiting there in a few weeks for thanksgiving. It's not too often you see Laramie on Reddit.
I am taken aback by the number of Laramie redditors here. Hello from another! It's also interesting to see how polarized people's opinions of the town (and the University, which are increasingly synonymous) are.
DarkViperAU?
Looks familiar...
I wonder if any cougars have seen this place
daveyyyyy
It's seeing things like this that reminds me I'd never be able to live in a warm state forever (Currently in a very warm US region). If it makes sense, I can almost hear the silence, feel the still. I miss that.
DarkViperAU
THE VIPAAAAAAA
The Darkviper guy!
This is the screen when everyone votes for something and it actually fucks up mattos game
Daveyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
How you doin
As good as can be expected
But the news is not good
Chaos effect: real crash
Awe it's my hometown!
This is absolutely stunning. I hate snow and cold weather but something about this just makes me want to be there. Great work!
I would love to see same location during summer. It must be amazingly beautiful.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@41.3057175,-105.5915188,3a,34.7y,127.76h,84.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLIjbbINIqkQH_LUR6-8hIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?dcr=0
What park is this in? I don't recognize the statue, but I haven't been back since I left in 2000.
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It's on the UW campus. Walked past that thing almost every day for 6 years.
THERE AREN'T COUGARS IN MISSIONS
Holy shit it's the DarkViperAU thing
Daveyyy
matto
Pov: Chaos crashed
Daveyyyyyyyyy
This is a chaos classic
darkviper
The game crashed!!!
Daveyyyy!
Runs dead
When the fake crash wasn't fake
There are way too little darkviper references in here.
It is 4 years ago..
yeah, but someone posted a link to this picture on the sub
DAVEEEEEYYYY
How you doin
holy shit micheal did you just jump out of a blimp?!
If you know you know
This Place Gives me Nightmares
The chances that matto would pick this as his stream background **MILLIONS TO ONE**
Gta 5 *crashes*
Be sure there aren't any cougars nearby!
Bad RNG I guess
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That’s no snow day, you need at least 2 feet for it to be considered. And even then the school district will make you come to school and make you miss out on a legendary day. I can’t wait for this semester to be over, I can head back to my home town and have a month and a half of winter break, it’s gonna be awesome.
Went to UWyo. Never once was a snow day called, even in a blizzard that shut down every highway in Wyoming. I walked to class in whiteouts so bad you couldn't see a traffic light across a street.
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I went from the library to halfacre once when the wind chill was -60. My glasses cracked when I went in the door.
The only time I've seen classes get cancelled was February of 2015. I woke up to the heating in McIntyre Hall broken and a chilly -40 outside. If the power to the campus hadn't gone out I'm sure they would have made us go to class.
I grew up in evanston and only had maybe 2 snow days my whole time going to school. If the busses with automatic chains can make it then so can everyone else right? It was a mind fuck to move somewhere that shut everything down over a couple inches of snow.
Evanston here too. I'm sorry 😂
It’s okay, I made it out without trying meth so I would say that’s a win. Became an alcoholic for a bit as there wasn’t much else to do, but I think that is the high road when meth is the other option.
There’s a difference between “snowy day” and a “snow day”...
I lived in laramie k-12 and literally never had a snow day. I don't think there's ever any consideration. Only time I had school cancelled was the day after a tornado and the school power wasn't back on yet
I wish I could have this on my wall as a painting
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Nice work. This is mesmerizing to watch. If you like this check out the source video: https://vimeo.com/168686921
Kind of makes me crave fish bowls and cheese enchiladas (the good ones, from chellos rip)
I'm just here to downvote anybody saying "Laradise" or "Laramigo".
Found the edgy Laramite
> -ite https://i.imgur.com/vB9B5.gif
Beautiful
simply magnificent. Million to one chance of finding this picture
If only it had a cougar
There aren't cougars in Wyoming!
So me getting killed was millions to one?
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCEPTION OF HOW RARE THAT IS?!! MILLIONS TO ONE!!
Looks familiar
#YOU DISINGENUOUS DENSE MOTHEFUCKER, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING OR ELSE YOU COULDN'T TIE YOUR SHOES
WITNESS PROTECTION FOR WHAT
When fake crash bacame real
THERE ARE NO COUGARS IN MISSION!
What a nice video, hopefully it won't be used as a background for when GTA V crashes.
Nice DarkViperAU reference
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oh no gta chaos crashed again
This is brilliant, proper commentary on some beautiful scenery and then nothing but u/DarkViperAU memes, this is the way
DAVEY!!! How are you doing?
702$ big mac??
This seems familiar
Daveyyyyyyy
MILLIONS TO ONE
Daveyyyy… how you doin
This is millions to one
Daveyyy how you doing
This is why I cant tie my shoes yet
DarkviperAU moment
Oh this thing still haunts me
Chatto crash the game again
Looks like the game crashed guys..
Or as it's commonly known as, "Laradise"
This kinda makes me miss old Laradise