I didn’t mind Calc 2. It was hard, but I could visualize it. I remember thinking Linear Algebra was a real tough one though. I could do the matrix stuff additions, multiplications stuff like that, but it was difficult to visualize any of it. Just seemed like I had to memorize everything, and figuring things out on the fly was really tough.
The worst class for tough math though I think was Fluid Mechanics. The teacher was a real dick though, so maybe my hate for it is misdirected and should be squarely on the teacher. Thought it was a good idea to not apply a normal curve to the grades, and used a straight grading system. Also didn’t write a single thing on the board for the first month (I stopped attending after the first month, so maybe he changed but I doubt it). Did the whole class on powerpoint. Oh, and we weren’t allowed to use a cheat sheet. I think about half the class dropped or failed. I passed, but with a C.
Haha. Graduate fluid mechanics with legend in the field. By the end of the semester he had handed out over 24" thick of handouts (or was that 36"? I am giving too much info out). Many binders worth. Final exam was open book and open notes. Many brought a duffel bag with all the course materials. Didnt make a bit of difference. 1 hour or 3 hours, would have made no difference.
I was a chem guy, bio-chem undergrad. I love chemistry. Originally wanted to head to be a MD, but couldn’t deal with whiny patients and would not have a good bedside manner.
Then did an english (creative writing focus)/ philosophy double major and headed to law school.
Being an attorney fits my personality much better and I enjoy it, most of the time. Plus, I am a huge nerd so…
This has been one forum I have come back to over and over through the years.
These days I am training for longevity. I have put the heavy weights behind me. I still lift relatively heavy compared to most, but my body has had enough hard miles. Back surgery and children create a sobering feeling, especially when your body just doesn’t feel the same anymore.
Plus, I am not a chemical running man anymore, which really puts a damper on your invincibility complex.
Tell me about it. 11 weeks off TRT. Keeping it up but my pec popped during bench the other day but fortunately just a strain. The invincibility cloak left me a couple years ago. So glad you got out reasonably unscathed.
I came off TRT for 18-20 months. Wife and I were attempting to have a child and I was headed towards back surgery. My test level was 176, but funny enough I was still pretty strong and maintained size albeit a softer version.
Fertility doc put me on test and HCG and wife was pregnant within a month - both times.
I came off really to let my body rest and to reduce risk for surgery.
I was 32 when I went off for the extended time. I am 35 now.
It really showed me that long term androgen use definitely gives a lasting advantage even when off.
I just read this article. I find the entire pretense insane. All that this concludes is that kids are very impressionable. Of course parents who encourage their children that they are the opposite sex will have children who, when they get older, believe that they are a member of the opposite sex. Average age of “social transition” in the study group was 6.5 years old. Pure madness.
That’s what’s really evil about “transitioning” children. If you abuse a child from a young enough age the abusive parents and environment will seem very normal to the child. It would be one thing if the transition worked, meaning a boy could actually become a girl and vice-versa. But you don’t become the opposite sex when you grow up, you become an adult who has to live with your parent’s decision to pump you full of bad ideas, hormones and even mutilate your body.
I agree with you two on this one. Kids will believe in all sorts of things if told by an adult.
Medical treatments outside of stuff like counseling should be delayed until 18 imo. I wanted some awful tattoos at 14, glad I didn’t have access to that haha.
I believe historians will look upon this hopefully very brief period of parents, teachers and media suggesting to children that they might be, can be, and even should be members of the opposite sex the same way we look at the Eurasian Steppe Nomad practice of skull elongation.
People weren’t elongating their children’s skulls across centuries and different societies for no reason. They performed this irreversible and reckless procedure during infancy to ensure their child had the best possible chance to succeed at life as they knew it. If you could somehow Bill and Ted back in time to ask, I’m sure most people with elongated skulls would tell you that they are really happy that their parents did this to them.
I understand that gender dysphoria has always been a human condition, but there was a reason it was exceedingly rare and treated very seriously when it manifested. The reason is that very few children develop these impulses and feelings without external influences. For some reason unfathomable to me, some parents and some teachers feel the urgent need to fill children’s heads with the notion that they might be, can be and even should be members of the opposite sex.
