In Season 1 it was good, as you’ve said the visual aspects were excellently done, and the Gatiss (the screenwriter) has a knack (demonstrated in all his shows) for convincing the viewer that he has a grand plan and that shortcomings are actually easter eggs and foreshadowings. Fans of the material are led to to believe that there’s an overreaching plot that will get better with each season, not understanding that the start is the high point and things unravel pretty fast. I was also guilty for believing this.
People are so desperate to believe in his screenwriting capabilities that there was a bona fide conspiracy theory why the Season 4 was so intentionally bad.
I confess I’m being a good boy and not posting in a thread but also just blowing gaskets at the inability of people to put 2 and 2 together.
Eat cool whip for breakfast, “I don’t cook: I will only order meal prep”, then wonder if you have a genetic disorder or hormonal issues that prevent you from reaching your goals…
Hey, how about some Thanksgiving confessions?
I confess that, instead of mashed potatoes, we’re doing mashed cauliflower. Mashed potatoes are overrated: when people say they like mashed potatoes, they mean they like butter and salt, and the potatoes are just a great mechanism to transport them.
Instead of pumpkin pie, we’re doing sunbutter pie. My wife hates pumpkin pie, my kid is indifferent, I love it, but if it’s just a pie for me, I’d rather the sunbutter.
I confess I will eat both drumstricks at the table and, in my mind, think I look like Conan the Barbarian.
I confess my wife will cook for 7 hours and my kid will eat a pillsbury crescent roll first and tell my wife she makes the best rolls, thinking that is a compliment.
The origin of this thread, in the way back, was about confessing things that weren’t “bodybuilding training/nutrition approved”. Saying something like “I confess I had pop-tarts as my carbs today instead of white rice”. Some of us keep that spirit alive.
Oh for sure: MY confessions are more along the line of ruining thanksgiving, haha.
If I may show my “roots”: I love instant mashed potatoes FAR more than the real ones. I ALSO got a few dudes online to try using instant mashed potatoes in a weight gainer shake.
On a similar note: Some friends are organizing a thanksgiving dinner. The host offered to get two turkeys. One for me and him, the other one for the rest of the ppl . I don’t think he was kidding…
I confess that last night I had the massive “Barrel Cut Sugar Ham” meal from Cracker barrel with coleslaw, beans, and (heavily buttered) corn. Thing had to be at least a pound slice of ham. It was delicious.
I think I have good skin genetics. Other than physically pulling a callus myself my skin holds up quite well to all the abuse I ask of it. And, I remember hearing in a climbing podcast that if you let your skin go pink that’s just keeping you away from the gym unnecessarily long but… that happens to me too but it never affects my next workout.
Sure, one of my finger still betrays that I had a comp Saturday but it’d still be okay to climb on skin-quality wise.
I guess this is a weird flame-free confession of mine. Skin and hair (top of the head that is), grow the two like weeds. My hairdresser likes me. My wallet liked it better when I trimmed it myself.
Not sure if this is a confession necessarily but I’m letting random friends from the gym cut my hair and step by step we’re finding out who the best barber of the gym is! This started because I was so broke that I couldn’t afford the cheapest hair cut of the city that month. It’s kinda fun still and even though I wouldn’t have to this month, I’m keeping at it.
Confession: Not sure if it’s a good idea to squat closing my eyes
So I used to squat with a fairly neutral head position since my old squat rack had the mirror very far. Now it’s right in front of me, and it’s tempting to look at it while squatting, but this causes my head to extend a bit as i descend. Was thinking of squatting with my eyes closed to keep the neutral neck position… thoughts?
The dude’s a drama queen turned up to 11. I confess I was pretty shocked at the amount of offense he took at some of your statements.
Major confession: The dude said he’s an Indian. I really, REALLY want you to go troll him by calling him a racist and see how he responds.
Please don’t anyone do that. It’s just an evil thought at the back of my mind because of the way some people would probably react if they heard me and my Indian friends mutually insult one another in good fun IRL and this was in writing.
