I can’t tell if you’re serious about the first comment… the same standard goes with women in films, many women in Hollywood, television etc are unbelievably attractive… certainly doesn’t represent the average demographic… but then again, we watch movies and tv to escape reality, why would we want to watch normality?
As to the pornstar thing… I actually think for my generation pornography can create unrealistic expectations, esp for those who started watching before they even became sexually active… this isn’t finding a playboy magazine in you’re fathers drawer (first time I was exposed to internet pornography I was about seven/eight… was terrifying… second time I was a bit older and found a pornographic magazine in my uncles drawer)
I wonder if any of those pornstars actually have 14 inch schlongs! If so, they could call up the Guiness book of world records, get that measured and… outmeasure the current record holder… wonder whether those guys get dizzy whenever they get an erection lol, so much blood rushing downwards
I can give a response if you want… but you told me not to, if you’re interested in seeing a study in which they cancel out the notion of water retention via using underwater weighing + measuring total body water content/ratios before and after (600mg test for 20 wks without strenuous exercise) holler back or send me an email
Also, fat free mass pertains to water, glycogen, protein/minerals etc, lean mass refers to skeletal muscle, bone, skin etc… so lean mass would be gains absent of water retention
That being said I dislike it when people parrot these studies to showcase megadoses supposedly being safe, that isn’t the case at all… none of these studies measure cardiac dimensions and output, effects on HDL/LDL sub fractions etc… do I think it’s particuarly dangerous within an acute scenario… probably not, but we don’t know… and you’ve always got genetic outliers/exceptions. One with undiagnosed hereditary dialated/hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (the predisposition already being present) might drop dead from one cycle
I did, but you asked a question… now I’m out… I promise
Still out by not responding to you’re prior post but I must say… why give me such a baiting response? It’s highly irritating… and what’s YOURE problem with me? I’ve never had any beef with you, you’re a mightily impressive specimen with amazing totals / performance in relation to strongman style comps, you’re also an incredibly funny individual… why are you being such an asshole towards me @T3hPwnisher
You must forgive me, but I already put zero stock in your integrity. Pretty much the instant someone says they are out and then come right back, I know they don’t mean what they say.
As you’ve asked other people to explain things to you and stated you cannot read a room, I was doing my best to do exactly that in my above post.
I have no problem with you, nor do I feel I’m being an a-hole to you. I have explained to you what I feel about your integrity: it is lacking. I feel that way because you said you were going to do something (leave the thread/conversation) and then you did not do the very thing you said you were going to do. Such action demonstrates that when you say you are going to do something, you don’t do it. Those are the actions of someone that lacks integrity.
And, in case in point, you promised me you were gone, then edited the promise away and came back.
And I’m not saying all this to browbeat you: you’ve said you can’t read a room and you genuinely want to know the things you do that upset people. This is something that will upset people. Try to think of how you would think of yourself if you were an outside observer.
I appreciate the accolades and remember the ones you’ve given me previously. It’s not enjoyable to have to write all this out to someone that thinks positively of me, but again, this is something you’ve asked for.
Please don’t put yourself in a position where you need to compromise on what you said again. If this is a discussion you want to further, make an off-topic thread or something along those lines.
@T3hPwnisher not meant as a thread hijack, and we can discuss this elsewhere (if you are interested in sharing your thoughts that is) but if someone in your eyes lack integrity, can they “gain” it back? I.e., would repeated expressions of integrity change your opinion as to whether or not integrity is something a person has?
@unreal24278 I hope I can write this in a way that doesn’t come across as critical to either you or anyone in this thread, but here is my best attempt to provide some value with limited time:
It can be hard to understand the affect one has in any interaction, especially if one believes that intent matters. It doesn’t. Only you know your intent, and your tone, or what you mean, etcetera. I mention this specifically in light of the following,
Even if you share your intent after the fact, it rarely undoes that someone has had a reaction that will still in some part continue to inform their view of you. The onus is on you to not come across as an asshole from the get-go.
That might require taking pause when writing, slowing down, and increasing the time it takes to interact with others online. In-person one has the benefit of body language and expressing tone but here what one writes is evaluated stand-alone and in light of previous interactions. The question when you re-read what you have written isn’t if you would interpret it as you meant it to read, but whether others will with a high probability interpret it as you meant to communicate it.
If reading helps you understand things, I recommend reading The Anatomy of Peace followed by Leadership & Self-deception. It’s the best framework I’ve found for informing my interactions with others.
Hard to say. Once someone makes a promise and then violates it, the worth of a promise from that person is incredibly diminished, and even if they have a steak of unbroken promises from that point on, the precedent is set that breaking a promise is still AN option they can employ. Given I don’t have a high opinion of humanity in general though, someone lacking integrity doesn’t make them much lower. But I tend to point it out to folks because many people consider themselves to have integrity, and if they’re about to take an action that breaks an oath, vow or promise, it may be something to reconsider if they wish to continue viewing themselves as someone with integrity.
Best to take it to another topic from here if we want to dive deeper. I already feel bad for Stu for what I’ve done.
Yeah seems to me as well this study was debunked. Saw Meadows quote it not long ago then Greg Doucette critiquing it precisely for this fact. He states that with no stimulus, muscle won’t grow. By this logic, some of the guys had to gain some muscle if they were doing a physical job.
I feel I’m a bit late to the party but you seem to want some feedback, so here goes.
There is someone very close to me who has being diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, aspergers specifically. He can be incredibly frustrating to deal with, but the biggest frustration for me personally is the lack of effort in the things he is not inclined to be good at. He seems upset at the lack of depth in his personal relationships, and yet makes zero effort to build relationships because “there’s no point, it’s the way I am”. That comes across as insincere to me. In situations like that, results may vary, but effort is still required and can go a way to bridge the gap in natural abilities.
Now applying that to this situation here, you were given a very clear choice by @SkyzykS and your response was “I can’t read social cues, can’t help you”. I would suggest that was an excuse as there was no reading of social cues needed, it was a very simple choice.
Yeah, sorry for my part in that. Sometimes I can be like what ever that was up there.
This was my favorite part of the show. Frank reminds me of my buddy Dennis growing up, and I don’t know anybody that hasn’t gotten frozen up inside of a bathroom when tripping.
To continue the derail. Yes, they can - at least I think it is best for all of us that this route exists. We don’t live in a black and white world and nobody is perfect.
We are a society and we gotta give people the chance to find themselves and to make mistakes and we gotta give them a reason (incentive?) to change as well.
In the context of this situation they sure can. I mean unreal just said something like “I am out, I promise” then came back when a new post enticed him. I think it wasn’t so much of him making a vow and breaking it, more just being sloppy with words.
I would not say someone’s integrity should even be questioned on those grounds.
Just my two cents. You are all free to evaluate each other as you see fit.
