The Dickriding of successful lifters on these forums can be cringey as hell. Especially if the dickrider doesnāt put in hard work with their own training and research.
Imagine buying a book, mentioned by a successful poster, and not even applying the book. Thatās quite silly, but hey the author is making money so itās not all bad.
Lars was pretty good and had some great parts on the old albums. I think what drives the Lars hate is the fact that heās always been a giant douche. So as soon as he wasnāt staying sharp anymore, everyone pounced.
That is a fair point. He is kinda a douche haha. He also as you mentioned isnāt the drummer he used to be. He has gotten worse (which he does deserve some flak for). He seems to want to be a rock star, not so much a musician.
The napster thing didnāt gain him much popularity lol. Kinda came off as a super rich guy being greedy. It did help a lot of other artists that didnāt have much money. Just not a great look from him in particular.
making the bed is a waste of time
Light switches and door knobs should be at chest height, not waist height.
Every season of a tv show should be fully wrapped up, not ending on a cliffhanger, trying to get renewed.
The ear-nose connected with a chain piercing needs to come back.
Fight Club is satire. It is still the most influential novel of the 90s.
You can cook ribs hot and fast instead of low and slow and no one will notice the difference.
Finishing methods are highly underused by most of us.
Shoelaces are great for work or hiking boots, but a waste of time for anythig else. Sneakers suck.
If the government requires you to do something, they should pay for it.
Everyone should get their ass kicked once a year.
All of my shoelaces die in a shower of metal.
Until recently when I found suede chordage. Now my shoes just smell like burnt animal.
See, that makes sense. I also smell like burnt animals from work.
I like wearing slip-on shoes most of the time, but when hiking there a number of ways to lace your boots to shift with the terrain.
I get super self conscious about that especially when I go somewhere clean, like the pharmacy or something on the way home. I even recently went from Manson prison hair to high and tight to reduce it some.
Nicest hiking footwear I ever had was some Teva sandals. Super comfy and amazingly grippy. No protection or support what so ever, but I like the very light weight minimalist stuff. I ran those things to pieces shroom hiking and fishing.
Can we bring some sort of disciplinary action back, though perhaps not shooting? I mean, being a Yankee myself, I can see why people would want to do that to many of us.
I hate coffee. You are drinking roasted nuts (ha gay) often times with bugs and lots of fecal matter in it. There are much better options for caffeine that doesnāt taste and look like burnt shit that is also expensive.
Women acting tough and pretending to be badasses is even worse than when men do it. And when men do it - it is super cringe.
If you donāt curl in the squat rack, are you even big?
If at any given moment you canāt drop 10K or more for an unexpected expense, you are poor. I donāt care how much money you make.
If you have never been choked out or punched in the face by a full-grown man, you shouldnāt talk about fighting or what you could do - ever.
Well paint a rainbow flag on me then. Thatās the nectar of the gods.
Every actually tough woman I have ever met never does this.
Exactly. This is the reason I stopped watching MMA with anyone who doesnāt train/fight. The armchair kickboxing is ridiculous - worse than armchair quarterbacks (though I havenāt watched a full football game in over 5 years).
More hot takes
Paintball is an extremely weird āsportā, though I do enjoy playing woodsball-style occasionally,
Related to the above - airsoft is for folks who couldnāt pass basic training but really wanted to.
Remote control custom 1/10th scale ātrucksā need to come back in style. That was a fun hobby when my brother and I were teenagers.
People who scream āFree speechā at everything have no clue what it actually means legally.
Even āaverageā licensed tattoo artists today are miles more talented than many of the best from even 10 years ago.
Housing costs too much compared to average wages.
People who canāt figure out how to properly use roundabouts should have to put a special vinyl wrap on their car that says they are a danger to everyone around them.
I can get on board with this one, butā¦
I live in a very rural area, and there are at least three roundabout/traffic circles in the area. They all have completely different traffic patterns. I donāt know how anyone who didnāt grow up here could figure out where theyāre supposed to go in and out of these circles. Itās mayhem. I cut these people some slack.
Donāt they have signs that tell which lanes go where? everyone I have come across does.
I actually love the taste and have been drinking it since age eight.
I suppose you stay away from Instagram and modern action films.
Iām glad you mentioned tough-guy try-hards considering this archetype is a staple of NYC and LI and seems to have become more pervasive in gyms here since 2016. And they all look and pretty much alike and have what I call the NY-tough-guy starter pack:
I know this is not normal and perhaps unhealthy but such people actually inspire violent ideation in me. Iām a totally peaceful, well-behaved person, which might actually be why I canāt stand such a type as I believe such people want to intimidate others for no freaking reason, or to draw attention. Last week in the gym, I actually felt like telling such a person, much bigger and taller than me, who was rapping into thin air, āI just want you to know, Iām not scared of you.ā
Totally!
A regret I have is never taking self-defense classes, although itās never too late.
I recommend jiu jitsu and combat hapkido as good defensive arts. Be careful - hapkido not labeled as ācombatā might as well be tai-chi.
Thanks for the recommendation. I was considering asking for such in the combat thread. I want to get my son started in something in the next few years.
Second point all day.
Wrestling >
Its nearly universally accepted that its the best base to build fromā¦ and toughest sport on earth
These days, depending on age groups, theyāre either just ignored as cranky asses or checked in a fight instead of a duel. Most of them tend to adapt a little though and keep the shoulder checks and loudness to themselves when they realize nobody cares theyāre from NY or Boston or whatever. The rules are a little different. General rudeness isnāt the norm, we still wave hello at strangers and take middle fingers and āfuck-offsā as challenges.
Haha! So youāve endured the āIām from NY. Do you know who youāre talking, where Iām from, and what Iāve been throughā mumbo jumbo?