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  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    It's always kinda sad when the bullied kid tries to join in on picking on himself.

    Until you punch him until he stops

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    if you just want silly, totally impractical but fun high kicks look for Tae Kwon Do.

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • OrganichuOrganichu Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    what you're describing is pretty much a unicorn. it's either heavy metal and badass meatheads... or positive advertising and an aura of respect and blah blah.

    for what it's worth, a lot of those 'respect and positivity' schools just frontload the advertising with that shit. it's a way to get a lot of paying customers. it doesn't mean they can't give solid instruction to the people who show up.

  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    i usually wake up and have brown pee and then i don't eat or drink anything until about 4-8pm

    Um.

    Maybe those 8 pills per day are fucking up your liver.

    seriously. At the very least drink some water cass. Give your kidneys / liver a little help in dealing with that much medication.

    Some medications just turn your urine a different color and it's perfectly harmless. It's not a matter of drinking not enough water or whatever.

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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    try bjj : D

  • ThomamelasThomamelas Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.Registered User regular
    I'm probably going to see the Avengers this week on a weekday evening so it won't be so busy

    I am sure I will enjoy it

    I suspect you will.
    TL DR wrote: »
    I didn't mean to imply that popular -> bad.

    But I'm comfortable with the assertion that big-budget vehicles (and maybe I'm thinking more of stuff like Battleship) that are crafted specifically for mass appeal are going to generally appeal to more base sensibilities! I don't think this is a radical notion, the lowest common denominator.

    It is entirely possible to craft a movie for a mass audience and still achieve a very high level of craftsmanship. It's also entirely possible to write a film that works on multiple levels. I will point out for instance that the entirety of Orson Well's work is intended for the mass audience. In fact the entire canon of great film prior to 1970 falls into that spot. And with a couple of rare exceptions stayed that way into the 80's.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    30% of those films are pretty great. (MI4, Fast Five, and Harry Potter if you're wondering). I'll take 70% shit for 30% amazing, because that 70% is completely optional, and the idea that sequels being popular chokes out art is a myth. There are entire studios and production companies dedicated ONLY to artsy films. Hell there's two cable channels for it exclusively.

    dude it's not even an "artsy film" thing

    i like hollywood blockbusters and shit

    i'm not all "if it ain't got them golden palm leaves on the poster i am out, son"

    but i'd like some originality from the mainstream hollywood level of movie production

    Haywire, Chronicle, Real Steel, Super 8 and Source Code were not fucking artsy indie films or nothin'

    they had special effects and explosions and robots and guns and shit

    none of them were sequels and they have to compete with Derp of the Herps Chapter Six, Denouement II

    fuckin'

    yeah

  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    if you just want silly, totally impractical but fun high kicks look for Tae Kwon Do.

    It's all just these giant graphics about self confidence and fucking standing tall and shit

    fuck off

    no seriously fuck off

    Listen Sensei or Don or Dan or whatever the fuck you are. Make with the kicky kicky. If I wanted to get a verbal blowjob for two hours I'd go fuck your mom.

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    I would like Justin Timberlake to release a new album

  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony I think it's really fuckin' weird that if you some one asked you to go see Avenger's because you'd have fun you would be offended

    i'm tired of hearing it

    i get it, it's a popular movie, there's a lot of people that like it

    that's okay

    and when you like something, it's natural to want to share it with people, that is also okay

    but i am tired of being argued with about it

    "no thank you" should be the buck-stopper

    but for some people i know it isn't, and that's starting to hack me off

    Is it only if they push the issue or if they ask in the first place?

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  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Maybe I can help all of you out here

    You're all terrible.

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    my friend went to thailand for a few weeks for a muay thai camp

    you should do that

    it was cheap living and eating and training, minus the flight!

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    but i loved derp of the herps!

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  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    try bjj : D

    It's MOSTLY bjj down here

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    Man hating on the avengers because it's kind of like a sequel is like hating on Jesus because the Jews totally had it down pat before he came along.

  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    Also, I haven't seen Avengers yet but I know I won't like it because the main theme is an oppressive government agency trying to control free enterprise (Stark), religion (Thor), and innovation (Hulk), while co-opting patriotism (Cap) for its own ends. I'll bet the main antagonist in this movie is a regulatory body that demands they rework the Iron Man suit to be ADA friendly.

    God damnit, Spool

    Just.... god damnit

    :bz

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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    my friend went to thailand for a few weeks for a muay thai camp

    you should do that

    it was cheap living and eating and training, minus the flight!

    also the hospitals where they treated his numerous internal injuries were top notch!

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    i only watch french films with naked french ladies

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  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    Man hating on the avengers because it's kind of like a sequel is like hating on Jesus because the Jews totally had it down pat before he came along.

    The only thing they had down pat was an exchange rate in their favor

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Maybe I can help all of you out here

    You're all terrible.

    what is your opinion on sequels sarks

    choose carefully

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  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    i only watch french films with naked french ladies

    So any french film ever?

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • OrganichuOrganichu Registered User regular
    beginner muay thai dudes are liek babby

  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    i usually wake up and have brown pee and then i don't eat or drink anything until about 4-8pm

    Um.

    Maybe those 8 pills per day are fucking up your liver.

    seriously. At the very least drink some water cass. Give your kidneys / liver a little help in dealing with that much medication.

    Some medications just turn your urine a different color and it's perfectly harmless. It's not a matter of drinking not enough water or whatever.

    I was more refering to the "don't eat or drink anything until about 4-8pm" than the brown urine thing.

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.

    try bjj : D

    It's MOSTLY bjj down here

    find a reputable school then, and go for an introductory lesson

    I can personally recommend gracie barra

    chu would probably know what some other quality schools are

  • OrganichuOrganichu Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    i only watch french films with naked french ladies

    So any french film ever?

    right

    i know we americans don't wanna see their stinky, cheesy armpits

  • wanderingwandering Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.
    Well maybe websites aren't the best way to judge martial arts schools.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    Man hating on the avengers because it's kind of like a sequel is like hating on Jesus because the Jews totally had it down pat before he came along.

    Nah, Jesus was totally not like what the Jews were expecting for a Moshiak. But the Greeks had him down pat with Mithras.

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    Also Avengers was far and beyond not the Iron Man 2.5 I thought it was.

  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Gooey wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Maybe I can help all of you out here

    You're all terrible.

    what is your opinion on sequels sarks

    choose carefully

    Sequels are the continuation of existential despair.

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony I think it's really fuckin' weird that if you some one asked you to go see Avenger's because you'd have fun you would be offended

    i'm tired of hearing it

    i get it, it's a popular movie, there's a lot of people that like it

    that's okay

    and when you like something, it's natural to want to share it with people, that is also okay

    but i am tired of being argued with about it

    "no thank you" should be the buck-stopper

    but for some people i know it isn't, and that's starting to hack me off

    Is it only if they push the issue or if they ask in the first place?

    it's the arguing

    "look pony i know you've said you're not interested in the Avengers but you'd REALLY like it you should go see it"

    no

    fuck you

    fuck you for presuming to tell me what i should and should not like and disregarding what issues i have with the film when i have already told you

    when you don't know better and you're just being enthusiastic, that's fine

    when you know how i feel on the subject and are bugging me personally about it anyway, i'm not going to react kindly

  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    ludious clearly the solution is to challenge them all to a fight at the same location at the same time, then not show up and see which one wins the ensuing martial arts battle

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  • tyrannustyrannus Registered User regular
    backdoor sluts 9 was a good sequel

  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    Pony is a terrible organism.

  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    Man hating on the avengers because it's kind of like a sequel is like hating on Jesus because the Jews totally had it down pat before he came along.

    Nah, Jesus was totally not like what the Jews were expecting for a Moshiak. But the Greeks had him down pat with Mithras.

    :winky:

  • OrganichuOrganichu Registered User regular
    just know that gracie barra dudes are often slavishly pro-gi and pro-tradition and probably the closest to oriental mysticism as you get within the realm of popular bjj

    but they are badass grapplers and honestly that's what should matter

  • LudiousLudious Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I've been trying to find a good martial arts school down here but every one I've found with a website turns my stomach. It's all fucking Tony Robins positivity bullshit.

    Look I just want a good workout and maybe learn to kick high. You're selling me a bill of goods and I just want to crane kick and shit.
    Well maybe websites aren't the best way to judge martial arts schools.

    If you can't sell me on your website

    in anything

    I don't do business with you.

    If you are a plumber and don't have a website or it suuuper shitty.
    NO EXSCUSES. 2012. TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE. NO BUSINESS.

    Google Talk: ludious83 My Blog: The Caustic Geek
  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    I hate Avenger prostelyzers coming up to me on the street and pushing their movie on me when I am clearly wearing a DC shirt.

  • wanderingwandering Registered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    I'm probably going to see the Avengers this week on a weekday evening so it won't be so busy

    I am sure I will enjoy it

    I suspect you will.
    TL DR wrote: »
    I didn't mean to imply that popular -> bad.

    But I'm comfortable with the assertion that big-budget vehicles (and maybe I'm thinking more of stuff like Battleship) that are crafted specifically for mass appeal are going to generally appeal to more base sensibilities! I don't think this is a radical notion, the lowest common denominator.

    It is entirely possible to craft a movie for a mass audience and still achieve a very high level of craftsmanship. It's also entirely possible to write a film that works on multiple levels. I will point out for instance that the entirety of Orson Well's work is intended for the mass audience. In fact the entire canon of great film prior to 1970 falls into that spot. And with a couple of rare exceptions stayed that way into the 80's.
    Welles said he intended his movies to be popular but they tended not to be.

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  • GooeyGooey Registered User regular
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    Pony I think it's really fuckin' weird that if you some one asked you to go see Avenger's because you'd have fun you would be offended

    i'm tired of hearing it

    i get it, it's a popular movie, there's a lot of people that like it

    that's okay

    and when you like something, it's natural to want to share it with people, that is also okay

    but i am tired of being argued with about it

    "no thank you" should be the buck-stopper

    but for some people i know it isn't, and that's starting to hack me off

    Is it only if they push the issue or if they ask in the first place?

    it's the arguing

    "look pony i know you've said you're not interested in the Avengers but you'd REALLY like it you should go see it"

    no

    fuck you

    fuck you for presuming to tell me what i should and should not like and disregarding what issues i have with the film when i have already told you

    when you don't know better and you're just being enthusiastic, that's fine

    when you know how i feel on the subject and are bugging me personally about it anyway, i'm not going to react kindly

    this seems like an overreaction

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp! I can show you how to be a real man!Super Moderator, Moderator mod
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