So @Feral here's a video from four years before Lars got big, it's another instructor (who I believe worked with Lars but I can't cite that) who teaches the same style.
You can pause the video and see she still uses the traditional form of the arrow to the left of the forward grip, which is what makes sense because otherwise you've got to cant the bow (tilt it) something godawful to get a sight profile and avoid the archer's paradox, which Lars says he avoids by putting the arrow of the off side, but scientifically that's horseshit and actually makes your arrows fly wild unless you've specifically spined and fletched them that way, which he has.
What makes her a fast shot (aside from practice) is that she uses a thumb ring and you grip the arrow to pull back rather than letting the nock clip onto the string as it does with modern plastic nocks. Thumb ring style uses more of a "U" shaped nock you have to hold with your thumb and inner palm.
She's also shooting at a large blanket instead of an actual target because it's almost fucking impossible to hit something smaller than a torso like that, hence it being a horse drawn style. Mongol soldiers used to carry an arrow in each grove between fingers and could fire off four arrows from horseback in about five seconds, and if they were close, they were in the midst of battle so they're gonna hit something, be it horse or man.
Lars basically adopted an existing technique to fit his style as would someone who learned to play guitar by ear but those people don't typically go to concerts and tell the performers they're doing it wrong.
Anyway that's my archery rant for the year everyone click like and subscribe and don't forget to keep those comments coming.
Right, but is he better than everyone else? Are there categories he still loses in?
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
My dad grew up in the 60s and he still tells stories about the psychopathic nuns who would hit kids with rulers for using their left hand to write.
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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Hello I had to deal w transphobes on Twitter today for my job so Poppy and I are going to watch The Birdcage (one of my like, comfort movies lol) while we take a bubble bath
@Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud for electronics and water lmao? (Sorry if you’re not about the movie tho it is ofc dated just a childhood favorite)
My dad grew up in the 60s and he still tells stories about the psychopathic nuns who would hit kids with rulers for using their left hand to write.
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
I mean
In my own lifetime it was still socially acceptable for parents to beat their kids
That’s only changed in the last 20 years or so
Kids were still getting paddled at school when I was in k-6
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
My dad grew up in the 60s and he still tells stories about the psychopathic nuns who would hit kids with rulers for using their left hand to write.
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
I mean
In my own lifetime it was still socially acceptable for parents to beat their kids
That’s only changed in the last 20 years or so
Kids were still getting paddled at school when I was in k-6
Still defended by many. Not everyone goes all the way forward.
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My dad grew up in the 60s and he still tells stories about the psychopathic nuns who would hit kids with rulers for using their left hand to write.
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
I mean
In my own lifetime it was still socially acceptable for parents to beat their kids
That’s only changed in the last 20 years or so
Kids were still getting paddled at school when I was in k-6
I think my parents had to sign something saying it was ok for the principal to spank me in order for me to go to elementary school
Hello I had to deal w transphobes on Twitter today for my job so Poppy and I are going to watch The Birdcage (one of my like, comfort movies lol) while we take a bubble bath
@Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud for electronics and water lmao? (Sorry if you’re not about the movie tho it is ofc dated just a childhood favorite)
Do it do it!!
I've actually never seen it but I know it's a classic!
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The Birdcage is still great and i will hear nothing to the contrary
It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
Was Rocky Horror explicitly queer?
i think yes but also no
it's definitely played more like a carnival sideshow in the context of the time it was made
But also I don't feel like I've ever felt as sexy as the time a guy hit on me in the parking lot of the West Seattle Safeway while we were waiting for the show to start.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
The Birdcage is still great and i will hear nothing to the contrary
It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
Was Rocky Horror explicitly queer?
i think yes but also no
it's definitely played more like a carnival sideshow in the context of the time it was made
But also I don't feel like I've ever felt as sexy as the time a guy hit on me in the parking lot of the West Seattle Safeway while we were waiting for the show to start.
gay men in their 30s and 40s used to get so thirsty for me when i was in my 20s
all buying me drinks when i was with a woman at a bar and then winking at me when it was delivered
i used to be so beautiful
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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My dad grew up in the 60s and he still tells stories about the psychopathic nuns who would hit kids with rulers for using their left hand to write.
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
I mean
In my own lifetime it was still socially acceptable for parents to beat their kids
That’s only changed in the last 20 years or so
Kids were still getting paddled at school when I was in k-6
I think my parents had to sign something saying it was ok for the principal to spank me in order for me to go to elementary school
I remember the time a teacher accidentally gave my brother a bloody nose by smacking his face into the desk, cause my brother fell asleep in class and the teacher tired to lightly rap him on the back of the head with his text book, but when my brother tried to suddenly sit up his head bounced off the book and slammed into the desk. When they teacher tried to apologize profusely, worried about getting sued/fired, to my dad during parent teacher week my dad almost died laughing, and practically gave him a high five. Granted, my brother kind of deserved it
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
I think rocky horror is way more camp than queer pride
Like its counter culture for sure but it wasn't arguing queer people are "normal," either.
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I think rocky horror is way more camp than queer pride
Like its counter culture for sure but it wasn't arguing queer people are "normal," either.
this really isn't my field but I can say for sure that in the 80s / early 90s it was way way outside the mainstream. And to a young person at the time it wasn't saying anything about who is or isn't normal but just saying that these people exist was almost unique in the media available to me.
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[chat], I think I'm ready to take the plunge on a bidet. What am I looking for/at. We technically kind of own the home, so I'm not worried about landlords/deposits, but also if I can just hook it up to the existing cold water hookup, that would probably be best. Also, we have a toilet seat that has a tiny ring that can be moved down for potty training that we would like to keep, as we are hoping the 3yr old will start potty training soon.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
I think rocky horror is way more camp than queer pride
Like its counter culture for sure but it wasn't arguing queer people are "normal," either.
also i was being cheeky with my response of course, there has certainly been explicitly queer media for a long time if you dig below the surface of pop culture, but i would sort of imply media that is viewed by everybody
i watched the Birdcage with my parents and everybody loved it
i can't imagine a world where i would have watched Rocky Horror with my parents
[chat], I think I'm ready to take the plunge on a bidet. What am I looking for/at. We technically kind of own the home, so I'm not worried about landlords/deposits, but also if I can just hook it up to the existing cold water hookup, that would probably be best. Also, we have a toilet seat that has a tiny ring that can be moved down for potty training that we would like to keep, as we are hoping the 3yr old will start potty training soon.
the Luxe model that's like $40-$50 on amazon just hooks into the water line and then screws in where the lid screws in. it takes like five minutes to install
[chat], I think I'm ready to take the plunge on a bidet. What am I looking for/at. We technically kind of own the home, so I'm not worried about landlords/deposits, but also if I can just hook it up to the existing cold water hookup, that would probably be best. Also, we have a toilet seat that has a tiny ring that can be moved down for potty training that we would like to keep, as we are hoping the 3yr old will start potty training soon.
If you have to plunge your bidet you have done something either truly amazing or truly terrifying to your toilet
I think rocky horror is way more camp than queer pride
Like its counter culture for sure but it wasn't arguing queer people are "normal," either.
also i was being cheeky with my response of course, there has certainly been explicitly queer media for a long time if you dig below the surface of pop culture, but i would sort of imply media that is viewed by everybody
i watched the Birdcage with my parents and everybody loved it
i can't imagine a world where i would have watched Rocky Horror with my parents
the birdcage also came out like 22 or so years after rocky horror
The Birdcage is still great and i will hear nothing to the contrary
It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
Older queer media that was meaningful to me:
Another Country (1984): "Another Country is loosely based on the life of the spy and double agent Guy Burgess, Guy Bennett in the film. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery of the English public school system."
Parting Glances (1986): "Parting Glances is a 1986 American drama film. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important film in the history of gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the AIDS pandemic. First-time director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film."
Edge of Seventeen (1998): "Sandusky, Ohio, 1984: Eric Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. When Eric and his best friend, Maggie, accept summer jobs in food service at the local amusement park, they befriend their lesbian manager, Angie, and a gay college student named Rod. Sparks fly between the two boys, even as Maggie waits patiently in the wings for Eric's affections."
The Birdcage is still great and i will hear nothing to the contrary
It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
Older queer media that was meaningful to me:
Another Country (1984): "Another Country is loosely based on the life of the spy and double agent Guy Burgess, Guy Bennett in the film. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery of the English public school system."
Parting Glances (1986): "Parting Glances is a 1986 American drama film. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important film in the history of gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the AIDS pandemic. First-time director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film."
Edge of Seventeen (1998): "Sandusky, Ohio, 1984: Eric Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. When Eric and his best friend, Maggie, accept summer jobs in food service at the local amusement park, they befriend their lesbian manager, Angie, and a gay college student named Rod. Sparks fly between the two boys, even as Maggie waits patiently in the wings for Eric's affections."
I think among my friends in high school between us we had, in terms of what people looking back today I guess would call queer media(?), vhs tapes of the following (cause not a single one of us had cable):
Rocky Horror
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
To Wong Foo
The Birdcage
And we all liked these and they were in regular rotation of stuff we watched frequently. But that was it IIRC
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The Birdcage is still great and i will hear nothing to the contrary
It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
Older queer media that was meaningful to me:
Another Country (1984): "Another Country is loosely based on the life of the spy and double agent Guy Burgess, Guy Bennett in the film. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery of the English public school system."
Parting Glances (1986): "Parting Glances is a 1986 American drama film. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important film in the history of gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the AIDS pandemic. First-time director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film."
Edge of Seventeen (1998): "Sandusky, Ohio, 1984: Eric Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. When Eric and his best friend, Maggie, accept summer jobs in food service at the local amusement park, they befriend their lesbian manager, Angie, and a gay college student named Rod. Sparks fly between the two boys, even as Maggie waits patiently in the wings for Eric's affections."
Another Country sounds like the kind of thing i'd watch even if i weren't explicitly pursuing queer media
Another Country has not only homosexual turmoil, but also bonus naive passionate Marxism which is fun
Parting Glances is very good, but also, as, uh, the description might indicate, pretty rough. But a very young very early career Steve Buscemi is great. And sometimes you just need a little bit of AIDS feels in your life. Some people have dead duckling comic, I have a critically acclaimed naturalistic drama from 1986.
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I keep thinking about getting a second monitor.
I love my current one, a behemoth AOC 27" curved deal. But now that my new work laptop can't be flipped into presentation mode, the screen is a bit far away to be useful while I am WFH.
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Right, but is he better than everyone else? Are there categories he still loses in?
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Steam: Korvalain
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
looking at the state of the world today it's easy to forget just how fucked up and barbaric people's ideas were that were just generally accepted even within my own lifetime
like stuff like that of course still exists, but man
might as well have been the middle ages just 30 years ago even
@Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud for electronics and water lmao? (Sorry if you’re not about the movie tho it is ofc dated just a childhood favorite)
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
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It was one of two pieces of explicitly queer media I grew up with!!! It’s very very important to meee
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
i think when it came out it was literally one of two pieces of explicitly queer media
that and To Wong Foo
I mean
In my own lifetime it was still socially acceptable for parents to beat their kids
That’s only changed in the last 20 years or so
Kids were still getting paddled at school when I was in k-6
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Still defended by many. Not everyone goes all the way forward.
It came out the year I was born!
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Was Rocky Horror explicitly queer?
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
*fades away*
i think yes but also no
it's definitely played more like a carnival sideshow in the context of the time it was made
I think my parents had to sign something saying it was ok for the principal to spank me in order for me to go to elementary school
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
I've actually never seen it but I know it's a classic!
But also I don't feel like I've ever felt as sexy as the time a guy hit on me in the parking lot of the West Seattle Safeway while we were waiting for the show to start.
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
gay men in their 30s and 40s used to get so thirsty for me when i was in my 20s
all buying me drinks when i was with a woman at a bar and then winking at me when it was delivered
i used to be so beautiful
I remember the time a teacher accidentally gave my brother a bloody nose by smacking his face into the desk, cause my brother fell asleep in class and the teacher tired to lightly rap him on the back of the head with his text book, but when my brother tried to suddenly sit up his head bounced off the book and slammed into the desk. When they teacher tried to apologize profusely, worried about getting sued/fired, to my dad during parent teacher week my dad almost died laughing, and practically gave him a high five. Granted, my brother kind of deserved it
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
Like its counter culture for sure but it wasn't arguing queer people are "normal," either.
This was my Grandpa's experience as he was left-handed but had it literally beaten out of him. Unsure if it was rulers or belts, probably both.
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this really isn't my field but I can say for sure that in the 80s / early 90s it was way way outside the mainstream. And to a young person at the time it wasn't saying anything about who is or isn't normal but just saying that these people exist was almost unique in the media available to me.
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
also i was being cheeky with my response of course, there has certainly been explicitly queer media for a long time if you dig below the surface of pop culture, but i would sort of imply media that is viewed by everybody
i watched the Birdcage with my parents and everybody loved it
i can't imagine a world where i would have watched Rocky Horror with my parents
Yikes
the Luxe model that's like $40-$50 on amazon just hooks into the water line and then screws in where the lid screws in. it takes like five minutes to install
If you have to plunge your bidet you have done something either truly amazing or truly terrifying to your toilet
Possibly both
the birdcage also came out like 22 or so years after rocky horror
For you millennials in chat, this bit really seemed familiar to a fellow gen x:
Older queer media that was meaningful to me:
Parting Glances (1986): "Parting Glances is a 1986 American drama film. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important film in the history of gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the AIDS pandemic. First-time director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film."
Edge of Seventeen (1998): "Sandusky, Ohio, 1984: Eric Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. When Eric and his best friend, Maggie, accept summer jobs in food service at the local amusement park, they befriend their lesbian manager, Angie, and a gay college student named Rod. Sparks fly between the two boys, even as Maggie waits patiently in the wings for Eric's affections."
https://luxebidet.com/product-category/bidet-attachments
the Neo 120 or 180
i have the 180 but i don't know that the "feminine wash" option is actually worth having. i've heard it's just unpleasant
Maybe throw in Pink Flamingos if I'm feeling saucy
i know Edge of Seventeen but not the other two
Another Country sounds like the kind of thing i'd watch even if i weren't explicitly pursuing queer media
Rocky Horror
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
To Wong Foo
The Birdcage
And we all liked these and they were in regular rotation of stuff we watched frequently. But that was it IIRC
Another Country has not only homosexual turmoil, but also bonus naive passionate Marxism which is fun
Parting Glances is very good, but also, as, uh, the description might indicate, pretty rough. But a very young very early career Steve Buscemi is great. And sometimes you just need a little bit of AIDS feels in your life. Some people have dead duckling comic, I have a critically acclaimed naturalistic drama from 1986.
I love my current one, a behemoth AOC 27" curved deal. But now that my new work laptop can't be flipped into presentation mode, the screen is a bit far away to be useful while I am WFH.
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