What's something good that happened today?

[Ooloo]

Yeah the main card delivered bigtime.

[nostalgiaquest]

Off to Zürich for a week. Melted cheese? Don’t mind if I… fondue!

[GinnasP99]

Had a nice cigar tonight. Arturo Fuente 8-5-8. Not exactly sure which specific one in the line it was, but it had a cedar tube around it, and a black ribbon on the end. Def recommend. Like 8 bucks for the stick too. so hey, that's good.

[Shourty]

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain

[starkind]

Eastern European potatoe pancakes ��!

[Tunabros]

-sees that starkind/magnetranny is still posting

-day ruined

[starkind]

why do u even care?

i love seeing your posts

it means ur still alive

and redemption possible :o

[Tunabros]

-sees that starkind/magnetranny is still posting

-day ruined

[starkind]

Got a shower in too.

[Tunabros]

-sees that starkind/magnetranny is still posting

-day ruined

[Trexller]

Starkind, Tunabros is in love with you.

[Tunabros]

-sees that Trexller is still posting

-day ruined

[starkind]

I'm like, finding myself platonicly attracted to Tunabros and completely flattered. :p

[wesryy5]

I ate chocolate. Lol

[Gustoo]

I'm like, finding myself platonicly attracted to Tunabros and completely flattered. :p

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/6f/c1/47/6fc14712acd8ea4b176dab9579eb5821.jpg

[starkind]

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/6f/c1/47/6fc14712acd8ea4b176dab9579eb5821.jpg

haha

i dont dislike anyone!

[Tunabros]

you're retarded

[starkind]

you're retarded

I feel like that's an accurate if not a bit heartless of a statement. Sometimes my memory and learning struggles or reading and math problems get me down. I do find filling out paperwork and writing to be a real struggle. However I also know that my perception and intuition is really good. And I have had the strength to overcome a lot of my shortcomings and even do incredible feets of athletics. I am very clever. And mindful. In tune with my environment. I have a little bit of precognission. So like I feel like I'm not completely worthless. 100% yeah I feel really bad I don't fit in or really have a place in modern society. And illness has crippled and taken my athletic endurance and strength from me. You're not wrong. However I don't feel like you much care for the bigger picture with me. Also I respect that. I don't need or want your love. It's nice. I will never require it from you though. I want you to have free will and to express yourself fully. However you need to. Yes, I'm a little hurt. I can deal with it though. I'm at your mercy anyway mostly. And ya, I wish I was stronger, less helpless and able to lead by example better in the present. Even though I feel sorta stuck in the past. I do want admiration. Again though I don't want it just because. Like fake admiration sucks.

I see a great potential in you Tunabros.

How does me being retarded in your eyes make you feel?

[Trexller]

ill say it again:

considering the degree to which Tunabros harrasses the trans members of this community, one is left with no choice but to rightly assume that Tunabros is trying to work out some feelings that he isn't very comfortable with.

[Shourty]

I feel like that's an accurate if not a bit heartless of a statement. Sometimes my memory and learning struggles or reading and math problems get me down. I do find filling out paperwork and writing to be a real struggle. However I also know that my perception and intuition is really good. And I have had the strength to overcome a lot of my shortcomings and even do incredible feets of athletics. I am very clever. And mindful. In tune with my environment. I have a little bit of precognission. So like I feel like I'm not completely worthless. 100% yeah I feel really bad I don't fit in or really have a place in modern society. And illness has crippled and taken my athletic endurance and strength from me. You're not wrong. However I don't feel like you much care for the bigger picture with me. Also I respect that. I don't need or want your love. It's nice. I will never require it from you though. I want you to have free will and to express yourself fully. However you need to. Yes, I'm a little hurt. I can deal with it though. I'm at your mercy anyway mostly. And ya, I wish I was stronger, less helpless and able to lead by example better in the present. Even though I feel sorta stuck in the past. I do want admiration. Again though I don't want it just because. Like fake admiration sucks.

I see a great potential in you Tunabros.

How does me being retarded in your eyes make you feel?

Well played. <slow clap>

[Duik]

Found a tv series called Orange is the New black. Is it true its about when Donald Trump took over the White House from Barrak Obama?

[nostalgiaquest]

Had to wake up at 530 AM on a saturday to get the project I'm in Zürich for finished, but got it done. Then got a wee bit of touristing in around old town before eating myself silly on Zürcher Geschnetzeltes (Zürich style veal with mushroom gravy and hash brown potatoes) and multiple mass size (one liter) mugs of beer. Food coma time.

[unsunghero]

Got an ultrasound to figure out if the 2 lumps on my neck are either swollen lymph nodes or cancer. 99% chance swollen lymph nodes. I get the results tomorrow

I said to the cute ultrasound tech doing the procedure “if it’s a baby, don’t tell me the gender, I want it to be a surprise”. She laughed

Edit: still doing my run/hike/run. Rain or shine, sickness or in health. 80% of being a champion is just showing up (but I was also still the fastest of the 100+ people on the trail yesterday, about to see about today)

[Ooloo]

I had like four swollen lymph nodes in my neck for like fifteen years that just spontaneously went away one day. They appeared when I had strep throat, but then just never went away for years. Turned out to be totally fine. They were freaky though I was worried.

[starkind]

I had like four swollen lymph nodes in my neck for like fifteen years that just spontaneously went away one day. They appeared when I had strep throat, but then just never went away for years. Turned out to be totally fine. They were freaky though I was worried.

thats nice,

i got a bunch of exercise and got my eq finally setup!

i had wierd swolen nodes under my arms last week, they seem better now tho

[unsunghero]

I had like four swollen lymph nodes in my neck for like fifteen years that just spontaneously went away one day. They appeared when I had strep throat, but then just never went away for years. Turned out to be totally fine. They were freaky though I was worried.

Ty that is reassuring

[Tunabros]

I feel like that's an accurate if not a bit heartless of a statement. Sometimes my memory and learning struggles or reading and math problems get me down. I do find filling out paperwork and writing to be a real struggle. However I also know that my perception and intuition is really good. And I have had the strength to overcome a lot of my shortcomings and even do incredible feets of athletics. I am very clever. And mindful. In tune with my environment. I have a little bit of precognission. So like I feel like I'm not completely worthless. 100% yeah I feel really bad I don't fit in or really have a place in modern society. And illness has crippled and taken my athletic endurance and strength from me. You're not wrong. However I don't feel like you much care for the bigger picture with me. Also I respect that. I don't need or want your love. It's nice. I will never require it from you though. I want you to have free will and to express yourself fully. However you need to. Yes, I'm a little hurt. I can deal with it though. I'm at your mercy anyway mostly. And ya, I wish I was stronger, less helpless and able to lead by example better in the present. Even though I feel sorta stuck in the past. I do want admiration. Again though I don't want it just because. Like fake admiration sucks.

I see a great potential in you Tunabros.

How does me being retarded in your eyes make you feel?

I stopped reading at "accurate"

do you even read what you write? jesus

my bad, you're not retarded

you are rarted

[starkind]

I stopped reading at "accurate"

do you even read what you write? jesus

Sometimes I even proofread it and sometimes just two or three times in a daze like wondering how I wrote something so beautiful.

[Tunabros]

Sometimes I even proofread it and sometimes just two or three times in a daze like wondering how I wrote something so beautiful.

rarted

[starkind]

Thanks for subltly not making fun of either two groups who don't need made fun of! You have my seal of approval!

https://i.imgur.com/39fD1x4.jpg

[unsunghero]

I had like four swollen lymph nodes in my neck for like fifteen years that just spontaneously went away one day. They appeared when I had strep throat, but then just never went away for years. Turned out to be totally fine. They were freaky though I was worried.

You were right man. Just found out today from ultrasound results that it’s swollen lymph nodes. Of course they have no idea why one has been swollen for 3 months but as long as it’s not cancer I don’t really give a shit. It’s small anyway, people have a hard time seeing it even when I’m pointing it out to them

[unsunghero]

Trying to squeeze the last bit of playing P99 and working out I can, because tomorrow I go in for surgery on my displaced ulnar nerve. Displaced from playing this game of all things, but really due to a generic condition where the nerve doesn’t sit in the bone grove it should. So it probably would have happened anyway inevitably. It can only be corrected by surgery, 90% success rate, arm will be in a sling for at least 10 days, and I will have a wicked scar

All worth it, and I shouldn’t have waited. They warned me that my hand muscle would atrophy and I waited anyway. I’ll post pics of my (good) right hand, and what happens to your left hand when the nerve isn’t sending signals for it to have full range of motion

Now I’m crossing fingers that the surgery will be successful tomorrow AND that I can grow my hand muscle back. If it atrophies away completely, it is gone forever

[Whale biologist]

Trying to squeeze the last bit of playing P99 and working out I can, because tomorrow I go in for surgery on my displaced ulnar nerve. Displaced from playing this game of all things, but really due to a generic condition where the nerve doesn’t sit in the bone grove it should. So it probably would have happened anyway inevitably. It can only be corrected by surgery, 90% success rate, arm will be in a sling for at least 10 days, and I will have a wicked scar

All worth it, and I shouldn’t have waited. They warned me that my hand muscle would atrophy and I waited anyway. I’ll post pics of my (good) right hand, and what happens to your left hand when the nerve isn’t sending signals for it to have full range of motion

Now I’m crossing fingers that the surgery will be successful tomorrow AND that I can grow my hand muscle back. If it atrophies away completely, it is gone forever

Seems you survived. Them ladies get you with a spongebath? ;)

[unsunghero]

Seems you survived. Them ladies get you with a spongebath? ;)

Nah my nurse was older, really heavy, and way too sweaty for the tasks she was doing. But she had a nice personality

Dr said hand atrophy is permanent. I said nah building muscle is what I do. Dr said not when it’s gone it’s not. Then the anesthesiologist said it looks like denial is not just a river in Egypt :(

I’ll show them, the muscle is not completely gone

Pic is when I was about to go in. All I got for pain is shitty Vicodin. They didn't even ask me the pain scale question. I was prepared to say 11/10. Even tho really I can’t feel shit. Typing this w my right thumb

[starkind]

Pras.

Good job surviving man.

You will get something back. It's gonna be hard tho. Always is when its that far gone. You're really strong anyway though. And mouse clicks don't take tons of effort.

[unsunghero]

Got to pay back my ma and stepdad today for helping me recover from surgery at their house. I’m supposed to keep my arm elevated above my heart for the next 48hrs to keep it from throbbing and swelling

But unfortunately tonight my stepdad fell 4 feet off a ledge down onto his side and broke his shoulder/collarbone and maybe a rib. Ma was 30+ miles away and he was in serious pain and could not move his arm, had a lump on his shoulder that shouldn’t be there

So I had to drive him 10 miles to the ER trying to keep my arm up. Really not supposed to be driving yet and on Vicodin too but it was np. Staff at the ER said when I was bringing him in holding my arm in the air that they thought I was the one needing help

[Topgunben]

Rittenhouse not guilty

[Jibartik]

all because unsung took the vax wakeup sheeple

[nostalgiaquest]

I live a few minutes walk away from the Naturalis Museum, which is apparently one of the best nature museums in the world. They had a rock exhibit. Was giggling to myself when I saw the EQ related stones. Can you guess which is which?

Number 1: Two in this one

https://i.imgur.com/WkBEjzm.jpg

Number 2: Imbue this!

https://i.imgur.com/1A2UHpD.jpg

Number 3: Djarn would like this one.

https://i.imgur.com/rw8lnxO.jpg

And here's a dinosaur for Starkind. Trix the T-Rex

https://i.imgur.com/kn6QDYO.jpg

[unsunghero]

Hell yea, rocks are awesome. Used to collect them as a kid

[Ooloo]

Holy crap that sucks the muscle doesn't regenerate but grats on the surgery anyway! Sorry late to the party. The guitar player in my old band had that exact same condition in both hands, and it completely ruined his ability to play guitar.

[Ooloo]

Here's a cool 2.5 hour long video about building a classical guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmDAIlEGO_Q

[unsunghero]

Holy crap that sucks the muscle doesn't regenerate but grats on the surgery anyway! Sorry late to the party. The guitar player in my old band had that exact same condition in both hands, and it completely ruined his ability to play guitar.

Luckily I’m not talented enough with my hands to lose anything

The conservative side of my family has a stem cell doc that literally grew my aunt a new knee. And he uses your own body’s not aborted fetuses sold by planned parenthood, they made sure

So worst case scenario I have a back up plan. I don’t care how ugly my hand looks but if there’s some significant loss of function I may do stem cells

[nostalgiaquest]

made chicken wings with a new wasabi lime marinade/sauce recipe. Bomb diggity.

[Castle2.0]

Got a car loan at 5.97% interest when official inflation is 6.2%.

Had the cash to buy it, but mining crypto is north of 100% per year on cost of hardware.

Thanks bank.

[unsunghero]

Got a car loan at 5.97% interest when official inflation is 6.2%.

Had the cash to buy it, but mining crypto is north of 100% per year on cost of hardware.

Thanks bank.

Hmm, when I did I got 3.7ish. This was June though. And I think I did like a 7yr loan

Man the lender stands to make a lot of money off me though. Just about $1000/year in interest payments for the 7 years...

[Castle2.0]

US? (new?) 2021 model and did 7 years
I got a used 2016 model and did 5 years in the Great North.
I don't know your credit score, but unless you're Top 0.01% you're probably not higher =P

The car is the collateral of the loan. If you default, the bank gets it.

Brand new models get better rates, 3-4 years get slightly higher, then older get even higher.

Anything 6% or lower is effectively a no-interest loan. Used it wisely.

[unsunghero]

US? (new?) 2021 model and did 7 years
I got a used 2016 model and did 5 years in the Great North.
I don't know your credit score, but unless you're Top 0.01% you're probably not higher =P

The car is the collateral of the loan. If you default, the bank gets it.

Brand new models get better rates, 3-4 years get slightly higher, then older get even higher.

Anything 6% or lower is effectively a no-interest loan. Used it wisely.

Nah, I've missed the occasional payment and have lots of debt, I think my score only like 770ish

I actually wanted to buy used, but Tacomas hold their value so well, and with the chip shortage, the used models that were 1-3 years old with 30-60k miles were the same prices as new, so I figure may as well buy new since I was dead set on Tacoma. I regret it (slightly) now due to only 19mpg average and gas costing an arm and a leg (Biden: I Did that!)

edit: what's crazy is AZ is one of those states where the lienholder isn't on the title, so assuming if I just changed my identity and stopped paying, the title would still be in my name. Then it be a matter of how well I could hide from the repo-man ;)

[starkind]

I was able to rise to the occasion and do the shopping and heavy lifting my family wanted.

[Castle2.0]

.

[starkind]

.

A hoard of mannastones?

[realsubtle]

Dad's cookin weed candy and im gonna eat thanksgiving feast that i didnt have to cook myself.

[Philistine]

Changed the front sprocket on my new to me motorcycle...I realize that I shouldn't be pleased with myself, but I am :p

[Castle2.0]

Bought another GPU at MSRP.

[unsunghero]

Ran tonight with my surgery stitches still in. To the park, 2 laps around and back. I didn’t want to sweat all over the stitches; the hand incision frequently aches, but luckily it was cold enough out where I didn’t sweat much. Ate too much crap tonight, needed to burn some

Still ran with strep, still ran with covid, with MRSA. Run till I die

[mcoy]

Tried a Popeye's turkey. Was surprisingly good. Would definitely get one again.

-Mcoy

[realsubtle]

Best Thanksgiving ever.

[starkind]

Ran tonight with my surgery stitches still in. To the park, 2 laps around and back. I didn’t want to sweat all over the stitches; the hand incision frequently aches, but luckily it was cold enough out where I didn’t sweat much. Ate too much crap tonight, needed to burn some

Still ran with strep, still ran with covid, with MRSA. Run till I die

rly good plan

--------


anyone know the phrase holy motherfucking god damn shitballs?

Well

I'm alive and I even get to bitch about it. And I won't.

HOLY MOTHER FUCKING GOD DAMN SHITBALLS OF FUCKIN FIRE LADIES

<3

Tried a Popeye's turkey. Was surprisingly good. Would definitely get one again.

-Mcoy

I wish I had done that now that I know its possible I'm going to beg fam to do it. Is it only T-givings?

[unsunghero]

It only took more than a year. I'd like to first thank Jesus Christ. Through Him, all things are possible

Then I would like to thank America, for being the best god damn country in the world.
Only in America could this happen

[Bardp1999]

Went to Burnet, TX for the week (perk of work from home) - cabin we stayed in had a beautiful view

https://i.imgur.com/0w8dLNV.jpg

[robayon]

I finally started a batch of prison hooch like I have always meant to... but there was no champagne yeast at Kroger, just regular yeast. We'll see what happens in a few weeks. Total rookie, might be repulsive when I try it. Always meant to try to do this.

[Elizondo]

Went to Burnet, TX for the week (perk of work from home) - cabin we stayed in had a beautiful view

https://i.imgur.com/0w8dLNV.jpg

Glorious

[unsunghero]

Some young black track and field-looking chick with a perfect toned booty passed me on the trail today, hauling

My pace was fast enough to able to keep her in sight, a bad sign for her. Didn’t mind bein behind that booty though (in booty shorts). Noticed the signs of weariness at mid point, pushing off knees, stuff like that (I never use hands or push off anything)

Then at the 3/4 point, she was gone

Impossible, i thought. She sped up so fast that I couldn’t even keep her in sight at my pace, and she did it at one of the steepest parts? A girl, beating me that badly?

Nope, turns out she took a shortcut off trial to save energy while slightly slowing down, which is why I couldn’t see her. She finished about 3 min behind. And that was the only person to pass me out of a few hundred 3 days in a row, even if it was short-lived

[starkind]

I rerolled starkind on blue as a cleric incase I want to tab to green starkind and immediately ran into a cool necro who got me hooked up with 5 levels of red wine.

Then proceeded to hit up rebby and janam for some faction. Was a super chill nonviolent day just running around between npcs and stuff. Good times.

[unsunghero]

Stitches are out!

Fucking gross man, I hate the idea of being sliced into. I would never be a cutter. Gross gross gross gross, don’t cut me again ever

Dr signed my back to work form but said no lifting weights higher than 3-5lbs with the left arm for 3 fucking weeks! My upper body is wasting away. I’m thinking fine, no weight higher than 5 huh? I’ll just do 5lbs 800 times then…

Last memories of the now-gone stiches:

[starkind]

Damn dude is it supposed to be black like that?

I got my favorite cleric clicky today.

[unsunghero]

Damn dude is it supposed to be black like that?

I got my favorite cleric clicky today.

guess so, Dr said it looked good, not infected

He said massage around the incisions regularly to reduce the development of scar tissue. At first I thought ok I don't want to do that because scars are cool as shit. A scar shows you were stronger than whatever hurt you. But then I heard scar tissue can mean numb skin in that area, so meh, whatever I'll rub it every once in a while

grats on the clicky

[Gustoo]

Yeah scar tissue is like a piece of dead ass garbage rubber instead of good quality skin so massage it as much as you can get away with so you get get some good flesh there.

The scar will still remain but you're trying to let your body have good quality cells.

Shit didn't you learn your lesson not listening about getting that surgery way sooner??

When it comes to surgery and recovering from surgery and physical therapy shit, western medicine is pretty good.

When it comes to internal health all we have is anti biotics and vaccines and don't give a shit about anything else so you gotta look elsewhere.

But surgery we know about.

[unsunghero]

Yeah scar tissue is like a piece of dead ass garbage rubber instead of good quality skin so massage it as much as you can get away with so you get get some good flesh there.

The scar will still remain but you're trying to let your body have good quality cells.

Shit didn't you learn your lesson not listening about getting that surgery way sooner??

When it comes to surgery and recovering from surgery and physical therapy shit, western medicine is pretty good.

When it comes to internal health all we have is anti biotics and vaccines and don't give a shit about anything else so you gotta look elsewhere.

But surgery we know about.

Oye, I fuckin hate it, even though I will admit Ortho Arizona surgery center was a well-oiled machine

I am a very slow learner when it comes to doing stupid shit to yourself physically, it’s a family trait. Last year my dad shut the entire Flagstaff Extreme Adventure course down for a rescue operation with him dangling tied up in ropes 18+ feet in the air with a torn pectoral muscle. All because he insisted on doing the highest challenge black Diamond course at almost 70 (and got halfway through it). We are tough but dumb about it

The doctor said no PT surprisingly, but I’ll still be putting it through its paces. And in 3 weeks (rounded down lol), when I can finally lift again, my plan for myself is:

[Jibartik]

anyone of you ever try to watch the pinhead movies I cant make it through the first one

[Bardp1999]

anyone of you ever try to watch the pinhead movies I cant make it through the first one

Yea i tried watching them as well and thought they were hot garbage, Pinhead is cool I guess but the Hellraiser movies don't even feature him he's like a weird cameo.

[Jibartik]

the first one is like a porn without porn or funny moments.

[Duik]

Looks like he inserted a hairy caterpillar. Maybe that's where butterfly stitches come from.
Found it. https://northernwoodlands.org/images/made/images/articles/TOS_DaggerMothCat_web_1041_700_65.jpg

[unsunghero]

anyone of you ever try to watch the pinhead movies I cant make it through the first one

I watched them all once when I was a kid. I had a thing for horror back in the day

Pinhead was cool, I like his outlook on suffering, but the movies didn’t scare me. The only two movies that scared me as a kid was the first Candyman (saw it when I was pretty young), and event horizon

[nostalgiaquest]

Event Horizon scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.

I was a big Jurassic Park nerd so when I saw Dr Alan Grant in a new movie I got all excited and went to see it in theatres with my mom. I must have been 10-11 at the time. Shit fucked me up good.

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see!"

[Gravydoo II]

I used to be worried about the year 2001 cause thats when the predator was coming to earth. The documentary, predator 2, said it was going to happen.

[Mblake1981]

but the Hellraiser movies don't even feature him he's like a weird cameo.

Pinhead wasn't the star, neither were the Raptors in Jp, the Alien or the Predator.

[doormat00]

What's something good that happened today? I'll start.

My 5 year old AND 2 year old both ate the dinner I made with minimal complaint - no PB&J or chicken nuggets were needed!

P.S. If something good that happened today was that you found a REALLY easy thread to troll, so be it :)

My grocery store sushi container fell in the parking lot but the contents remained safe inside. :)

[Rick Sanchez]

My wife and I we're in the market for a new crossover and we bought one at MSRP which is a positive ting in today's car market.

[starkind]

My day was full of love compassion understanding. Patience. And generosity.

[Gatordash]

My day was full of love compassion understanding. Patience. And generosity.

My day was the opposite but I made a bunch of money today so that was nice I guess.

I generously waived about 12k in bills so maybe there was some generosity on my part but it was mostly hate.

[nostalgiaquest]

Had raclette with some German homies. Then they showed me feuerzangenbowle for the first time. You soak a sugar cone with 80% alcohol rum and then set it on fire over a bowl of mulled wine. The rum and caramelized sugar drip into the wine.

https://i.imgur.com/K2tRVs1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IUEsWqR.jpg

[Ooloo]

I came accross this piece of high art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7qzRqYCkk

[Homesteaded]

I came accross this piece of high art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7qzRqYCkk

A true masterpiece.

[starkind]

Shared and experienced pomegranate mindfully the first time in living memory. Going to dry and powder the rind for medicinals.

It was really fun seeing how many seeds I could chew and mash up at once!

[Homesteaded]

Wrapped up shopping with the old lady tonight. We figured we spent $200 a kid, I'm happy with that. Could be lower but I'm fine with it.

Ended the night with a nice dinner, thought I might get lucky but she said she was le tired.

[starkind]

She probably was. Don't take it personal.

I'm always telling my family to not buy/stop buying stuff for me. I think moms can sometimes be universally the hardest in this regard. Especially if they're or where pretty affluent.

This year I asked for a dish drying rack. I think it finally sunk in that its important for me to be able to wash a single dish every now and then without fussing over drying it.

I also figured they can't get in too much trouble if I ask for something that's literally sub $10 in almost every iteration. A used one from the hospice, second hand store would even be great.

[Patriam1066]

Had raclette with some German homies. Then they showed me feuerzangenbowle for the first time. You soak a sugar cone with 80% alcohol rum and then set it on fire over a bowl of mulled wine. The rum and caramelized sugar drip into the wine.

https://i.imgur.com/K2tRVs1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IUEsWqR.jpg

Great post as usual bud. I’m jealous of all the different cultures you encounter in Europe

[Toxigen]

I came accross this piece of high art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7qzRqYCkk

rofl

[unsunghero]

Saw my elbow Dr on 1 month post-op follow up. Said everything looks great, incision has closed and gave me the go ahead to go back to lifting!

Fuck yea, gonna regain 1 month+ of lost progress and gonna get absolutely shredded again ASAP. Bigger and stronger than ever before. Will probably take it light on deadlifts to start though, that puts a lot of strain on the hand/wrist (or else I’ll get lifting straps which I hate, I see all belts and straps as a crutch normally that I don’t need)

Let’s fuckin go!

[Jibartik]

no dick pics!

[nostalgiaquest]

Headed off to Egypt for the holidays. Boat cruise on the Nile from Aswan to Luxor, then 8 days on a liveaboard dive boat in the Red Sea, and New Years in Cairo looking at big stone triangles. Covid be damned!

[starkind]

Emptied the dishwasher.
Reloaded it.
Had some pretty bad ass RASBErRY CHOCOLATE PORT in my soy latte coffee yesssss.

[Knowledge]

I can still breathe. For now...

[Ooloo]

I remembered that this is a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0Icxb3s9I

[starkind]

P.S. unsunghero looks like he masturbated2hard

I ordered and ate half of a pinapple thin crust pizza - extra pinapples, and normal jelepenos.

My mouth is fireyhot sweetness right now.

[starkind]

I remembered that this is a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0Icxb3s9I

samoflanges exist in wow dude

[unsunghero]

P.S. unsunghero looks like he masturbated2hard


I think for the procedure the doctor is fucking around in my wrist. But goes in through the hand. Rather have the scar there, although it took forever and half to close (woke up seeping blood day 1 after stitches removal because I musta slept on it). I saved ya’ll from showing u that picture

[starkind]

my cat bite picture was great that thread got deleted so fast lol

[nostalgiaquest]

Went to Abu Simbel Temple today. Built in the 13th century BC by Ramesses II to commemorate victory at the Battle of Kadesh. Pretty wild.

https://i.imgur.com/nnFfAts.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/N6ka40V.jpg

[Jibartik]

Nice! Look at the skies for aliens why is that guy shooting his horse what a jerk

[Ooloo]

Hey ancient egyptian artist: Horses only have FOUR legs!

F-

[nostalgiaquest]

Funny you should say that. According to our guide, the extra legs represent movement, and that the horse was so fast that it appeared to have extra legs.

#the more you know

[Mblake1981]

jeezus..

https://i.imgur.com/TnmI6OV.jpg

[Whale biologist]

Nice! Look at the skies for aliens why is that guy shooting his horse what a jerk

he's only shooting it in 2d.

[Ooloo]

It's the great derpulese, and his mighty goofed-up steeds

[nostalgiaquest]

Yeahhh that makes more sense don’t it. Guess that’s what I get for using a shit guide at the temple entrance. Thanks Dr Blake!

[unsunghero]

HTF am I supposed to stick to a diet when work randomly decides to parade this in front of us. Those are donuts in the box in the back, chocolate fudge too. Pizza and tamales

Flex the iron willpower!

F that I’m building a huge plate to take home

[Mblake1981]

Gifted this today,

https://i.imgur.com/RH72RaQ.jpg

[Whale biologist]

HTF am I supposed to stick to a diet when work randomly decides to parade this in front of us. Those are donuts in the box in the back, chocolate fudge too. Pizza and tamales

Flex the iron willpower!

F that I’m building a huge plate to take home

https://www.project1999.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16468&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1640222218

ignore cupcakes, eat tamales! :)

[unsunghero]

Had to stop and close like 10 different mailboxes on my run tonight. Apparently some punk ass teens (I’m assuming) went around opening a bunch. Some people’s mail had already blown out and was down the street

Messing with people’s mail is a crime, wish I coulda caught the people doing it. I woulda put some fear into those kids. Fuck around with my neighborhood and you and I have a problem :(

[tinacallim]

I woke up in a good mood and my cat came to me. Every morning we have this ritual, I pet him and wake myself up, and then me and my cat go to breakfast. It makes me happy every day.

[starkind]

-mN5Vfa17KM

[nostalgiaquest]

Morning hot air balloon flight over Luxor.

https://i.imgur.com/dNIMYcT.jpg

[starkind]

Cool!!! beans!

Today I slugged some vitamins and got some good sips of hot coffee in sore throat already feeling better.

[Ooloo]

That's cool as hell, hot air balloons FREAK me out though. Like, how do you steer? They just kinda go wherever?

[nostalgiaquest]

I’m afraid of heights and this was my first time, so I was pretty freaked out as well. But it was surprisingly pleasant. The wind direction changes with altitude apparently, so when we went way up high we went one way, and then as we descended we more or less went back the other way. There’s also some minor steering by pulling ropes that pull down parts of the balloon. But mostly it’s in the hands of Allah. It was amazing though and I’d recommend it.

[Gravydoo II]

I’m afraid of heights and this was my first time, so I was pretty freaked out as well. But it was surprisingly pleasant. The wind direction changes with altitude apparently, so when we went way up high we went one way, and then as we descended we more or less went back the other way. There’s also some minor steering by pulling ropes that pull down parts of the balloon. But mostly it’s in the hands of Allah. It was amazing though and I’d recommend it.

I always wondered that, too. How the fuck do you get back to where you came from? Shit also freaks me out. I'm all for being in the wind, like Omar, but not literally. Egypt is so enchanting. Its sand and rock for miles then the green of the river nile, then sand. What a beautiful picture. Imagine seeing that like 3000 years ago after a month long trudge through the deserts... Green! I wouldnt believe it.

Oh and good thing. My table saw broke the other day but I replace the pulley on the arbor's shaft so it works again! Oh that and I didnt realize it was off by like .5mm over 4", fixed that, too. Turns out the throat plate was turned slightly towards the blade, making the cut less than an acceptable 90. Theres a whole degree in there before it turns to 91 or 89. A huge distance!

[unsunghero]

That's cool as hell, hot air balloons FREAK me out though

Same. Death traps in the sky

Sometimes they catch fire then you have 2 choices: jump to your death or burn alive

Pass. Grats on doing one though nostalgia, and what a view

[unsunghero]

Pouring rain all day so no hiking or running outside

First time treadmill running in what feels like years, but at least it’s an easy way to time myself

7:19 for 3. I used to be able to do that pace for 13m years ago. Nowadays I might have been able to do 1 more at that pace before my legs get completely crushed beneath the weight of my upper body. Distance running is a skinny man’s game

Also treadmills are so much easier than outside. The belt is pulling you, reducing the amount of effort required. The really expensive ($5k+) self-powered treadmills my gym doesn’t have :/

[Jibartik]

This big storm that is hitting both of us at the same time is going to be the beginning of some large scale geological climate catastrophes that are my fetish.

That's a good thing... if you're chaotic evil like me.

[starkind]

p gud

add 1-2 mins to that tho cuz machines are ez mode

also overdoing cardio bad, tho must do some

This big storm that is hitting both of us at the same time is going to be the beginning of some large scale geological climate catastrophes that are my fetish.

That's a good thing... if you're chaotic evil like me.

log in and powerlvl me until the very end jibartik since u dont care anymore unless u want to spend all ur time staring out the window at the fire and 2 mile tsunamies

[unsunghero]

p gud

add 1-2 mins to that tho cuz machines are ez mode


Fair enough

I remember hearing somewhere that military requires 7:00, or maybe 8:00 for 2, so either 14-16min 2mile. And of course this is outside

Whether or not that’s true, I always try to keep myself where I could do that

[starkind]

a 16 min two mile is terrible lawl --- like 14 was considered alright, 15 acceptable...

Male: age 17-20 3 miles: 18:00 - 27:40

IDR exactly but i think 27:40 is even lower now than it used to be. Of course as discussed a lot of ppl suck lol.

So @ ur age ur doing great! Keep up the good work. Seriously. I think the lowest I got was 24:00 on the 3 mile. Tho I was Army. So I could literally do a 16:30 and get away with it, lowest I ever got on two was like 12:30 ish

I was never a very good sprinter/short distance runner.

[unsunghero]

a 16 min two mile is terrible lawl

Male: age 17-20 3 miles: 18:00 - 27:40

IDR exactly but i think 27:40 is even lower now than it used to be. Of course as discussed a lot of ppl suck lol.

So @ ur age ur doing great! Keep up the good work. Seriously. I think the lowest I got was 24:00 on the 3 mile. Tho I was Army. So I could literally do a 16:30 and get away with it, lowest I ever got on two was like 12:30 ish

Hmm I can’t recall where I got that 14m 2mile military thing in my head from

12:30 is a wicked fast 2

I remember this vid mentions that seals require like a 9m 1.5, which is weirdly easy. Not for Mat and Mike though. They look great (and both claim natty and are willing to be carbon isotope tested but Mat is probably not natty, Mike might be) but their cardio is shit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WC0z9B0p1L4

[starkind]

tooo much lean body mass lawl wat

would not survive on under 8k calories a day

i feel like their performancce would degrade severely without rest/food the days b4

[Jibartik]

log in and powerlvl me until the very end jibartik since u dont care anymore unless u want to spend all ur time staring out the window at the fire and 2 mile tsunamies

:D

https://youtu.be/VdH7NW19hmM

[Gravydoo II]

I live in FL. Bring on the tsunami. The beach is like 1 mile from my place. I'm gonna build floats for the shed and ride it out.

[starkind]

tooo much lean body mass lawl wat

would not survive on under 8k calories a day

i feel like their performancce would degrade severely without rest/food the days b4

lol so i watched that video and the first challenge pushup lol

waaat the fuck amd i watching bwhahahahahaha this is hilarious how can this be even real?

50 pushups bro, come on

I live in FL. Bring on the tsunami. The beach is like 1 mile from my place. I'm gonna build floats for the shed and ride it out.

that'd be badass

i dont think u'll even be able to refresh ur browser fast enough to see it comin

Rg7C6DhQAcw

[starkind]

Hmm I can’t recall where I got that 14m 2mile military thing in my head from

12:30 is a wicked fast 2

I remember this vid mentions that seals require like a 9m 1.5, which is weirdly easy. Not for Mat and Mike though. They look great (and both claim natty and are willing to be carbon isotope tested but Mat is probably not natty, Mike might be) but their cardio is shit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WC0z9B0p1L4

thanks that was hilarious

[starkind]

how did these guys even get that buff

what to they do all day

lol

[Mblake1981]

No mullets, pit viper sunglasses or cool names...didn't watch is what I mean.

https://i.imgur.com/HYS16pF.jpg

[unsunghero]

how did these guys even get that buff

what to they do all day

lol

Make millions of $$ per year working out 3+ hours a day every day, eating only the absolute best possible nutrient macros to maintain 10% bf, while paying editors and film crews to video them for their fitness channels with millions of subs

To be a successful fitness influencer (guy or girl)

Step 1: be attractive
Step 2: have good genetics
Step 3: take PED's
Step 4: lie about it

Usually anyway, but for those two bro's steps 3 and 4 may not apply. At least I don't believe they do for Mike Thurston

I was only really interested in how fast they were, so I skipped to that part, and when Mat said "I never run", I was thinking "ok you're gonna suck then on this run"...and yup

[Gravydoo II]

Make millions of $$ per year working out 3+ hours a day every day, eating only the absolute best possible nutrient macros to maintain 10% bf, while paying editors and film crews to video them for their fitness channels with millions of subs

To be a successful
Step 3: take PED's
Step 4: lie about it



Yes. Yes. Yes.

im just a natural like 1% body fat.. what was that one guys name? he says he dont take the shit but theres like no way. mike something

[starkind]

Make millions of $$ per year working out 3+ hours a day every day, eating only the absolute best possible nutrient macros to maintain 10% bf, while paying editors and film crews to video them for their fitness channels with millions of subs

To be a successful fitness influencer (guy or girl)

Step 1: be attractive
Step 2: have good genetics
Step 3: take PED's
Step 4: lie about it

Usually anyway, but for those two bro's steps 3 and 4 may not apply. At least I don't believe they do for Mike Thurston

I was only really interested in how fast they were, so I skipped to that part, and when Mat said "I never run", I was thinking "ok you're gonna suck then on this run"...and yup

They won't survive the Tsunamis!

[unsunghero]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

im just a natural like 1% body fat.. what was that one guys name? he says he dont take the shit but theres like no way. mike something

Mike o’Hearn otherwise known as Mike o’Tren sarcastically. Said he maintains his ridic physique at the age of like 102 or whatever he is by eating duck eggs or some shit

(Tren short for Trenbolone, a cow steroid)

[Philistine]

Had a great Christmas Eve with the fam, and Christmas morning is shaping up to be good as well :)

[Gravydoo II]

Mike o’Hearn otherwise known as Mike o’Tren sarcastically. Said he maintains his ridic physique at the age of like 102 or whatever he is by eating duck eggs or some shit

(Tren short for Trenbolone, a cow steroid)
yeah!~~

thats the guy! hes like WAY older than he looks cause hes fucking preserved himself with special steroids and shit.. Mike o-tren! the coughing guy

I once heard a shrink say "the only people who are more secretive than steroid users are pedophiles" lol the shame of cheating! you cheated! booo

I like my athletes full of steroids but they dont lie about it..

[nostalgiaquest]

James Webb telescope launched successfully. Good day for science. Next big milestone will be deployment and commissioning, which happens in about a month.

Also, finished up my first day of a week long scuba liveaboard on the Red Sea. Busted foot held up like a champ.

Merry Christmas fellow elves.

[Jibartik]

James Webb telescope is a coverup for worlds largest space laser probe me wrong.

[Homesteaded]

Built a balance beam for the kids and they love it.

[unsunghero]

Was above the clouds at the top of my usual hike this morn. Normally that only happens if I am doing Humphrey’s, the tallest peak in AZ

Musta been somehow related to the rain…

[Ooloo]

^^^ That happens a lot in upstate NY too. Some mornings you'll go up a hill and it's like you're in a plane cause there's a blanket of clouds *below* you off in the distance, and the elevation isn't even that high. It looks amazing during sunrise though.

[starkind]

Saw *real* Jupiter and satarn thru a really real telescope!

[Tethler]

Managed to walk my tech illiterate dad through how to make a skype call, and successfully video chatted with him for an hour.

[Ooloo]

Found out about this sketch show and it's the funniest thing I've ever seen (2 minutes worth your time here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xS9Y_mjTjc

[nostalgiaquest]

Finished our third dive on the USS Thistlegorm wreck, including one night dive. Known as one of the best wreck dives in the world, Thistlegorm was a British armed Merchant Navy ship that was sunk by German bombers in 1941 while brining supplies to The British army in Africa. Always an eerie feeling to be diving something that sunk in anger. Go pro footage is going to be amazing once I get it processed.

[ShampooChicken]

Learned a valuable lesson on repairing furnaces.

[Whale biologist]

Got boosted. :)

[unsunghero]

I overheard/evesdropped a co-worker I don’t know talking about how she used to work at a correctional facility and how an inmate there was semi-famous for getting his fist AND arm stuck up his ass

So myself and another co-worker tried going over the logistics of it and I just can’t see it. For me all I’d be able to do is MAYBE the fist but even that would be slightly sideways if it’s your fist. But my co-worker said maybe try front entry. But even then I think you’d need to be short and I’m just too tall to make it work. But I told him I’ll see when I get home

[nostalgiaquest]

Logged my 100th dive and was greeted by a family of bottlenose dolphins to congratulate me.

[ShampooChicken]

Morning coffee feels good, and looked at the weather which is gonna be 20 degrees above normal for January. Today's my last day waging in the office and then a nice 3 day break. Gonna have some enjoyable EQ time inside a warm cozy house and sleep as much as I need.

[nostalgiaquest]

Made it to Giza just in time to watch the pyramid light show from our hotel roof. Not a bad view for ringing in the New Year.

[Philistine]

Had a great New Year's Eve with the fam!

[Gravydoo II]

Got a commission!

[nostalgiaquest]

I farted INSIDE an ancient Egyptian pyramid. The Red Pyramid of Dashure to be exact. Built in 2500 BC, my gas is now one with the ancient granite. It echoed quite nicely, but the two girls I was with were not impressed :(

[Jibartik]

I farted INSIDE an ancient Egyptian pyramid. The Red Pyramid of Dashure to be exact. Built in 2500 BC, my gas is now one with the ancient granite. It echoed quite nicely, but the two girls I was with were not impressed :(

currently happening all over the universe:

_7qxYtTZZA8

[Mblake1981]

I farted INSIDE an ancient Egyptian pyramid. The Red Pyramid of Dashure to be exact. Built in 2500 BC, my gas is now one with the ancient granite. It echoed quite nicely, but the two girls I was with were not impressed :(

Not sure if John Anthony West could match this level of ancient Egyptian culture experience. Make sure to wipe a booger on the big dog statue.

[unsunghero]

Not sure if John Anthony West could match this level of ancient Egyptian culture experience. Make sure to wipe a booger on the big dog statue.

At least he didn’t shit in public like Chinese tourists sometimes have their kids do. Not trying to be racist, I actually heard this from a die-hard progressive cousin who travels a lot

[nostalgiaquest]

At least he didn’t shit in public like Chinese tourists sometimes have their kids do. Not trying to be racist, I actually heard this from a die-hard progressive cousin who travels a lot

Can confirm. I’d like to think I travel a lot, and Chinese tourists are definitely the worst overall. Sure there are plenty of good ones, but the bad ones are atrocious. I spent 5 years living in Japan and the contrast of civilized Japanese society and oblivious Chinese tourist was staggering. No respect for anything. They jump over barriers, throw trash and spit on the ground in temples, and have zero awareness of other people. I spent a winter working at a ski rental shop in Myoko and every time a big Chinese family came in it was like “aww here it goes”. Once I was enjoying a natural hot spring onsen after a day of skiing, and this kid comes in, stands next to the bath, and just starts peeing right into it. I yelled at him, and then got into this whole kurfuffel with his dad about what a shit head he was. All while naked lol.

In the Netherlands it’s always the big ass bus full of Chinese tourists that trample all the tulips fields. It’s gotten so bad that farmers now block of their fields for entry cuz they’re tired of it.

Even now I’m finishing up a few weeks here in Egypt and it’s been more of the same. I wait patiently for my turn to photograph something, in an obvious unofficial queue for the photo spot, and here comes Mr China with his fuckin iPad on a stick who blasts in front of everyone and proceeds to take 20 terribly framed photos. And then sits there inspecting all of his photos instead of getting the fuck out of the way for everyone else. I’ve learned that if you just “hey move” that they will, but one of my big pet peeves is lack of situational awareness, and they got that in spades.

I sympathize a bit, because a lot of these families are first generation travelers who come from poor backgrounds, so they just don’t get it. And if the times I’ve had to transfer through Chinese airports is any indication for the rest of the country, the whole place is a giant shit show. But my sympathy only goes so far.

I’ve often said to myself “man I ain’t racist, but these Chinese sure want me to be”

[Mblake1981]

Sure there are plenty of good ones, but the bad ones are atrocious.

"They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us.
They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

[starkind]

freeze dried leathery chewy mango chunks. P gud when semi re-hydrated not all the way tho.

[Ooloo]

Oh I get dried mango slices all the time. They are perfect when they still have like 10% moisture and they're like a piece of sweet mango jerky. Delicious stuff.

The kind that are coated in sugar ("candied") are no bueno though. Way too sweet.

[nostalgiaquest]

Got my PCR test cherry popped. And I even passed!

Was a bit worried, after scuba diving for a week and going straight into the shit air quality of Cairo I’ve been feeling a little shitty the last couple days. Sinuses have been all sorts of unhappy. Not sure what we woulda done if we popped positive. Quarantining in Egypt doesn’t sound like a fun time.

[Jibartik]

Can confirm. I’d like to think I travel a lot, and Chinese tourists are definitely the worst overall. Sure there are plenty of good ones, but the bad ones are atrocious. I spent 5 years living in Japan and the contrast of civilized Japanese society and oblivious Chinese tourist was staggering. No respect for anything. They jump over barriers, throw trash and spit on the ground in temples, and have zero awareness of other people. I spent a winter working at a ski rental shop in Myoko and every time a big Chinese family came in it was like “aww here it goes”. Once I was enjoying a natural hot spring onsen after a day of skiing, and this kid comes in, stands next to the bath, and just starts peeing right into it. I yelled at him, and then got into this whole kurfuffel with his dad about what a shit head he was. All while naked lol.

In the Netherlands it’s always the big ass bus full of Chinese tourists that trample all the tulips fields. It’s gotten so bad that farmers now block of their fields for entry cuz they’re tired of it.

Even now I’m finishing up a few weeks here in Egypt and it’s been more of the same. I wait patiently for my turn to photograph something, in an obvious unofficial queue for the photo spot, and here comes Mr China with his fuckin iPad on a stick who blasts in front of everyone and proceeds to take 20 terribly framed photos. And then sits there inspecting all of his photos instead of getting the fuck out of the way for everyone else. I’ve learned that if you just “hey move” that they will, but one of my big pet peeves is lack of situational awareness, and they got that in spades.

I sympathize a bit, because a lot of these families are first generation travelers who come from poor backgrounds, so they just don’t get it. And if the times I’ve had to transfer through Chinese airports is any indication for the rest of the country, the whole place is a giant shit show. But my sympathy only goes so far.

I’ve often said to myself “man I ain’t racist, but these Chinese sure want me to be”

You paint a lovely picture of what the "not apocalypse" is like out there.

[Tunabros]

Can confirm. I’d like to think I travel a lot, and Chinese tourists are definitely the worst overall. Sure there are plenty of good ones, but the bad ones are atrocious. I spent 5 years living in Japan and the contrast of civilized Japanese society and oblivious Chinese tourist was staggering. No respect for anything. They jump over barriers, throw trash and spit on the ground in temples, and have zero awareness of other people. I spent a winter working at a ski rental shop in Myoko and every time a big Chinese family came in it was like “aww here it goes”. Once I was enjoying a natural hot spring onsen after a day of skiing, and this kid comes in, stands next to the bath, and just starts peeing right into it. I yelled at him, and then got into this whole kurfuffel with his dad about what a shit head he was. All while naked lol.

In the Netherlands it’s always the big ass bus full of Chinese tourists that trample all the tulips fields. It’s gotten so bad that farmers now block of their fields for entry cuz they’re tired of it.

Even now I’m finishing up a few weeks here in Egypt and it’s been more of the same. I wait patiently for my turn to photograph something, in an obvious unofficial queue for the photo spot, and here comes Mr China with his fuckin iPad on a stick who blasts in front of everyone and proceeds to take 20 terribly framed photos. And then sits there inspecting all of his photos instead of getting the fuck out of the way for everyone else. I’ve learned that if you just “hey move” that they will, but one of my big pet peeves is lack of situational awareness, and they got that in spades.

I sympathize a bit, because a lot of these families are first generation travelers who come from poor backgrounds, so they just don’t get it. And if the times I’ve had to transfer through Chinese airports is any indication for the rest of the country, the whole place is a giant shit show. But my sympathy only goes so far.

I’ve often said to myself “man I ain’t racist, but these Chinese sure want me to be”

Taiwanese tourists are actually very welcomed in Japan. But often times we are confused by those coming from China. Out of all the countries in the world, we have donated the most money to them after the tsunami disaster. Our countries are very close. Actually speaking from experience, I have been to Japan about 5 times with my family and it's awesome over there.

[nostalgiaquest]

You paint a lovely picture of what the "not apocalypse" is like out there.

The 5 horsemen. War, Famine, Plague, Death, and Zhang Wei with his iPad on a stick!

[Jibartik]

From your story it sounded like zhang made up the middle two alone :D

[nostalgiaquest]

Haha true true

[nostalgiaquest]

Made it back home. And finished book 2 of the Stormlight Archives on the flight back - The Voidbringers have returned!

[starkind]

My feet are soft right now!

[Mblake1981]

https://i.imgur.com/u3D3Jg6.gif

Jerry "She had man feet."
Elaine "..man.. feet?"
Jerry "The feet of a man."

[Knowledge]

We've got no job! We've got no apartment! We've got no money! Our pets heads are falling off!

[Mblake1981]

https://i.imgur.com/GrRJWuN.png

[starkind]

I put overnight foot cream and socks on after a good foot scrub. You can do that for any kind of feet btw. If your feet are scalie feets. I highly recommend once in awhile!

They smell nice too.

[Mblake1981]

Not for any kind of feet.

What? Where in the hell are my elbows gonna be that they need to be smooth?

-Hank Hill

[starkind]

Oh man. When ur feet catch on the sheets it's the worst.

Males are naturally oily I guess until they get snipped.

*hands mblake1981 a fresh keyboard *

[Mblake1981]

Why is synthetic estrogen all over it, have you no manners to wipe it off first? :mad:

[unsunghero]

If there was a “bad things that happened today” I could post there, but alas…

[Philistine]

Enjoyed a chill night with the fam :)

[starkind]

A shot of brandy in my irish breakfast tea which is probably just 'tea' in Ireland, the Motherland.

A THIN piece of sourdough toasted with some amish butter, hummus, and oily spicey garlic sauce.

I'm good for the day.

Feets still very soft!

[unsunghero]

A shot of brandy in my irish breakfast tea which is probably just 'tea' in Ireland, the Motherland.

A THIN piece of sourdough toasted with some amish butter, hummus, and oily spicey garlic sauce.

I'm good for the day.

Feets still very soft!

Some female family member tried to encourage me to get a pedicure (is that the one for feet?) the other day. I let her know that six of my ten toes don’t have toe nails anymore

When you’re a runner your toenails keep falling off and eventually they seem to be like “not gonna stop beating the shit out of me with pavement until I fall off huh? Well fine then I quit!” And stop growing back in completely

She said still worth it for the foot massage and whatever else they do but nah, pass

[ShampooChicken]

Some female family member tried to encourage me to get a pedicure (is that the one for feet?) the other day. I let her know that six of my ten toes don’t have toe nails anymore

When you’re a runner your toenails keep falling off and eventually they seem to be like “not gonna stop beating the shit out of me with pavement until I fall off huh? Well fine then I quit!” And stop growing back in completely

She said still worth it for the foot massage and whatever else they do but nah, pass

That's gross man

[starkind]

I agree with her get some oil and salt for your muscles and some love for your single remaining toenail.

also i havent had my toenails fall off, my only messed up toenail is from a ('surgery' (lol))

also whoever gets to message ur super duper sexy runner legs will be like ooooh! :D

very proud of u

get some of that energy

[unsunghero]

There’s some fucking weirdo I may have to eventually deal with at the park that I jog around

He’s not always there, but if he is it’s always late at night around 10pm and he’s always the only one inside the tennis court…dunno if it’s because he’s chased everyone else out of there or what

I have my music playing loud in my headphones as I run 3-4 laps around the park and as I run by the tennis court this weird fucker always yells something at me and sometimes kicks a tennis ball into the fence at me as I run by. It used to startle me but now I just expect it. I haven’t cared enough to turn my music down to hear whatever stuff he’s yelling. Even if it was some loud insult or challenge, that wouldn’t push me to fight him or anything

But any night now I keep thinking he might get more aggressive with his weird behavior and maybe I will have to beat that ass. I figure if I win the fight pretty easily which I anticipate then I won’t even bother to call the cops after and figure he’s learned his lesson to leave people alone. But then I think no then he’ll come back with a knife or gun. If I don’t call the cops on him I’ll for sure have to change my route after I kick his ass

Ah well. Annoying to even have this problem; I like my jogging route…

[Homesteaded]

While listening to a Phish song I walked across a frozen lake in deep snow. Traversed the shoreline and observed the subtle and rare signs of life in -10 F weather. The lake is a small, 30 acre lake, maximum depth of about 20 feet. It's dominated by aquatic plant life from late spring to late summer. Blue-algae is thick in the water or I would swim in it. It's a good lake to take the kids out in the canoes. Get them used to the canoe, comfortable on a boat.

As I've aged I'm finding I really enjoy solitude in nature. It might be my favorite place to be. Wild untouched nature, alone, this is my space of purity. There, I am all that I am.

[Mblake1981]

My favorite breakfast - steak & eggs

[nostalgiaquest]

Finished a gopro video with some highlights from diving in the northern Red Sea. Lots of wrecks and reefs.

https://vimeo.com/663762172

No Thisltgorm wreck footage yet. That’ll be a whole dedicated video to hopefully follow soon.

[unsunghero]

Finished a gopro video with some highlights from diving in the northern Red Sea. Lots of wrecks and reefs.

https://vimeo.com/663762172

No Thisltgorm wreck footage yet. That’ll be a whole dedicated video to hopefully follow soon.

Very cool

Why are dolphins so chill? Can u touch them?

[nostalgiaquest]

Dolphins are usually pretty chill. And these ones must see humans all time. The dive site is called dolphin house, so it’s well known they hang out there. I’m sure they know we’re harmless and silly in the water.

You could try to touch one, but they’re pretty fast and agile. Plus touching the wildlife is generally frowned upon.

[starkind]

That is really cool nostalgiaquest! Big props for sharing.

[starkind]

I learned how to do this again!

Divide 270 in the ratio 3:2:1
As you can see from the question there are 6 parts that 270 needs to be divided by. One sixth of 270 is equal to 45 and so one of the parts is equal to 45. To get the ratio, you have to simply multiply the amount of parts needed by 45. So 3 x 45=135 and 2x45=90. This will give you the ratio needed : 135:90:45. To check this is correct, you can add the values up to make sure it totals to 270.

[Philistine]

Took the kids out to see a lava tube in the desert. Despite 5 hours of driving over the course of the day, we had a great time.

[unsunghero]

My outside trash can is full of branches and positioned forward from where I normally keep it which makes it sorta peek out from behind a wall

It’s dark and I’m leaving for gym, and when I notice it in my peripheral vision, I quickly look that way thinking Whoa! Is that a person?! No, it’s your trash can

Coming back from the gym only 1 hour later and unlocking the house, I notice it in my peripheral vision and quickly look that way thinking Whoa! Is that a person?! No, it’s still your trash can…

Fuck I’m dumb

[starkind]

My outside trash can is full of branches and positioned forward from where I normally keep it which makes it sorta peek out from behind a wall

It’s dark and I’m leaving for gym, and when I notice it in my peripheral vision, I quickly look that way thinking Whoa! Is that a person?! No, it’s your trash can

Coming back from the gym only 1 hour later and unlocking the house, I notice it in my peripheral vision and quickly look that way thinking Whoa! Is that a person?! No, it’s still your trash can…

Fuck I’m dumb

Peripheral vision is way more persnickity then tunnel vision.

[unsunghero]

Doing the regular jog around the park tonight, and there’s some gal jogging. I personally think it’s a terrible idea to jog alone at night as a female if you aren’t packin, but to each their own. She still got the water bottle salute that all joggers get

Unfortunately, she had the misfortune of jogging the same direction I was going. Which means we racing, whether you know it or want to or not. Here’s a summary of how that went for her :)

[Trexller]

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!! JUST LIKE I SAID!!

Tucker said that a week ago. Now you're saying it. Imagine that.

No evidence AT ALL besides tucker saying it. I'm a fucking prophet, bow to me, bitch.

you wanted proof? this was found during the baltimore riots, or whatever shithole city the apes decided to burn that day.

They are called Agent Provacateurs, remember that name.

https://i.imgur.com/U6ve3fR.jpg

[Philistine]

Found a sitter at the last second. No, sweetheart, I certainly did NOT forget about date night!

[unsunghero]

Spoiled ass ducks will straight eat out of your hand here at the lake. Also will gently peck your leg if you ignore them too long like “hey got any more of them almonds?”

70 degrees out here in az, wussup? Sucks to be cold where u are eh??

[nostalgiaquest]

Oh Phil, you’re such a rascal!

[Ooloo]

It was 21 degrees today, which felt warm compared to the low of -2 that it was a couple days ago when I woke up.

21f and-2f are both well below freezing mind you, but 21f is like a balmy freezing

[Homesteaded]

It was 21 degrees today, which felt warm compared to the low of -2 that it was a couple days ago when I woke up.

21f and-2f are both well below freezing mind you, but 21f is like a balmy freezing

Yeah once you get around 0 it starts to actually feel cold. I'm in Minnesota and right now a 25+ day is a nice day.

Anyone living in an area where you don't really see seasons mind explaining that? I can't imagine not living with the seasons.

[unsunghero]

Just posted this on FB too:

Some random dude at the gym just walked up to me and said “are you [name redacted]?” And after I said yea, he said “from Australia?” And obviously he could tell as I answered without the accent l that I wasn’t. I told him “how weird to get the name right though!” I have only talked to one other person regularly and that was a month+ ago, so no way he could have overheard my name…

Maybe it’s really undercover FBI who doesn’t like my memes and is closing in…

[unsunghero]

Oh yeah and this happened yesterday

My co-worker and I stopped during downtime at a Mexican food truck for some authentic carne asada tacos. I like supporting struggling food truck business, or buying Mexican corn called elote (so fuckin good) from street vendors

When I buy from poor Mexicans, I tip fatty. This Mexican lady saw it and asked me if I could buy her a taco. Had she asked for money I woulda told her to go fuck herself but food, sure. I bought her a taco

After we finish eating and are driving away, I see her throwing it up in the parking lot. Co-worker said she was probably withdrawing from H. I was a little disappointed, wanted to say “hey lady that was $3 you better eat that shit”

[hobart]

Co-woker's wife came home from the hospital after a nasty bout with COVID. The whole family was unvaxxed and they all got it over Christmas/New Years. Everyone seemed to get better after 4-5 days, but then she took a turn for the worse and had to go in.

[nostalgiaquest]

After a week in Istanbul surrounded by crazy Turkish contractors, managed to test negative for covicron again and get to fly back home tomorrow.

[Philistine]

Took the kids out for a short hike and we had fun

[Homesteaded]

Met up with some friends and played outdoor hockey like real Minnesotans do.

[Patriam1066]

After a week in Istanbul surrounded by crazy Turkish contractors, managed to test negative for covicron again and get to fly back home tomorrow.

Don’t do business with the Turks dude. They will be removed and sent back to Mongolia for their many crimes

[nostalgiaquest]

Pobodys Nerfect. And it’s nice to be in a Muslim country that isn’t super Muslim. Yeah they got calls to prayer waking me up every morning, but it’s easy to find a beer, I’ve found a few great live music bars, and the women all dress how they want.

Plus the food and tea is amazing. Speaking of tea, as I pack my bags I’m looking apprehensively at the couple hundred grams of vacuum sealed mint ginger tea I bought. Wonder if I’ll get “randomly selected” for additional bag screening lol.

It’s just tea officer I swear!

[F0rmsh1fter]

Your boy bout to get fedded for trying to travel with 2oz of ketamine lmao

[Gatordash]

I looked over my budget for the year and I can finally afford to hire someone to do my job. So I sent out an offer to a friend of a friend today. I will still have to run a business (and bring in more business) but its a big step towards not having to work much anymore.

[starkind]

I would make sure that is actually mint ginger tea bruh

[Jibartik]

it's not tea, It's a cultural thing, it's just some kind of local sand that he takes to the a tea shop in NYC, he exchanges it for the green mint (https://i.imgur.com/YZPnHoF.jpg) tea there.

[unsunghero]

I would be up front with them and say “hey BTW tsa, the cocaine-looking powder in my bag is just tea”

I would follow it with mentioning that you are also NOT hiding any drugs in your ass, which will get you out of a cavity search

[nostalgiaquest]

Made it through customs no problem. Now who wants to buy some tea!? First sips free! Rub it on your gums and feel… I mean taste… the mint!

20 bucks a gram. PST! Proceeds go towards my Galapagos dive trip fund!

[nostalgiaquest]

Finished up another dive video from the Red Sea. This one dedicated to the SS Thistlegorm.

https://vimeo.com/666943893

A defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS), she was on a voyage from Glasgow to Alexandria with supplies for the British forces in Africa during WWII. Cargo included Bedford trucks, Universal Carrier armoured vehicles, Norton 16H and BSA motorcycles, Bren guns, cases of ammunition, and 0.303 rifles as well as radio equipment, Wellington boots, aircraft parts, railway wagons, and two LMS Stanier Class 8F steam locomotives.

On October 6th 1941, while anchored just outside the Suez Canal, a German Heinkel He 111 Luftwaffe aircraft dropped two 2.5 tonne high explosive bombs on Thistlegorm. The bombs, and the explosion of some of the ammunition stored in hold, led to the ship sinking. Four sailors and five DEMS gunners were lost. She now rests at around 30 meters deep.

Not many people realize the extreme losses suffered by merchant navies during WWII.

[unsunghero]

Ooh I’m kinda pissed

Last request of the day is a shelter for single women with children that’s managed by WOMEN, this fact becomes important later

They say you gotta assess this lady who hasn’t been taking her meds and has been self-injuring. But the client doesn’t want to talk to me, which is her right. So the shelter sends in their Clinical Director lady who comes in all stern like “this is what’s happening next. You haven’t kept your room up to our cleanliness standards, for example your mirrors have spots, and we are not equipped to deal with your occasional self-harm behaviors”….we are not equipped to deal with these behaviors is just a clinical way to say we’re dunzo, we’re done putting up with your shit. She then went on to say how witnessing the client scratch herself is distressing for the staff and other residents

Ok fair enough so far. Im sure they aren’t kicking out the autistic child who hits his own head in anger but whatever. Then the lady says my staff will be transporting you and your belongings to CASS (emergency homeless shelter)

I so regret not being able to talk to that clinical director because I sooo wanted to tell her “Ok let’s go ahead and play this out. This young decent looking 24 year old lady with 12 fucking bags of her life’s belongings gets dumped at 6pm at night in the most dangerous part of Phoenix AFTER the overflow shelter has already closed for the day. Worst case scenario all her stuff gets stolen in front of her and she gets raped, probably about a 20% chance of that. Best case scenario the 100 or so homeless people around her happen to be sober and kind enough to NOT try to steal her stuff right in front of her, and if she can stay up the entire night laying on top of her stuff, she keeps it. However once she falls asleep, all that shit’s gone. All of it”

Thank God this gal hadn’t burned her bridges with her parents completely and they agreed for me to drive her 50 fucking minutes the wrong direction from my office to unload her and her stuff and their house. I can’t believe the female staff at a shelter for women was willing to let this gal get fucked (quite literally) with such a prompt and poorly-timed eviction

Rant over. Felt good to be able to help at least, only now way over shift and my night is screwed up

[starkind]

Ooh I’m kinda pissed

Last request of the day is a shelter for single women with children that’s managed by WOMEN, this fact becomes important later

They say you gotta assess this lady who hasn’t been taking her meds and has been self-injuring. But the client doesn’t want to talk to me, which is her right. So the shelter sends in their Clinical Director lady who comes in all stern like “this is what’s happening next. You haven’t kept your room up to our cleanliness standards, for example your mirrors have spots, and we are not equipped to deal with your occasional self-harm behaviors”….we are not equipped to deal with these behaviors is just a clinical way to say we’re dunzo, we’re done putting up with your shit. She then went on to say how witnessing the client scratch herself is distressing for the staff and other residents

Ok fair enough so far. Im sure they aren’t kicking out the autistic child who hits his own head in anger but whatever. Then the lady says my staff will be transporting you and your belongings to CASS (emergency homeless shelter)

I so regret not being able to talk to that clinical director because I sooo wanted to tell her “Ok let’s go ahead and play this out. This young decent looking 24 year old lady with 12 fucking bags of her life’s belongings gets dumped at 6pm at night in the most dangerous part of Phoenix AFTER the overflow shelter has already closed for the day. Worst case scenario all her stuff gets stolen in front of her and she gets raped, probably about a 20% chance of that. Best case scenario the 100 or so homeless people around her happen to be sober and kind enough to NOT try to steal her stuff right in front of her, and if she can stay up the entire night laying on top of her stuff, she keeps it. However once she falls asleep, all that shit’s gone. All of it”

Thank God this gal hadn’t burned her bridges with her parents completely and they agreed for me to drive her 50 fucking minutes the wrong direction from my office to unload her and her stuff and their house. I can’t believe the female staff at a shelter for women was willing to let this gal get fucked (quite literally) with such a prompt and poorly-timed eviction

Rant over. Felt good to be able to help at least, only now way over shift and my night is screwed up

Good job man. I agree.

[unsunghero]

Forgot my sativa edible before my usual run tonight

Was pleased that I could still perform sober to my expectations, same distance as last night (my house to the nearest park, 3 laps around and back, about 4 miles), same speed or maybe even faster. Man I can’t even remember the last time I worked out sober, it’s been so long…

Interestingly enough, I started to feel like I was high (vision getting slightly blurry, good mental feeling) about 1/2 way through, but I know I was sober as a bird. I guess I was just getting drunk on my own endorphins. Must be that “runner’s high” that people who live above the influence of drugs (and bored as hell) feel

But nah, I’ll take the endorphin high + the weed high next time ;)

[nostalgiaquest]

Pros of mask culture - when you cut yourself hastily shaving in the morning 20 minutes before a doctors appointment, you can hide the fact that you have a piece of bloody toilet paper stuck to your face!

Good news: Ankle X-ray came back as fully healed. Now to join the waiting list to get the screws out!

[robayon]

Breyer is gonna retire. This sets up a Very Cool showdown between a whole bunch of folks you wouldn't trust with your weedwhacker

[Philistine]

Got the kids out to the Kelso Dunes in Mojave and it was great! Wife even came and didn't hate it!

[Philistine]

I meant to include a picture/facepalm

[unsunghero]

I used to post to my family on social media about my job escapades, reading these again brought back memories…


At work tonight, sitting in an ER lobby with my drunk, agitated client, and I'm counting the seconds, staring at the triage door, praying she can keep her shit together long enough for them to call her name. Then an unfortunate fellow in a cowboy hat makes eye contact and I hear "Fuck you, cowboy".....dammit, time to go get security :(


It's the little things that I love about my job sometimes...like when I'm talking to a family in their living room and the mom stops and says "NO, put that back, you can't eat just Mustard"...and I see a disappointed 10yr old girl walk back into kitchen carrying a giant jug of Mustard. I couldn't help but laugh a little ;)


I'm at a skilled nursing facility and I'm going to steal their coffee like I do at every one I get called to. But it comes out of the thermos as water. I don't see a fountain around so I think "I guess this is their water", and take a big gulp. Nope, this is their boiling water


At work, helping police out with a psychotic woman who wandered into a local business and she asks what would a hospital do for her, and holly says they will help you get stable, and she replies: "Listen, I am not a horse-woman." The officer immediately starts laughing and I tell him "and that is the quote of the day right there" ;)

[unsunghero]

Went on a zoo date my dad and stepmom set up with this co-worker of theirs, sort of like a double date group thing

She is not very photogenic so based on her pics I was barely into it going in. Turns out she is much cuter in person, cute voice, smart, and good sense of humor, enough to laugh at my stuff. Was pleasantly surprised, not head over heels for her but not bad

I tend to do pretty well with girls, so it seemed she was interested too. Got her number and invited her to the Renaissance festival coming up that is in town, because she is also kind of a sci fi fantasy nerd

A little earlier than I wanted to start officially dating again (wanted to get in better shape, but that’s always my excuse) but oh well, at the very least it can be a new friend and good practice

[unsunghero]

^
Me, to the girl with me: Why don’t you want to feed the stingray?

Her: Because it sounded like they were trying to suck your hand right off

Me: [a thousand sexual puns running through my mind] thinks ‘don’t do it, you are just meeting her, don’t do it’

Me: [just smiles]

[Homesteaded]

Skated with the boys, napped with my son.

[Philistine]

Hung out with the fam!

[Nedion]

I thought about using crypto not only as an active rainy day. For now, I'm just reading literature like algorithmic trading (https://napbots.com/algorithmic-trading/). But I have one reasonable question. How long does it take to get good results? I see real examples of success but no one says how many mistakes they made until they got what they have now. Is it worth it to go into crypto at the current moment?

[unsunghero]

Buncha hospitals and behavioral health agencies were at the annual suicide awareness 5k run today

I was cold as hell in that pic. It was like 45 out at 8am and I was in shorts. Ya’ll don’t know what cold is

[unsunghero]

Hiking 2nd date with this girl I’m sorta seeing. She’s actually out of my league in the looks department, and now I’m finding out she exactly 10 years younger, which is my limit. She wants another date before 4th one at the end of this month which is gonna be Renaissance Festival

If I can keep her laughing though, I got a shot

[Philistine]

Had a great time snow tubing with the fam!

[GinnasP99]

My dinner tonight, venison burger w/ pepper jack cheese, bacon, lettuce, mayo, mustard.

https://imgur.com/a/20gFk6J.jpg

Might not be much to look at, but it was very good.

[Chortles Snortles]

dear livejournal,
(lol)

[Philistine]

Went sledding on icy snow with the kiddos. We all had fun and no one got hurt :p

[unsunghero]

Fuckin bots these days really make you work at it to get that cam site. I tried asking right in the beginning, let’s skip the foreplay. But she wouldn’t

[Trexller]

SO Unsunghero, you got a pre-pass to the "Zucked Up Metaverse"?

[unsunghero]

SO Unsunghero, you got a pre-pass to the "Zucked Up Metaverse"?

Lol what’s that?

[Trexller]

Lol what’s that?

The Zuck has issued an edict declaring that we shall all interact with one another, no longer on tangible soil, but through his utopian, "virtual reality Meta-verse", with concrete-block size and weight Oculus goggles.

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/

he'll zuck it up tho.

[Jibartik]

Zuckerberg > tiktok CCP psyop to divide amerca

And we're giving tiktok the keys to his kingdom.

[Jibartik]

Europe bans American facebook and google, lets tiktok run hog wild for free.

sure this isnt a giant illuminati compsriacy

[unsunghero]

The Zuck has issued an edict declaring that we shall all interact with one another, no longer on tangible soil, but through his utopian, "virtual reality Meta-verse", with concrete-block size and weight Oculus goggles.

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/

he'll zuck it up tho.

Hmm. I’ve tried oculus rift when my little cousin brought it to a family party after getting one for Christmas. It was pretty fucking cool, I did the beat saber game. Never seen VR so good before. A way to move and play too is good for health. Made me really want to try Skyrim VR but I tend to play stealth archers and if you have to RL crouch every time you want to sneak that might be too much for even my quads doing that like 500 times in a typical play session

From the little I’ve seen of VR chatrooms it’s a lot of guys with little anime girl avatars not talking to give away the fact that they are actually guys while pedophiles hit on them

[Patriam1066]

Europe bans American facebook and google, lets tiktok run hog wild for free.

sure this isnt a giant illuminati compsriacy

Europe banned Facebook and google?

[Philistine]

Daughter recovered quickly from not feeling well. Also, test came back negative for COVID.

[Jibartik]

Europe banned Facebook and google?

No that's just some forum hyperbole, what happened is the EU created these stupid privacy laws that china doesn't give a fuck about and Facebook and google have to follow and so they are threatening to leave.

Google has already shut down a lot of its search features as a boycott.

Wechat is very popular there.

[unsunghero]

Winter in AZ

That water was pretty cold though, especially when your ass is sitting in an inch of it

[Homesteaded]

Signed a purchase agreement on 4 acres outside of town, only DSL available. Pole Barn, chicken coop, established fruit trees, maple trees, good soil and deer aplenty.

Work hard and stay in school kids.

[Duik]

Winter in AZ

That water was pretty cold though, especially when your ass is sitting in an inch of it

Where's the obligatory "pretty girl"?
Also, bastard, looks good. Didnt do canoeing but did a shit ton of white water rafting.
Also bastard.

[Duik]

Signed a purchase agreement on 4 acres outside of town, only DSL available. Pole Barn, chicken coop, established fruit trees, maple trees, good soil and deer aplenty.

Work hard and stay in school kids.

Also bastard. No more cuz bastard.