Y2HH

Took long enough to get back, but I was finally able to free weight barbell bench 225lbs again today! Yay! That was a long road back and should teach me to never get lazy again!

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 11:00 AM) [background: I know virtually nothing about weight training] I'd like to start doing more weight training at the gym (currently I mess around on random machines a bit). I've been reading a lot of really good things about squats, but my gym doesn't have a squat rack, only that Smith Machine that I've been reading a lot of really bad things about. What are some other things I can do that would be good? Front squats? Can I ask what your goals are? Seems to me like the only thing you're interested in is leg exercises? As with any weight training, don't take this advice lightly as most people do: learn to do the exercises properly, or they're dangerous and over time, will wear and tear you into a hobbled middle-aged man. You won't be young forever. The bad habits you form from the beginning of weight lifting will be hard to break. Do some free online research on proper form/movements, I cannot stress this enough. The majority of people you see in a gym have no idea what they're doing, but they're always quick to give advice on how to lift. Proper form is FAR more important than how many plates yo' ass can drop.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) I don't get what bitcoins were ever supposed to do or be. Online, unregulated currency. It's basically a nice way to avoid paying taxes, and dodging government intervention when buying stuff that could be "underground", since so far, it's basically untracked. They're created by "mining" them with really powerful PC's that decrypt blocks of code, veryyyyyy slowly, which becomes harder and harder to do over time. Usually, this is done in vast networks, where people mine blocks together, and share in the loot based on how many mflops they've decoded. It's quite hard to get a bitcoin, and for a lot of people, it can be more expensive in energy costs than what they end up with in return, for others, who have rooms of machines, perfectly specced, will do much better (ATI and AMD hardware is better than Nvidia/Intel, for instance).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 02:59 PM) Y2hh, What episode made you go "Damn, gotta see more" For me it was the RV in the desert. So far, I'm only a few episodes into Season 2, which I find infinitely better than S1. But in Season 1, I think the moment that made me want to see more unfold was when he shaved his head and began to display more of a, "I'm done giving a s***" attitude, and walked in the drug lords den, solo, and walked out with everything he demanded. Just his change in look/demeanor grabbed me.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) OMG IM SO SHOCKED THAT YOU LIKED BREAKING BAD Why are you yelling? Look, it's quite simple...BS like Breaking Bad. I try to NOT like things BS likes. And who can blame me? He's like 8'2" and takes up a lot of space.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 08:59 AM) Upping the crazy another notch... http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013...ts-tokyo/64163/ He hangs out with Dennis Rodman. He jumped the crazy shark long ago.

Way to go Reddy, your quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) obsession has led to skyrocketing prices, to the point of which the locals that once lived on the staple food can no longer afford to buy it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/20...le-truth-quinoa "The appetite of countries such as ours for this grain has pushed up prices to such an extent that poorer people in Peru and Bolivia, for whom it was once a nourishing staple food, can no longer afford to eat it. Imported junk food is cheaper." So for you to be healthier, you're making poor people unhealthy. Good going you fruit baskets. Oh, I'm eating a side of quinoa for lunch today. Full disclosure. It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) I have this thing where I take something someone else said, use more words that don't really add anything, and call it my own. I call it Plagiacasso So, you're a great artist then?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 04:52 PM) Never. Even bad news isn't stopping the market these days. On another note, how about bitcoin? I wish I was trading this instead of the boring stock market the last month. From $20 to $266 yesterday and back down to $70 today. Incredible. Here's the crash yesterday. Bitcoin is an unstable virtual currency ripe for hack. It's backed by nothing, not even a governments word. It'll be a short term fad, such as is being displayed in it's value fluctuation. Currencies should never rapidly fluctuate in value to such a degree, it shows instability, and when it comes to currency, the last thing you want is instability. A loaf of bread costs 2$ today, you expect it to cost 2$ tomorrow, and 2$ in a few months, etc. You don't expect it to cost 2$ one day and 240$ the next. Bitcoins are a currency being traded as a commodity. And the reason they're able to swing them so much is because there aren't enough of them out there. I think the total value of all current Bitcoins combined are like 2 billion dollars? Essentially, that means any fortune 1000 business, or practically any government in the world can buy the entire market. Bad.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 10:38 PM) Ok, so once again, battling ropes. They're typically 2" in diameter polypropylene or manilla ropes and they don't go for cheap. My question to you guys is, I can still get some of the same benefits from a 12 dollar 1/2" polypropylene rope correct? At least 12 dollars worth of benefits right? lol I don't know...when it comes to almost anything that isn't "artisinal" and then overpriced merely for the sake of being overpriced, I tend to believe you get what you pay for.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 07:15 AM) My continual viewing of the Back to the Future trilogy makes me an expert in time travel theory. This guy could tell you something is going to happen to you but when it doesn't when it is suppose to, he can just say, "Well since you knew it was going to happen, you did something differently, like stepping on a butterfly, and changed the future!" The Butterfly Effect is the essence of a paradox, whether it happens in the past affecting the future, or the future affecting the past, such as in this case. Knowing the future and changing it isn't knowing the future, because that means it was never the future in the first place. The initial conversation with this guy never took place if he told you about your future and you changed it. So, from the get-go, he should have only seen the alternate version of your future, because he created a "future paradox" by seeing what you would have done initially and telling you so you wouldn't do it. Therefore he saw a future that never happened...thus he never saw that future.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 08:10 AM) Please, thank you, RSVPs, and most polite social conventions are all shallow, dog and pony shows. It seems however, those dog and pony shows separate our behavior from actual dogs and ponies. Only on the surface, which is again, the point I'm making in the first place. Separating human behavior from actual dogs/ponies/animals goes far beyond meaningless social conventions as far as I'm concerned. For example, I don't ask people "How you doing?" when I don't actually care how they're doing. I understand it's a social convention and a LOT of people do it, but that's why if you know me and hear me utter a commonly used social convention to you, you'll know I actually mean it. What separates us from an animals is our moral code. We have one, with or without religion. Most of us won't rip your head off for very little reason. Not because you said, "have a good day" to me on an elevator, when you don't really care if I have a good day or not.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 01:48 PM) So when does the bottom drop? When bad things start happening in succession, like always.

Ok, after giving Breaking Bad a fair chance, I like it. I finished season 1 and have started season 2. It took a bit to really start going for me, but when it did, it became very good.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) This guy is going to make a ton of money....... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...me-machine.html ...until the second he uses it, creates an inevitable paradox that goes with all time travel, and that link (and all other links), and these posts all disappear from existence/memory and we/nobody else ever heard of a guy that never existed.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:46 PM) I'm a huge fan of the hybrid. Those are good too, but they're one of those jack of all trades types of things. Not quite as good as a true mountain bike for off-roading, and not quite as good as a true road cruiser for on-road distance, but very good. They are a good alternative if you plan to dabble with both, though, and can be a good idea versus needing two bikes. I have a Trek 6500 hardtail, 15.5" frame, hydraulic disc breaks, skinnier back tire/fatter front tire configuration, schwalbe tires, but the bike is pretty much only for off-road trails. It pretty much blows for long distance. I can use it for that, but no thanks. I should actually just sell it, I don't use it anymore.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) If I don't like the Trek one I'll definitely check that one out. I do like the feel of a mountain bike more than a road bike but hard to keep up with everyone else with a mountain bike. It depends on what you plan on using the bike for. If you aren't planning on doing trails, or off-road biking, then getting a mountain bike is stupid. People do it because "it's the thing to do", not because they thought about their purchase and actually bought the right tool for job. It means you got pliers instead of a hammer when you need to nail something. Yes, the pliers can probably work, but not well for the job. Mountain Bikes are for off-road/trails. Period. For on road biking they are complete s***, unless it's short distance, and then it doesn't really matter...as a huffy would suffice in that situation. If you plan on doing long distance/high speed biking, on road, get a road cruiser...you won't be sorry you did...and neither will your back.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:20 PM) Tell us about your relationship with your father in law. It's actually quite good. But like I said, I think he ignores most of those aspects. I understand it's a reality, a reality I will deal with myself...but it's not a reality you actually want to think about.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:21 PM) I wouldn't call it "violating" if you're married and it's wanted, and you're producing a baby too, but that's just me. I'm not a father yet, but I feel I'd rather have a daughter married to someone I approve of and getting "violated" rather than the guy of the month she brings over every holiday. The quicker that happens, the better for all of us. Oh, I agree. I'm merely pointing out that it's all based on a, "well...she could be with worse", scale. Yes, I'd rather one guy over the next, but the thought of any causes my brain to blue screen and reboot.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:15 PM) And ketchup has flies in it. Is this true? Not that I care, I love ketchup, and therefore I love flies if true.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 12:09 PM) No, I'm saying that if her father doesn't approve of you, you have a bigger issue at hand. I didn't have to worry about it, it was 0% chance he said no. It was more of what shack said above. I don't think fathers ever truly approve of the guys "doing" their daughters. They just accept it, with great reluctance. As I will be forced to do. I think they chose to ignore that reality, even when grandkids are produced, they convince themselves a stork brought them, versus this creep violating their innocent daughters.

So... apparently Figs are "meat eating" fruits that are not technically vegetarian. According to this, they digest wasps as part of their pollination process, meaning there are animal byproducts etched into the DNA of fig fruits. Apparently this only applies to wild grown figs. Those cultivated in captivity are not allowed to be the carnivores they are in nature. http://www.thekitchn.com/strange-symbiosis...-fig-and-126960

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 11:48 AM) I understand your viewpoint, but dog and pony show and weddings go hand in hand. I can only take so much pomp and circumstance. I'll concede the wedding scam. But don't pretend to give a crap about my blessing, that's all I ask.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 11:44 AM) It's not about "asking." It's more a matter of telling her father you care enough about his daughter that you want to marry her and basically replace him as her chief male caretaker...I believe it is respectful to do so, even if he doesn't particularly care for you. Many fathers begrudgingly respect their son-in-laws because of the way the son-in-laws care for and treat their daughter. I think that is what it is about, more so than a permission concept. Oh, I completely get it. I just find it shallow and nothing more than a dog and pony show. And since you love tradition so much, if you do this, I sure hope you waited until you were married to have sex for the first time, too. Oh, wait, you like one tradition but not the other? I forgot...it's all about respect.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 11:35 AM) First of all, if you have any doubt in his answer, you probably shouldn't be asking in the first place, for one reason or another. Both my father in law and my wife found it very respectful. Maybe it's not for everyone, but some people really appreciate it. Like I said, fake respect. Basically, you're saying unless you know for sure he's going to say yes, to not bother asking. That, once again, goes back to my original point. Are you going to break up with this girl because you know the father doesn't approve? No, you aren't. IMO, it's "respect" in the lightest, shallowest meaning of the word. You only asked because you knew the answer was yes. This is a dog and pony show of respect as far as I'm concerned. Had his answer been no, are you telling me you wouldn't have married her anyway? If you claim you would have broken things off right there, I don't believe you for a second.