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    • Goyim
      Goyim last edited by Goyim

      Maybe she loves yelling at people with different political views on the internet which would make her post appropriate for this thread.

      I know the hypocrisy of a self-proclaimed "tolerant" liberal flipping their shit because people dare have beliefs they don't share always makes me snerk a little.

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      • WTFE
        WTFE @Goyim last edited by

        @Goyim said in RL things I love:

        I know the hypocrisy of a self-proclaimed "tolerant" liberal flipping their shit because people dare have beliefs they don't share always makes me snerk a little.

        Little challenge for you, 4chan refugee: find the part where I self-identify as a liberal.

        (Hint: this is not possible.)

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        • Goyim
          Goyim last edited by Goyim

          BEEP BEEP BEEP uh oh buddo looks like you have been founded by President Donald Trump's Dirty Liberal Finder™ a new gadget that lets him find dirty liberals on the internet 24/7 as of right President Donald Trump himself is preparing to analy fist you with his Fisto 3000™ a power glove that gives him the ability to fist at 3000 rounds per second

          President Donald Trump's Dirty Liberal Finder™ has a 0% margin of error you're fired kiddo

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          • Coin
            Coin @Goyim last edited by

            @Goyim said in RL things I love:

            BEEP BEEP BEEP uh oh buddo looks like you have been founded by President Donald Trump's Dirty Liberal Finder™ a new gadget that lets him find dirty liberals on the internet 24/7 as of right President Donald Trump himself is preparing to analy fist you with his Fisto 3000™ a power glove that gives him the ability to fist at 3000 rounds per second

            President Donald Trump's Dirty Liberal Finder™ has a 0% margin of error you're fired kiddo

            Every time you post, you make less sense.

            "Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.

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            • surreality
              surreality @Coin last edited by

              @Coin I seriously miss the ignore feature.

              Oh fucking well.

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              • Goyim
                Goyim last edited by

                To get this thread back on topic and save it from the shitposters that keep derailing it:

                http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/germany-us-president-donald-trump-honour-trade-agreements-rough-ride-eu-sigmar-gabriel-a7541676.html

                The TTIP just got btfo and this makes me happy.

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                • surreality
                  surreality last edited by

                  Can we maybe go back to keeping politics in the politics section, maybe? Because really, we have one for that purpose.

                  Oh fucking well.

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                  • Auspice
                    Auspice @surreality last edited by

                    @surreality said in RL things I love:

                    Can we maybe go back to keeping politics in the politics section, maybe? Because really, we have one for that purpose.

                    A hundred times this.

                    Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                    • Arkandel
                      Arkandel Admin @Auspice last edited by

                      Two-plate deadlifts for reps.

                      Now, that doesn't mean they won't still kill me at some point in the (near) future. Or that @Ganymede won't go "I TOLD YOU SO".

                      It does mean before I died I pulled two-plates for reps from the floor.

                      • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                      • Ganymede
                        Ganymede Admin @Arkandel last edited by

                        @Arkandel

                        Two plates each side?

                        “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                        • Arkandel
                          Arkandel Admin @Ganymede last edited by

                          @Ganymede said in RL things I love:

                          @Arkandel

                          Two plates each side?

                          Yeah, that's the standard way to count them.

                          • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                          • surreality
                            surreality last edited by

                            While it's still in a limited fashion, I love that the work I do is something I can actually do while in recovery, rather than having to take a month off that I definitely can't afford. Very grateful for this particular perk of working from home.

                            Oh fucking well.

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                            • Catsmeow
                              Catsmeow last edited by

                              @Arkandel @Ganymede

                              Oh yeah? Well.. I can lift the bar up without plates. Yeah. See? You may all be in awe of me.

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                              • surreality
                                surreality @Catsmeow last edited by

                                @Catsmeow I will applaud, because that's better than I can do! I have less than zero upper body strength.

                                Oh fucking well.

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                                • Arkandel
                                  Arkandel Admin @Catsmeow last edited by Arkandel

                                  @Catsmeow said in RL things I love:

                                  @Arkandel @Ganymede

                                  Oh yeah? Well.. I can lift the bar up without plates. Yeah. See? You may all be in awe of me.

                                  You're joking but picking up just the bar from the floor involves a much greater range of motion and requires more hip, hamstring and glute flexibility than I can safely afford. 🙂 The 45 plates set the bar at 8.5″/21cm up.

                                  Conversely that's some why gyms carry those 10 lb fake-plates to elevate it for beginners and rehab. 🙂

                                  -Arkandel, provider of unsolicited facts.

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                                  • Catsmeow
                                    Catsmeow last edited by

                                    I actually use the bar on the machine because I rarely have a spotter. So I have never tried to pick one up off the ground. Now I want to though.

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                                    • Ganymede
                                      Ganymede Admin @Catsmeow last edited by Ganymede

                                      @Catsmeow @Arkandel

                                      Actually, my friend turned me on to something called "Jefferson curls." You grab an unweighted bar, step up on a short platform, and then "curl" by doing Romanian deadlifts slowly, with at least 5 seconds per rep.

                                      It's good for strengthening up your lower and mid-back muscles. Good for people with back problems that deadlift a lot, ARKANDEL.

                                      “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                                      • Arkandel
                                        Arkandel Admin @Ganymede last edited by

                                        @Ganymede said in RL things I love:

                                        @Catsmeow @Arkandel

                                        Actually, my friend turned me on to something called "Jefferson curls." You grab an unweighted bar, step up on a short platform, and then "curl" by doing Romanian deadlifts slowly, with at least 5 seconds per rep.

                                        It's good for strengthening up your lower and mid-back muscles. Good for people with back problems that deadlift a lot, ARKANDEL.

                                        So like a deficit romanian deadlift? Interesting... I might try that as a warmup. It's awesome to find little new things like that, isn't it?

                                        I think what turned things around for me (so far... herniated discs don't simply go away, so it's always going to be a vulnerable area) was tuning in my sumo deadlifts so I can use proper hip drive. Once my body realized it's not supposed to pull up with the back but push forward with the glutes/hamstrings and down through the floor with the heels, and that the core's only real job is to keep the torso at a steady angle, everything else fell in place.

                                        Accessory work helps... planks, dead bugs and barbell glute raises are great, even if they take a hell of a toll out of the nervous system for the next day or two. It almost feels like I have a cold, every time. Oh, and stretching. I think that was the biggest change overall, I had completely underestimated what a huge effect shitty flexibility had on me, and what difference it makes when that starts turning around.

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                                        • Ganymede
                                          Ganymede Admin @Arkandel last edited by

                                          @Arkandel said in RL things I love:

                                          So like a deficit romanian deadlift?

                                          Pretty much, except that the goal isn't weight; it's flexibility. By making those muscles stronger, you actually increase their flexibility. I'm not a doctor, so I don't know the science behind it; however, it works with the plyometric and yoga principles of active use and stretching to create strength.

                                          “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                                          • Arkandel
                                            Arkandel Admin @Ganymede last edited by

                                            @Ganymede said in RL things I love:

                                            I'm not a doctor, so I don't know the science behind it; however, it works with the plyometric and yoga principles of active use and stretching to create strength.

                                            A trainer told me he thought the yoga advocates were injuring themselves because they extend their range of motion but fail to maintain strength through that range, and powerlifters were injuring themselves because they increase their strength but fail to maintain excellent form due to an insufficient range of motion.

                                            It's almost as if we're supposed to have some sort of balance in our bodies. Someone should look into that!

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