Randomness thread, part two.

[oskar]

Time reporting that CDC numbers show us that men are raped just as often as women OUTSIDE OF PRISON in the United States: http://time.com/3393442/cdc-rape-numbers/

It was even caught on camera:

[spoonitnow]

We're in the FTR chat right now. Come talk to us. Even if it's about poker.

[rong]

wtf why do you not have a doctorate and conduct research?

people who actually enjoy math have a special gift.



im not sure that's the case. the more complex it gets, the more interesting it gets. as somebody who basically hates math, ive experienced this in some ways.

Well maybe, but you eventually have to specialise, at which point things tend to change a bit and the parts that kept you interested initially might no longer be involved.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Time reporting that CDC numbers show us that men are raped just as often as women OUTSIDE OF PRISON in the United States: http://time.com/3393442/cdc-rape-numbers/

Seems like the closing line was written specifically for you, spoon:

"But studies of sexual violence should use accurate and clear definitions of rape and sexual assault, rather than lump these criminal acts together with a wide range of unsavory but non-criminal scenarios of men—and women—behaving badly."

[MadMojoMonkey]

Skip to 0:24

You're welcome, wuf.

[spoonitnow]

I remember back several years ago, there was a core group of FTR'ers who were really driven to get some money and do cool shit with it. Anyone like that left here who is actively going after it?

[MadMojoMonkey]

I remember back several years ago, there was a core group of FTR'ers who were really driven to get some money and do cool shit with it. Anyone like that left here who is actively going after it?

Yes, but not playing poker.

My financial state is pretty bad. I've been poor for years and now that I have decent employment, there's a lot of catching up to do.

Also, my lady and I are planning our wedding and we've decided to have 2 receptions, since our families live thousands of miles apart.

Other than that, I need to re-vamp my wardrobe, which hasn't been tended to in many years.

I need to get my motorcycle into a shop and get it looked at from nose to tail by a professional. I can keep up with general maintenance, but I don't have the tools or desire to do the deep checks that keep an engine in top condition.

I don't have any big, long-term plans which are new. There are so many older needs that I'm excited to attend to.

[spoonitnow]

Where are my dudes at looking to buy Subways and gas stations and shit and move on up?

[wufwugy]

I'm almost as unambitious as Ong. The "almost" is because he doesn't want to be ambitious, yet I do.

I was in a way part of the get money and do cool things with it crowd, but after I got money it turned out it brought me nothing. What I really wanted was to not be controlled by my wants. I've made significant headway on that in some regards, but not in others.

[spoonitnow]

I'm almost as unambitious as Ong. The "almost" is because he doesn't want to be ambitious, yet I do.

I was in a way part of the get money and do cool things with it crowd, but after I got money it turned out it brought me nothing. What I really wanted was to not be controlled by my wants. I've made significant headway on that in some regards, but not in others.

Related to this, a big part of my own personal development has been being able to identify my wants and which are okay to be driven by and which aren't.

[JKDS]

My long term goal is to become a judge. Money isn't important to me, but law is what I love and I want to do it till I die

[spoonitnow]

My long term goal is to become a judge. Money isn't important to me, but law is what I love and I want to do it till I die

That's cool shit man, I hope you get there

This is random, but I have these ideas for random stock characters in sitcoms or stories sometimes, and I just thought of a white guy who climbs w/e ladder to become a judge while simultaneously keeping up a "white trash" persona who says nigga a lot as a part of his "hick hop" music career that ends up taking off unexpectedly, and now he has to juggle his two lives.

[rong]

Some people just always gotta be meddling in other people's business.

[spoonitnow]

Some people just always gotta be meddling in other people's business.

Yeah like the cops

[Chelle]

Deciding to go to school full time is likely the best thing I could have done for myself after life blew the fuck up in my face.

With that being said, when I realize how many years I have til I'm to my goal job, shit is overwhelming.

[wufwugy]

Look at it this way, you'll still be that age regardless of what you do.

What are you schooling for?

[Chelle]

Look at it this way, you'll still be that age regardless of what you do.

What are you schooling for?

Agreed - and when I'm that age I'll have something more to show for it, at least that's my hopes. -crosses fingers-

Right now, BS in Psychology with a possible minor in Philosophy. After that I'm figuring a Doctoral or Masters. Goal: Clinical Psychologist.

[JKDS]

Find any and all opportunities to practice that could help you get to that job. Unpaid internships, volunteering, everything and anything that you can possibly spin into something that will make you more marketable.

Always be thinking, "what can I do to make me a more attractive candidate than the other guy".

[Chelle]

Find any and all opportunities to practice that could help you get to that job. Unpaid internships, volunteering, everything and anything that you can possibly spin into something that will make you more marketable.

Always be thinking, "what can I do to make me a more attractive candidate than the other guy".

Thank you for the tips! It's something I've been keeping in mind and will likely start involving myself more during the Summer and/or Autumn.

[wufwugy]

Have you considered double majoring in psych and stats? For clinical psych, stats is extremely important to understanding the constant amount of data that comes your way.

At the very least, I have discovered that a minor in math/stats should pretty much be mandatory. The stuff you learn in those minors applies broadly to just about everything, yet most people in other fields end up having to learn the stuff outside of school. An example, apparently the entrance exam for graduate economics is calculus heavy even though undergraduate economics is not.

[Chelle]

Have you considered double majoring in psych and stats? For clinical psych, stats is extremely important to understanding the constant amount of data that comes your way.

At the very least, I have discovered that a minor in math/stats should pretty much be mandatory. The stuff you learn in those minors applies broadly to just about everything, yet most people in other fields end up having to learn the stuff outside of school. An example, apparently the entrance exam for graduate economics is calculus heavy even though undergraduate economics is not.

I haven't, but I will certainly keep it in mind. Thank you!

[wufwugy]

I haven't, but I will certainly keep it in mind. Thank you!

I'm taking an intermediate prob/stats class now. We have several psych majors.

[Chelle]

I'm taking an intermediate prob/stats class now. We have several psych majors.

It makes a lot of sense. I know that for my major I will have a Psych Stats class that's mandatory. I'll discuss more with my adviser. Thank you for bringing this up! It's actually helpful.

[wufwugy]

starting keto diet today. wooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Chelle]

starting keto diet today. wooooooooooooooooooooooooo

What's your goal with the diet? Are you doing it more of a lifestyle change or nah?

[MadMojoMonkey]

Find any and all opportunities to practice that could help you get to that job. Unpaid internships, volunteering, everything and anything that you can possibly spin into something that will make you more marketable.

Always be thinking, "what can I do to make me a more attractive candidate than the other guy".

Yes.

I don't find it helpful to compare myself to "the other guy."

I prefer to compare myself to my prior self. It's not a competition against other people, just a personal mandate to spend my time doing and thinking about things that interest me. The practical upshot is the same.

Except that I don't have to worry that there will always be someone who is better at what I do than I am. Which is always gonna be true. What's important to me is that I am more capable and competent than before, no matter the capability and competence of "other people."

[wufwugy]

What's your goal with the diet? Are you doing it more of a lifestyle change or nah?

Both and more.

The three main issues are weight loss, pain regulation, and energy management. I'm about 30 pounds overweight. I put on a bunch a few years ago during major depression and have been slowly losing it for about a year now. I've started lifting again, so dropping body weight is great for that since it allows for neat body weight exercises (I'm not too far from my one-arm chin up goal, but will have to lose weight to get it). Plus I'm even more vain than I admit (I get it from my mother) and never liked being overweight.

As for pain, I have a foot injury from which I get pain from overuse. Weight contributes to overuse a tremendous deal. Back when I was a scrawny bitch I had forgotten about my foot injury since the pain never came back, but after having put 80 total pounds from that emaciated bitch phase, I can't even be on my feet for more than a few hours a day before the pain starts. Getting my body fat to a healthy level will contribute significantly to allowing me to do things I used to love doing, like hike mountains this summer.

Additional pain may or may come from inflammation caused by diet and weight. The short of it is that I have what is likely psychosomatic torso pain that's residual from a back injury sustained at the same time as my foot injury. It's very quality-of-life deteriorating and I have a bunch of trouble sleeping because of it. The pain appears to lessen at lower weights. During the scrawny bitch phase, I didn't even have it. Even during the athletic low body fat phase, I still didn't get it much. So my hope is that it's diet and weight related.

The energy component is about wanting steady energy instead of swings. I've been looking at keto recently, and have come to the realization that the reason I had lots of steady energy and mental clarity back when I was a scrawny bitch (I fasted tons and tons) was because I was in ketosis the whole time.

Kyle Kingsbury's broscience on the JRE convinced me to give it a shot. It actually shouldn't be that hard since I don't crave carbs that much but loooooooooove fats.

[wufwugy]

I've learned that the attention a man gets from women is a night and day difference based on his weight. Back when I looked more or less like a gymnast, dealing with all the attention was exhausting. Yet when I became a fat "did he used to lift?" guy, it's as if I became invisible.

[Chelle]

I prefer to compare myself to my prior self.

What I do as well.

The three main issues are weight loss, pain regulation, and energy management.

For me, a 'diet' is a dumb idea, but, if it's more of a lifestyle change then it'll help. Keep in mind with the weight gain aspect being attractive in other's eyes can also be a confidence issue. The depression you've dealt with can also be a blow to your confidence. People around you, esp those you want to attract will be attracted to confidence. Obvious appearance plays a part, but not the only part.

As long as you have a plan for yourself, it's a good thing, but also keep in mind that if there's more things going on than just the weight loss/gain issue - then those need to be worked on as well. However, I'm sure you're on the right track.

[spoonitnow]

I'm going to stop posting. I'm Jesse Eddleman at Mount Airy, NC wuf, add me on Facebook

[MadMojoMonkey]

I'm going to stop posting. I'm Jesse Eddleman at Mount Airy, NC wuf, add me on Facebook

Really?

This place wont be the same without you.

[spoonitnow]

Really?

This place wont be the same without you.

Find me a plugin or option that allows me to completely block someone on the forums, and I'll probably stay.

And no, it's not you that I don't want to hear from.

[a500lbgorilla]

I won't stop harassing you in PM until you stop being so harassable.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Take 2 of these and call me in the morning.

[rong]

[JKDS]

Not to make light of it, but it made me think of something g cool.

We have restraining orders right? Orders of protection? You can't go within 100ft or you can't make any contact with x for 1 year. Those kinds of things?

What if there was an online equivalent? Thinking about it is cool from a theory standpoint. Would it be that people would be restricted from messaging each other? Liking posts? Retweeting? Or perhaps even visiting a site like ftr? Or twitter, could you be temporarily banned from twitter by a court...such that if you made another account you could go to jail?

But then why would we do this? The initial idea is to prevent physical harm. Would the Internet equivalent only exist in so far as it helps prevent physical harm?

Idk, it's neat tho

[Chelle]

Well wishes to you all. Since this is his domain, it shouldn't be him that goes. I'm sorry for any negative impact.

[a500lbgorilla]

Not to make light of it, but it made me think of something g cool.

We have restraining orders right? Orders of protection? You can't go within 100ft or you can't make any contact with x for 1 year. Those kinds of things?

What if there was an online equivalent? Thinking about it is cool from a theory standpoint. Would it be that people would be restricted from messaging each other? Liking posts? Retweeting? Or perhaps even visiting a site like ftr? Or twitter, could you be temporarily banned from twitter by a court...such that if you made another account you could go to jail?

But then why would we do this? The initial idea is to prevent physical harm. Would the Internet equivalent only exist in so far as it helps prevent physical harm?

Idk, it's neat tho

Not to bring up such a divisive, hard to define thing like #Gamergate, but as part of some legal move against her alleged harasser, the guy was basically squelched from talking to or about her anywhere on the internet. I believe google alerts was used to monitor him.

[a500lbgorilla]

Well wishes to you all. Since this is his domain, it shouldn't be him that goes. I'm sorry for any negative impact.

#Drrrraaaaamaaaaaa

[Galapogos]

Not to make light of it, but it made me think of something g cool.

We have restraining orders right? Orders of protection? You can't go within 100ft or you can't make any contact with x for 1 year. Those kinds of things?

What if there was an online equivalent? Thinking about it is cool from a theory standpoint. Would it be that people would be restricted from messaging each other? Liking posts? Retweeting? Or perhaps even visiting a site like ftr? Or twitter, could you be temporarily banned from twitter by a court...such that if you made another account you could go to jail?

But then why would we do this? The initial idea is to prevent physical harm. Would the Internet equivalent only exist in so far as it helps prevent physical harm?

Idk, it's neat tho

We had this case come to a close recently in Canada that's related - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Elliott

edit: Rilla made the same post but mine has a user-friendly wiki link so I'm leaving it.

[rong]

I don't get how Brits don't love this.

Not that any non-Brit's would get it, but below is the text that goes with the orinal picture.

Rainbow Reunion

Bungle gazed dejectedly into the mirror hanging above the bar. The face that stared back at him was filled with self-loathing and regret. This was a mistake, coming to this bar, and agreeing to meet these two idiots. A mistake to remind himself of the glory days of ‘Rainbow’. What was it? 20? 25 years since their show was finally cancelled? He couldn’t really remember. His one good eye stared balefully back at him, and he started to look away in disgust. But somehow, locking eyes with his own reflection was helping him drown out the noise of his two drinking ‘buddies’.

In his left ear, Zippy. Zippy had been a sloppy drunk and an addict even back when they were on tv. And somehow, since they had come off the air, he had got worse. Much worse. Bungle wasn’t entirely sure exactly what other substances Zippy had taken, but nobody else he knew could sink 10 pints and still be chattering at this intense speed and volume. Bungle resisted the urge to reach over and zip that mouth shut, the last time he had done that was back in 1991, and Zippy had held it over his head ever since.

He shifted his attention to his other side, although this was possibly even worse. George. Blubbering, and blubbery. George sat weeping into his seventh martini, his mascara running down his fat, doughy cheeks. Poor George. His attempts to carry on courting fame after ‘Rainbow’ ended had been nothing short of tragic. Booed off stage in 1994 at the student’s union of Swansea University. He’d never really recovered, and now his days were full of Jeremy Kyle reruns, and 11am gin and tonics. How the mighty had fallen.

Mind you, Bungle’s post-Rainbow career had hardly been a roaring success. A couple of chat show bookings and an embarrassingly unfunny turn on a Radio 4 panel show was as showbiz as it had got. Before he had realised what was happening he was back in his mum’s spare room, staring at the faded poster of a young Bo Derek that still hung on his wall. Now his only employment was as a cash-in-hand bouncer at ‘Fling’, the nightclub on the industrial park outside Luton. Where every hour was ‘happy’ hour.

Bungle bit savagely into another can of cheap lager. The bitter, metallic tang washed over his tongue, and flooded down his throat. Zippy was hugging him now, the stink of his counterfeit aftershave, and his booze-filled sweat, sinking into Bungle’s fur.

Not for the first time, Bungle had one over-riding thought.

“I fucking miss Geoffrey.”

[OngBonga]

Ugh I'm not reading all of that.

I'll just pretend I did and say

haha

[rong]

Good enough.

[a500lbgorilla]

We had this case come to a close recently in Canada that's related - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Elliott

edit: Rilla made the same post but mine has a user-friendly wiki link so I'm leaving it.

Mine was actually a different case. Just goes to show that this stuff is happening here and there.

[The Bean Counter]

Wasn't George in Rainbow a girl? The text refers to "he", but it's pink and looks like it's wearing lipstick in that photo (unless those are some red wine lips).

Zippy was the best character and I always thought Bungle was a moaning prick. I never truly understood wtf Rod, Jane and Freddy were all about either.

[OngBonga]

George was was obviously a bummer, even to a naive kid.

[rong]

George was was obviously a bummer, even to a naive kid.

This.

[wufwugy]

i remember when ong told what bummer means. i couldnt stop laughing.

british slang is the dog's bollocks.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I wouldn't have thought of the British meaning of bummer if you hadn't brought it up.

George was a bummer = George was a disappointment

[rong]

Bummer still means disappointing over here too.

[OngBonga]

Bummer still means disappointing over here too.

Yeah, it means the same as pisser in this context.

Our language is wonderful.

[OngBonga]

It helps to understand that "bum" also means arse. Bum can be a verb, the act of engaging in anal sex. To bum. Thus, a bummer. One who bums.

[OngBonga]

The funny thing is, bummer isn't a particularly offensive term here. They'll get more annoyed at the use of fag, faggot, poof, woofter, bender, or homo. I mean they like bums, right? So "bummer" is almost a compliment. Imagine calling a hetro guy "pussy" because he likes pussy. He'd be all "thanks" instead of being annoyed.

[wufwugy]

british slang is just so goddamn sensible. i mean, yeah, "bum", yeah, add an "er" to it and you have an action upon the bum. i love it.

[JKDS]

I always thought Poofta was a funny word.

[rong]

Homo isn't really offensive over here. I think bummer is more offensive. Poof, fag, woofter and bender are, but who the fuck actually uses any of those words.

[rong]

Actually, I just imagined calling my brother in law a homo (he's is) and it wouldn't go down well, so I take it back, homo probably is offencive. But I thiink bummer and bender are definitely worse.

[rong]

But then again, I think context is imprtant here. If someone asked me his sexual prefernce and I replied homo, I don't think that would be offencive, but if I actually called him a homo then it would be. Bender or bummer would still be offencive even in the the descriptive case given above.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Imagine calling a hetro guy "pussy" because he likes pussy. He'd be all "thanks" instead of being annoyed.

Wouldn't you call him a pusser, though? Maybe a snatcher?
Then why is "mother fucker" an insult to men who clearly do fit the descrition?
Does anyone actually think MoFo is intended to mean one's own mother?

I don't think people think about it too much. The meaning of an insult is mostly the, "I say this to be mad and make you mad." game. Any literal meaning behind the insult is not relevant.
I think if you called someone anything and they perceive you mean it as an insult, then the game is on.

***
I think we can all agree that boober is fun to say.

[rong]

Boober? A guy with a penchant for titwanks?

[MadMojoMonkey]

titwank

lol


I assume that is synonymous.

[OngBonga]

What the hell do you guys call a titwank?

Homo isn't really offensive over here. I think bummer is more offensive. Poof, fag, woofter and bender are, but who the fuck actually uses any of those words.

I can't imagine using "homo" without it sounding offensive. "Bummer" is strictly speaking offensive, but it's also kinda playful... other words come across as more insulting. Maybe it's a regional thing. Maybe "bummer" sounds funnier in a Brummie accent, and thus loses its impact.

[MadMojoMonkey]

What the hell do you guys call a titwank?

I've been saying "ong" for years. Why? What do you prefer?

[OngBonga]

I'm not sure if you just don't know what a titwank is, or if you think that calling it me will somehow register as an insult.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I'm not sure if you just don't know what a titwank is, or if you think that calling it me will somehow register as an insult.

Little of both.

I figure anything with wank in it has to be at least something you wouldn't want to be called too often, or have as a nickname.

[a500lbgorilla]

All this just reminds me of the fact that the only true, effective slur for white people is to call them racist.

Possibly sexist in some instances but no respectable white person wants to be called racist.

[OngBonga]

Little of both.

I figure anything with wank in it has to be at least something you wouldn't want to be called too often, or have as a nickname.

Tits = breasts. Wank = jerk. Titwanks are nice.

[a500lbgorilla]

I'm partial to the new wave of insults - calling people cucks and dildos.

[wufwugy]

cuck. now there's a fucking insult.

[wufwugy]

All this just reminds me of the fact that the only true, effective slur for white people is to call them racist.

I'm storing this. Had not thought of it that way before, but so true.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I'm storing this. Had not thought of it that way before, but so true.

I've met the good twin, yguwfuw. I know you're the evil one.

Why are you so EVIL?

[wufwugy]

I've met the good twin, yguwfuw. I know you're the evil one.

Why are you so EVIL?

On this forum? Because I use some sneaky hard-to-counter debate tactics. Also because I sometimes get away with saying things that are less than robust that slip by radars. This isn't to say that I say things that I think are wrong, but that I sometimes notice an argument I make would need to be reformed if enough pressure was applied to it.

[wufwugy]

Keto is goat diet. Shit is so much better than eating carbs bullshit.

[OngBonga]

Is it racist for a white man to black up and sing a song called "squashed nigga"?

[rong]

Keto is goat diet. Shit is so much better than eating carbs bullshit.

But.... pizza!