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This looks like a very generic Hack and Slash. I'll pass on this unless it has actual depth, which I fail to see..

I've decided to step up my training since honestly, my free time can be spent better. I'm going to be taking my normal working out and multiplying it by about 2-3 times.

At the moment, I do a total of 40 pushups/situps each day to maintain my upper body with little effort. But I've found that no matter what I do my form and figure in pushups are not near my ability in high school, which leads me to believe im going soft in my actual core (the obliques and back muscles, to be exact). I also compound this with a set of benching at 220, ten times, sometimes 15 if I'm not too tired by ten reps, along with bar curling and stiff-legged dead lifts. I don't do squatting since it hurts my back and I'm not a kid anymore, I'd rather not risk slipping a disk or such just to make my legs feel better.

My new schedule will look something like this:
60 situps to wake up on, with 20 pushups afterward

Then I do my main workout during the day;
2 sets of bench, which, while a pain in the ass to switch weight plates out solo with a non-screw clamp, is much more effective than one set-- Starting at 155 and doing it 20+ times, then going back to 220 and going to the point where I cannot do anymore (do not fret, I can still lift this easily if I get caught out of energy)
After benching I do my normal curling and deadlifting, but now I'm putting an extra 35 on my curl bar. I've used 120 for a while just because that bar is terribly hard to find weights for.

Then before bed I do another 60 situps and pushups.

Today I actually did my main workout twice, and only felt it in my core. I almost feel like a kid again with how this is affecting my energy levels. Being laid off can make a man a bit.. Lazy, hah. I invite anyone with a story like mine [and a proper weight set/training to do the working out without risk of injury!] to go out and put 110% in. It's absolutely worth it.

I'll post an update somewhere along the way, but I can honestly say I already feel better than I did before.


I really wish I had a Fly machine, though. Those things can work absolute magic on your back, especially your Lat muscles. I remember in high school my back had more muscle than my legs!

most things aren't fair,
is it fair that corporations now get to copyright other peoples work? no, no it's not.
is it fair that while walking down the street I saw someone find a $20 bill on the ground and I didn't get one? no, not it's not.
is it fair that some people aren't allowed to have cats because they're allergic, or can't drink milk? no, no it's not.

etc. the list could go on forever

Is there a law written that makes you donate the 20$ bill you find on the ground to the nearest multi-million dollar owning person?

How about a law that prevents allergic people from owning an animal that they prefer?

How about you come up with an arguement instead of being an ass.

A law passed recently in the US, quite silently with everybody bothering with SOPA and PIPA.

Basically, the US can now take public domain works and copyright them back.

Which doesn't make any sense at all, unless the US is officially given free rule over all in existence, and can now claim objects under a copyright that they had zero to do with originally. Does this mean uncopyrighted works will eventually be written into a law allowing the US to "protect the rights of innovators" by assimilating even uncopyrighted objects, for the sake of fighting piracy? Doesn't seem any different to me, Public Domain is the same as belonging to the people, in my opinion.

1. The Crucible is a work of fiction based loosely on real events. For example, Abigail Williams was an 11-year-old girl who never had an affair with John Proctor, who at the time was in his 60s. That was all added for drama. It's not hard to imagine that most of the girls weren't making it up. Hell, THE PLAY ITSELF SUPPORTS THAT.

MARY: I… I cannot tell you how, but I did. I… I heard the other girls screaming, and you, your Honor, you seemed to believe them and I… It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I… I promise you, Mister Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not.

2. Here's on example of mass hysteria that happens to be similar.  Here's another.  And another.

1. Just because the author wrote it as fiction does not release it from being a pretty true depiction of the silliness around the 'Mass Hysteria' (cascading lie) issue. He puts it rather clearly, actually, in the overarching story. I acted the play for christ's sake. A line =/= the point.

Also, "It were only sport in the beginning" is about the most critical part of that quote. Mull it over a bit before you say the Crucible presents Mass Hysteria as an actual cause of the situation, since it presents a very feasable scenario in which this happened. Because the cause of the situation was girls taking a situation too far and one lie turned into an explosion of lies and led to the utter destruction of due process as the girls cries foul against random townswomen to save their own asses.

Basically, if these 12 girls were being called out in the 1600's courtroom that the young pilgrim girls were, I'm sure we'd see a pretty similar mass fabrication of witchcraft being the reason, which turns into 'Mass Hysteria.'

Know what? Mass Hysteria should just be called Voodoo Vibes and we should look to studying anti-shaman rituals.

2. I appreciate you googling Mass Hysteria, as I did. The links fail to provide an actual scientific explanation behind it other than 'chalking it up to good old Mass Hysteria!' I don't know. Also, the NYT article goes on to suggest the West Bank thinks it's caused by poisoning.

Alright, now, when someone can show me some scientific study or maybe an autopsy of something with the dreaded Mass Hysteria genome in it and explain what the hell is going on, I'm just going to have to say it's silliness.

Quote from: Shakkara on January 20, 2012, 04:31:49 am

Last year was in my opinion spent on all kinds of unnecessary candy, that in my opinion did very little to nothing to make the game more appealing or even more fun to play.

Sadly, I do have to agree with this. IMO, Toady spends way too much time, years of time even, working on stuff that the player generally will never interact with. A year of work that will barely be noticed could be far better spent on the low hanging fruit. This would be bug fixes or UI improvements. Practical things that would get much more bang for the buck, or much greater impact on the game for the amount of time spent working on it.

I think DF is a far superior game to Minecraft, however Notch scored the big haul because Notch was focusing on practical over the more esoteric.

I adore DF and think DF is a beyond outstanding game, but I'm just saddened at how niche it is. It a brilliant gem that seems to be hidden away intentionally, so that it will never get much of a following so long as remains utterly unapproachable unless you're willing to put in some serious time learning how to play and reading the entire wiki.

Entirely wrong choice of discussion in a topic that isn't about DF. Just sayin'.

Besides, half of General is full of the same types of pseudo-negativity. Let up. This wait is nothing compared to the agonizing almost two years we waited for Z-axis's. But this topic is about the Paradox Game, once again.

"The Mega Conspiracy"? Is that their own silly name for themselves, or did the US courts really establish the use of that?

The Super Axis of Mega Evil Conspirators. Propaganda much?