George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
The things you lean on / are things that don't last
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George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
15hr ago
Rare that this doesn't get even one hit? I'll go first.
The Japan expo in Osaka (I guess the Osaka Expo) with its bizarre mascot that looks like a walking pathogen has begun. No Japanese person I know (admittedly I stay home a lot) is going or has any interest in going. But Japan is choc-a-bloc with foreigner tourists now. Drives me nuts.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
1d ago
Yeah going to stick by my earlier comment.
I just looked up The Murph.
I won't type the expletive I thought upon reading it, but if I did, then this is where it would go, in all caps.
You neglected to mention the weighted vest. I keep staring at the number 100 before the words "pull-ups" and I can't get my mind around it. Like I can't imagine myself ever either having been able, or ever being able, to do that. I'm reading that some partition those but the Rx is uninterrupted. How many pull-ups are you doing?
Edit from that link:
In 2020, professional athlete Hunter McIntyre set a world record for completing the Murph Challenge in 34 minutes and 13 seconds.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
3d ago
Does Trump "dislike" LGBT? One of my pet peeves is the usage of that term, which I find to be baldly political and rather deceptive in its lumping of so many groups together. Just another subtle linguistic way of saying "straight" or heterosexual behavior somehow puts one in a political camp that isn't "LGBT."
But Trump doesn't seem to have any particular problem with homosexuals, either gay or lesbian, nor have I seen or heard him say anything about bisexuals. Arguably he disapproves of the progressive push of transsexuals in sports, but has he made any statements that he "dislikes" the T?
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
3d ago
Wait you solo Molten Core? WoW has changed in the last 15 years.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
4d ago
I don't even know why Japan is mentioned. In the mountainous regions (and there are many,) it gets cold as a mother f*ck, and apart from the modern era where everyone has become a pansy people suffered through all kinds of cold. Japanese houses, in particular traditional houses, are extremely poorly insulated, if at all. But so what? Surely the steppes of Russia with its ample babushka have always been colder.
As for diets failing, that's willpower, as you point out yourself. It's not the reasoning behind the dieting. Finally, water retention, liver functionality based on one's lifetime eating habits (and thus metabolism) and heredity (variations in adipogenesis) are all factors in any one person's potential for weight gain.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
5d ago
I've read here and there about a person continually making accounts but your outlining their MO is new to me, thanks for clarifying. Some people really do have too much time on their hands.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
5d ago
Thanks.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
5d ago
I see /u/newintown was banned, but also all his (?) posts were wiped. I am not criticizing the ban necessarily (though 'spammer' seems vague), but wondering if the self wiping was done by the user or if that's what happens with certain bans? Paging @netstack
If the former, that's really annoying. If the latter, this seems like something new.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
5d ago
I never wear anything with an American flag on it, actually, same reason I take my hat off indoors: Dad raised me to do these things. He said things like hats or shirts and beach towels (which you literally lay out on the ground, step on, etc.) are inappropriate for the flag. He spent years as a scoutmaster so maybe that's where he got such ideas. Anyway he passed them on. This is only tangentially related to your post.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
5d ago
For those who'd rather know what the link says before clicking:
A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to kill President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, federal authorities said in court documents.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
6d ago
No. It isn't. I think for some reason people hesitate to make standalone threads on the Motte. I honestly don't know why.
I wish this were more surprising to me. One of the weirdest things about reddit (when I used to frequent that site many times daily) was the seemingly ubiquitous acceptance as completely normal the enjoyment of what was called, to everyone's apparent satisfaction, "butt stuff." Now given that the male prostate has nerve endings and thus stimulation of the perineum can result in arousal, I suppose ramming objects into one's anus is, in the list of degenerate behaviors, probably not the most incomprehensible. But you'd also have girls (on reddit you never know if every single thing is a lie, mind you) discussing how they would wear something called "butt plugs." To say nothing of anal beads (I think "butt beads" would be more catchy). And whatever else those are in the illustrations for that list, which I did not read.
This forum is generally much younger than I am and probably I sound quaint or naïve or similar. I do not understand the pull (or push) of ass play.
Edit: I do not know why I wrote "male prostate" instead of just "prostate."
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
9d ago
That's a healthy novel length already. Get it finished then edit.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
9d ago
Do it.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
9d ago
Golden lemon thyme, blueberries, lavender mint. I should probably just tear down the deck and plant some proper vegetables.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
14d ago
Part of me is reassured that society is not yet so corrupt that someone didn't just somehow funnel the money to their own coffers.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
15d ago
Interesting. I've heard others imagine it as a compliment as well. I always took it as a slight --the obsessive who can see no other perspective than his own. One of those quotes you can read however you want, I guess.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
16d ago
I believe that's usually attributed to Aquinas:
"Cave ab homine unius libri."
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
17d ago
Chopin, Prelude 4, Op. 28 in E Minor
Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
St. Saens, Aquarium from Carnvial of the Animals
DeBussy, Arabesque 1: Andantino con moto
and Clair de Lune ..sometimes depends on whose version.
And Ravel, Le jardin féérique from Ma mère L'oye Yes it is a fey title.
I'd put Wagner in there as well. particularly Tristan und Isolde.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
There's an area called Shinsaibashi and also Namba that are in that area, Dotonbori is basically a famous bridge over the river. Lots and lots of Chinese/Korean and now Europeans. I know it fairly well. Even if you have something arranged I can meet for a beer if you're available. I've sent DM'd you my info.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
Seconded. This sounds like bullshit.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
I didn't remember that I had followed you but I got the notification that you had posted this. So, following people does have some value.
Immensely enjoyed reading this. Do post photos. If you haven't come through Osaka yet I am still here and would be happy to meet, or buy you a beer (unfortunately as you will see there are no Slurpees in Japanese 7-11s.) If you've already passed through, well, next time.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
In the first song there in your link, there is a lot of end rhyme, though in Japanese end rhyme of that sort is less the word and more the word ending, e.g. だ and さ. True, it's slant rhyme (there is no intentional insulting pun there goddamit) but it is rhyme.
I don't read Japanese poetry in Japanese, and J pop songs now are mostly background noise to whatever dance routine there may be. Unless one listens to indie or alternative, which I will if exposed to it but don't seek out. I don't even hate American pop songs as a whole, but at some point in the early oughts I started hating both rap and hip hop, though until then I had mixtapes of both (actual cassettes). Something happened somewhere in there with those genres, or maybe I just got old.
Generally my tastes run eclectic in music and my Spotify playlists are all over the shop. On this train ride at the moment I am listening to ambient. for no reason except Tuesday.
I'm sure there are differences in Japanese and English rhyming, but I don't know what they are. Even Japanese literature I tend to read in English. Yukio Mishima is not difficult to read in translation but apparently very hard to read in Japanese. Murakami is easy in both. Literary translation is an interesting field, and I wonder how well LLMs do it. Or people, for that matter. As an aside, I only realized a few years ago that Yoda, in Japanese translation, has no distinctive way of speaking. That's a small point and not literary, and now I'm way off topic.
I'm not that into watching other people talk about Japan. I will say I happened upon this account by a
EuropeanGerman girl living in Kyoto that made me rethink everything about living here. She makes every day seem like some sort of glorious moment of learning and experience, whereas I'm buying a coffee at the Family Mart. I realize this is because her channel is highly produced and she is probably insufferable to actually know (as she is probably filming everything). I'm convinced my life is reality, whereas what she is doing is for the cameras. But it certainly is beautifully made.More options
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