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| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 03/01/21 9:06:52 PM #141 | I haven't done my bike in a while. My legs have had doms for like a week now. Starting to think my body is telling me something --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 03/01/21 12:48:17 PM #139 | CHM_Punk posted... I had a fucking awesome leg workout. I followed it up afterwards by loading up on steak, a baked potato, and a salad. Typically if I am going to eat any carb sources itll be before a workout (to avoid feeling light-headed) or after a workout (to properly replenish my body). I technically fasted for about 19-20 hours before my workout today, so I couldnt wait to devour that baked potato after slaying the legs haha. I had doms for like 4 days, so I tried to go heavy on food and sleep to recuperate. I had a 6 egg omelette with spinach and onions for breakfast + 2 green apples, had steak + broccoli + baked potato for lunch, and a burger and fries for dinner. Lots of Gatorade pre, post and during workout. Then lots of protein post workout and before bed. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/28/21 5:58:28 PM #131 | BreezyExcursion posted... my 1st 20+ mile week in a month yay Nice man. I did my deadlifts, but didn't put up very good numbers. 252.5x7 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/28/21 2:23:52 PM #129 | Whew, supposed to deadlift today but I'm two beers deep and I dunno if I wanna get off this train --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/27/21 7:26:29 PM #128 | Must have had 8 on the brain because that's what I got today on bench too (160x8) --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 02/27/21 2:43:05 PM #126 | Well, so, I weighed 178.0 when i did 247.5x8 this week. The reason I'm disappointed in that is that I did 255x8 at 178.8 3 weeks ago. I've sort of intentionally not been gaining or losing weight, but I really feel bad about doing the same volume on lower weight. Granted I didn't time I nutrition well but still --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/27/21 2:28:39 PM #124 | Bench today. My legs are still sore as fuck from squatting, wtf? Haven't had doms like this in forever. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/26/21 12:41:19 PM #123 | Ate more eggs with some bacon and a green apple. Back on the bulking train after spinning my wheels for a month --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/26/21 12:25:36 PM #122 | Started off with eggs and potatoes today, then some greek yogurt. 50/50 on doing my bike today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/25/21 7:45:11 PM #121 | Definitely. I would have been able to get another rep or two if I'd been taking care of myself, I bet --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/25/21 7:28:34 PM #119 | 247.5x8 squat today, worse than the first post itt. It is my light week, so hopefully I can make it up --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/25/21 5:41:06 PM #118 | Trying to get my squats in before the gf gets home. Going in on an empty stomach (except for lots of black coffee) --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/25/21 7:50:11 AM #114 | I've got a busy day at work today, so hoping to do my squats later in the day --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/24/21 3:21:46 PM #111 | man I still havent eaten much, had a gatorade and a pwo shake still undecided if I need to start losing weight --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/24/21 12:55:44 PM #110 | I had a protein bar and a leftover sandwich lol --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/24/21 12:51:45 PM #108 | Got 107.5x8 today, a little better than the last time I OHP'd that much (by 1) --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | 50% of men have had unwanted sexual experiences, according to UK study |
| Balrog0 02/24/21 9:49:07 AM #59 | DarkProto05 posted... School kids tend to respect the sexual boundaries of girls more than boys. It is more common for a boy to be bullied in a physical way. It is more common for a boy to be sexually harassed "just as a joke". It's more like the comparison isn't apples to apples. The 1 in 5 statistic for women is for sexual assault, the relevant comparison here is the 9 percent of men who have been raped or assaulted (1 in 10) --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 02/23/21 12:38:17 PM #103 | I haven't really been on top of my health and fitness goals lately. Treading water around 178-180 for a couple weeks now. Was hoping to get up to 185 before cutting but I think it might be time. Today's an off day for me. Tomorrow, overhead press, chinups, db rows and facepulls. Might throw in some ab work --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/21/21 11:50:30 AM #97 | Very nice setup bro! I'm doing deadlifts today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/19/21 9:54:03 PM #94 | Nice yeah I got bench tomorrow for my main lift, then gonna do pendlay rows, lateral raises and curls for my accessory stuff --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 02/19/21 6:32:40 PM #92 | I did my bike but took it real easy. Only got 6.3 miles but I really didn't push it at all. Just trying to move around a bit --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Project Triangle Strategy Demo Discussion *spoilers* |
| Balrog0 02/19/21 4:17:59 PM #47 | Kisai posted... I'm kinda used to this from Fire Emblem and Shining Force. I prefer unique characters to faceless minions, personally, generally speaking. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | My new dream is to own a small co do by the time I'm 35 |
| Balrog0 02/19/21 11:50:56 AM #12 | I've been looking into buying a house myself recently. I've paid down almost all of my short term debt so I only have my student loans really. But my retirement savings are lower than they should be so I've been focusing on that --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:12:26 PM #89 | I did my squats and I fucked around in the snow --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Is Skyward Sword the worst Zelda game of all time? |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 8:27:35 PM #26 | Man this topic makes me feel kinda sad, haven't played a new Zelda game since wind waker, which I only played at my uncle's house. Last new Zelda I beat was oracle of ages/spirits What Zelda game should I play next? I have a switch even. I kinda didn't want to play botw because it's apparently way different --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Is Skyward Sword the worst Zelda game of all time? |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 8:16:06 PM #21 | I like Zelda 2 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | I called in sick from work today so that I could get drunk and play video games. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 7:37:03 PM #38 | a-c-a-b posted... What a great day. I'm on my 11th beer and it's only a bit after 7pm. I'm two tallboys deep myself, still got one more then a bunch of regulars to go a-c-a-b posted... The movies are pretty great, but the original cartoon will always be what TMNT is to me. I haven't seen these since I was a kid. I have watched the movies again. I liked both equally, tbh. And I also think of the games, nes and arcade --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | I called in sick from work today so that I could get drunk and play video games. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 7:33:28 PM #35 | FortuneCookie posted... It was the original. When they showed Secret of the Ooze, I was mature enough to request that day off in advance. Lol nice --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Today's Nintendo direct really showed a big problem with modern Nintendo |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 1:11:45 PM #56 | Turtlemayor333 posted... The mistakes go back about ten years, when they released nothing for a whole calendar year other than Skyward Sword. Nintendo should have taken all that Wii profit when the fad was clearly losing steam and started buying up more partner studios to reliably pump out their franchise games. Nobody knows where that money went. like several other people have mentioned, many of the other franchises have been getting games at a steady clip, and only taking a few years off is hardly the worst thing ever or unprecedented for any IP in gaming the chibi robo thing just stands out because the number of games that franchise has gotten is way higher than I ever expected already. pretty weird to include it on a list with donkey kong --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Those who have had success with weight loss, how do I do it? |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 12:37:38 PM #31 | The single best thing you can do is just start tracking what you eat and what you weigh. There's no single right way to do that. This is the most common trait among those who successfully lose weight and keep it off. Specific diets, macronutrient ratios, exercise programs etc can work better or worse for your goals. But tracking your progress routinely is step 1 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Golden state will give low-income people extra $600. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 12:33:16 PM #28 | Broseph_Stalin posted... The US is blowing every other country out of the water when it comes to pandemic relief, yet the narrative online is the exact opposite. People seem to think the US is spending too little. Well, yeah, but that's (partially)because we have less of a safety net in regular times. Which has made it harder to get effective stimulus to people who need it. https://time.com/5923840/us-pandemic-relief-bill-december/ But as a percent of GDP, the U.S. relief strategy still hasnt been as aggressive as that of some other countries, according to a team of economists at universities in New York, South Korea and Turkey, who are following 168 nations fiscal and monetary responses to the pandemic. Their analysis shows that U.S. fiscal relief spending prior to the latest package was about 14% of GDP. The new package is likely to bump that ratio up, to roughly 18% of GDP. But that still puts the country behind other economically advanced economies like Japan (42% of GDP), Slovenia (25%) and Germany (20%). While the above chart shows how much financial weight each country has thrown behind its relief measures, it cant show how effective that relief has been in stabilizing each economy. In the U.S., for example, the national poverty rate has risen faster than ever, due in part to lapses in economic relief after certain CARES Act provisions expired. Many European countries, meanwhile, had existing safety nets set up well before the pandemic that helped to cushion the blow for many affected residents. Just the size of the package is never enough, says Ceyhun Elgin, lecturer at Columbia University and professor of economics at Bogazici University in Turkey and one of the aforementioned researchers. The content is what matters. Theres large variation in terms of how countries responded in the labor market. In some countries, there is support for parents whose kids are not in school. Others have direct food support, or compensation for sick workers. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Oh man the fitness topic died so here's another one |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 12:24:48 PM #88 | Nice bro. Squats today, only doing 205 cuz of the deload. Gonna do hip thrusts and lunges for accessory work. Or I might fuck off and play in the snow lol --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Golden state will give low-income people extra $600. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 11:51:22 AM #19 | brestugo posted... Yeah, it's IMO too easy get something on the ballot here. 40 million. I have received ballots with propositions regarding eating of horse flesh and mandatory use of condoms in porn. It's better than the alternative, trust me --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Biden said checks would go out immediately. It's been a month. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:45:24 AM #44 | They're definitely giving out another stimulus check. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Biden said checks would go out immediately. It's been a month. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:42:17 AM #42 | Lol I mean, it's easy to talk about from afar but everyone's primary goal is getting what they want in the bill rather than getting it passed immediately. That includes noxious giveaways to businesses and stimmy checks alike, depending on the member --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Biden said checks would go out immediately. It's been a month. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:32:54 AM #31 | To be clear, though, I do not think impeachment changed the timeline. I have said from the beginning that they would time the bill to go into effect just before enhanced UI ends in March. There is no chance the negotiating would be shortened regardless of impeachment imo --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Biden said checks would go out immediately. It's been a month. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:31:35 AM #28 | Southernfatman posted... They don't work on things one at a time up there. I mean, they sort of do? The committees can operate independently, but both impeachment and budget reconcilation kind of requires too many members for anything else significant to happen --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Remember Wario World (2003)? |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:19:37 AM #3 | The GameCube game? I never played it --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Golden state will give low-income people extra $600. |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:17:50 AM #10 | brestugo posted... IIRC, Jerry Brown left a $21 billion surplus as a "rainy day fund". It's pouring. The state budget is more than $200 billion though. They probably need some of that money to keep the state operating. $600 seems very generous to me --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | So if I already make $15 when the min wage in my state is $9 |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:04:15 AM #28 | In addition to this one case study, economists find general evidence of these kinds of ripple effects from raising the U.S. minimum wage. The best estimates, though, appear in research conducted by economists David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alan Manning of the London School of Economics, and Christopher Smith of the Federal Reserve Board. They study all state and federal minimum wage increases from 1979 through 2012, and measure the effect of the raises at each point of the wage distribution. The authors find that the sharpest wage increases due to raising the minimum wage occur for workers at the bottom five percent of the wage scale, where U.S. minimum-wage workers are most likely to be concentrated. A ten percent increase in the minimum wage raises that 5th percentile wage by about 2.9 percent. The study also finds evidence of ripple effects as the minimum wage increases wages for workers who make more than the minimumand that these ripple effects dissipate the further one moves up the wage ladder. The same ten percent minimum wage increase raises the wages of workers at the 10th percentile of wages by about 1.6 percent and raises the wages of those in the 20th percentile by a statistically significant 0.7 percent. After the 25th percentile, wage effects are typically very small and statistically indistinguishable from zero. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | So if I already make $15 when the min wage in my state is $9 |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 10:03:53 AM #27 | It's called the ripple effect and it's well-documented In a recent study, Arindrajit Dube of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Laura Giuliano of the University of Miami, and Jonathan Leonard of the University of California-Berkeley find substantial evidence of a ripple effect in a large U.S. retailers pay policies. In 1996 and 1997, the federal government raised the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour in two steps to $4.75 and $5.15. The authors find that the large retail company, which was promised anonymity in order to provide data for study, raised its wages by 30 to 40 percent across its entire hourly workforce even though only 5 to 10 percent of this national firms employees earned less than the minimum wage. There are good reasons to expect to see this same kind of ripple effect of raising the minimum wage more broadly in the U.S. labor market. In particular, economic theory suggests that increasing the minimum wage will raise the wages of other workers when employers need to compete for workers, as in some search-and-matching models of the labor market. Imagine all firms occupy rungs on a ladder, ranked by how well they pay their workers. After a minimum wage increase, the lowest paying firms raise their wage to the new minimum. This leads the next rungs of higher-paying firms to raise wages as wellto increase their ability to recruit and retain workers who would have better options elsewhere due to the minimum wage increase. The minimum wage then filters its way up the labor market, with ripple effects declining in influence further up the ladder. Alternatively, workers may care about how they are paid relative to other workers at in their own workplace. After a minimum wage increase, will a supervisor be content with a wage similar to her now more highly paid staff? To the extent that employees are concerned about relative wages within a business, firms may raise wages in accordance with their institutional norms. Whether ripple effects are largely market-mediated across firms or are instead based on relative pay concerns within the firm are open questions that get to the heart of wage-setting mechanisms in the labor market. The research by Dube, Giuliano, and Leonard on the large U.S. retailer suggests that within-firm pay concerns may matter a great deal because they affect how employees search for jobs. The retail industry famously boasts a high rate of employee turnover, and the authors find that workers quit their job significantly less often after minimum wage increases. This effect, however, largely occurs through relative pay concerns, such as when a worker receives a pay raise relative to her peers, she is far less likely to quit than if she had not received that relative increase in pay. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | "When they go low, we go high" |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 9:39:44 AM #5 | Has Michelle Obama not done this? --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | So if I already make $15 when the min wage in my state is $9 |
| Balrog0 02/18/21 8:46:00 AM #13 | Yes, you'll likely get a raise --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Shablagoo is SUSPENDED |
| Balrog0 02/17/21 11:56:13 PM #110 | Lmao wtf --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | White men, does it bother you that you're not the main target audience anymore? |
| Balrog0 02/17/21 11:41:23 PM #6 | That would have to be true for me to be bothered by it lol --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Do you own a generator? |
| Balrog0 02/17/21 11:14:26 PM #20 | I really appreciate the info guys --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
| Topic | Do you own a generator? |
| Balrog0 02/17/21 10:48:00 PM #15 | Vicious_Dios posted... 1 - Installed a Generac back-up system for my home. Oh man how much did this run you, again if you don't mind me asking? Does it kick in automatically or do you need to manually switch it on? --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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