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its like trouble in terrorist town but not worth playing

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

UnfairRepresent posted...

Mary Gregory who instantly broke 9 biological female world records in one night with ease

As a male, Mary posted the following numbers pre HRT on her Instagram account

Squat - 408
Bench - 298
Deadlift 507
Total 1213
Bodyweight - 217

9 months after starting HRT. These numbers were what she got at the meet in question

Squat - 314
Bench - 233
Deadlift 424
Total 971
Bodyweight - 179.3

Now that's about a 20% drop in all her lifts after going on HRT, and about a 20% drop in bodyweight. That's to be expected as the body adapts to the new hormone levels. In powerlifting, we use the Wilks coefficient to determine the best lifter across all weight classes. It takes your total, and modifies it based on a mathematical formula to allow you to compare yourself against everyone else. Men and women use different formulas as their physiology is different.

Mary's Wilks score using the male data was 337. After 9 months of HRT, when Mary competed in the female division her score jumped up to 399. That's a 62 point jump (a 20% increase) in her abilities compared to her peers in less than a year. So in nine months, on HRT which reduces testosterone, muscle mass etc, Mary had gains the likes of which are only seen in brand new lifters who are still learning how to powerlift.

When I compared Mary's results to the database in Open Powerlifting, a website dedicated to recording statistics for all powerlifting federations around the world, here's what I got.

In the 40-44 age group, Mary's male ranking was at the 38th percentile. So better than average, but still middle of the pack. Using her numbers as a female, she moved into the 6th percentile. So top 10% in all of women's drug tested powerlifting in that age group. If all things were equal in the HRT process, we should have seen Mary's results put her in the 38th percentile of female lifters, but that clearly did not happen.

Once again, I have to stress that neither I, or my federation wants to ban lifters like Mary from competing. In fact one of our core beliefs is that if you can lift a barbell, and you aren't taking PED's, then you have a place with us. But it's very clear based on the numbers provided that Mary received a performance boost from transitioning from a male to a female lifter compared to her peer group. That's not at all fair to the rest of the lifters in that division.

tl;dr. She had a massive advantage due to biology

Actual peer reviewed science not anecdotal stuff please. Actual studies.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

UnfairRepresent posted...

But put her in a cage fight against a natural born girl and she has a unfair huge biological advantage that destroys the sport and competition

hey man, all you gotta do to back that up is link the science saying after transitioning and being on hormones etc for a substantial amount of time where things like muscle mass and bone density change they still have a significant advantage.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

to the surprise of no one, right wing conservative biden is doing right wing conservative things

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

Oh man, the trump cultists don't know what to think about Bannon. On the one hand trump can do no wrong and Bannon is a staunch white nationalist.

On the other hand, Bannon defrauded trump supporters lmao.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

The funniest thing with dumb americans talking politics is when they call right wing capitalist joe biden a communist because he's not as much of a fash bastard as trump.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

indica posted...

Left/right is too general and doesn't necessarily say much on it's own. Trump's a libertarian so he's left and right in different ways, but mainly he's just for himself. I wouldn't say Biden is right of Trump, but he's definitely not the demagogue Trump is.

lol trumps not a libertarian

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

i think thats because he was working extra hours not because he was at home. he can stop at 5 like he could before.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

yutterh posted...

Gaming is my main hobby and best way to unwind. I dont listen to music, unless it's part of a show or game. Sometimes I listen to music in my car but no, I would be fine with no music. I would be fine with not eating fast food, I be fine if I was never able to look at social media as gamefaqs is really the only social media I do. Games would destroy me personally. I would lose my sanity, no lie.

man, i need video games so i can unwind from the shitty stress of work, bills, hardships etc. those definitely wouldn't go away with 10b.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

nah, they're cowards and very, very stupid. I mean, imagine claiming the election was rigged and you'll just run again in 4 years. How would that make any sense if the party now in power can just rig elections in republican run states?

Its very, very obvious that trump is a fraud, and you either have to be in on the fraud or virtually brain dead to back him.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

Crazyman93 posted...

YEs, I'm sure the owner is loving seeing debt pile up because he CAN'T DRAW AN INCOME!

thats what all the government schemes are set to reimburse him for.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

Rathinor posted...

So 50% of Republicans are idiots? I'd be surprised, but that's not really news

at least 50% of republicans are, don't immediately assume the other 50% arent either.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

Irony posted...

They have to do a recount still

recount will be like, a hundred votes not thousands.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

only mugs buy consoles at launch.

no exclusives for two years, consoles riddled with faults and much higher prices.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

put em in camps

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

Barber102 posted...

quit thinking your entitled to a difficulty option. The people who have supported this series from the beginning loved it because it rewarded perseverance. Respect that this is how the developers want their games to be and quit crying because its not how you demand them to be. Struggle like everyone else and overcome.

stop defending poor game design decisions because its the only thing that makes you feel special in life bro

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

awesome999 posted...

Did this guy really argue that being successful in a video game and in real life are mutually exclusive?

no, but to care that other people play videos games differently to you suggests you have very little else going on in your life or a mental malady, as there is literally no logical reason to think that way.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

bnui_ransder posted...

"Why should I have to learn? Just make it work for me!"

Fuck off

while being an epic hardcore gamer might be your only accomplishment in life, the same is not true for normal humans.

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii

the real question is, is it because he didnt drink enough bleach or was it that the lightbulb he shoved up his arse wasn't big enough?

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I only think about having babys when i dont pull out and honestly thats the greatest feeling. - Eskii