jfx
1mo ago
hey thanks for the answer, im not too active here atm. It seems to me you are balancing multiple goals and identities with your fitness regiment:
- lifting for looks (hypertrophy, bodyfat)
- lifting numbers --> charitably: "powerbuilding" approach
- your identity as a capable distance runner aka ye golden times of your 20ies
it is very hard to balance all these goals simultaneously. I had similar issues of balancing different goals (BJJ instead of running). To me, most helpful has been the insight, that due to the memory effect, you are free to regain most of your old gains quickly if you train accordingly. This allows you to prioritize one goal over others with a "good concience" in the mid term. For example: once I let go of some "must-have" lifts and rep ranges (hello bench press 3-6 reps) and embraced hypertrophy training fully, my looks really improved while aches injuries went down
jfx
2mo ago
also did appear here on MMalice's podcast https://youtube.com/watch?v=lGD4Yd7NgU4?si=4b-49sN211U7h3yO
jfx
2mo ago
Im currently dieting around similar numbers as you are. IMHO you should invest more energy of your process into the mindset. Why are you dieting in the first place? It seems you are training towards a marathon whilst also lifting? Things that people usually enjoy in a diet:
- better sleep quality (unless you are deep into a cut and go to bed hungry)
- performance in calisthenics - pullups just feel amazing for me in a diet
- enjoyment of food
- looks when naked (at least after this first 'flatness' hump)
jfx
1yr ago
This to me at least is an uncommon usage of "Leninism". Other spheres use "Leninism" to describe the process of lifting up a cohort of lesser qualified/politically irrelevant people to power as a mechanism of ensuring loyalty. See also "Bioleninism".
jfx
2yr ago
I got the current CRPG humble bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/rpg-legends-baldurs-gate-beyond-bundle
and I am wondering what my playthrough priority will be (if I manage to not pile of shame the majority of games :/ )
Included games:
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Pathfinder WOTR
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Neverwintern Nights Complete
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BG 2 enhanced Complete (also Dragonspear)
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BG 1 enhanced
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Planescape Torment enhanced
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Icewind Dale enhanced
I think my favourite of those is the old planescape, but I also played this the most times already in my lifetime. Any fellow CRPG-enjoyers here? Whats your favourite? Any moderately unknown CRPGs you can recommend?
jfx
2yr ago
I think the neo-liberal, globalist types (maybe not so much the woke kind) dont need to acknowledge the group differences, as their vision is honestly a "globohomo" human - mankind consisting of fully atomized individuals without any distinct features, be it culturally or biologically.
For example look at the new "lord of the rangz" or "the witcher" TV shows. Every group in itself is a mixture of all races with no connection to the lore. Race is treated like eye color - something totally random with no deeper implications.
Thus the status quo does not really need a "great lie". It is simply regarded as a very temporary state that will quickly and "organically" be overcome. I think this is honestly the view of most political elites of the WEF type (aka the ones in power in most western countries) - at least in europe.
I realize it might be useful to discuss your thoughts seperately for the US due to its distinct history with race compared with most other western countries.
jfx
3yr ago
It would be helpful for this discussion to provide a strict definition of "gender war" first (or at least try to).
In my personal worldview, "gender war" is not really its own thing. The observations you make seem to be more a consequence downstream of the general atomisation of society caused by modernity. The bond between man and woman seems like one of the final units to split up in this process of increasing entropy, largely enabled by technology (contraceptives, service economy).
To speak of a "gender war" means moving largely into the frame of neo-marxism (see your point #2), where one always needs groups/classes to pit against each other to provide a worldview. E.g. in my country, leftists speak of "femicide", when a woman gets killed by her male partner. This wording implies that its somehow "all the men's fault".
The topic is interesting, because IMHO personal relationships (or lack thereof) are a strong entry point to persuade individuals more on the left of the need for some kind of narrative bonding modern people together and somehow working to reverse the ever increasing entropy of society.
The article is a bit all over the place. In my worldview advice for "goal achievment" (such as fitness, career) usually places itself on a spectrum between one-size-fits-all, but easily implemented and on the other end nuanced, but harder to implement.
The difficulty to effectively (thus correctly) implement advice IMHO relies on entirely separate traits of the recipient:
Thus a one-to-many advice approach will deliver mixed results at best. Competent teachers and coaches through talent and experience are able to identify these levels in their clients/students and will adjust advice accordingly. In the age of social media in most places online, advice will be captured by the masses, who are most of the time, very incompetent and very weak-willed. An example of this is the so called "beginner-trap" in fitness content with 80%-90% of monetarization targetting beginners.
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