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I think dabamf's point is that a therapist develops a relationship with the patient that includes privileged information. If the therapist then renders harsh criticism, the patient may react terribly because of the feeling that he confided in someone for help and now he's being crucified for...

Kruegen, That's fair. I don't think I despise depressed people -- I think I'm unnerved by what I don't understand. Namely, how could someone let that happen to themselves. It bothers me because the implication is it could happen to me (or someone close to me). Obviously the closest thing...

Because most people suck at something doesn't mean that's okay -- this is the same message board that looks down on LFR raiders in WoW for having shitty DPS. I wouldn't tell my son that his odds of being a doctor are low as fuck if thats what he wanted to aspire to, just like I wouldn't tell my...

Shrug, see -- how would you truly know? What's the difference between someone who was depressed and recovered and someone who is depressed? I'm not trying to be a troll, there has to be other people who have a hard time grasping the distinction aside from "I got better and that guy didn't."...

These people aren't fit -- they're just not fat. To be fair, this puts them in the upper third percentile because the rest of society lacked discipline and ate themselves up to landwhale status. You can re-train your brain to not be a food addict, it just takes time and effort. On a side...

/rant on I wish people suffering from depression would preface their stuff with : ("I have no intention of changing; I've already given up.") Then we could just make a mental note to ignore and move on; people like that need to just stfu and get out of everyone else's way. Society could...

I liked seeing that vid. Sona is my fav right now and the few recent games I've played with Janna were fun as well. But I suspect Sona will get nerfed (highest win rate in ranked gold/plat) so I liked seeing that there is another sustain support that is decent. On a side note, I went from...

Is this how you rationalize your failure? I consciously buy, prepare, and cook less food than I want every day of my life. I fucking love shit food, but if I want to be healthy and good looking, that is how I have to live. Similar to how I haven't purchased tobacco for six months, and I avoid...

I have a hard time wrapping my head around what type of game Elite/SCO will be. I know what they're claiming (sort of), but whether or not they deliver and it works and its fun... I can't tell at all.

I'm curious what your impression is of your success rate for fat loss? There was an interesting post on reddit from an ex-personal trainer who said, essentially, that he became a PT to help people but the huge majority of people fail at losing weight. I know a couple of fat people and I...

I suggest tracking your calories using Myfitnesspal for at least a week or two just to get a feel for where you need to be. Weight gainer is just expensive sugar -- there are better ways to achieve this goal. If you aren't lactose intolerant, buy whole milk and whole greek yogurt...

I thought I would like the green/red shit on the ground in WS but honestly I didn't. I would have rather gleaned the information I needed from the enemy character models or the environment itself. The red/green shit just separated me further from the world. The UI was cluttered garbage and...

Good luck man. Get your wife on board. Being responsible to my wife is what keeps me from eating all the bacon egg and cheese biscuits or skipping the gym. EDIT: It isn't doomsday. We, as a society, don't like to discuss mortality because it makes us feel vulnerable. But now that you...

This should change when you start lifting more than my wife does. You'll need a longer rest period. I do SL and its probably the most concise workout ever (just 3 compounds) and it still takes about an hour.

Try searching Cleveland and surrounding area for "dumbbell". Looks like a bunch of really affordable selections of higher weights. Although honestly man, I think you're neglecting the benefit of heavy squats and deadlifts. They're not just for your legs, its for your entire body -- and an...

I'm sure you're all over it but, you've read about how high-protein (1g/1lb bw or higher) have muscle sparing effects while losing weight? It'd be a shame to lose more LBM than necessary. Also, have you tried checking craigslist or other things for used weightlifting equipment? It seems...

I decided I'm going to start practicing Jinx and Lucian. I'll be ready for ranked with them by S6.

When Draegan says handful, he actually means "play whatever champ you saw/read/heard about in the last 12 hours". In practice, this works out to slightly less than "all of them."

tldr; Marines are fucking retarded and shit on the floor instead of in bags, despite pictorial guides in English demonstrating how to not shit on the floor. We took over an abandoned town center in Helmand. The unit that occupied it previously burnt their shit -- we decided to make the shift...

Grats man. Long cut. I originally wanted to cut down to 6'1 185 but got tired of feeling like shit after squats so I decided to postpone the cut until after I'm squatting 3 plates for reps. Mind if I ask what your lifts are at?

He blames carbs for his spiral up to landwhale status and doesn't trust himself around it. It's a shit plan/diet for overall health but, in comparison to being 400+lbs, it's not too bad.

Zerging is just often the most effective way to play a game like this. There literally is no downside on the field of battle. I'd love to see devs experiment with brutal AE that scales, think of the Doctor from Ender's Game. It's sad that since DAOC, pvp command and control hasn't evolved...

You got there through tremendous self-discipline and strict adherence to a large cut for an extended period of time. Didn't you follow an ultra-high protein diet and stay within your caloric target most days for months? For every guy like you there are ten people for whom ("Eat less than you...

Blah I don't mean to come off so arrogant. Seriously, you accuse me of hyperbole but I have a membership at the best gym in Augusta. Its expensive, it has a ton of nice shit, and its huge. But the trainers are a fucking nightmare. I can't do my routine (1 hour) without seeing at least one...

Sure man, no one would deny that... a hands-on training with a qualified professional is superior to self-study. There isn't a single personal trainer at my gym that have demonstrated that they're qualified to train the composite lifts. I'm sure I could find one, even in shitty Augusta, GA...

How much does a PT cost per hour/session in your neck of the woods? Do you really think its worth the cost? Even if you find a good trainer who is willing to tell a client ("Your form sucks dicks -- we're deloading until you can do this properly."), its still a bunch of cash. Most people...

Fine. Honestly I don't know why this point is riling me up. We can agree to disagree. I maintain that the most optimal way for a beginner to proceed is via internet research and collaboration (e.g., read bodybuilding.com, follow consensus-derived newb advice, and then post form checks for...

No, you are missing the point. But I'm not surprised: you were fat, you were a smoker, and you repeatedly injured yourself... and you're still running your mouth like you know what healthy is. I'm sure a 6 day a week split for a fat newb made a ton of sense to you. How much fucking $ did you...

Lol, no man. Your average gym PT making $10/hr is not the same as a well-researched well-respected man in the fitness/lifting community. I'm talking: Alan Aragon, Lyle McDonald, Rippetoe. It's possible to come up with a pretty good idea of the basics and how to progress into...

tldr; trainers hurt newbs who are newbs and therefore can't tell that they're at risk, made extra dangerous by newbs not knowing that exercise isn't supposed to hurt in the first place. Just to revisit this, because nicotine is kicking your ass and you want to argue the dumbest shit these...

Noodleface, You will pretty much suck for the next few hundred games. If you're playing with strangers, just turn all chat formats off -- the odds of your team actually raising your morale or saying something informative is minimal. If you're playing with friends, then just get used to...

I bet it's partially because the season is almost over and all the dedicated solid gamers already got plat or diamond.

Absolutely! However, what I was trying to address in my post was that it IS super hard. It's much easier to put 5lbs extra on a barbell every week and then a year later you're strong as fuck. Compared to learning how to progress from a knees-down pushup to a full planche. Obviously...

Reddit's Bodyweight Fitness Community tldr; you can but odds are that you won't because its hard. It's possible but it is substantially harder. A lot of these guys are just perversely anti-gym or anti-barbell; the convoluted methods they use to apply progressive overload are just...

I agree. However; if a game with all those same mechanics released today, it'd fail miserably. Who the fuck would play that shit? Die-hard basement dwellers who want to Uncle Rico their glory days of classic EQ... but the whole system fails if none of the casuals give a shit. I sure as hell...

I guess we shouldn't underestimate how much of an impact Everquest made in the psyches of young growing people. I've got a few friends that literally think nothing is wrong or was wrong with EQ back in its glory days -- imply otherwise and they react very angrily and emotionally. Something...

On Monday, some trainer had this scrawny kid in the power rack with 185lb (about 100lbs too much) on his back teaching him to squat by having him just collapse onto a box. It was gruesome -- you could literally see his back/spine compressing. There is just zero way to "intervene" and say ("Oh...

I trashed my GPA to 1.7 when I was 18 at a JC in California. I'm out here in Georgia now and I had too many credits from the Cali JC to qualify as a freshman -- I had to apply under Transfer student rules. Which meant that they looked at my transcript, and said fuck off. I appealed, too, and...

A decade ago I trashed my GPA; the two four year colleges to which I applied said, essentially "get fucked". Now, I'm attending a junior college on the GI Bill. I have yet to take a single CS course. My plan is to knock out the general ed at the JC while I repair my GPA. I'd expect to...