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« on: April 26, 2018, 03:00:47 PM »
It has been proven to work. But the point is, if it were to work 100% of the time, would you agree pedos should be chemically castrated by law to protect children? Yeah, I'd agree to that. Now, how do you determine who's a pedophile?
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« on: April 26, 2018, 02:51:02 PM »
It goes beyond legality to say that pedophilic thoughts shouldn't be allowed. Unfortunately it's probably a psychological issue and not a genetic one so simply preventing reproduction of these people is likely not to solve anything. I do think we need to more aggressively combat the issue, but it's beyond the scope of my competence to attempt a solution.
It's not about reproduction it's about reducing libido.
Does that really work though
783
« on: April 26, 2018, 12:37:35 PM »
It goes beyond legality to say that pedophilic thoughts shouldn't be allowed. Unfortunately it's probably a psychological issue and not a genetic one so simply preventing reproduction of these people is likely not to solve anything. I do think we need to more aggressively combat the issue, but it's beyond the scope of my competence to attempt a solution.
784
« on: April 26, 2018, 12:31:11 AM »
Based on the praise its getting from shitty game "journalists" I'll be sure to stay clear of this garbage.
785
« on: April 25, 2018, 02:19:57 AM »
Everyone keeps redrawing this wonky frame  Thought I would give it a go 
786
« on: April 25, 2018, 02:15:50 AM »
Her.
787
« on: April 23, 2018, 07:15:21 PM »
critikal is funny
788
« on: April 23, 2018, 01:44:31 AM »
he and i.
789
« on: April 21, 2018, 11:00:00 PM »
Why does it feel like Flee is the only fucking mod who does anything anymore
790
« on: April 21, 2018, 08:34:45 PM »
Probably the first time I've ever used the ignore feature.
791
« on: April 21, 2018, 08:30:00 PM »
Ban both of these fuckers.
792
« on: April 20, 2018, 10:51:19 PM »
I still haven't beaten DS1 so I'm really looking forward to playing through it fully.
793
« on: April 20, 2018, 09:32:12 PM »
I've had a subpar week. I've become obsessed with abstinence for its social benefits as well as my own pride as I remove addiction from my life (as well as the chemical boost I'd receive to facilitate muscle growth). Unfortunately, this presents a few problems I've had issues dealing with. For example, my anxiety has spiked. I used to be a pretty anxious person to begin with but in the last couple of years I've been meeting my very high personal standards of productivity and the confidence boost did wonders for my stress levels. This last week though has been particularly difficult because, when I'm not otherwise occupied, all I'm thinking about is sex. I spent 4 hours at the gym on Tuesday, most likely because of this (I mean, I also wanted a thorough leg workout.) My sex drive is through the fucking roof, which makes it a lot harder to focus on other things while at home (school, art, talking with friends, etc.) This makes me feel anxious because
a) I'm trying to avoid sex and/or masturbation, but I really want to fuck
and
b) I don't want to fail to meet my own expectations.
So I either give in to my desires and feel somewhat relaxed for a time (which can be helpful for falling asleep, which is generally how I used to do it), but have to deal with the fact that I failed to do something I set out to do,
OR
deal with the side affects of my anxiety, like difficulty falling asleep, difficulty finding motivation (which I've always prided myself on not needing, so imagine how low it must really be here), lowered hunger, etc. Failing to fall asleep and not eating right directly affects my primary focus these days (training), so it's an even bigger problem. For example, Wednesday night which marked the 2 week point for my current absitence period, I could NOT fall asleep. This directly affected my ability to perform at the gym the following morning, where I could not lift anywhere near my previous bests. For anyone who trains, the high you get from visibly getting stronger and pushing higher weight is awesome, but you also know the feeling of defeat at not being able to beat even on par with your previous self. I also got my results for my monthly weigh-in and it should have made me much happier than it did.
It could be that I didn't have a great work schedule last weekend (I feel very useless if I'm at work and not working, so when they asked me to train the new kid, I had him do everything I usually do on my shift, and I felt sort of superfluous) or the fact that my trainer has been gone for a week on a trip, and being the highly habitual creature that I am (borderline neurotic), I'm just feeling a little subconsciously frazzled at the weird day-to-day I'm going through. I'm trying to get back to my normal sex drive (release every other day or so, sometimes longer depending on schedule.)
Not a bad week relatively speaking, but I'm someone that generally wakes up pretty excited to get his shit done and loves his life, so a 5 or 6/10 week feels like a real bust to me. I was going to make a thread but this worked out perfectly.
Why even set this "goal"? What's wrong with having sex and masturbating?
Historically people have used their abstinence to fuel other endeavors. George Washington was famous for this, and many boxers/professional fighters will refrain before big fights or whatever.
Sex is okay in a general sense if you're not trying to abstain but there's loads of issues with masturbating. With sex there's pheromones, touching, etc. Masturbation eventually leads to porn which can be incredibly destructive for the body and mind. It's like Snoop Dogg nowadays. Imagine the amount of pot he needs to smoke to hit that high he used to when he was a teenager. I'm trying to avoid that as well as a ton of other emasculating issues down the line like ED, or low testosterone in general.
Right, but every once in a while is healthy. Porn is disgusting I agree with you there.
What are you trying to achieve, though?
I guess I'm trying to achieve mastery over my desires. I also recognise I have an addiction and I'm trying to "get clean". Cold turkey has always been my go-to method. Ideally I would reduce sexual release from once a day or every other day to once every week or every other week.
794
« on: April 20, 2018, 07:57:58 PM »
Choose something that I'm good at, and I enjoy doing it. Even if I struggle to survive, I can die knowing I was committed to my craft until the very end.
795
« on: April 20, 2018, 07:55:47 PM »
Granted my diet is superb and is known for curing ED anyway.
796
« on: April 20, 2018, 07:54:27 PM »
I've had a subpar week. I've become obsessed with abstinence for its social benefits as well as my own pride as I remove addiction from my life (as well as the chemical boost I'd receive to facilitate muscle growth). Unfortunately, this presents a few problems I've had issues dealing with. For example, my anxiety has spiked. I used to be a pretty anxious person to begin with but in the last couple of years I've been meeting my very high personal standards of productivity and the confidence boost did wonders for my stress levels. This last week though has been particularly difficult because, when I'm not otherwise occupied, all I'm thinking about is sex. I spent 4 hours at the gym on Tuesday, most likely because of this (I mean, I also wanted a thorough leg workout.) My sex drive is through the fucking roof, which makes it a lot harder to focus on other things while at home (school, art, talking with friends, etc.) This makes me feel anxious because
a) I'm trying to avoid sex and/or masturbation, but I really want to fuck
and
b) I don't want to fail to meet my own expectations.
So I either give in to my desires and feel somewhat relaxed for a time (which can be helpful for falling asleep, which is generally how I used to do it), but have to deal with the fact that I failed to do something I set out to do,
OR
deal with the side affects of my anxiety, like difficulty falling asleep, difficulty finding motivation (which I've always prided myself on not needing, so imagine how low it must really be here), lowered hunger, etc. Failing to fall asleep and not eating right directly affects my primary focus these days (training), so it's an even bigger problem. For example, Wednesday night which marked the 2 week point for my current absitence period, I could NOT fall asleep. This directly affected my ability to perform at the gym the following morning, where I could not lift anywhere near my previous bests. For anyone who trains, the high you get from visibly getting stronger and pushing higher weight is awesome, but you also know the feeling of defeat at not being able to beat even on par with your previous self. I also got my results for my monthly weigh-in and it should have made me much happier than it did.
It could be that I didn't have a great work schedule last weekend (I feel very useless if I'm at work and not working, so when they asked me to train the new kid, I had him do everything I usually do on my shift, and I felt sort of superfluous) or the fact that my trainer has been gone for a week on a trip, and being the highly habitual creature that I am (borderline neurotic), I'm just feeling a little subconsciously frazzled at the weird day-to-day I'm going through. I'm trying to get back to my normal sex drive (release every other day or so, sometimes longer depending on schedule.)
Not a bad week relatively speaking, but I'm someone that generally wakes up pretty excited to get his shit done and loves his life, so a 5 or 6/10 week feels like a real bust to me. I was going to make a thread but this worked out perfectly.
Why even set this "goal"? What's wrong with having sex and masturbating?
Historically people have used their abstinence to fuel other endeavors. George Washington was famous for this, and many boxers/professional fighters will refrain before big fights or whatever. Sex is okay in a general sense if you're not trying to abstain but there's loads of issues with masturbating. With sex there's pheromones, touching, etc. Masturbation eventually leads to porn which can be incredibly destructive for the body and mind. It's like Snoop Dogg nowadays. Imagine the amount of pot he needs to smoke to hit that high he used to when he was a teenager. I'm trying to avoid that as well as a ton of other emasculating issues down the line like ED, or low testosterone in general.
797
« on: April 20, 2018, 02:45:02 PM »
I've had a subpar week. I've become obsessed with abstinence for its social benefits as well as my own pride as I remove addiction from my life (as well as the chemical boost I'd receive to facilitate muscle growth). Unfortunately, this presents a few problems I've had issues dealing with. For example, my anxiety has spiked. I used to be a pretty anxious person to begin with but in the last couple of years I've been meeting my very high personal standards of productivity and the confidence boost did wonders for my stress levels. This last week though has been particularly difficult because, when I'm not otherwise occupied, all I'm thinking about is sex. I spent 4 hours at the gym on Tuesday, most likely because of this (I mean, I also wanted a thorough leg workout.) My sex drive is through the fucking roof, which makes it a lot harder to focus on other things while at home (school, art, talking with friends, etc.) This makes me feel anxious because
a) I'm trying to avoid sex and/or masturbation, but I really want to fuck
and
b) I don't want to fail to meet my own expectations.
So I either give in to my desires and feel somewhat relaxed for a time (which can be helpful for falling asleep, which is generally how I used to do it), but have to deal with the fact that I failed to do something I set out to do,
OR
deal with the side affects of my anxiety, like difficulty falling asleep, difficulty finding motivation (which I've always prided myself on not needing, so imagine how low it must really be here), lowered hunger, etc. Failing to fall asleep and not eating right directly affects my primary focus these days (training), so it's an even bigger problem. For example, Wednesday night which marked the 2 week point for my current absitence period, I could NOT fall asleep. This directly affected my ability to perform at the gym the following morning, where I could not lift anywhere near my previous bests. For anyone who trains, the high you get from visibly getting stronger and pushing higher weight is awesome, but you also know the feeling of defeat at not being able to beat even on par with your previous self. I also got my results for my monthly weigh-in and it should have made me much happier than it did.
It could be that I didn't have a great work schedule last weekend (I feel very useless if I'm at work and not working, so when they asked me to train the new kid, I had him do everything I usually do on my shift, and I felt sort of superfluous) or the fact that my trainer has been gone for a week on a trip, and being the highly habitual creature that I am (borderline neurotic), I'm just feeling a little subconsciously frazzled at the weird day-to-day I'm going through. I'm trying to get back to my normal sex drive (release every other day or so, sometimes longer depending on schedule.)
Not a bad week relatively speaking, but I'm someone that generally wakes up pretty excited to get his shit done and loves his life, so a 5 or 6/10 week feels like a real bust to me. I was going to make a thread but this worked out perfectly.
798
« on: April 19, 2018, 10:26:59 AM »
I'm always 20 steps ahead of everyone else
You are no one but Dio.
799
« on: April 19, 2018, 08:14:22 AM »
800
« on: April 18, 2018, 03:12:38 PM »
the ability to switch covenenants at any bon fire will switching covenants still be considered a "sin"?
no idea, the demo only had one covenant
801
« on: April 18, 2018, 02:36:44 PM »
what reactions
i'm seeing a lot of "i can't believe they're just re-releasing the same game, they're not even adding new bosses or improving the graphics, wtf i hate fromsoftware now"
and i'm sitting here like
i thought dark souls 1 was this untouchable masterpiece that could not be improved upon
What the fuck lol they're releasing the game on another platform why should it have anything new?Not to mention on a handheld console. It shouldn't be changed at all anyways.
the funny thing is they're actually including quality of life improvements from DS2 and 3 like consuming multiple souls at once, scaling down the HUD, the ability to skip to the first item in your slot by holding down on the D-pad (which is usually your estus flask), rebinding of controls and the ability to switch covenenants at any bon fire. as far as remasteres go, this one looks to be of the best kind.
802
« on: April 15, 2018, 10:17:23 PM »
Who is this
803
« on: April 15, 2018, 08:01:32 PM »
What LC said
804
« on: April 15, 2018, 04:23:41 PM »
Happiness is understanding and exploiting the game of biology and Verbatim refuses to play. That's it.
We`re not talking about happiness, we`re talking about jobs. People usually take jobs because they need to survive, not because to be happy. Hobbies exist for happiness. Jobs exist for surviving. Thats it.
You'll be depressed your entire life if you don't enjoy your job.
You are saying this like job is the only thing that exist in world
Um... no, I'm not. I'm saying it like it's one of the most important things in reference to happiness considering it takes up more time than any other activity for the majority of people.
805
« on: April 15, 2018, 03:02:10 PM »
Happiness is understanding and exploiting the game of biology and Verbatim refuses to play. That's it.
We`re not talking about happiness, we`re talking about jobs. People usually take jobs because they need to survive, not because to be happy. Hobbies exist for happiness. Jobs exist for surviving. Thats it.
You'll be depressed your entire life if you don't enjoy your job.
806
« on: April 15, 2018, 02:26:14 PM »
Happiness is understanding and exploiting the game of biology and Verbatim refuses to play. That's it.
807
« on: April 15, 2018, 12:09:41 PM »
That's fine if you're like that but it's a bit silly to assume that's how it works for everyone, and furthermore, that's how it should work for everyone.
you're the one who said "hard work ALWAYS pays off"
when it clearly, clearly doesn't
you can't fuck around with words like "always" or "never" when it comes to human behavior, because there's always going to be people like me out there
Yeah fair enough, but I pretty regularly talk in generalisations and within the context of this thread I didn't think too much of it.
808
« on: April 15, 2018, 11:58:04 AM »
How do you figure? Exhaustion? Because your body adapts over time. Any job you have now is nothing compared to hunting and gathering so your body has a long way to go before it could be considered "exhausted." Maybe you mean mental exhaustion, in which case you need to work off the cortisol released in your body through exercise or a proper diet. Luckily you're pretty close to the ideal diet, anyway. emotional
nobody hates doing work more than i do, because i enjoy hating work, and i will die on that hill
i would prefer to enjoy work, but i can't force myself to do that, and even if i could, i wouldn't, because forcing yourself to enjoy things that you viscerally do not sounds completely insane to me
Misery? Humans are wired to feel good after completing something that needs to be done especially if you don't want to do it. you just described the exact opposite of how reality works, especially for me
i finish something i've been working on and the next thing i want to do is kill myself
i feel nothing but sheer emptiness And age comes for everyone
but i don't feel myself getting older unless i'm working
That's fine if you're like that but it's a bit silly to assume that's how it works for everyone, and furthermore, that's how it should work for everyone.
809
« on: April 15, 2018, 11:47:43 AM »
The pay-off is discipline and self-worth.
the payoff is also exhaustion, misery, and age—oftentimes in greater amounts
How do you figure? Exhaustion? Because your body adapts over time. Any job you have now is nothing compared to hunting and gathering so your body has a long way to go before it could be considered "exhausted." Maybe you mean mental exhaustion, in which case you need to work off the cortisol released in your body through exercise or a proper diet. Luckily you're pretty close to the ideal diet, anyway. Misery? Humans are wired to feel good after completing something that needs to be done especially if you don't want to do it. Like a shift at work. This is how I combated my depression earlier on. And age comes for everyone, and can also be combated with a proper diet.
810
« on: April 15, 2018, 11:01:21 AM »
would like to point you to the slave trade
That's not what I'm talking about. "Hard work" is work done well of your own volition, through personal discipline. there's also no shortage of hardworking people who died never having amounted to anything, unless "amounting to anything" isn't your idea of hard work paid off
how about the military, does that ever pay off for the average person The pay-off is discipline and self-worth.
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