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FilthIncarnate: Weird owl has life all figured out

HighwireAct posted:

I think my difficulty is not that I feel that I am inadequate, but that I see how

it is a very long road; there is very far to go.

I do make progress, slowly (this weekend, among other things, proved that; I am making progress), but when I look at the enormity of what remains to be accomplished

it's just a lot.

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FilthIncarnate posted:

I think my difficulty is not that I feel that I am inadequate, but that I see how

it is a very long road; there is very far to go.

I do make progress, slowly (this weekend, among other things, proved that; I am making progress), but when I look at the enormity of what remains to be accomplished

it's just a lot.

everyone is worth it, good luck

also: deadbeat dad left while everyone was loading into the minivan for ice-cream and all he left was a booklet of coupons for free frosties at wendy's but they seem to have all expired

# ? Jun 8, 2016 22:21

FluffieDuckie

Why uncle rusty :cry:

Thank you for the beautiful sig Machai!

# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:02

eonwe

its the thought that counts tho

# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:20

Grognan: by Fluffdaddy

ok, primary over. time to smoke a ton of weed.

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# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:32

3D Megadoodoo

Grognan posted:

ok, primary over. time to smoke a ton of weed.

Did I win?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:33

Grognan: by Fluffdaddy

Jerry Cotton posted:

Did I win?

probably not

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# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:34

3D Megadoodoo

Grognan posted:

probably not

drat! Well I'll just win the secondary, then.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 23:40

Robot Made of Meat

Drythe posted:

hello, eonwe keeps telling me to post here so hello hi byob

Hi Drythe. Welcome to BYOB. Do you have any cute hobbies or interesting pets?

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:04

shinmai: CHK Instruction

FilthIncarnate posted:

I think my difficulty is not that I feel that I am inadequate, but that I see how

it is a very long road; there is very far to go.

I do make progress, slowly (this weekend, among other things, proved that; I am making progress), but when I look at the enormity of what remains to be accomplished

it's just a lot.

This is a very common problem with skilled people. Unskilled people don't have a good perspective of the enormity of a field of study, and don't realise how much they have still to learn.

Slow progress is, in my experience, a good thing. If becoming experienced at something is progressing very fast, I often find later on, that I've misunderstood something or haven't actually learned things properly.

e: poo poo, did I miss ice cream time

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:06

Piso Mojado

Anime has taught me that the most informally trained martial artists are often the ones who come out on top.

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:11

Robot Made of Meat

FilthIncarnate posted:

I think my difficulty is not that I feel that I am inadequate, but that I see how

it is a very long road; there is very far to go.

I do make progress, slowly (this weekend, among other things, proved that; I am making progress), but when I look at the enormity of what remains to be accomplished

it's just a lot.

What you're missing is that all of us are in the same situation. Some of us see it, some don't. Some strive to be better, some don't. But none of us are perfect. All of us need improvement. All of us crave approval.

But you are a good person with good traits. Never lose sight of that.

In the end, it's only you who decide to see the glass as half-empty or to see it as completely full of a combination of liquid and gas.

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:11

Piso Mojado

the only other thing anime has taught me is that Japan is weird

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:12

shinmai: CHK Instruction

Robot Made of Meat posted:

In the end, it's only you who decide to see the glass as half-empty or to see it as completely full of a combination of liquid and gas.

Legit made me tear up. I'm saving this in my vault of good things to say. You're an awesome forums poster Robot Made of Meat!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:14

Robot Made of Meat

Piso Mojado posted:

the only other thing anime has taught me is that Japan is weird

You needed anime to teach you that?

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:14

Macnult

Piso Mojado posted:

Anime has taught me that the most informally trained martial artists are often the ones who come out on top.

lmao

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:43

Robot Made of Meat

shinmai posted:

Legit made me tear up. I'm saving this in my vault of good things to say. You're an awesome forums poster Robot Made of Meat!

Aww. Thanks.

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:47

bean mom

there is still ice cream

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# ? Jun 9, 2016 00:48

BirryJoru: GRAMAGEDDON ISN'T OVER YET. SORRY.-RA TEHUTI

one scoop in a cone to go, please

NOPE!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 03:55

FluffieDuckie

FluffieDuckie posted:

I know. Matoi came to your rescue. I'm trying not to fall off an exercise bike and reading on my browser.

Also I think the lady next to me is going to report me

eonwe sweetie it's hilarious that you reported this post saying you were the lady in the gym but if you could maybe be hilarious in a way that doesn't abuse the something awful reporting system that would be great kthxbye

Thank you for the beautiful sig Machai!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:01

alnilam

eonwe you are good but it would be nice if you didn't cry wolf as a joke imo but i'm sure you didn't mean any harm but still

_{ty manifisto}

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:03

alnilam

_{ty manifisto}

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:03

FluffieDuckie

i mean it made me laugh.

but still

Thank you for the beautiful sig Machai!

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:04

Piso Mojado

FluffieDuckie posted:

eonwe sweetie it's hilarious that you reported this post saying you were the lady in the gym but if you could maybe be hilarious in a way that doesn't abuse the something awful reporting system that would be great kthxbye

lol

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:10

Luvcow: One day nearer spring

FluffieDuckie posted:

eonwe sweetie it's hilarious that you reported this post saying you were the lady in the gym but if you could maybe be hilarious in a way that doesn't abuse the something awful reporting system that would be great kthxbye

haha

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:11

FilthIncarnate: Weird owl has life all figured out

Piso Mojado posted:

Anime has taught me that the most informally trained martial artists are often the ones who come out on top.

I can't speak to anime, but it's true that in martial arts it's better to be taught concepts that you then learn to apply to movements rather than learning movements from which you're eventually supposed to intuit concepts.

But it's a lot easier to just have your class do a bunch of rote kicks and sequences forever, even though (while that will develop physical skill) it doesn't do a lot for your ability to think.

Informally trained martial artists can be interesting and creative; they have to be way more rigorous, though, or they'll end up making stupid mistakes.

I realize you're joking around but :shrug:

I'm a very literal thinker.

Robot Made of Meat posted:

What you're missing is that all of us are in the same situation. Some of us see it, some don't. Some strive to be better, some don't. But none of us are perfect. All of us need improvement. All of us crave approval.

But you are a good person with good traits. Never lose sight of that.

In the end, it's only you who decide to see the glass as half-empty or to see it as completely full of a combination of liquid and gas.

I hear you.

I think that I less crave approval than I am bewildered by it; I've gone without for so long that to have it freely offered out of the blue is

it's strange; I don't know how to handle it.

I train the way I do because of physical necessity; I'm a big guy, and doing the quick stuff (or the high flying) other practitioners favor would blow out my joints. Since I intend to keep training for the long haul, I have to move

well

slowly and deliberately, which means I have to plan out my movements three to five seconds in advance.

shinmai posted:

This is a very common problem with skilled people. Unskilled people don't have a good perspective of the enormity of a field of study, and don't realise how much they have still to learn.

Slow progress is, in my experience, a good thing. If becoming experienced at something is progressing very fast, I often find later on, that I've misunderstood something or haven't actually learned things properly.

This seems accurate.

It's just that the enormity of the things I have yet to do is

it's humbling.

Measured by how far I have left to go, I have trouble thinking of myself as especially competent or skilled.

# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:30

Pomp: by Fluffdaddy

FluffieDuckie posted:

eonwe sweetie it's hilarious that you reported this post saying you were the lady in the gym but if you could maybe be hilarious in a way that doesn't abuse the something awful reporting system that would be great kthxbye

lol

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