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Jul 26, 2021 09:10
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Grey Hunter posted:I saw that this morning. Gymnastics, diving, figure skating, freestyle snowboarding and *arguably* the various combat sports (boxing, wrestling, judo etc) are all Olympic sports where the winner is determined by judges scores, often on criteria not obvious to a first-time watcher, not just who passes a line first or jumps or throws furthest.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:10
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Mebh posted:Huh I knew about DSPD but had no idea it could be related to adhd. Thanks! More reading afoot. I'm up to 54mg methylphenidate and it was a breakthrough. I did 15 hours of cleaning and tidying in 3 days (more than I've done in the last 2 years), only having to take breaks due to how out of shape I am. It doesn't feel like a total life changer in many respects but people absolutely can tell when I'm on my meds. People with ADHD are generally bad at self assessment.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:12
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Guavanaut posted:
Win the Yuba Gold.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:18
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Mebh posted:Huh I knew about DSPD but had no idea it could be related to adhd. Thanks! More reading afoot. Hey there 50mg Elvanse buddy. It's feels so weird that I can now start something in the first place, but even more so that I actually see it through to completion.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:19
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Tarnop posted:I'm up to 54mg methylphenidate and it was a breakthrough. I did 15 hours of cleaning and tidying in 3 days (more than I've done in the last 2 years), only having to take breaks due to how out of shape I am. The more people keep posting stuff like that the more I wonder if my GP might be willing to try something on me. Motivation to do literally anything would be an interesting notion.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:21
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It's going to be more than just your GP that you need. You are going to need a diagnosis from a psychologist. It's likely that the waiting list on the NHS for this service is going to be years long, so her yourself in the queue as soon as you can. Private options are available, just expensive.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:26
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I was diagnosed as a child I just stopped medication. I guess I could maybe try asking for a referral or something.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:28
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OwlFancier posted:The more people keep posting stuff like that the more I wonder if my GP might be willing to try something on me. I watched this video and noted down stuff that sounded like me, then talked to my GP about a referral for assessment explaining why based on my notes. https://youtu.be/ouZrZa5pLXk When they agreed to refer me and I found out that the waiting list was close to 2 years I got them to refer me to this place, although their waiting list is longer now than when I referred. The ADHD thread in E/N has been very helpful too.
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Jul 26, 2021 09:34
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forkboy84 posted:Look, I got to see skateboarding so I got what I wanted from it all Word. Grey Hunter posted:I saw that this morning. -fake edit- Coffee time effortpost incomming.... I've skated during the 70 and 80, so I do find it weird to see. Good weird though as it takes noting away from it, no matter whet some of the fundamentalist twats say. As for the women, they do lag way behind the men, much more so than in the majority of other sports (if you class skating as a sport) There are far fewer women sadly so inevitably it doesn't look as spectacular as the men. If skating had a 95%+ reduction in male participation since it started, the level wouldn't be close to what it is now. In my town at the height of the boom, there were maybe 4-500 skaters of which, zero were female :-( I love watching the women as the rate of improvement over the last few years is incredible and the amount of girls and women skating is booming. The better women skate far beyond what I, or my late 80s mates ever could, and some of the stuff they do was unthinkable even 15 years ago. The park is massive so it doesn't really show how big some of the rails are. It is incredibly difficult even staying on even a small rail. Rails were just happening when I was finishing my skate "career", and even the mentalest skaters took a while to even try the wee ones. I never had the bottle, I valued my bollocks too much. It's great that the scoring is equal, and it shows how a lack of parity between the sexes has held it back when the guys are getting 9s and the women 3s It'll probably take them 20 years to catch up to the men. I can't wait to see what is happening then as the current level is mind bogglingly impressive. Having said that, the likes of Leticia Bufoni (who didn't make the final lol) is much closer to the fellas Bottom line re the olympics is though, is arguably the men are 100% at "olympic level", the women looked at in isolation aren't, but it'd be unthinkable to have a men only sport. Thankfully Watch the mens final highlight to get a look at the world level stuff. The stuff in videos blows most of it out of the water though Overall though, it's as valid an olympic sport as gymnastics imo Now I'm hyped to go skate, but the last time I tried I hosed up a no comply and slammed hard. My hip hurt for months. I guess 50 odd is too old for most people YerDa Zabam fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Jul 26, 2021 |
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Jul 26, 2021 09:46
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OwlFancier posted:If you punch the bumhole right as the fart comes out then the farter will die of internal fart. It happened to someone at my school I heard. a pipe smoking dog posted:I'm hearing so many stories about kids and teenagers getting sent to ICUs at the moment. I've got the horrible feeling the next few weeks are going to get incredibly bleak. Bloody hell someone do something about this
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Jul 26, 2021 09:56
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forkboy84 posted:My favourite moment of the tournament so far was catching the end of the women's cycling road race yesterday over breakfast. Austrian woman won it from the breakaway and as she crossed the line the commentator explains that's Austria's first summer games gold since Athens. Then he pauses a bit before saying "in 1896". She also (according to my bike racer girlfriend) isn't in a team that does major races and is a physicist who did loads of analysis to work out for herself how best to train for that race. The Dutch riders who are pre-eminent* in women's road racing thought they had caught the brakeaway group and were going to control the victory. They had miscounted and the Austrian had got away. * lol
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Jul 26, 2021 09:58
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Grey Hunter posted:I saw that this morning. Worth it. https://twitter.com/GoodMorningJoel/status/1419119101075726339
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Jul 26, 2021 10:56
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Jul 26, 2021 11:00
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The competition is over, give that man the
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Jul 26, 2021 11:08
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ballon d’or
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Jul 26, 2021 11:18
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Failed Imagineer posted:The competition is over, give that man the It could maybe replace his bronze medal that is probably busted now. Ouch -edit- loving lol, after my pro women skating screed earlier, I've just watched an American girl who just ollied and cruised around. loving embarrassing to watch. She's cumulative score for the first prelim is 0.85. Her "best trick" entry was an ollie down the 8 set. No idea why she is in it, there are so many better skaters that would have deserved a slot. smdh YerDa Zabam fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Jul 26, 2021 |
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Jul 26, 2021 11:19
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Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool
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Jul 26, 2021 12:27
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Communist Thoughts posted:Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool
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Jul 26, 2021 12:36
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Communist Thoughts posted:Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool Much like being able to lift heavy things or run fast is deeply uncool now
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Jul 26, 2021 12:41
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Communist Thoughts posted:Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool If they let horse dancing in...
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Jul 26, 2021 12:41
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Quite note on ADHD: It was eight months between me first thinking maybe it was a chance to diagnosis, and that was during the height of the pandemic. So don't be put off purely by tales of long waiting lists - it's going to absolutely depend on where you are. I didn't have the money to go private so it was the only option, and unlike some services I got to walk out of the assessment with a prescription and started meds the next day. Been quite a turnaround, though I'm tempted to ask for a higher dose to see what it's like.
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Jul 26, 2021 12:43
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Communist Thoughts posted:Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool 2024 has breakdancing. Breaking and skating are 2 things that got me chased around town by the soccer casuals, so it's very odd that they are "normal" now.
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Jul 26, 2021 12:45
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Adolf Glitter posted:2024 has breakdancing. Starting a petition for football hooliganism to be an Olympic sport by 2028. As well as the obvious combat sports, you've also got a chance for a pentathlon of pint-downing, barrier jumping, chair toss, 100m dash from a baton charge and freestyle town-centre trashing. Of course the WDA are going to have to take an *extremely* lenient view on performance-enhancing drugs, or Team GB are all going to have to claim toothaches and allergies to all other local anaesthetics.
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Jul 26, 2021 12:54
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where does the sticking flares up your arse come in
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Jul 26, 2021 12:58
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Communist Thoughts posted:Why is skateboarding in the Olympics? This marks skateboarding officially becoming uncool Surfing too. Still think the oddest of the new sports is rock climbing.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:01
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Julio Cruz posted:where does the sticking flares up your arse come in now I understand the bikini brief kit requirements Chubby Henparty fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Jul 26, 2021 |
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Jul 26, 2021 13:03
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forkboy84 posted:Surfing too.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:08
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Doing my ringwalk into Olympics chat in my shiny shirt while chase the sun plays behind me to say 'make darts an Olympic sport'
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Jul 26, 2021 13:09
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Flayer posted:Yeah and what's cool now is E-Sports, shamefully. You know you're old etc etc My friend wants esports in the olympics (I think to somehow legitimise gaming as a personal pursuit rather than sumptuous indulgence ) and I know it's going to happen but I'm gonna turn into a red faced old man the second it does
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Jul 26, 2021 13:13
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the sex ghost posted:Doing my ringwalk into Olympics chat in my shiny shirt while chase the sun plays behind me to say 'make darts an Olympic sport' 'Not The Nine o'clock News' did it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxXNZcIdwM
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Jul 26, 2021 13:14
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Julio Cruz posted:where does the sticking flares up your arse come in That's the freestyle bit. Caving in the roof of a cop car with a flare up your arse scores more than throwing a concrete litter bin through the window of a Superdrug despite the greater degree of physical effort required for the latter, because of both the artistic merit of the act and the technical difficulty of jumping up and down without losing the flare.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:14
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Esports is good fun, I’ve been to a few events now and the atmosphere can be on par with football matches
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Jul 26, 2021 13:14
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Would be interesting seeing an Olympic darts crowd. Want to see suited IOC dignitaries waving inflatable palm trees and 180 signs
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Jul 26, 2021 13:16
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the sex ghost posted:Doing my ringwalk into Olympics chat in my shiny shirt while chase the sun plays behind me to say 'make darts an Olympic sport' Darts requires as much skill and slightly more physical prowess than shooting, so either let darts in or get shooting out.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:17
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goddamnedtwisto posted:jumping up and down without losing the flare.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:18
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Just Another Lurker posted:'Not The Nine o'clock News' did it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxXNZcIdwM The punchline of that sketch still creases me up 40 years later. It's a perfect gag.
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Jul 26, 2021 13:18
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Looke posted:Esports is good fun, I’ve been to a few events now and the atmosphere can be on par with football matches What, like confusing and frightening? 
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Jul 26, 2021 13:20
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Flayer posted:I think those are both great sports to add. The Olympics really should be more about personal prowess than things like football or rugby where winning gold will never have the status of winning a World Cup. Don't they just have rugby 7s at the Olympics? Coz that's a different sport from Union or League & Olympics Gold is by far the biggest achievement in 7s. I don't have an issue with team sports at the Olympics. TBH even football I can live with, it's fun seeing a Tournament without England & it's a chance to see the next generation of talent. I think if I had to punt sports the first thing to go would be gold: it's shite as entertainment, it's not novel coz it has regular TV coverage, it's not a major achievement to win it relative to the biggest tournaments. Same could go for tennis but tbh it seems a bigger deal to win tennis gold than golf gold. Obviously get shot of the horse dancing shite, and also rowing, sports played by toffs and gently caress them. Modern pentathlon too. I'm looking forward to watching the rock climbing because I'm not sure how sports climbing works, I assume it's a race but can't guess if it's head to head races or races against the clock.
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Communist Thoughts posted:My friend wants esports in the olympics (I think to somehow legitimise gaming as a personal pursuit rather than sumptuous indulgence ) and I know it's going to happen but I'm gonna turn into a red faced old man the second it does
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