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Pron on VHS posted:I have had a hard time watching any TV besides reruns, my brain just doesn’t want to sit and learn the plot of a new story Keep unlocking mirror powers. Extra dash and death defiance. It'll get easier. Hades is funny in that every time you pass a cliff that cliff becomes trivial.
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Jan 27, 2022 18:07
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Its Rinaldo posted:gently caress More like "Oh Fish!" 
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hifi posted:i don't really know what a company designed for VC cash/sales to a company means. they are definitely on the hype train of monthly subscriptions, selling a nebulously premium example of a normal thing and a lot of lock-in via the devices but i'd say that's all symptoms of capitalism rather than something more devious than that. Mostly it means a company trying to present growth over everything else, including profit. I have no insight into Peloton's finances, but any company looking for a buyout wants numbers like they're selling 10% more bikes than last year, forever, even though that's impossible. Peloton is for people who want to spend a poo poo load of money to get a gym class experience without having to leave their house. It was great in 2020 when nobody could go to the gym, but now that market is saturated. Not to mention that a few copycat companies sprung up.
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Peloton is probably going to be fine. They did miss the mark on how many people would move back to the gym after COVID was  over but they still have a remarkably high retention and usage rate for their equipment. Getting bought up by someone isn’t out of the question, but they’ve been around for a decade and have continued to expand their offerings in a way that doesn’t seem like a bid to get bought up to me. I do wonder if someone has the knives out for John Foley though - he is getting hit pretty hard for the disappointing last quarter or two and it may be someone trying to push him out. As an aside, it really is pretty nice equipment. My office has a couple of bikes and they’re pretty fun to ride. I set up a bike trainer so I could use their app at home and while it’s not the same, I like it more than things like TrainerRoad. I think it’s pretty easy to hate on it because it’s a piece of bougie $2K exercise equipment, but that’s the same cost as a lot of the connected smart bikes nowadays. Biking or spinning is just an expensive hobby. Also I’ll have a Frosty, thanks.
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No Bike Stuff posted:Have you considered that some people may enjoy exercising in this manner and while their business model of expansion and profitability has had impacts on their market cap, the actual product could actually be good?
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Jan 27, 2022 18:46
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If the group exercise and leaderboard/social aspect of Peloton is what gets you regularly working out, that’s great. Some people are very motivated by group exercise and rankings and stuff. Whatever gets you in the gym
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I would get back in the gym but for the deadly global virus.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:I would get back in the gym but for the deadly global virus. Are you not prepared to make the Ultimate Sacrifice at the altar of gains?
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Jan 27, 2022 19:03
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My wife really wants to reactivate our gym memberships, but keeps telling me that she's uncomfortable with me taking public transit. It's some mixed messaging for sure! Might buy myself a new kettlebell for my birthday in a couple of months, the run on new home workout equipment is mostly over right
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Jan 27, 2022 19:05
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I keep forgetting to go check out my second hand sporting goods store for a bike trainer I can just park in front of my TV and hook my road bike up to
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Jan 27, 2022 19:05
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Pron on VHS posted:If the group exercise and leaderboard/social aspect of Peloton is what gets you regularly working out, that’s great. Some people are very motivated by group exercise and rankings and stuff. Yea, personally I find it awful because I definitely wouldn’t want that experience, but there’s a lot of people who would find it very motivating.
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T-Square posted:I keep forgetting to go check out my second hand sporting goods store for a bike trainer I can just park in front of my TV and hook my road bike up to There’s an indoor trainer thread in The Great Outdoors that regularly has the scoop on trainer deals. Come, we have such sights to show you. Also if you have an REI nearby and are a member, I usually see one or two in their garage sale section.
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It's pretty easy to socially distance at the gym. I've been going regularly since around September 2020 and I'm pretty sure I've never gotten covid (if I did I was asymptomatic and never gave it to someone else) 
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Jan 27, 2022 19:18
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no, people who buy pelotons are bougie yuppie trash and that's my final word on the matter
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Jan 27, 2022 19:19
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I want to make fun of Peloton but I also really want a rowing machine so it’s just being hooked on 10 years’ ago’s hot trendy workout equipment
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Do they still make Thighmasters?
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If you support gyms, you support capitalism. Peloton is the people's exercise.
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Jan 27, 2022 19:33
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the proletariat must seize the means of sick gains
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T-Square posted:I keep forgetting to go check out my second hand sporting goods store for a bike trainer I can just park in front of my TV and hook my road bike up to When I was married, I had a recumbent exercise bike in my upstairs office. It was really relaxing to finish a day of work, put my iPad on the bike's console tray, fire up Netflix and just ride until I got through a few episodes of a sitcom or a episode of Star Trek.
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Jan 27, 2022 19:36
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Picked up something similar and it sits infront of a wall mount tv. Throw on something to watch and just pedal for an hour.
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i want one of those nordictrack ski machines from the early 90s
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BigPaddy posted:Picked up something similar and it sits infront of a wall mount tv. Throw on something to watch and just pedal for an hour. Yeah, I have this in front of my old 37 inch tv, with a xbox series s in front of it. Play an rpg for an hour at lunch while going through a course. Alaois posted:i want one of those nordictrack ski machines from the early 90s My parents have had one as a clothing rack since Clinton was in office. E: https://twitter.com/jijidraws/status/1486247073892556803 Kalli fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jan 27, 2022 |
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Alaois posted:i want one of those nordictrack ski machines from the early 90s Those things are so awkward. I remember working out on one a friend had way back when and I could barely do it. It's also huge.
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Jan 27, 2022 20:28
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As a former saxophone player (in elementary/high school) I can assure you that it is not easy to get such excellent tone from a baritone sax when you are a small person. That's impressive all on its own.
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Jan 27, 2022 20:32
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In other news, I guess they just ran out of suntan lotion a third of the way through? https://i.imgur.com/pw9sLjg.mp4
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Jan 27, 2022 20:43
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Kalli posted:In other news, I guess they just ran out of suntan lotion a third of the way through?  That’s a solid week of misery at least
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Freaquency posted:
that color.... *shudders* when I was in Hawaii recently I saw tons of big large white people all burned to a crisp and it was like they had no idea that had happened to them, still going about their day at the beach in the bright sun
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Dango Bango posted:It's pretty easy to socially distance at the gym. I've been going regularly since around September 2020 and I'm pretty sure I've never gotten covid (if I did I was asymptomatic and never gave it to someone else) Socially distancing isn’t really an anti Covid tool, especially indoors. I checked out a gym a couple times and it was people half assedly wearing cloth and paper masks while breathing heavy. Glad you didn’t get sick though.
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Play posted:no, people who buy pelotons are bougie yuppie trash and that's my final word on the matter Guilty as charged.
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Play posted:that color.... *shudders* Yeah I think there are some people who just accept a sunburn as the cost of enjoying the sun. I *still* know people who think you need to get a burn out of the way so you can get a tan which is obviously wrong on just… so many levels. I grew up at the beach and now live with a thin atmosphere and near-constant sun, I’m just going to wear sunscreen so I don’t look 70 when I’m 40.
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Freaquency posted:Yeah I think there are some people who just accept a sunburn as the cost of enjoying the sun. I *still* know people who think you need to get a burn out of the way so you can get a tan which is obviously wrong on just… so many levels. I grew up at the beach and now live with a thin atmosphere and near-constant sun, I’m just going to wear sunscreen so I don’t look 70 when I’m 40. Yeah I'll admit to loving up a few times and getting badly burned when I was younger. It took me a while to adapt because when I was a little kid I spent a ton of time outside, and because I'm an 8th Chilean Indian I would brown up very nicely and not need sunscreen at all for the rest of the summer Nowadays that I work in an office and I'm not outside all the time it is absolutely crucial or else my vacation will be ruined because I'll be in terrible pain. A year or so ago I forgot to put sunscreen on my lips when I went snowboarding in Utah on a very sunny day. They literally swelled up to twice their size, became so loving tender that eating and drinking was agony, and even started bleeding and eventually scabbing up. God that was horrible.
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I am a pasty white northerner and always wear sunscreen during the summer if I’m going to be outside for the day. Although sometimes I just don’t put enough on, one time I peeled two separate full sheets of skin off of my shins and it made a cool Saran Wrap noise and honestly it was kind of enjoyable
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GD_American posted:I want to make fun of Peloton but I also really want a rowing machine so it’s just being hooked on 10 years’ ago’s hot trendy workout equipment I want one of those Hydrow Machines so bad
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Leperflesh posted:As a former saxophone player (in elementary/high school) I can assure you that it is not easy to get such excellent tone from a baritone sax when you are a small person. That's impressive all on its own. I played sax from 4th grade up through about 5 years ago (and then a few times a year for alumni bands and stuff) and yeah... It's drat impressive. Especially so since I had the, uh, fun?, of playing the lead alto part for Tank! in one of my jazz bands 😐 Kalli posted:In other news, I guess they just ran out of suntan lotion a third of the way through? 
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I have just been swinging around a heavy iron kettlebell for the time being. I can’t wait until it warms back up again so I can get back on the bike (or I score that trainer), I want to take one last dance at motorcycle racing this year and need to get that cardio up.
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Pron on VHS posted:Also I started playing Hades, and boy do I suck rear end at video games. How do I get by Meg, I’ve died like 500 times each time nearly instantly It unfolds quickly. I can’t get through Elysium but the game is paced well enough that it doesn’t feel hopeless but challenging enough that you want to come back. It’s the best game I’ve played in awhile.
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