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Brawnfire posted:A penny farthing with chainsaws coming out of the spokes of the bigwheel, just cutting through swathes of undead until one of them gets lodged under the tire and the rider goes flying to his death Hang on, the "bigwheel" already has a designated name. That's where the name penny-farthing comes from. You clown. Otherwise yeah, that would be pretty sick.
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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:World War Z: a mix of totally realistic zombie scenarios and also a katana wielding hikikomori and his blind sensei. I only read that book once back in like 2007 or so when my taste was even worse then it is now(and even then I thought it was kind of lame) but didn't WWZ have a section on Israel where not only is Israel the only country in the middle-east that escapes fairly unscathed from the zombie apocalypse and is implied to go on to become a global superpower afterwards but they also like allow Palestinians and Arab refugees into their country out of the goodness of their hearts or whatever? Like the Arab/Muslim refugees are shocked by how nice and generous the Israelis are or some poo poo. I think there was a small mention of certain Jewish religious extremists being pissed about this but it lasts all of a single page and the rest is just the cool IDF narrator talking about how badass AND generous the Israelis are.
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May 25, 2022 11:55
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Cannibal Llama posted:I only read that book once back in like 2007 or so when my taste was even worse then it is now(and even then I thought it was kind of lame) but didn't WWZ have a section on Israel where not only is Israel the only country in the middle-east that escapes fairly unscathed from the zombie apocalypse and is implied to go on to become a global superpower afterwards but they also like allow Palestinians and Arab refugees into their country out of the goodness of their hearts or whatever? Like the Arab/Muslim refugees are shocked by how nice and generous the Israelis are or some poo poo. All I remember is the woman who got rich afterwards by inventing houses on stilts, and that nobody knows what happened in North Korea, everyone just vanished.
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Cannibal Llama posted:I only read that book once back in like 2007 or so when my taste was even worse then it is now(and even then I thought it was kind of lame) but didn't WWZ have a section on Israel where not only is Israel the only country in the middle-east that escapes fairly unscathed from the zombie apocalypse and is implied to go on to become a global superpower afterwards but they also like allow Palestinians and Arab refugees into their country out of the goodness of their hearts or whatever? Like the Arab/Muslim refugees are shocked by how nice and generous the Israelis are or some poo poo. As I remember it, yes. Very very funny stuff
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I loved WWZ at the time, but haven't revisited it. I can say his recent Sasquatch book was terrible though.
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May 25, 2022 12:42
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the_steve posted:All I remember is the woman who got rich afterwards by inventing houses on stilts, and that nobody knows what happened in North Korea, everyone just vanished. Baba Yaga stolen valor, smdh 
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May 25, 2022 13:21
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WWZ was always terrible and nerds just pretended it was different than any other generic 'brave operator does cool military badass things' slop because there'd be like one chapter where there was kinda a funny bit about a local mayor or something. Every other chapter was just generic 'A BAD rear end SEAL TEAM OF SOLDIERS SHOWED THOSE EGGHEADS WHAT FOR BY BLASTIN ZOMBIES' or 'YOU JUST NEED TO BE TACTICAL TO SURVIVE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A TOTALLY USELESS DORK AS LONG AS YOU'RE TACTICAL'
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WWZ is a real grab bag but there are some great bits in it. It's just that the cringe really stands out.
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Analytic Engine posted:Baba Yaga stolen valor, smdh Now I wanna see Baba Yaga's hut go full raptor on a bunch of zombies. I am easily influenced.
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Brawnfire posted:Twilight with zombies In addition to Warm Bodies, there's a Disney Channel show just called "Zombies" which is this exact premise. Although it has teen zombies and doesn't explain if they've been teens for decades or if zombies gently caress.
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Never read the World War Z book, but the movie was dumb and had a lot of dumb things.
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The movie and the book basically share a title.
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Disco Pope posted:In addition to Warm Bodies, there's a Disney Channel show just called "Zombies" which is this exact premise. Although it has teen zombies and doesn't explain if they've been teens for decades or if zombies gently caress. The, 'Hi, how are you?/Nailed it' line was great, honestly.
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Page 697 of this thread hasn't aged particularly well. Calories in, calories out, it's just thermodynamics, and weight loss is as easy as weighing your food is... I don't have a eating disorder but imagining my friends who do coming across that page. Oof.
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Torquemada posted:Exactly, you can lose weight eating anything. Just eat less than you expend . Oh yeah shove that completely blind to how eating disorders work poo poo right into my viens. I think this guy still posts even mandatory lesbian has a new favorite as of 00:33 on May 26, 2022 |
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Applying the thread title to the thread itself and then explaining it? I guess that means you endorse it.
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Goons? With bad ideas about food and health? I don't believe you!
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I'm usa-pilled so I learned a little thing called "personal responsibility" that the dirty poors refuse to understand
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Fighting Trousers posted:The movie and the book basically share a title. No basically about it, they *definitely* share a title
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For the Love of Him by Bobbi Martin This powerful song about acquiescing to your emotionally manipulative husband's every need at all times and that's all you should think about when you are and when you are not doting on him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVL1SvMfxnI My dad had like this Great Hits of the 60s (or 70s or whatever) and this song was on it. I used to listen to it and I really liked it. When I was in my twenties I downloaded it and actually listened to the lyrics for the first time and haha holy poo poo what a hosed up song. Here are the lyrics: When he opens the door Says, "I'm home" Be aware of the look in his eyes They tell you the mood he's in What kind of day it's been Chorus: For the love of him Make him your reason for living Give all the love you can give him All the love you can There'll be times when he won't say a word And you wonder if it's something you said The gentle touch of your hand Tells him you understand chorus Little things he forgets to do Have you told him today I love you? When he reaches out be there Show him that someone cares He's a man and a man has to try Let him run, let him fall, let him cry His world won't fall apart If you take him into your arms chorus, chorus, chorus... credburn has a new favorite as of 01:41 on May 26, 2022 |
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alpha_destroy posted:Page 697 of this thread hasn't aged particularly well. Calories in, calories out, it's just thermodynamics, and weight loss is as easy as weighing your food is... I don't have a eating disorder but imagining my friends who do coming across that page. Oof. yeah I like the part where the law of physics cease to apply to the human body and that's a completely rational thing to argue also like 90% of that page is about demonizing how insane amounts of sugar consumption is typical, and how that's responsible for far more weight problems then trans fats ever were. pentyne has a new favorite as of 01:54 on May 26, 2022 |
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credburn posted:For the Love of Him by Bobbi Martin That song sounds it's deliberately trying to fool you into believing it's a Dusty Springfield song. In particular, the structure reminds me of Goin' Back.
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With the poo poo with Josh Duggar, and in the near years if any more victims from that poo poo family come out, do you think the entire X Kids and Counting is going to be an entire badly aged thing? Is it yet?
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Maybe showing my ignorance but (eating disorder talk) isn't calories in/calories out a relatively accurate way of looking at the base mechanics of how body fat works? I could understand if it's not a a helpful thing to say when talking about weight loss unless you're mentioning it to someone who's bought in to weird gimmick diets, but isn't it true with some massive caveats? Namely that people's brains pretty much refuses to look at food in terms of calories and often create minor obsessive behaviors (not counting much more severe eating disorders) in response to attempts to diet, that people cutting calories often naturally reduce their physical activity, and that cutting calories without good nutrition can cause blood glucose levels to drop too much which makes it harder to think, severely exacerbating the first two issues in addition to having a large impact on quality of life. I can understand if I'm a goon with bad ideas about food and health lmao I'm just wondering if this is me having crazy ideas or if it's just a "be very careful how you phrase something that could be interpreted as 'eat less to lose weight'" thing.
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Count Uvula posted:Maybe showing my ignorance but (eating disorder talk) isn't calories in/calories out a relatively accurate way of looking at the base mechanics of how body fat works? Yeah pretty much. Lets say you eat 2400 calories a day, and your body uses 2300. So you have 100 calories extra, causing weight gain. You decide to reduce your calorie intake to say, 2200 so you should theoretically be in a calorie deficit, and cause weight loss. Only oops, your body goes "oh poo poo, fewer calories? Time to slow down body processes!" and now you're using 2100 calories/day. Hey look, no actual calorie deficit. Or you'll lose muscle instead of fat, or your body will suddenly absorb more of the calories you consume in a day instead of just letting them pass through you. There are an incredible array of variables in weight gain+loss to the point where nobody actually knows what the gently caress goes on inside the body. Lots of assumptions and generalizations are made, and many many opinions on why people can't lose weight is often boiled down to "personal failure". Your body has evolved over millions of years to store energy and will do everything in its power to avoid losing fat.
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Anything over 2000/day is maintenance, so the problem is thinking cutting a mere 100 a day is going to do anything if you're still eating 2200. Hack it down to 1400 and magically weight will drop.
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Byzantine posted:Anything over 2000/day is maintenance Isn't somebody 6' tall going to have a hugely higher maintenance calorie level than a person who's identical outside of being 5' tall, since the amount of cells that require energy to maintain is going up in a non-linear fashion? 
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Byzantine posted:Anything over 2000/day is maintenance, so the problem is thinking cutting a mere 100 a day is going to do anything if you're still eating 2200. It was an example, don't be pedantic. Dropping calorie intake by 1000 a day is not sustainable. Theres a reason something like 98% of people who diet put all of their weight back on within 5-10 years
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Count Uvula posted:Isn't somebody 6' tall going to have a hugely higher maintenance calorie level than a person who's identical outside of being 5' tall, since the amount of cells that require energy to maintain is going up in a non-linear fashion? No. There is a difference, but it's not a huge one. The difference between a 5' man and a 6' man of the same weight is like 250 calories per day. Sure, if you're The Rock you need 5,000 calories a day just to maintain, but you aren't The Rock. Fashionable Jorts posted:It was an example, don't be pedantic. Ok, but that's still "calories in, calories out". You aren't absorbing weight from the dark energy that powers the expansion of the universe, you're eating more calories than you burn. Byzantine has a new favorite as of 06:36 on May 26, 2022 |
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Yeah, in a broad sense Calories In/Calories Out is true and thermodynamics does apply but your body actually has a decent amount of wiggle room on the calories out side of things so that's potentially a lot more complicated than it sounds at first.
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If your 'beep boop calories' argument doesn't take into account how 95% of all diets fail because of human factors then it's pointless pedantic bullshit that helps no one. Might as well just change your name to Richard Dawkins or deGrasse Tyson and go post on Twitter about it.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:If your 'beep boop calories' argument doesn't take into account how 95% of all diets fail because of human factors then it's pointless pedantic bullshit that helps no one. Human factors like what? Can you name some? Some metabolic reason that diets "fail" at a 98% rate? Outside of diagnosed medical conditions that gently caress up your metabolism and body regulation it absolutely is exercise+food intake that controls weight and pretending like it's some arcane science that can never be solved because so many people fail is the kind of poo poo people scream at a doctor telling them they need to lose 10% of the body weight because their joints are dissolving. pentyne has a new favorite as of 07:29 on May 26, 2022 |
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pentyne posted:Outside of diagnosable medical conditions that gently caress up your metabolism and body regulation it absolutely is exercise+food intake that controls weight and pretending like it's some arcane science that can never be solved because so many people fail is the kind of poo poo people scream at a doctor telling them they need to lose 10% of the body weight because their joints are dissolving. Fashionable Jorts posted:Lots of assumptions and generalizations are made, and many many opinions on why people can't lose weight is often boiled down to "personal failure".
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Goons? With bad ideas about food and health? I don't believe you! Can we go back to talking about dragonball z or something? It's far less poo poo of a topic.
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pentyne posted:Human factors like what? Can you name some? Some metabolic reason that diets "fail" at a 98% rate? 
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Guess we found the Torquemada rereg
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pentyne posted:Human factors like what? Can you name some? Some metabolic reason that diets "fail" at a 98% rate?
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pentyne posted:Human factors like what? Can you name some? Some metabolic reason that diets "fail" at a 98% rate? Human factors like being human and not a bomb calorimeter.  People aren't mindless machines and trying to treat them like they are is going to fail. And apparently it fails around 95% of the time. If your big idea fails 95% of the time, then it's a bad idea and we need to try something else. Brought to you by "Why don't addicts just stop doing drugs" Megillah Gorilla has a new favorite as of 08:28 on May 26, 2022 |
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alpha_destroy posted:Page 697 of this thread hasn't aged particularly well. Calories in, calories out, it's just thermodynamics, and weight loss is as easy as weighing your food is... I don't have a eating disorder but imagining my friends who do coming across that page. Oof. this is a beautiful post, Eris’ apple for a modern era
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