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Dec 5, 2002
Armchair Philistine
He was obsessed with Macron after getting lightly trolled in their first meeting. I'm leaning towards Iran but I'd take a side bet on France.

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Dec 5, 2002
Armchair Philistine

silvergoose posted:

playing duke3d on a lan on that football field map mp was some of the finest gaming that's ever existed

Counterpoint: Goldeneye

Complex, Licence to Kill, turbo mode, proximity mines

House rules:
No guns, slappers and mines only
Eyes on your own drat corner of the 25" TV
NO FUCKIN ODDJOB

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Dec 5, 2002
Armchair Philistine
I got my updated booster + flu shot on Sunday and it absoluteky kicked my rear end in a way that the earlier ones didn't. Knocked me flat out pretty much all day yesterday with alternating sweats and chills plus incredible fatigue. Just walking across the house would make me dizzy.

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Dec 5, 2002
Armchair Philistine

OtspIII posted:

What's the time gap between taking it and getting knocked down for those of you getting hit hard? How bad of an idea would getting the shot at noon be if I'll be working/commuting until 7:30ish?

I got my shots at 3:30, and other than the shoulder soreness I was pretty much fine until I woke up the next morning. The peak was around 24-30 hours after the shots.

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Dec 5, 2002
Armchair Philistine

Proud Christian Mom posted:

the cool part is that the real danger isnt concussions, its the thousands upon thousands of sub-concussive hits that your kid is going to take between the ages of 8 and whatever point they stop playing, which is almost definitely causing irreversible brain damage and all the symptoms including personality changes that entails. the US is basically churning out entire generations of TBI addled idiots all for the love of footbaw.

This is America, unless effect immediately, obviously, and visibly follows cause*, then causality can be dismissed entirely because who really knows, I'm just a simple country hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid

* also if I just don't like it

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Dec 5, 2002
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MA-Horus posted:

That fencing response is full on UFC head-kick knock-out level, holy gently caress

I got concussed a few years back playing rugby, head to head contact straight to my jaw. One of those hits you feel your entire jaw crunching shut on

Headaches, short term memory loss, balance and concentration issues. Told my doctor that I didn't rightfully know how many concussions I've had, between contact sports and artillery about 5-6? I've never had a healthcare provider tell me something more forcefully than that doctor told me to stop playing contact sports immediately and indefinitely


When I quit the rugby team one of the young 20yo kids told me "it's just a conky bro, I've had 4". Enjoy your liquid brain bro

Rugby likes to think of itself as the gentleman's game (or more precisely, "a thugs game played by gentleman, while soccer is a gentleman's game played by thugs") but the culture is toxic as gently caress. Not just around injuries but that's a thing too.

One of the guys from my last team died at a team party because he fell, hit his head, and they carried him upstairs to "sleep it off." I learned about this because an email blast went out asking anyone associated with the team to skip the funeral because there were some "hard feelings" with the family. Huh no poo poo.

Grip it and rip it posted:

Tua's dad did an interview where he admitted to whipping Tua with a belt when he threw interceptions. His mom seemed to be complicit with this lind of behavior. At 24 years old the person looking out for Tua's health the most is probably his agent or the Dolphins crooked medical staff

I am certain that a significant number of football parents heard that and said "wow that's dedication" in an admiring voice

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