I’m a powerlifter so picking things up and putting them down is literally what I do for fun. I hope your partner enjoys carrying around as much as I enjoy carrying her around.

12 reps of anything deadlift is respectable. You do you (not that you need my permission).

Yea, it certainly keeps me on my toes. She’s the strongest person I know, even (especially) when her illnesses have her on the ground, literally. I’m not ashamed to admit I got a little misty writing that sentence.

Exactly. I pride myself on not only being able to get 475# off the ground but being able to lower it back down under control. I can barely see while I'm doing that but still....😋

Agreed. A specific pet peeve of mine is when people put the plates on loosely and drop the bar so the plates really have room to rattle around. Barbell collars exist for a fucking reason. Secure your plates. If you need to drop the barbell every time on a deadlift in order to get the rep count you’re after, you’re…

I had to look that up to know what it was but yes, it did exactly what you suggested it might. My wife is blessed with a whole set of chronic illnesses so I think I understand what you’re saying.

Wow, that’s a lot on your shoulders. Is being pregnant as draining as I think it is? That is to say, very. What are you pursuing a PhD in?

Alright, I don't commend you. I gather Mandarin is exceptionally hard to learn and you got farther than I would have.

Unfortunately, you have to find a good gym dealer otherwise you’ll get low quality gym and that shit will mess you up. Only primo gym for me.

I’ve heard that example of Ma before and frankly it seems like a lot to learn so I commend you. I’ll stick to Latin alphabet Romance languages for now, although German, Dutch, and Russian are interesting to me.

Yea, I just proceed at my own pace and whatever happens happens. I do sometimes wonder who these people who do ~4000xp a week are.

Lol, the slow speech button is my friend sometimes so I can relate. One of the women who does recordings for the Spanish lessons is from an area where some “S”s are left silent and it really screws up my ability to tell if things are plural without inferring it from context.

You will sit in traffic on 684 in Westchester/Putnam counties New York. Except on the few random days where there is no traffic. Get comfortable with the side roads.

This is true in NY as well. My feeling is that the use of “the” is a California thing but I have no empirical evidence to back that claim.

I also utilize this during exercise. If I’m not quite feeling it for a particular exercise, I’ll say out loud to myself “you did this weight last week, it was fine, just do it” and it usually works out for me.

I somehow managed to end up on the Sapphire league (which is after Gold) and found that the leagues seem to be BS in the sense that I’m not practicing any more than I was before and am still maintaining my position in the Sapphire league. I do have my daily goal set to “insane”, which is 50xp per day, and I tend to…

I’m legitimately curious, how is it learning a tonal language from a computer?

I second this. I saw it on the list and the premise had me salivating. It combines several of my favorite things (alternative history, space travel, female badassery). I’m already several chapters in, having started reading last night. The sequel waiting for me at the end is an added bonus.

I’m glad I’m not the only one seeing this distinction. Pro-choice is about telling the government to GTFO of women’s bodies and decisions surrounding them. It’s actually a fairly Libertarian idea. “My body, my rights, my decision, nobody else even has a say, fuck off”

So you’re saying I should have intervened that time I saw a “personal trainer” teaching someone how to deadlift with ZERO attention to their scared cat back and the 2x bodyweight on the bar? Dude should have been learning form with a PVC pipe or an empty bar not pulling 225 on the first go. I didn’t say anything…