Oh yeah I remember that. I think the mentality was that odor might somehow distract or disgust the opponent enuogh to affect their performance. A few guys did that at the first gi BJJ tourney I went to. I know of one guy in particular that left his gi in his trunk a week after rolling in it a few times to get it…

Because free market. The Government is supposed to stay out of the way of small business, but when that small business offends republicans, it’s the democrats’ fault.

Nah, you’re not a party pooper. I enjoy the discussion.

And yeah, as you said, it’s just a story. There’s nothing to it.

Honestly, except for a few arts, I’m not a big fan of belt rankings. Most styles didn’t use belt systems until after it was popularized in the 20th century by Karate and Judo. Karate didn’t even use…

Super Japanese Martial Arts Nerd Moment.

For a long time, there’s been a story that black belts originated from all the blood, sweat and dirt accumulated on a belt from training. The belts people would wear would start white and turn black over time.

Eventually this became a symbol of someone who had trained hard, so…

I had to think back to what I was saying a few months ago, but that was kind of my point.

Not just the girls. They sexed up guys too.

That’s funny. My GF plays this game because she likes the boobs and butts.

This is why the whole discussion of the subject turns me off. The sexualization more or less doesn’t bother me too much, but it bothers you.

And you know what? That’s fine. You are entitled to your point of view. There’s no reason to shit on you for being bothered by something that doesn’t bother me.

The media is busy avoiding hard questions for Trump so they can appear fair and balanced.

In other words, they’re limp dicked assholes.

Yep. Open carry is just a way to paint a target on black people.

In other words, this isn’t about stopping white people. It’s just coded racism.

If the government did that for two days to white people there would be open revolution in the USA.

Cheers.

Here’s to hoping things get better and working towards that goal.

Don’t lose yourself in hopelessness my friend. We need you now more than ever.

This. THIS. THIIIIS.

It’s all about steering the situation to a desired outcome. Nothing more, nothing less.

The point is to provoke a response that can be twisted in the right direction.

Needle a mob until it gets out of hand. It doesn’t matter what it was standing for. As long and they an portray the people involved in a negative light, mission accomplished.

Can’t argue with that. This is a fiasco that taints everyone involved.

I was gonna say what you said. I’ve seen whiskeytango around before. Not someone worth talking to.

I think officially they don’t, but as I understand it they have some back channel ways to funnel money into the pockets of fighters they like. For instance I remember Chuck Liddel received a lot of money for “promotional” purposes. They also have the ability to steer sponsorship towards fighters.

As for CM Punk, at a…

No offence taken. I like dat Lebowski.

500k plus whatever he was paid to train since 2014. The guy wasn’t working a part time job to pay the rent while training. No one in his household was worrying about paying the bills.

He basically got paid to fail.