[–] PsiloTheWolf 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I shot a really big fucking bear in the mountains this morning. It ran into an alder choked hellhole ravine. I know i got the bastard, but i cant find him. So thick in there i could have walked by his carcass 3 feet away and not seen him. Pretty bummed right now. Its in the 90's out, by now the meat is spoiled. Fuck my life.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] ago
I have had the same experience, but with a golf ball. Sometimes you can be standing next to the damn thing and it's still buried. These are comparable, right? :D
[–] PsiloTheWolf 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yeah, pretty much the same thing. Might be a wee bit more butt puckering following a potentially wounded and pissed off bear into an alder jungle though.
[–] AngryAlmond 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Enjoyed a grilled cheese skillet biscuit and salad for lunch today. Made a simple (just flour, baking powder, butter and salt, since I felt like something basic, and I know my father LOVES simple biscuit bread), bread in my pan, then cut a little bit off, made a flap in it (very thick bread), put in a little provolone and mayo, and put it back in the pan for a pleasantly plain and rich grilled cheese.
Now, being a human, this was a very small portion (since the bread was so thick, just a small piece was almost 100 grams). Really just a few bites. There's something very enjoyable about making a treat, having a small amount, savouring it, then moving on. I'm convinced that fats don't really enjoy what they eat. Because, I guarantee you, if I had snarfed all of the bread and cheese in a gigantic sandwich, it wouldn't have been as special anymore. They just mindlessly inhale. Then they accuse slim people of not liking food. Excuse me? I woke up early to make myself pancakes with fresh strawberries, and topped with greek yogurt for my pre-cycling breakfast. I think I enjoy my food waaay more than a Twinkie Snarfer.
Anyways, I can't wait to suprise my dad with some biscuit bread when I meet him at the gym today. My mom cooks for him, but always behaves very put upon when doing so (but never lets anybody help her). I'd like for him to have something made with happiness for once.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] ago
I like experimenting with odd foods a lot and the Americans are very good at producing such oddities. But "biscuits" is something I have never understood. I have thought about making it a few times and then I look at the recipe ingredients and it looks fucking terrible. I had to do a search for what a grilled cheese skillet biscuit is, and again, it looks interesting, but your recipe doesn't make my mouth water. Can you help me understand the appeal of this food? Is it actually something good that comes from flour and butter? It just strikes me as being so bland. I need something to cook this weekend so convince me.
[–] PsiloTheWolf 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Good home made biscuits are good. Restaraunt biscuits are garbage. I almost never eat any kind of bread, but one exception ill make on occasion is if im at my parents house around breakfast. My mom is always trying to fatten me up. One trick i wont miss is when she makes biscuits and gravy. She uses rendered bear fat for the shortening, and elk sausage for the gravy. Its delicious. Bear fat makes fantastic biscuits and pie crusts. Excellent for making soap too.
[–] AngryAlmond 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well, for starters, they aren't my favourite, but I hadn't had them in a long time, so I was looking forward to it.
I suppose it is the very blandness and simplicity of it which appeals. The buttery saltiness is pleasant, and the texture can be enjoyable provided you don't mess up and make a crumbly flour mess. In my case, I usually eat very spiced foods, so perhaps it is the break from my 'usual'. I can't make a great case for biscuits because.. they aren't super great. If I had to eat them everyday I would detest them. I suppose it is the breaking of the norm. So, I can't really do much convincing. However, I will say that one can flavour them with dill and other spices, and perhaps add seeds or something.
That and that they are a 'comfort food'.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The funny part is that the punishment it has is to essentially demonetise the site, but Voat has already been blacklisted from every payment processor and advertiser. You're right. All they are accomplishing is showing that something here is on the money and that they are triggered.
[–] AngryAlmond 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Spoke to my fat mother about her weight today. She claims to be doing the best she can at life ( she as severe injuries), yet still won't put her fork down, and I'm sick of it. Her responses go along the lines of "I hope it gives me a heart attack" "I've given up, everyone has a breaking point" "Thanks for making me feel even worse than I already felt AngryAlmond" "I have no other pleasures in life, and you want to take this one thing away from me" "How would you do berrer handling the immense amounts of pain I'm in?" "You have no idea how much agony I am in every day" and, of course "My thyroid." (Which I called her out on as being an excuse).
She struggles with major back problems due to her injuries. News flash Mom: Being a the size of an overgrown elephant ISN'T HELPING. I am SO SICK of her going on and on about how she hates her life and how there is nothing to be done about the pain, and that's she's doing her best when she's shovelling shit into her mouth. No Mom, you're not. YES, you would still be in IMMENSE pain even if you lost weight. YES, your injuries would still be there, and life would still suck. But you don't get to bitch about it all the time if you're actively making it worse. Just because you did your therapies ten years ago doesn't mean you've done everything you can. Her outlook is basically "because I've done a lot, I can give up."
She thinks that because she puts effort into our family (which she does) that she has a free pass to moan about how awful things are and how much she hates herself. Just because you try hard and excel in some areas DOES NOT mean that you get to give up in others. It would be like if I thought that since I did such a nice job brushing my hair, that I didn't need to clip my toenails.
"I know I'm not doing a good enough job." You know what Mom, you're right. And I'm going to keep calling you out on your crap. Hating yourself doesn't give you a pass.
It is on days like today when I can't wait to be 18 and get the hell out of here.
[–] Densz 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Does she get the concept of net pain? Ie, something can cause pain to go down a little temporarily, then up a lot, permanently, thus increasing her total amount of pain?
How would you do berrer handling the immense amounts of pain I'm in?
Why, I'd stab myself with a pen to give myself even more pain, of course. That's just as logical as putting on fat to give myself even more pain. Seriously, I'd take a hot bath or do just about anything that's physically pleasurable. Being fat is the opposite of physically pleasurable. Fat people really are like drug addicts. They don't get that they have a future self.
"Thanks for making me feel even worse than I already felt AngryAlmond"
Emotional abuse. It's all your fault for making her feel bad! Her feelings are 100% caused by you! I hate people like that. Feelings are pretty much 100% under our control. They're one of the only things we control. The fact that someone cries about not getting their way always makes me hate them even more. Like, they're trying to shovel it on you.
Cant save people from themselves. Theres always one more excuse for why we are doing what we are doing.
[–] wmeth 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
We ran mock fitness tests for about a dozen of our "people". They all have their PT test next month. They all failed, except one dude. One guy, one. The rest of them ran their mile and a half in 14-18 minutes. Most of them averaged like 32 pushups in one minute. They are all in the 20-23 age range as well. It was depressing. Like really depressing.
[–] Densz 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I want to know how good my push-up ability is. Can you recommend any good websites? I've been using these. Do you agree with these standards? What number would put a 35-year-old male in the top 90% for his age group?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Physical_Fitness_Test
My standards for myself would be higher if it was my job, of course - like military or firefighting. If you need some comic relief after that, take a look at the average cop. The Thin Blue Line?
There are one or two web pages out there with percentiles charts but I can never tell if they are including or excluding the 30% who are obese. Most of them also don't break it down by age group. That's why that wikipedia page above is the best one I know of.
[–] wmeth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If you can bang out at least 50 in a minute without stopping, you're doing good. Get on the internet and look for close grip push-ups, diamond push-ups, open grip push-ups. Hit's the shoulders, chest and tris differently, then normal push-ups are easy. Also, get an ab roller. Having a strong, rigid core makes push-ups easier.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
"Why would any government deliberately want to make people worse off?" - Actual quote
Hmm. Why would people whose existence is funded by taxpayers and who face no regulatory accountability or free market forces to punish corruption be corrupt? Fucking useless government can't do something as simple as supply water without jacking prices 232% to line their pockets. Full article for any other South Aussies. Not only does SA have the highest electricity rates on the planet, we have water rates out of this world too. "Why can't people afford to have families?" they ask. Burn it all down and then claim we couldn't afford the water to stop the fire.
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Well now fuck having families and understand your government doesn't want freedom of speech. I love Americans not realizing ya'll do not have our freedom. Everyone else in the world speaks from a bubble. And we are laughing at you
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I'm not an expert. I believe the principle of it is thousands of bots try to access the site at the same time. All of their requests overload the servers which makes them unable to process all the requests. The result is the site is unusable because each site's servers are sized to handle a certain maximum of requests. Malicious people pay organisations to create these bot invasion attacks when they want a site to go down. The Privilege Checker that you see is a way for Voat to make sure that what is trying to access the site is a person and not a bot. Someone should add or correct me if I'm off the mark.
[–] HateCumbuckets 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
@Runway22L, it was a bot attack. Voat was getting up to 1 million requests a minute. Putt had to shut things down for awhile.
We regrouped on preview voat, Putt jumped into chat and let us know what was going on.
Yes Cars, you are correct, that is exactly what the privilege check is.
Edit; this isn't a failsafe, and it can be very buggy. But it's something.
[–] OwMahLeggs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Pretty much correct, except they don’t need to pay organizations to do it. DDOS software is free and readily available for anyone to use.
[–] Immortal-Object 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My obeast MIL thinks she has cancer. Told her she should get it checked and she refused cause "Doctors will weigh me reeee". She's lazy as fuck and always tells me I'm spoiled because I refuse to eat her fat fuck food (she always makes greasy food that only fat fucks eat) whenever I visit.
I got fed up with her shit and told her if she doesn't want to die anytime soon she should stop being such a fucking pig.
[–] Carsandsarcasm [S] ago
It sounds like she is obviously lying for attention or thinks the cancer will lose the weight for her. Let's hope she does have cancer and doesn't go get weighed, though.
[–] Immortal-Object 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
She is very known for lying for attention so I wouldn’t be surpised if that was the case here aswell. She just annoys me so damn much on a daily basis.