War Room Lounge v140:(redacted)

[Sketch]

Done boxing, TKD and a little BJJ.

Boxing I've found to be the most adaptable to street fights

Boxing is king on the street. You're less likely to fall over, aka less likely to be stomped or soccer kicked into oblivion. For whatever reason boxers are able to throw KO punches multiple times a second too which far outweighs a strong kick here and there.

 

[Trotsky]

Sure. That makes sense. All these murders are in a few gang ridden blocks, not spread throughout the city. Same with Milwaukee, which has the same gangs as Chicago and is similar to Chicago with a "dilution" of stats.

I've lived in both St. Louis and Chicago. The biggest difference to me is the utter isolation and rot of North St. Louis, where most of the crime is. Even the "worst" neighborhoods in Chicago are tied into the city through the public transit system and look pretty nice. There aren't dilapidated buildings or anything. If you search "Fuller Park," you might get a few abandoned buildings, but you also get a lot of nice, well-kept apartments and nice public infrastructure. Money is still going in and out of those neighborhoods.

Meanwhile, the highest crime neighborhoods in North City are completely cut off (there isn't a great local rail system for St. Louis) and look like something from another country. Literally, Syrian refugees were resettled in North City and were appalled by the roaches, rats, and rot, saying it was far worse than in Syria. There are neighborhoods in North City where the median household annual income is less than $15,000, where unemployment is usually 2-3 times the national average, and where not so much as an unbroken sidewalk tile is afforded to you. And it's not unrelated to the independent city designation, which began before the flight of manufacturing and white residents and was for the purpose of keeping white tax dollars away from black communities. The groups' locations switched but the effect did not. I think St. Louis' crime problem is very overstated, but I think North St. Louis is a legitimate humanitarian crisis.

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

I'm assuming this is in your wheelhouse. Is there a resource you recommend that discusses this stuff? I've always believed that blowing off steam helps.

FWIW I've also read that catharsis is bullshit, but not in the context of aggression.

Of course the studies on that kind of thing tend to be bullshit as well, so choose your sandwich I guess.

 

[Trotsky]

Philadelphia is it's own county as well.

Apparently Philly is a consolidated city-county so the separation is only in name, and they exist as separate political units but not separate administrative units:

In the United States, an independent city is a city that is not in the territory of any county or counties, with certain exceptions. Independent cities are classified by the United States Census Bureau as "county equivalents", and may also have similar governmental powers as a consolidated city-county. However in the case of a consolidated city-county, a city and a county were merged into a unified jurisdiction in which the county at least nominally exists to this day, whereas an independent city was legally separated from any county or merged with a county that simultaneously ceased to exist even in name.

Of the 41 independent U.S. cities,[1] 38 are in Virginia, whose state constitution makes them a special case. The three independent cities outside Virginia are Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada. The most populous of them is Baltimore, Maryland.

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An independent city is not the same as:

• A consolidated city-county (such as San Francisco, Philadelphia, or Denver), in which the city and county (or, as in Louisiana, a parish; or as in Alaska, a borough) governments have been merged (in some cases, the city takes up all the land within the county's boundaries, while in other cases, several other independent incorporated communities exist). A consolidated city-county differs from an independent city in that the city and county both nominally exist, although they have a consolidated government, whereas in an independent city, the county does not even nominally exist.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)

 

[BEER]

Provolone or American.

Don't let any south Philly degenerates tell you differently.

Provolone or fuck off.

American is awful.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Well this is an interesting sub


https://old.reddit.com/r/grandpajoehate/

 

[BEER]

Well this is an interesting sub


https://old.reddit.com/r/grandpajoehate/

I mean Grandpa Joe was a bedridden freeloading piece of shit until his grandson got a golden ticket to a chocolate factory, and then suddenly the invalid fuck could walk and function again?

He's what's wrong with the welfare state.

 

[Mamba Mentality]

Listen here Palis, you pulled the ultimate bitch move of reporting me to the mods because I called you a mean name and it hurt your feelings. Whenever you engage me or anyone else on this forum and try to play it like you're a badass I think everyone should know that you're a whiny dripping cunt. Thanks, drive through, and enjoy a parting gift...

Never heard of you.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Had a great workout. I let my hatred for leftist scum motivate me in knocking out a couple additional reps.

Might take up muay Thai....this year assuming gyms reopen

Muay Thai is awesome.

I’m not a big fan of hatred but if it motivates you in a positive direction then we’ll chalk it up as a net positive.

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

If my stonks tanked as fast as Grandpa Joe's I'd probably become a bed-ridden chocolate fiend too tbh.

 

[Trotsky]

I'm not sure what is a worse reflection on humanity, that that "Democrats celebrate COVID deaths" thread exists and that people are actually delusional enough to think that wanting to save lives or wanting policies that cost lives to be reprimanded amounts to celebrating death, or that this piece of shit post got 60 likes:

When you hate the president more than you love the country you will cheer for and celebrate bad news.

 

[tonni]

The Masked Singer is such a disgusting show.

First time I ever saw it, outside of commercials. The intro is pure "Idiocracy". Which rich celebrity is behind the mask? Will the other rich celebrities on the panel guess it right? Oh' my God, one got it right last week!

Good Lord.

All these “celebrity talent shows” are peak dystopia.

 

[tonni]

I'm not sure what is a worse reflection on humanity, that that "Democrats celebrate COVID deaths" thread exists and that people are actually delusional enough to think that wanting to save lives or wanting policies that cost lives to be reprimanded amounts to celebrating death, or that this piece of shit post got 60 likes:

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It’s one of the weirdest right wing talking points, no offense @Social Distance Warrior . People post a graph show infections rising and the logical conclusion is left wingers are celebrating it...by being outraged about it?



It’s mostly likely a reflection on how a lot of right wingers’ thinking works, they just automatically think “celebrate” when there’s mistakes made by the other side, no matter the consequences of these mistakes.

 

[Limbo Pete]

I vote Master Blaster

Spoiler

Pretty sure that's just a pic of @Sara and @Gregolian

 

[Trotsky]

It’s one of the weirdest right wing talking points, no offense @Social Distance Warrior . People post a graph show infections rising and the logical conclusion is left wingers are celebrating it...by being outraged about it?



It’s mostly likely a reflection on how a lot of right wingers’ thinking works, they just automatically think “celebrate” when there’s mistakes made by the other side, no matter the consequences of these mistakes.

I mean...even that explanation doesn't reconcile it, though, since Democrats aren't making a mistake in pointing to the enormous costs of bad Republican inaction and dishonesty. They're in fact pointing out Republicans' mistakes. If Trump had taken the virus seriously and issued national shutdown orders, the infection rates might actually be remotely similar to every other comparable country.

 

[tonni]

I mean...even that explanation doesn't reconcile it, though, since Democrats aren't making a mistake in pointing to the enormous costs of bad Republican inaction and dishonesty. They're in fact pointing out Republicans' mistakes. If Trump had taken the virus seriously and issued national shutdown orders, the infection rates might actually be remotely similar to every other comparable country.

What I meant is that they would react in a celebratory fashion if the turntables.

They feel joy when the other side fucks up, no matter how, because it gives them an opportunity to boost the narrative. They’re extremely reactionary, and they project it on everyone. Biggest Freudian slip.

 

[tonni]

He's a real piece of shit, and also probably autistic, but that's very in right now.

 

[tonni]

I actually like @Social Distance Warrior even though he’s an acronym fetishist.

 

[Joe]

I'm not sure what is a worse reflection on humanity, that that "Democrats celebrate COVID deaths" thread exists and that people are actually delusional enough to think that wanting to save lives or wanting policies that cost lives to be reprimanded amounts to celebrating death, or that this piece of shit post got 60 likes:

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Imagine being so delusional you don't see 133,000 deaths and the millions of cases. You just go look at all this tds.

 

[Fawlty]

I actually like @Social Distance Warrior even though he’s an acronym fetishist.

To be fair to you though, if a man walked up to you at midnight and offered you a piece of candy, you'd follow him back to a lair in the forest where they cut out people's brains.