War Room Lounge v148: all tip and no shaft

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"Gold is worth a lot and is useful"

Lounge: Nuh uh, actually it's not [youtube=xyzfart] and Paul McBeth isn't the best disc golfer.
 
Limbo Pete said:
Tigers are pretty much hard wired to stealth hunt, too. Masters of it, no doubt. But they aren't interested in getting hurt.
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Kinda like elite grapplers who realize they don't enjoy getting hit in the face?
 
Fawlty Elizabeth said:
That seems right. Bears are able to handle huge chunks of flesh being torn off them in a way that most animals aren't. It's artery or bust.
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Bears' toughness is underrated. They're like big ass wolverines or badgers.

Here's a smallish tiger trying to kill a tiny sloth bear and failing



Also, I've read that while polar bears are the biggest, Kodiak bears might be the most badass because they're a little stronger and far more aggressive.
 
Possum Jenkins said:
Gorillas are the Ron Waterman of animals. All muscle, little fight.

Actually, more like zero fight. I've never once see a gorilla fight where there's true damage. They tend to scream and puff up and maybe flail their arms a little bit but that's it.



Always found it bizarre that they're so highly regarded.
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I want to hug a gorilla so fucking badly.
 
Fawlty Elizabeth said:
For a while, I thought that this behavior was because people are attracted to certain narratives, especially the one of the ideal person who magically overcomes the odds because of his hero aura.

But the more of these things I see in action or notice in my own thinking, the more I suspect it's just because people are superstitious and a bit stupid.
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The way I look at it, we're in a kind of cave and it's pitch black outside. Some people think, "I'm big and strong and I can take whatever is out there," and others think, "I need to make sure I have good weapons and a lot of armor and some backup before I step out." People in that first group might not be weaker, but they're a lot more likely to get eaten by the bears that are waiting for them to step out.

In the same way, intelligence isn't much of a defense against error. If we collectively relied on intelligence, we'd be extinct very quickly. We've luckily evolved the ability to copy people and the ability to discern who is worth copying and then beyond that a body of knowledge and then tools for expanding that body of knowledge.
 
PalmaSoriano said:
Im actually in Palm Beach, very close to Mar-A-Lago. I drive down a street everyday where AF1 is clear as day only protected by a couple buses. But yes I was born an island boy and that’s my passion
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Have you ever been to Blowing rocks preserve , it was one of my favourite places down there and not many people had heard of it , at least not back when I lived there , really beautiful spot

 
AnGrYcRoW said:
Have you ever been to Blowing rocks preserve , it was one of my favourite places down there and not many people had heard of it , at least not back when I lived there , really beautiful spot

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Yes! On Jupiter, very beautiful place. My favorite rock/beach combo are the Baths in the BVI. Simply stunningly beautiful


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Fawlty Elizabeth said:
"Gold is worth a lot and is useful"

Lounge: Nuh uh, actually it's not [youtube=xyzfart] and Paul McBeth isn't the best disc golfer.
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Where do you think you would be ranked in a global ranking of all disc golf players? Both percentage wise and in absolute figures?
 
Trotsky said:
I want to hug a gorilla so fucking badly.
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I find all great apes ugly as shit. I think they're so close to humans that I see them as misshapen, deformed humans instead of their own animal.

Having said that, a gorilla would probably hug you back. Much more likely to than chimps at least, who are legit psychos and truly will gnaw your face off. Chimp aggression + gorilla body = game over for everyone.
 
Possum Jenkins said:
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I find all great apes ugly as shit. I think they're so close to humans that I see them as misshapen, deformed humans instead of their own animal.

Having said that, a gorilla would probably hug you back. Much more likely to than chimps at least, who are legit psychos and truly will gnaw your face off. Chimp aggression + gorilla body = game over for everyone.
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I want to hug a gorilla and an orangutan, although the latter looks smelly. Orangutans are very non aggressive too, except that they do bite sometimes.

Chimps do nothing for me and, as you said, they're aggressive and scary. I have a friend who works with chimps, though, and apparently that's a stigma they try to fight.

Gutter Chris said:
Make friends with someone who works at a zoo and make your dreams come true
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Zoos are very strict about that.
 
JDragon said:
Where do you think you would be ranked in a global ranking of all disc golf players? Both percentage wise and in absolute figures?
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Uh, I don't know. I have a general idea that I'm good for a first-year player, and I'm not a nob or a natural.

The average rating of PDGA members (a self-selected group of about 150,000 who take the game seriously and who are significantly better than non-PDGA members) is about 900, and my rounds are only sometimes at that level. So I'm below average for serious players.

I would be a "recreational" (amateur-3) player who is getting close to "intermediate" (amateur-2) and at least a year or two away from "advanced" (amateur-1).

Really good natural players would be solid intermediate level players by the end of their first year, and prodigies might hit "advanced."
 
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