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War Room Lounge v183: I am so fortunate I feel bad that I'm depressed

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Ah, the ol' gamer gate move. About a year ago I asked my friend, who was all in on gamergate (and pizzagate lmao XD) ''hey you know what we haven't talked about in like 4 years?....ethics in gaming journalism.'' Got eem!
I finally read about gamergate more deeply this year.

Holy fucking shit, what a disgraceful group of turds these young men are. You can definitely see the seeds of today's online environment sprouting from that "discourse."
 
Ah, the ol' gamer gate move. About a year ago I asked my friend, who was all in on gamergate (and pizzagate lmao XD) ''hey you know what we haven't talked about in like 4 years?....ethics in gaming journalism.'' Got eem!

Gamergate is one of those things that apparently was very important to some people, but that I apparently found so uninteresting that my mind is incapable of retaining any of the details about it. I've probably been told 3 or 4 times but for the life of me I can't recall anything but vague male angst.
 
I finally read about gamergate more deeply this year.

Holy fucking shit, what a disgraceful group of turds these young men are. You can definitely see the seeds of today's online environment sprouting from that "discourse."

Provide analysis please
 
Gamergate is one of those things that apparently was very important to some people, but that I apparently found so uninteresting that my mind is incapable of retaining any of the details about it. I've probably been told 3 or 4 times but for the life of me I can't recall anything but vague male angst.
It's probably the same for most of the angsty young males.
 
You know, with a lot of @Amerikuracana's posts, you can almost see where he's coming from. To give the latest example, he's right that women will absolutely disrespect you to test you, and that the current rules of engagement between men and women leave men with basically zero options. This can lead to a cycle where women will constantly and progressively berate and demean the men that they're with and instead of being checked, it gets worse and worse. It is an unconscious test that women do to men.

But where I get off the train is ''so that's why you gotta beat them from time to time. I've only beat a woman 3 times in my life. These were the most empathetic ass whoppings you've ever seen. People are saying it was more empathetic than when Jesus touched the money changers with the jab.''

And then you disagree with him, or say, well, that that's all fucking crazy, and his response is all ''I am the most normal, women hate you and this is why the white race is dying and there's so many black men on t.v. to make women want black penis.''

It's like...what the fuck?
He's not right. Women don't disrespect you to test you. They have at least two other reasons that are more likely. A:they feel taken for granted, pretty easy if you're the macho type and we know who we're discussing, and B:they're human beings having whatever bad day that all of us have from time to time that makes us say things that are mean because we're taking our self-annoyance out on someone else. I think it's almost always some sort of projection of a strong negative feeling a person is having about him/herself that makes people do shit like that and it's not unique to women.

If you have a situation where a woman is really doing it as some kind of test to see to what extent you can be browbeat, it's on you to make that determination and end the relationship with the quickness. If you confront the person without escalating and if you don't get an apology, or some explanation as to the reason for the behavior, it's probably time to move on to someone who actually loves you.
 
Speaking of Garbage Grinders, I really need to make them for dinner tonight.
 
Anybody gave any tips for knee pain issues?
My knee has been swollen and inflamed fir about 2 months. Other than sensing a stretch/strain on the outside of my left knee one day, which really took it to another level, no injury that I noticed.
I’ve had 2 bouts of steroids, which helped but only temporarily. I’ve been really nursing it the last 10 days and still a problem/. Only minor pain (usually middle of night if at all).
have another md appointment tomorrow.
I can walk but with a limp.

thoughts?
Aside from heat and ibuprofen, no. Good luck with the doctor.
 
an uncle of mine was driving somewhere in florida and his family got stuck in a trump parade.
 
Gamergate is one of those things that apparently was very important to some people, but that I apparently found so uninteresting that my mind is incapable of retaining any of the details about it. I've probably been told 3 or 4 times but for the life of me I can't recall anything but vague male angst.

There was a great deal of impotent rage and a tremendous amount of grifting; Sarkessian, Quinn and Milo to name a few. Classic culture war nonsense.
 
Stupid question maybe, but are you wearing a simple supportive sleeve-type brace any time you're up and about? This Simple Trick Helps Knees Heal Faster!
I have been. It has helped, but only to a point.
 
Well considering I'm the byproduct of an unwed teenage mother and a biker father, I got nothing.
Uh, maybe "Remember to keep your options open...."?

But seriously, sorry to hear about your childhood, man. That can't have been easy. Tends to help you grow up quick and tough if you survive though. Sometimes that's not a bad thing, especially for the people who you choose to get close to.

By the way, did I ever tell you my wife has a pic from long ago enough that it's of a guy who could be your daddy because of how much he looks like you, sitting astride a bike, looking for all the world like the prototypical Irish Thug? I will see what I can do about acquiring the evidence.
 
No word of a lie, yoga is your friend as you get older. DDP yoga if you are concerned about your test levels dropping.
A quick google search tells me DDP Yoga (which admittedly I never heard of before now) is a subscription service that looks like snake oil. Got any statistical data about results?
 
I’m going to request both at my appt tomorrow (PT referral, some scan). I don’t want to stretch Without pt direction because that is what triggered the worst of it. Losing weight is imperative.
make a compress and slap castor oil on it, wrap your knee and use it at night for a week, saran wrap it before bed cos that shit gets everywhere.i put a hot water bottle against it when watching tv, it cured my tendonitis in my elbow that had been bothering me for 9 months. worth a try.
 
You know, with a lot of @Amerikuracana's posts, you can almost see where he's coming from. To give the latest example, he's right that women will absolutely disrespect you to test you, and that the current rules of engagement between men and women leave men with basically zero options. This can lead to a cycle where women will constantly and progressively berate and demean the men that they're with and instead of being checked, it gets worse and worse. It is an unconscious test that women do to men.

I think there are some faulty male-centric suppositions embedded in this opinion. Like that the "disrespecting you to test you" is a tendency of women rather than literally all humans and that an inability to unilaterally decide conflicts leave men "zero options" (rather than just resolving them on the same bases that a woman is able to).

In my opinion, what you're describing goes both ways and it depends on the character and personalities of the persons in the relationship, not their genitals. I have (and I would assume you have) seen men who demean and dominate their female partners to the extent that they're allowed. And I've seen women do it to men. The curious and/or pathetic part is that it seems that, when the dominated or demeaned part leaves for greener pastures, the bad actor suddenly becomes a pleading, sobbing mess at which point, if the relationship continues, there's a sort of retributive switching of the roles.
 
Little princess doesn’t want his precious mouth to have tiny pieces of shit in it
That's because he already gets enough of that every time he speaks.
 
Anybody gave any tips for knee pain issues?
My knee has been swollen and inflamed fir about 2 months. Other than sensing a stretch/strain on the outside of my left knee one day, which really took it to another level, no injury that I noticed.
I’ve had 2 bouts of steroids, which helped but only temporarily. I’ve been really nursing it the last 10 days and still a problem/. Only minor pain (usually middle of night if at all).
have another md appointment tomorrow.
I can walk but with a limp.

thoughts?

I take it you've been to a physio?
I figure knee issues are usually pretty specific unless it's general arthritic pain.
I had some knee trouble after I got my kneecap kicked around the side of my leg, and the physio said it was a combination of ligament damage and my outside thigh muscles being relatively over developed from kicking. Lead to a bunch of exercises to strengthen the inner thighs.
Although I couldn't say for sure if it was that or just the time that fixed the issue.
 
Uh, maybe "Remember to keep your options open...."?

But seriously, sorry to hear about your childhood, man. That can't have been easy. Tends to help you grow up quick and tough if you survive though. Sometimes that's not a bad thing, especially for the people who you choose to get close to.

By the way, did I ever tell you my wife has a pic from long ago enough that it's of a guy who could be your daddy because of how much he looks like you, sitting astride a bike, looking for all the world like the prototypical Irish Thug? I will see what I can do about acquiring the evidence.
If I grew up today with those circumstances, I probably wouldn't have had much of a childhood. Thankfully I grew up in the 80's, the last truly free generation of children. I talk with my wife al the time about things that I did when younger than our children that there is no bloody way they would be allowed to do now. I 100% had to grow up fast, but my experience also showed me the importance providing a strong male role model to both my kids.
 
A quick google search tells me DDP Yoga (which admittedly I never heard of before now) is a subscription service that looks like snake oil. Got any statistical data about results?
Watch the resurrection of Jake Roberts
 
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