War Room Lounge V24: Mental Illness

[LMP]

Maghy not looking so good.

 

[Lead]

The first scene of Overlord is fucking crazy

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Catholic school or just old?

I learned cursive in public school in the city of Detroit. And yes, I am old.

 

[LMP]

What an ass beating.

 

[Trotsky]

No way. Herring didn't have anything in his toolbox to bother Brock and was looking pretty washed up at the time. I thought it was a kind of pro-wrestling still enhancement match. Lesnar was like -200 but was undervalued. Couture was a legit test, but he was old, coming off a long layoff, and undersized (and had previously left the division saying that big grapplers were too much for him). That was one where we didn't really know how good Brock was so maybe he could lose, but he seemed to have all the advantages.

I called Brock's kind of unusually strong fear of getting hit after his fight with Couture.

Herring was a MUCH worse matchup stylistically than Couture. Couture was literally the perfect matchup for Brock: an undersized, slow wrestler that doesn't shoot and doesn't have any punching power.

I was very critical/suspicious of Brock, and even I thought he had Couture in the bag. Couture's only paths to victory were via 5-round point fighting by outwrestling a bigger and stronger wrestler or outboxing a faster and more powerful fighter.

 

[Gutter Chris]

I learned cursive in public school in the city of Detroit. And yes, I am old.

Was it 1989

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Was it 1989

No, I started Kindergarten in 1981, so I probably learned cursive in 84 or 85. I think it was third grade, but I don't really remember that well.

 

[Cuauhtemoc]

Magny got destroyed

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

No, I started Kindergarten in 1981,

Late bloomer, eh?

 

[Prokofievian]

I learned cursive in the 90's. But by middle school no one used it anymore.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I learned cursive in the 90's. But by middle school no one used it anymore.

Anymore the shit's like hieroglyphics.

 

[Ruprecht]

Magny got destroyed

He never looked competitive. Took longer than I thought though after the first round.

 

[TheComebackKid]

Herring was a MUCH worse matchup stylistically than Couture. Couture was literally the perfect matchup for Brock: an undersized, slow wrestler that doesn't shoot and doesn't have any punching power.

I was very critical/suspicious of Brock, and even I thought he had Couture in the bag. Couture's only paths to victory were via 5-round point fighting by outwrestling a bigger and stronger wrestler or outboxing a faster and more powerful fighter.

I'd say the proof is in the results. Couture made the fight competitive up until the knockout whereas Herring got completely dominated from bell to bell. He got knock across the ring on the first punch and then spear tackled lol. Even with Couture's size and age his craftiness and technical ability was much more of a challenge then whatever Herring brought that night.

 

[Cuauhtemoc]

I'd say the proof is in the results. Couture made the fight competitive up until the knockout whereas Herring got completely dominated from bell to bell. He got knock across the ring on the first punch and then spear tackled lol. Even with Couture's size and age his craftiness and technical ability was much more of a challenge then whatever Herring brought that night.

I think both fights were a bit of a fluke, not because Lesnar won but because he landed standing punches. Lesnar's striking sucked and he got legit knock downs on both fights ffs. If the fight took longer I could see Lesnar getting hit and cowering in terror

He never looked competitive. Took longer than I thought though after the first round.

How good or bad is Santiago's ground game? He could've finished the fight with ground and pound multiple times. I was actually mad after the head clash because I thought he could lose due to a doctor stoppage after dominating the fight.

 

[Lord Coke]

@Cubo de Sangre

The First of the amicus briefs are here. Great history brief from my local gun group in San Diego

 

[Sketch]

Dear Papist, the Roman Catholic Church was a mix of Christianity with Roman Paganism. The founders combined pagan festivals like Saturnalia with Christian doctrine to create Christmas, for example.
There is also that:

Do you know who loves teaching cursive, right? Catholic schools. The same schools were they rape boys and where people like Kavanaugh studied. By the way, look at the supreme court. All justices are either Catholic or Jewish, coincidence? Maybe, but keep an eye on it.

I'm sorry you weren't baptized.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Herring was a MUCH worse matchup stylistically than Couture. Couture was literally the perfect matchup for Brock: an undersized, slow wrestler that doesn't shoot and doesn't have any punching power.

I was very critical/suspicious of Brock, and even I thought he had Couture in the bag. Couture's only paths to victory were via 5-round point fighting by outwrestling a bigger and stronger wrestler or outboxing a faster and more powerful fighter.

I mostly agree with what you're saying about Couture, though Brock was only 2-1 and hadn't fought any top competition yet so we didn't really know how good or bad he was, and Couture was very experienced.

 

[HereticBD]

I think both fights were a bit of a fluke, not because Lesnar won but because he landed standing punches. Lesnar's striking sucked and he got legit knock downs on both fights ffs. If the fight took longer I could see Lesnar getting hit and cowering in terror

I'll never understand this criticism of Lesnar. Yes, he does not like to get hit...by bombs thrown by guys who usually KO their opponents with similar shots. Dude has eaten punches and knees in almost every fight he's had. Couture busted him open. Mir landed a jumping knee on his dome. Hunt gave him a few decent shots. What happens with Lesnar is the same thing that happens to most fighters when they get put on queer street. They panic and cover up. Carwin rocked him. Cain rocked him. Overeem kicked his liver in. These are killers throwing killer shots, and at the very least Lesnar engages with them.

When I think of guys being fearful of getting hit, I think of fights like the Ngannou/Lewis, or Sylvia/Arlovski 3. Lesnar is not afraid to walk through hell to get a win, and he lays it all on the table. Some guys are actually fearful of getting hit, and would rather stare it out for 3-5 rounds, than put themselves in harm's way.

 

[senri]

The first scene of Overlord is fucking crazy

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[senri]

I learned cursive in the 90's. But by middle school no one used it anymore.

I find it quite elegant, used it for most of my life. Reveals a lot about the nature of a persons character when you see their dexterity.