War Room Lounge v67: Is Australia Real?

[spin]

They would be for me too, in theory, but I’m having a good time with friends so I just try to focus on that. If I went every week, and he did it every week, it’s something else.

haha, when i'm with a friend or a training partner(s), i always tell people to fuck off before they even get a chance to say what they wanted to say.

its almost always female companions, and they appreciate it so they don't have to be the mean one. plus, i'll be damned if anyone's gonna patronize me in front of them.

 

[spin]

If you ever road trip well into France, go to the forest of Fontainebleau. Some of the very best bouldering in the world, from what I read/hear.

i might be going to France within the year. very good to know.

 

[senri]

I used to. Built a couple of garage walls and have had memberships at a couple nice bouldering facilities. I much prefer finding my own bouldering areas outside or road tripping to Bishop, California or random beaches on the US West Coast (beach bouldering is like the greatest thing in the universe).

Ha, dynamic climbing is fun but it's good for beginners to learn to climb statically first. You learn how to use your feet and explore balance in lots of different positions. But that dude does sound like a total douche. Unusual for climbers to have that attitude, you got unlucky I think. Most are really chill and supportive. 6A isn't bad at all for beginning, though that's considered by many to be the "start" of bouldering grades. There are 6A boulders on real stone that would have gym dudes shitting their pants. I was barely into grade 7 on my best days so I don't worry about the grades except as a broad category of like "easy," "possible," "hard," "fuck that shit," etc. The movement is the best thing.

I'm okay with boycotting over skinny ponytail guys though. That's just not cool.

A man who trains the body. How wonderful. A tight grip stimulates the nervous system.....

 

[Fawlty]

i might be going to France within the year. very good to know.

It's just south of Paris. Families go there to boulder, like grandparents and grandkids. It's like a whole big subculture.

 

[tonni]

haha, when i'm with a friend or a training partner(s), i always tell people to fuck off before they even get a chance to say what they wanted to say.

its almost always female companions, and they appreciate it so they don't have to be the mean one. plus, i'll be damned if anyone's gonna patronize me in front of them.

It was just directed at me and it was funny at first and in hindsight. It’s funny how some don’t realize girls don’t like them.

 

[Ruprecht]

Hah, spamming is the topic and all of a sudden a spammer account appears.
Makes me wonder if @geralddamsey is actually one of the regular trolls online roleplaying as a spammer.
Wouldn't even be a first...

 

[Fawlty]

@Limbo Pete I'm getting all nostalgic about OR bouldering again goddammit. Scoped out developments at my old haunt in the hills above Ashland, and looks like nearly all of the boulders I spent days/weeks lovingly scrubbing free of moss and stuff are now almost totally overgrown again. One of the boulders is literally underground now lol. Erosion is a cruel mistress.

But I did find this gem on some guy's blog, which perfectly captures the boulder problem that I considered my own little masterpiece. It's not all that hard, but it spits off everybody and the landing is . Of course I used to taunt people by cruising it in my tennis shoes, for value.

Spoiler

 

[spin]

It was just directed at me and it was funny at first and in hindsight. It’s funny how some don’t realize girls don’t like them.

i dealt with it a lot being a circus person training in public, so now i just shut it down right away.

i might be training with or teaching someone in actual, difficult, partner acrobatics in public , and some acro-yoga man or woman-child pothead hipster loudmouth fuckhead inserts themselves and wants to give their highly incorrect two cents on how we should be doing it. now i've got to take time out of our training to explain to these morons why they should die in a fire.

so now, i tell everyone to fuck off early.







i hate the yoga community, so, so much.

 

[Limbo Pete]

@Limbo Pete I'm getting all nostalgic about OR bouldering again goddammit. Scoped out developments at my old haunt in the hills above Ashland, and looks like nearly all of the boulders I spent days/weeks lovingly scrubbing free of moss and stuff are now almost totally overgrown again. One of the boulders is literally underground now lol. Erosion is a cruel mistress.

But I did find this gem on some guy's blog, which perfectly captures the boulder problem that I considered my own little masterpiece. It's not all that hard, but it spits off everybody and the landing is . Of course I used to taunt people by cruising it in my tennis shoes, for value.

Spoiler

Duuuuuude, i've been really missing it lately as well. The climbing gyms here are all lousy with awful, awful hipsters... but i'm seriously considering trying to get back into it a bit. Nightmarishly bad hipster scene, though.
My wife and I were at a place up the river called Government Cove a few weeks ago, and it had some pretty sweet looking faces. Looked it up and apparently it's a known climbing spot.

 

[Ruprecht]

i hate the yoga community, so, so much.

It shows!
Can't say I've noticed them being obnoxious, but then I've only run into them when I was training with friends in the local parklands and everyone tends to keep to themselves.

 

[spin]

It shows!
Can't say I've noticed them being obnoxious, but then I've only run into them when I was training with friends in the local parklands and everyone tends to keep to themselves.

my home base is Socal. so its the hub of all the instagram famous and wannabe yoga community.

the most obnoxious of the most obnoxious.

 

[Ruprecht]

my home base is Socal. so its the hub of all the instagram famous and wannabe yoga community.

the most obnoxious of the most obnoxious.

Hah! Yeah, funny how that (Socal-yoga-instagram-wannabe) brings to mind a certain stereotype and I don't know any of these people or anything about them.
I guess there's pretentious poseurs in all walks of life.

 

[spin]

Hah! Yeah, funny how that (Socal-yoga-instagram-wannabe) brings to mind a certain stereotype and I don't know any of these people or anything about them.
I guess there's pretentious poseurs in all walks of life.

it'd be hilarious if they weren't constantly crashing in to my lane.

 

[tonni]

i dealt with it a lot being a circus person training in public, so now i just shut it down right away.

i might be training with or teaching someone in actual, difficult, partner acrobatics in public , and some acro-yoga man or woman-child pothead hipster loudmouth fuckhead inserts themselves and wants to give their highly incorrect two cents on how we should be doing it. now i've got to take time out of our training to explain to these morons why they should die in a fire.

so now, i tell everyone to fuck off early.







i hate the yoga community, so, so much.

Oh, yeah, I don’t do yoga because I don’t like anything about it. I’m sure to not say it out loud with yoga people around because they almost always say ‘yoga can be pretty intense you know’ and they just don’t let it go.

Also, literally anyone can teach yoga here, it’s not a protected profession, so I’d rather do something that has some oversight in it.

We don't have that big off a "fuck off" culture here. I'm sometimes considered rude because I (try to) disengage annoying people.

 

[tonni]

This thread is extra funny because for a long time, a lot of Americans didn't think Belgium was a real country.

 

[senri]

This thread is extra funny because for a long time, a lot of Americans didn't think Belgium was a real country.

Belgium does have quite the delicious specimens for some reason. Never could figure out why, nothing to profound in the area in comparison to other places in Europe.

 

[tonni]

Belgium does have quite the delicious specimens for some reason. Never could figure out why, nothing to profound in the area in comparison to other places in Europe.

 

[spin]

Oh, yeah, I don’t do yoga because I don’t like anything about it. I’m sure to not say it out loud with yoga people around because they almost always say ‘yoga can be pretty intense you know’ and they just don’t let it go.

Also, literally anyone can teach yoga here, it’s not a protected profession, so I’d rather do something that has some oversight in it.

We don't have that big off a "fuck off" culture here. I'm sometimes considered rude because I (try to) disengage annoying people.

anyone can teach yoga here too. its such big business here that all the dance studios and many of the gymnastic gyms have yoga classes.

and i'm fairly sure its considered rude here, thats why i do it.
i dont like to leave any misunderstandings

 

[tonni]

anyone can teach yoga here too. its such big business here that all the dance studios and many of the gymnastic gyms have yoga classes.

and i'm fairly sure its considered rude here, thats why i do it.
i dont like to leave any misunderstandings

My goal for this week is to be rude to people I don't like.

 

[senri]