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What are the chances we've been visited by intelligent space aliens?

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Crazy Diamond said:
How do you mean head scratcher? And is he living the dream as a "Former UFC Fighter"?
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Head scratcher as in, "how does a legit 6'6" man make middleweight?” He is thin but it’s not like he looks emaciated.

He seems like he’s living the Dream. He’s far from the richest person I know but he’s got a loving family and always seems happy. Seems like he loves fighting, hopefully he hasn’t or won’t incur any injuries that effect him too badly especially now that he’s into the bare knuckle stuff.
 
Higus said:
I met Ben Saunders in person. I'm stocky 5'9 walking around 190 at the time. He was ridiculously big guy for fighting at 170lbs. I think he might have been 6'2", 6'3" with a pretty big frame. EDIT: I also met Rory McDonald minutes before that. He was about as tall, but with a much slimmer frame.
I also met Pat Barry. He was maybe a bit taller than me but built like a fucking vending machine.
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I've met two non-regional fighters. One was Tim Carpenter, who was immense (6'3"). The other was Frankie Edgar, who was very much not.
 
Higus said:
I met Ben Saunders in person. I'm stocky 5'9 walking around 190 at the time. He was ridiculously big guy for fighting at 170lbs. I think he might have been 6'2", 6'3" with a pretty big frame. EDIT: I also met Rory McDonald minutes before that. He was about as tall, but with a much slimmer frame.
I also met Pat Barry. He was maybe a bit taller than me but built like a fucking vending machine.
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I was at Roufus Sport in Milwaukee for a summer while I was working an internship in the area. Anthony Pettis didn't actually look the crazy big before weight cut. I was 5'8" in shape 170 and he seemed more than 2 inches taller than me but I really think he was lighter than my broader frame. He got in a funny argument with their jiu jitsu coach about crossing feet on an arm bar (since Pettis crossed when he tapped Benson Henderson) and it ended with Brazilian coach "Well of course you got away with it. You can get away with anything and make anything look cool." Pettis had a surprising number of what I'd consider common questions for a purple belt. Was cool to see a UFC champ just putting on the gi and joining evening classes open to even white belts.

Sergio was tiny. Like, a kid tiny. I got yelled at for ending up in a leg lock position with him. I wasn't going for anything, it just made sense to sit back to 50/50 and work from there at that point and everybody understandably freaked out that a casual gym trainee was playing footsie with a Pettis bro.

Also, Rose was there and had her hair. She was hot.
 
Quipling said:
I've met two non-regional fighters. One was Tim Carpenter, who was immense (6'3"). The other was Frankie Edgar, who was very much not.
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Biggest human being sniper has ever seen in person IIRC
 
HockeyBjj said:
I was at Roufus Sport in Milwaukee for a summer while I was working an internship in the area. Anthony Pettis didn't actually look the crazy big before weight cut. I was 5'8" in shape 170 and he seemed more than 2 inches taller than me but I really think he was lighter than my broader frame. He got in a funny argument with their jiu jitsu coach about crossing feet on an arm bar (since Pettis crossed when he tapped Benson Henderson) and it ended with Brazilian coach "Well of course you got away with it. You can get away with anything and make anything look cool." Pettis had a surprising number of what I'd consider common questions for a purple belt. Was cool to see a UFC champ just putting on the gi and joining evening classes open to even white belts.

Sergio was tiny. Like, a kid tiny. I got yelled at for ending up in a leg lock position with him. I wasn't going for anything, it just made sense to sit back to 50/50 and work from there at that point and everybody understandably freaked out that a casual gym trainee was playing footsie with a Pettis bro.

Also, Rose was there and had her hair. She was hot.
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What was your impression of the gym?
 
Lead said:
I never understood five guys. I think the burgers are below average, the fries are awful and all of it is overpriced.
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I like their veggie sandwich. Instead of using fake meat they just stack a ton of different vegetables and some mushrooms. Kind of messy but before BK came out with the impossible whopper it was pretty much the best vegan sandwich from a fast food place out there.
 
Kafir-kun said:
I like their veggie sandwich. Instead of using fake meat they just stack a ton of different vegetables and some mushrooms. Kind of messy but before BK came out with the impossible whopper it was pretty much the best vegan sandwich from a fast food place out there.
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My favorite non-meat burger I've had was at a college food center believe it or not. Place called like The Roost or some shit on Eastern Washington's campus had a portobello mushroom burger which was literally just grilled on a rack with olive oil and like salt/pepper with a home-made garlic aioli and some quick fried green beans on the side.

The more simple it is the better... unless it's falafel, simple falafel feels like eating sand.
 
Gregolian said:
My favorite non-meat burger I've had was at a college food center believe it or not. Place called like The Roost or some shit on Eastern Washington's campus had a portobello mushroom burger which was literally just grilled on a rack with olive oil and like salt/pepper with a home-made garlic aioli and some quick fried green beans on the side.

The more simple it is the better... unless it's falafel, simple falafel feels like eating sand.
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Mushrooms are a must have for that kind of sandwich, so good when done right.
 
Higus said:
What was your impression of the gym?
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Was only there for like 3 months, so please don't take anything I say too strongly

At least the evening classes looked a lot like a cash grab to me. Highly structured on rankings, and those rankings determined what a person could and couldn't do: especially with the striking. Lots of advertising not unlike a workout gym hoping to get people to come for a few weeks or couples months then stop going yet still pay their monthly fee.

It wasn't bad by any means, they just really seemed more focus on their brand and appearances than the non UFC active gyms I've trained at. I'm sure afternoon classes, where peons like me with a day job couldn't attend, were night and day different.
 
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Kafir-kun said:
Mushrooms are a must have for that kind of sandwich, so good when done right.
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Agreed, there is a way to completely fuck it up though. Portobello mushrooms are one of those one that almost the less extravagant you get with the seasoning the better they taste.
 
Gregolian said:
Agreed, there is a way to completely fuck it up though. Portobello mushrooms are one of those one that almost the less extravagant you get with the seasoning the better they taste.
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Had a burger once where the bun was lightly batter fried portobello cap. That was stupid good and I'm surprised burger joints don't do that more often.
 


Very sad story made even more sad that she had this terrible accident happen all for the sake of a shitty finale for a shitty franchise.
 
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Just saw that Chris Collins resigned his role as congressman before being charged for securities fraud involving a biotech company a friend of mine was involved with.
So I guess not all your checks and balances on corruption have collapsed.
 
Kafir-kun said:


Very sad story made even more sad that she had this terrible accident happen all for the sake of shitty finale for a shitty franchise.
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I feel bad for her but... did she think the set would be kept together ok when the whole point of those movies was for the director to put his model turned wife into an action role?

Like, I hope she wins her lawsuit or gets a settlement but I'm sure there's some shit in the contract she signed someplace where it has those annoying "I won't hold the company liable for any injury I sustain" sorta shit.
 
Kafir-kun said:
Mushrooms are a must have for that kind of sandwich, so good when done right.
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Mushrooms are the best on everything. Whenever I meet someone who doesn't like them I look at them sideways. Same with onions. Who was it here that doesn't like onions? Was it jack or Trotsky? I can't remember
 
Kafir-kun said:


Very sad story made even more sad that she had this terrible accident happen all for the sake of shitty finale for a shitty franchise.
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Stunts gone wrong would make an interesting Mayberry thread if it doens't exist already.

This scene from Hot Rod was actually a giant fuck up. The stunt guy was supposed to go into the trailer but instead overshot it HARD. They ended up using it in the final take, tho
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If you look closely, you can see that his femur actually snapped in half when he hit the other ramp.
 
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