posted January 06, 2015 12:18 AM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
Shut up, dude! I'll be 40 next month.

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posted January 06, 2015 12:18 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Yes! That's why I'm buying Caviar for my hair in the morning!

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posted January 06, 2015 12:18 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
The thing with this is you never really know for sure because women are rarely direct when they flirt. However, If a woman is flirting with me and I make a move and get rejected I'm going to assume that she was just being a tease.

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My point is, maybe she REALLY wasn't teasing, you just caught her off guard? I'm not there but you might be jumping the gun. Having this idea in your mind that your neighborhood is full of women whose main goal is to pull a prank on you is not reasonable. Women typically don't flirt with men they aren't attracted to at all. If you are getting flirtation, consider it's something genuine.

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
When this happens to me I think of it like that really mean-spirited joke where someone asks you to come sit by them and pulls the chair out from under you at the last second so you fall on your a**. It's not a fun thing and really undermines my ability to trust women and their intentions.

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posted January 06, 2015 12:25 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I totally understand the deleting impulse.

But fyi I didn't mean "people watching" in a probing way...superficial details are interesting enough. Or the odd things that happen in people's lives, like wet children with Bibles coming to the door.

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posted January 06, 2015 12:26 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Aw thanks for the birthday wishes

Funny how I don't feel old. You kids will understand this eventually...your body feels pretty much the exact same as when you were a teenager (if you stay healthy. I think Violets and I have.) So it's just plain weird racking up the numbers.

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posted January 06, 2015 12:30 AM            

#Impressionable

Religious people usually don't offend me. I find it easy to disagree with them politely, maybe because I was a Calvinist and can use some big words on the offensive, banking on the fact that they won't know the meanings any more than I do, really.

posted January 06, 2015 12:31 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
That's how you think of it but that doesn't mean that's how the women perceived it.

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posted January 06, 2015 12:31 AM            

I'm speaking about what I know to be true and real as well, though.

1) Women don't flirt for no reason
2) Timing and approach are *important*
3) Women often say no the first time (case in point: the Obamas) not because they want to make a fool out of you but because they don't have enough information to work with.

I grant you it's tricky and would never want to ask anyone out myself.......

*scans memory to see if I ever asked anyone out*

No, I don't think I did. So you have my sympathy, as this is a game I never really had to play.

Then again, most of the time when I got together with a guy we were already friends and just got closer and closer and never had any discussion about the transitions we were making. Which, for me, was my preferred way of doing things.

I should be going to bed.

Thanks everyone for the conversation

ttyl

posted January 06, 2015 12:38 AM            

Eh...religious people only bother me if I feel that they're hypocritical AND pompous. That will do it. Or if I feel that they're even politely shoving their beliefs at me. That goes for spiritually minded people as well, if they offer too much unsolicited advice.

posted January 06, 2015 01:01 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I'm more subtly rude because I'm looking down on them so much, I can't even take their insults seriously.

G'night Violets! And Bella and AG and lurkers

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G'night, Birthday Gal!

...I don't know if I ever feel like they're directly insulting me (I haven't been around anyone like that for a while, anyway). More like just being a little bit preachy about things I suspect they know absolutely nothing about (and neither do I, for that matter...I mean, who does? But that's just my opinion, like a million others).

posted January 06, 2015 02:17 AM            

These days I'm just way too busy and too slow as a person to keep up with this thread. Sorry guys.

But happy, happy belated new year!

And Faith HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!
Almost forgot...
*blushes in embarrassment*

But again, please enjoy yourself and make the most of it today!!

posted January 06, 2015 02:46 AM            

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Originally posted by BellaFenice:
But damn AG, I didn't know you were that tall!

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posted January 06, 2015 03:33 AM            

I need to slowly back away from the LL now...

posted January 06, 2015 06:03 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Where's Vajra? Maybe she could answer this.

My thinking is, Bruce Lee could knock you down because he could whack you lightning-speed whereas you couldn't catch him.

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OMG I'm late for Faith's birthday party! Damn that time zone difference...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Ok on that discussion on film fights vs. real ones:
Aquaguy is of course right that film fights are mostly utterly unrealistic. They are typically elaborate choreographies and resemble a dance (which nevertheless requires a lot of skill to do well). Tournament fighting is more realistic but still far removed from street fights because it's about sport, not life and death, and therefore there are all kinds of rules to ensure fairness and protect the participants' health, and people who violate them are usually disqualified. This means that a strategy that may allow you to win a tournament could lead you to lose in a street fight in which there are no rules. Actual street fights are typically over very quickly and wouldn't look "good" on screen.

About the size/weight of fighters...

Well, this is easy to answer because the laws of physics basically hold the solution. Fighting is basically two bodies using kinetic energy to affect each other. The amount of kinetic energy one can bring to the punch depends on the bodies' mass and velocity:

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(Wikipedia)

In classical mechanics, the kinetic energy of (...) a non-rotating rigid body depends on the mass of the body as well as its speed. The kinetic energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the speed, multiplied by the constant 1/2.

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(This means that) Since the kinetic energy increases with the square of the speed, an object doubling its speed has four times as much kinetic energy.

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Momentum is also dependent on mass and velocity: here, the formula is
p (momentum) = m (mass) * v (velocity).

So, if one guy is much heavier than the other, this means the smaller guy would have to be a hell of a lot faster to compensate, and the human physique puts certain limits on that. Moreover, a tall guy typically has longer arms too, therefore his punch can in effect reach the other before the other touches him. That's why there a weight classes in tournaments and boxing matches, to eliminate this factor from the competition and focus on technical skill.

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posted January 06, 2015 08:33 AM            

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Originally posted by BellaFenice:
WHAT

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG BRB.

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I forgot to thank you properly for this last night. So adorable.

Thank you

posted January 06, 2015 08:37 AM            

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Originally posted by meissieri:
And Faith HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!
Emails are coming by the way!

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Thanks! And I'm going to email you my yahoo address since my gmail account glitches so much. Hope life is going well for you.

posted January 06, 2015 08:43 AM            

And I love the answer you gave to that question!

When I read the article I posted about your type, "The Architect," I didn't see anything negative-- nothing anyone would complain about. You may be referring to other readings on the same type...but I'm re-reading the one I posted. Hmm.

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The INTP is suspicious of assumptions and conventions, and eager to break apart ideas that others take for granted. INTPs are merciless when analyzing concepts and beliefs, and hold little sacred. They are often baffled by other people who remain loyal to ideology that doesn't make logical sense.

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I guess that would annoy some people (?) but I actually enjoy this kind of rigor very much. Maybe because I have three of the four letters in common with you

posted January 06, 2015 08:47 AM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
Ugh. I really need to spend less time in here.

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K but please don't leave.

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Everyone's been leaving.

posted January 06, 2015 09:12 AM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
Hi Meis!

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Hi, Violets!

Glad to see you here.

posted January 06, 2015 09:20 AM            

"Hey can you HEAR me over there?"
"I'm not listening!"
"Okay I'll say it again!"
"Not listening! Not agreeing!"
"How bout ONE MORE time!?"