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Northern

Hall of Fame
It is called passive-aggressive behavior
I think passive-aggressive is a different type of thing, where you attack people mostly through irony and allusion instead of doing it directly through blatantly aggressive behavior. But I think it's true that people who have low self-esteem (as @dgold44 has proclaimed publicly about every 5 minutes sinced he joined the forum) sometimes tend to feel offended more easily and that in turn can make them lash out.

In sum, I'm not sure grappling is a good idea for him. When you acquire a skill you have to question what potential use you will make of it, and what possible outcomes can there be from using it. If he's only going to use it if he is assaulted physically I guess it's understandable, but hopefully he won't use it to start a scuffle.
 

Northern

Hall of Fame
You don't need UPS stores anymore. Drones will come to your home for pickup and delivery of your parcels.
I don't think that will ever be economically feasible. How is a drone also supposed to work in places like NYC, where 95% of the people live in multi-level apartments?

Not to mention the FAA will never approve it on a massive scale.
 
Thought he did that for a living. The source of all his wealth.
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dgold44

G.O.A.T.
I think passive-aggressive is a different type of thing, where you attack people mostly through irony and allusion instead of doing it directly through blatantly aggressive behavior. But I think it's true that people who have low self-esteem (as @dgold44 has proclaimed publicly about every 5 minutes sinced he joined the forum) sometimes tend to feel offended more easily and that in turn can make them lash out.

In sum, I'm not sure grappling is a good idea for him. When you acquire a skill you have to question what potential use you will make of it, and what possible outcomes can there be from using it. If he's only going to use it if he is assaulted physically I guess it's understandable, but hopefully he won't use it to start a scuffle.

I am a peaceful man 99 percent of the time and my skills are only meant for self def
I did almost get into a brawl at Whole Foods last summer
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
I am genuinely a very good person with a strong sense of morality despite being flawed in personality and social interactions but I think I am getting better
 
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Northern

Hall of Fame
I am a peaceful man 99 percent of the time and my skills are only meant for self def
I did almost get into a brawl at Whole Foods last summer
Could you become a little emboldened in your interactions with the security that your eventual mastery of grappling might give you, therefore putting you at risk? It looks as if everybody is packing heat from your descriptions of Vegas, for which grappling is no match.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Could you become a little emboldened in your interactions with the security that your eventual mastery of grappling might give you, therefore putting you at risk? It looks as if everybody is packing heat from your descriptions of Vegas, for which grappling is no match.

I am better in the striking arts and grappling is a hobby
Next summer I will invest time into firearm training . Too bad they don’t have any Israeli special forces people teaching combat weapons and strategy here like they do in NY
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Could you become a little emboldened in your interactions with the security that your eventual mastery of grappling might give you, therefore putting you at risk? It looks as if everybody is packing heat from your descriptions of Vegas, for which grappling is no match.

I use my wit and logic to diffuse situations and I avoid bad areas and bad people !!!
I did lose my cool and almost got into a brawl at whole foods last summer; for which , I am embarrassed about !!!!
 

Northern

Hall of Fame
I use my wit and logic to diffuse situations and I avoid bad areas and bad people !!!
I did lose my cool and almost got into a brawl at whole foods last summer; for which , I am embarrassed about !!!!
Aren't you kind of screwed then? You have said your brain power is limited so many times that I don't understand your remark.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Aren't you kind of screwed then? You have said your brain power is limited so many times that I don't understand your remark.

It’s limited in higher reasoning areas like hard sciences , math ,etc
I have good old Midwestern common sense and survival sense
 

Northern

Hall of Fame
I am better in the striking arts and grappling is a hobby
Next summer I will invest time into firearm training . Too bad they don’t have any Israeli special forces people teaching combat weapons and strategy here like they do in NY
I have to tell you, I don't own a gun and I don't think that owning one would make me much good. I am fortunate I am not in a position to be too concerned about my safety though, so I can understand the self-defense angle (kill or be killed.) It's a strange notion for me, though. I've shot firearms for hobby (marksmanship, to kill rattle snakes, etc.) But I am naturally leery of firearms in general. I don't envy anyone who is in a situation to consider having to own firearms for self defense.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
I always look for exit signs in restaurants and asked to be sitted near one with my back never facing the front door ???
This is why I eat alone but 2,000 yrs of my ancestors being persecuted and killed is tied to how I think
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
I have to tell you, I don't own a gun and I don't think that owning one would make me much good. I am fortunate I am not in a position to be too concerned about my safety though, so I can understand the self-defense angle (kill or be killed.) It's a strange notion for me, though. I've shot firearms for hobby (marksmanship, to kill rattle snakes, etc.) But I am naturally leery of firearms in general. I don't envy anyone who is in a situation to consider having to own firearms for self defense.

It’s not just criminals as the nation is drifting to a future civil war that I can feel through my bones and see what is coming
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Where do you live ???
Vegas has the best weather but this city is full of genetically damaged creatures and evolutionary accidents
 

Northern

Hall of Fame
It’s not just criminals as the nation is drifting to a future civil war that I can feel through my bones and see what is coming
LOL, where do you get the notion the US is close to a civil war? People are simply content with their braindead entertainment to care about much of anything. When the news broke out about the government running a huge spying program on people pretty much nobody cared enough to say anything. Panem et circenses has been working wonders for a long time, and I don't see that changing ever at this point.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
LOL, where do you get the notion the US is close to a civil war? People are simply content with their braindead entertainment to care about much of anything. When the news broke out about the government running a huge spying program on people pretty much nobody cared enough to say anything. Panem et circenses has been working wonders for a long time, and I don't see that changing ever at this point.

Content yes , for now, ...but when the “damn breaks “, or when USA cannot even repay the interest on its debt. The nation will have to jack up taxes and cut welfare and you will see riots like you cannot imagine; not to mention that the political hate on both sides is at Civil War levels
This nation is no longer sustainable and like a”led zeppelin “ it will crash and burn
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
USA Today is identical to the last decades of the fall of Rome ..and the plate tectonics are moving rapidly underneath us all and this “merry go round “ is going to grind to a halt
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
Why don't you just try not to waste your money on an empire you can't afford and which brings you little treasure?

The Soviet Union learnt this lesson in the eighties and America is still fantasising about being the great leader of a unipolar world that doesn't need them.

Content yes , for now, ...but when the “damn breaks “, or when USA cannot even repay the interest on its debt. The nation will have to jack up taxes and cut welfare and you will see riots like you cannot imagine; not to mention that the political hate on both sides is at Civil War levels
This nation is no longer sustainable and like a”led zeppelin “ it will crash and burn
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
The first statement is an empirical one and the second one states a legal state of affairs.

The first is incorrect as there are hookers in Las Vegas, just not legal ones, and illegal child prostitutes as well.

It's probably preferable to work illegally as well.

There aren't hookers in Vegas.

It's against the law.
 

Steady Eddy

Legend
The first statement is an empirical one and the second one states a legal state of affairs.

The first is incorrect as there are hookers in Las Vegas, just not legal ones, and illegal child prostitutes as well.

It's probably preferable to work illegally as well.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Hence awl those byte marks on those cardboard boxes ewe cell.

My job is dry and boring like cardboard but I EVERYDAY remember being unemployed after college and suffering for a few years of anger and despair
I think about this everyday to inspire and push me through another humdrum day of boxes
 
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Chadalina

Guest
Bad day at work
Bad day on the Mats

Always tomorrow

I am no fan of big business !!!

Have you considered not trying so hard? Seem to be on a race to finish. Same with tennis, the harder you try the worse you get, but go out all chilled and enjoy what you actually doing.

Im like @Northern , i dont know why you grapple, its not good in a street fight. You can never take to the ground cause he may have a buddy (kick you in the head), i like striking or tai chi/akido for self defense. Lots of spacing, like a mongoose vs a snake, let them tire out trying to throw. Only get hurt if your trying to counter after seeing a pattern. Dont really wanna fight though, he does, makes the defense even better.

Its very much like tennis, each point being a fight. 3.5 pusher here :p
 

MLM

Rookie
January to May; ace my exams
June to December; sort out my back

Just have to put up with the pain through revision.
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Have you considered not trying so hard? Seem to be on a race to finish. Same with tennis, the harder you try the worse you get, but go out all chilled and enjoy what you actually doing.

Im like @Northern , i dont know why you grapple, its not good in a street fight. You can never take to the ground cause he may have a buddy (kick you in the head), i like striking or tai chi/akido for self defense. Lots of spacing, like a mongoose vs a snake, let them tire out trying to throw. Only get hurt if your trying to counter after seeing a pattern. Dont really wanna fight though, he does, makes the defense even better.

Its very much like tennis, each point being a fight. 3.5 pusher here :p

I fully agree that being on ground is bad news but I just love the activity even through I will end up hurt . It’s just unique and cool to me and I remember a few times as a young boy being on the ground and losing
I always found it fascinating

My best tennis was low 4.5 push
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
Have you considered not trying so hard? Seem to be on a race to finish. Same with tennis, the harder you try the worse you get, but go out all chilled and enjoy what you actually doing.

Im like @Northern , i dont know why you grapple, its not good in a street fight. You can never take to the ground cause he may have a buddy (kick you in the head), i like striking or tai chi/akido for self defense. Lots of spacing, like a mongoose vs a snake, let them tire out trying to throw. Only get hurt if your trying to counter after seeing a pattern. Dont really wanna fight though, he does, makes the defense even better.

Its very much like tennis, each point being a fight. 3.5 pusher here :p

I think your dead right and I am asking so much of myself that I cannot achieve
 
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Chadalina

Guest
I think your dead right and I am asking so much of myself that I cannot achieve

No, its not that, your just expecting to much to fast. You cannot achieve it in a short window, doesnt mean you cant get there eventually. Days like today for you should be a learning experience, without the bad ones we cant have good ones.

What i meant about your expectations, always judging in finality because of what happened today. Much like our man, lets give it some time and see how things pan out before rushing to judgement :)

Just sounds to me like your trying to be something, a great tennis player, grappler or business man. You do all things well now, yet trying to make all three better at one time.
 
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Chadalina

Guest
My best tennis was low 4.5 push

I meant in fighting terms, im like a 3.5. I got up to 6.0 in tennis, still decent but dont play competitively anymore. I just enjoy hitting the ball now. Half court doubles is my favorite, dont have to run :)
 

dgold44

G.O.A.T.
No, its not that, your just expecting to much to fast. You cannot achieve it in a short window, doesnt mean you cant get there eventually. Days like today for you should be a learning experience, without the bad ones we cant have good ones.

What i meant about your expectations, always judging in finality because of what happened today. Much like our man, lets give it some time and see how things pan out before rushing to judgement :)

Just sounds to me like your trying to be something, a great tennis player, grappler or business man. You do all things well now, yet trying to make all three better at one time.

I am average bus guy and above avg in tennis and below avg in grappling
 
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