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Welcome To Caveman’s Fight Club!
Guy about to use FATALITY on his knocked out opponent
That dude is using so much extra energy
Wildn in Prison
Suloev stretch
Fedor showing off some awesome technique
MMA Arm Wrestling
Community policing at its finest
Emmanuel Augustus and his signature ‘drunken’ boxing
Andrew Tabiti works the mitts with Floyd Mayweather Sr.
Floyd catches Canelo with a jab and straight right, then evades Canelo’s counter
Teddy Atlas – Mike Tyson WAS NOT A Great Fighter
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The Daily Man-Up: 7 Surefire Signs That You Need To Consider Breaking Up with Your Girlfriend
How many times have you seen a friend get into a relationship and you just don’t understand why he is with her?
You think to yourself….why her?
Other than her looks….what does he see in her?
How does he stand her attitude, the way she spends his money or the way she treats other people?
Maybe your friends even said this about you at some point.
We’ve all been there.
Usually, it will take a few bad or even mediocre relationships before you find someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with.
During those trials, you may want to consider letting go of something that is “okay” to create space for something that is remarkable.
When you start to see the signs that you need to break up with your girlfriend it can be awkward, scary and sometimes life-changing.
But sometimes, it’s a necessary and a painful step on your path towards growth and happiness.
Here are the seven signs to lookout for that you shouldn’t ignore…
1. She Doesn’t Get Along with Your Friends and Family
There is nothing worse than being with a girl who just can’t seem to get along with your family and friends.
Or even worse, takes you away from seeing all of them.
If your family and friends think you have been kidnapped like Liam Neeson’s daughter in Taken, you might have a problem.
I’ve been in those relationships and seen friends in them as well…the worst part is that you often can’t see it because you are in too deep. Often times you don’t want to hear what your friends and family are telling you if they say anything negative about her.
Guys, if your parents, friends, or someone close in your life tells you they can’t stand your girlfriend maybe it’s time to take a step back and evaluate the relationship.
2. You’re Different When You Are With Her or You Change to Make Her Happy
How awful is it when you see a friend do a complete 180-degree turn once he gets a new girlfriend?
It is a horrible feeling to watch one of your friends succumb to the pressures and b.s. of his toxic girlfriend that you barely even recognize him when the two of you spend time together.
I’ve watched my friends that are funny, carefree, and loud become very quiet and boring quickly.
It’s natural to behave slightly different with your different social circles. But ask yourself these questions:
- Is she draining your energy or giving you energy?
- Are you able to be yourself when you are around her?
- If you’re outgoing, positive and talkative are you the same with her?
- Does she feel like you steal the show and have to be mellow, quiet, and unassertive?
And the most important question that you can ask yourself while going through this process is simple.
What Do You Do Without Her?
She finally has to go on a work trip or visit her family for the weekend, what do you do with your time alone?
Do you let loose and act like you just escaped prison like Andy Dufresne or do things barely change at all?
If it feels like you escaped Alcatraz then you should probably ask yourself…. why is it so different when she is in town?
I’ve witnessed friends that go crazy when their girlfriends head out of town, others too scared to do anything, and some just do what they want to do…like always.
While it’s totally normal to have a guys night out when she’s away if you countdown to when she leaves like the world depends on it that might be a red flag.
It’s okay to look forward to guys night out but you shouldn’t be scared to do the same when she’s in town.
Another important factor to consider is whether or not you want to include your girlfriend in the most important facets of your life.
Do you actually want her to be involved in your day to day?
You should want to show off your girlfriend to the people that matter most to you. She should be a part of your life and be involved with your friends, family, and coworkers.
You shouldn’t think twice about inviting her to any part of your life. It could be a happy hour with a college friend in town, dinner with your folks, or a work party.
Hopefully, she introduces herself with confidence and doesn’t become a stage 5 clinger attached to your arm and secluding herself from others.
Check out the rest of the article here
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Poll Of The Day
What's you preferred body type on a woman?
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A Few Answers To Questions You Always Wondered About
When a load of beautiful women hang around rich guys, are they paid directly? Just in drinks? Where do they go at the end of the day? Do they hang around rich guys as a job?
Source: I used to work in Las Vegas nightclubs, my friends are hosts at Las Vegas nightclubs and we see/talk about this topic often. We also know many of these girls personally.
There are 3 different types of girls that we’re talking about here.
Atmosphere models, Companions(unpaid atmosphere models), Escorts
Atmosphere Models are attractive girls who are hired by a venue (club/bar etc) to hang out with guests and participate in the day’s activities. They are to dress like normal girls and are not supposed to tell people that they are hired workers, BUT what they do is completely legal. They are hired simply to make the venue look better because ‘hot’ girls hang out there. They are not hired on the basis of being a hooker or an escort. If they happen to have sex with someone after attending the event, that is individual to them and sometimes that happens. I know girls who are atmosphere models who are just normal chicks, they get paid $200 to hang out at the party, and then they go home as soon as they aren’t paid anymore. I also know atmosphere models who fuck rich dudes and go on their boats and all of the above, but they don’t consider themselves escorts, they just hang with the rich dudes and go on vacations with them because it seems like a fun opportunity and also…these girls sometimes want to get wifed up and get married to a rich guy. What better way to meet a rich guy than to be an atmosphere model and get paid to hang around rich dudes. Honestly this is a pretty good business venture for these girls.
There are also atmosphere model companions, these are atmosphere model’s best friends and they basically do the same shit as the atmosphere models but they don’t get paid to go to the party and they make sure that their friend isn’t roofied or raped. They also go on vacation with rich dudes and look to marry/fuck rich dudes. it’s a good business venture for these girls because they just hang out and get to go on awesome trips and do rich people things.
Escorts, These girls are hired by men to have dinner with them/go on dates/ go on vacations/ and sometimes have sex. These girls are on a mission and only see this as work, it’s not necessarily for fun, even if they do have fun. Escorts are often pimped out by guys or by websites and they make money on whatever activity they do. These girls can also be considered sugar babies. Sugar babies are basically paid girlfriends.
There are also girls who aren’t any of these by label, but hot girls tend to gravitate towards the best party. If you’re rich as fuck and you’re popping bottles in the club (like big fucking bottles), hot girls will naturally just gravitate towards your table because your table is going to be the best party in the whole damn club, but…if you’re ugly as fuck and nasty and creepy, normal girls aren’t going to come to your table even if you’re blowing hella cash. It’s not that worth it. If there’s a table blowing hella cash and they’re nasty and creepy, hot girls will just go to the second best party that has dudes that are both good-looking and rich.
The short answer is, some girls are atmosphere models and are totally normal, they get paid to hang around rich dudes but they aren’t required to do anything sexual or anything. Its a job. There are girls who get paid to go to the party, but end up fucking and hanging with rich dudes, and then there are escorts, which are basically classier hookers.
How does Amazon prevent it’s employees from stealing shit?
Let me tell you, I work for amazon. I’m a picker. I’m the guy that goes and gets your shit out of a bin from god knows where (wherever a stower found space to put it) and puts it in a tote for you to have packaged and sent to you.
Most thefts, are done at the picking/stowing level. And most thefts are not things like phones/games/etc but instead are sex toys and food. People get curious as to what this sex toy is, and open it resulting in an item that can’t be sold and thereby a loss to the company, which counts as a theft and you get fired for playing with sex toys on the job. Everyone knows about it within the warehouse within a week minimum. As for food, we get a 10 minute break, a 30 minute lunch, and a 30 minute break spaced about 2-2.5 hours apart each. The 10 minute break is a joke and no one has time to do anything but grab a drink and/or go to the restroom. Despite this, it is highly suggested that we get a snack on our breaks and eat a meal at lunch time. Walking 15 or so miles a day will make you hungry, fast. So people see that gorgeous delectable jack links jerky and their stomach grumbles. They go to pick something else up and they see it, it’s beautiful, it’s fucking teriyaki flavored. Jack pot! They snag a couple from the bag and put it back in the bin. They sate their hunger by picking jerky that they stole out of their pocket for the next hour. Their sweaty, disgusting pants pocket. The one right next to their sweaty crotch. It’s fucking gross. Then, someone else like me comes by to pick the item for shipment, notices it is damaged and goes through the damaged/stolen/missing item process. Another guy comes by and sees what happened after the report and then Loss Prevention looks at the copious number of cameras to see who all was in that aisle. They see everything. They saw that one guy pick his nose, that nice girl let one rip, and that one guy that stole some jerky. Jerky dude gets walked out on the spot and fired.
On top of all that if I come across a damaged/missing item, it doesn’t count as a pick for me, meaning it hurts my rate. Missing items takes time. If I don’t make rate, I get “generated feedback” a fancy term for the manager telling me to get my shit together. I don’t like thieves. I don’t like people losing my items. You want your stuff, but I want my pay. We’re on the same page. I’m on your side. In this instance, the customer is actually my friend, as opposed to being in a retail shop where the customer is just a pain in the ass a good 70% of the time.
Also, Amazon has a 3 stage system in place to prevent theft and keep the several thousand employees on site safe. I can’t wear a fitbit in there and make it out. Hell I can’t carry a condom in my wallet through those things. (lets be honest though if you’re carrying a condom in your wallet, it most likely isn’t going to be used as most of the time the dates on those are like 6 months old when they get caught with em). You are not making it through this 3 stage system that is well put together with a bust of fucking Geralt.
If that item is fucked up like that, then there is only 2 options. Something in shipping fucked it, or it looked like that when we got it. We don’t judge the items we sell, that is on the provider of the item in question. We make sure that the item you purchased from said provider makes it to you in one piece. I pride myself on my rate and being a hard worker. That monstrosity did not get caused by an Amazon employee. It just isn’t a feasible option.
How do technicians determine the cause of a fire? Eg. to a cigarette stub when everything is burned out
I was a fire investigator for 6 years. We go about finding what started a fire by A) looking at burn patterns and B) interviewing the people that were there if possible.
If the whole house has not burned down, I look for the that has the most burn damage. In a urban area where the fire department is pretty responsive, you may only get smoke damage in most of the house. This rules out the rest of the house from starting the fire. Let’s say the most burnt area is near the kitchen. You start asking yourself what can start a fire in that area. Usually this would be your stove, electrical systems, candles etc. The next thing you would do is rule out each possible source of fire by looking at witness marks. These are distinct marks where the flames appeared to originate. Eventually you will get to a point where you can conclusively rule out what definitely did not cause the fire and hopefully left with one source of the fire.
It is not uncommon to sift through an entire room of debris to find common sources of ignition. When sifting, we have found cigarette butts, arced wires, matches, and one time an 85 year old woman’s stash of condoms. If we believe arson was a possibility, we will take samples of the area for chemical analysis. Arson is pretty obvious as it leaves what is called a ghosting pattern on the floor. We can pull samples from the edges of the burn and test for gasoline etc. When it comes down to it, all fires need fuel, oxygen and a source of ignition. This is called the fire triangle. Our job is to look for the source of ignition.
For those asking about forest fires, I was not in that type of work but I assume the same way. I am sure they use an areal view of the area to determine the starting point and go from there.
– CoGa
Why does South Korea have such a high suicide rate?
I’m teaching in Korea at the moment, which recently surpassed Japan in suicide rates. Korea has the highest suicide rate in the world, among the top 31 wealthiest nations now, and suicide is the number one cause of death for people under the age of 40 in the country. last time I checked, anyway (about 2 months ago). Japan and Korea certainly share some similarities.
The week or so after I arrived, a 10 year old girl at a school near my town got a decent grade on a report card. It wasn’t the best grade, it wasn’t the worst. Her mom was pissed and, as a punishment, took her to the barber shop to get her hair cut way shorter than usual. A few days later the girl jumped from the 17th story of her apartment building. She left a bunch of notes written to her friends in crayon that said “Life is too difficult.”
Even in Asian countries that aren’t communist, the cultures are still collectivist. You’re not really you. You are a cog in your society. You’re expected to do your part, keep your head down, bust your ass, and not think too much about why.
Kids here, even the tiny elementary school kids, have longer days than I do.
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They go to school at 7:30, get out of school at 3.
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go to after-school classes and clubs at 3:10 until 4:30. English club, science club, etc.
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after that they go to piano lessons. or taekwondo. or swimming lessons.
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then they go to a Hogwan, or private English school in the evenings from like, 6-9.
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then they come home and study until bedtime.
The pressure is enormous to be AT LEAST as good as everyone else in the system. If your kid got a B on his test and the neighbor’s kid got an A, you’re gonna bust his ass until he gets that grade up. Anything less than everyone else is disgraceful.
You ever watch shows about the 1950s in America? Where the housewife’s always peeking out the window and saying “Our neighbors just got a new grill. We need a new grill,” or whatever? It’s EXACTLY like that.
Not only that, but kids who are different don’t get the help they do in the Western world. If you’re ADHD or dyslexic or autistic or colorblind or have a speech impediment or, fuck, artsy, there is NOTHING for you. NOTHING.
They’re also super repressed. I know a 25 year old school teacher who lives with her parents, has a curfew, and isn’t allowed to go on dates with boys until she brings them home to meet the folks. This isn’t unheard of.
They don’t really have hotels here, but they have love motels. These motels were built literally so people can fuck. The walls are super thin in most homes, so if you want to have sex and not have anyone else in your family know, you have to go to a love motel. This makes for some really frustrated teenagers, some really awkward romances, and some really sexless marriages.
Prostitution here is out of CONTROL. Brothels, brothels everywhere. And a ridiculous number of men cheat on their spouses because women aren’t really allowed to like sex. They don’t even show kissing on TV here, so I wouldn’t be surprised if a girl was considered a slut if she liked kissing boys in high school… much less giving head or ridin’ that dick any time in life after that. So guys go to get blowjobs and things from the cathouse down the street so they can stay sane. And the women just get really naggy.
There’s more to it than that of course, but I’m tired of writing. Point is, you take all that pressure and mix in a subtle difference and suddenly kids are throwing themselves out of windows.
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Feed Your Brain With These Fascinating Factys
Ernest Thompson Seton, one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America, was presented with an invoice for all the expenses connected with his childhood, by his father, including the fee charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid the bill, but never spoke to his father again.
Seton called his father “the most selfish man I ever knew, or heard of, in history or in fiction.” He cut off ties completely after being made to pay off an itemized list of all expenses he had cost his father, up to and including the doctor’s fee for his delivery, a total of $537.50.
A Spanish archives director who only showed up to work to sign-in & sign-out for 10 years. During the time that he was “working,” he ran a male brothel and was an erotic comic book artist who created a busty superheroine named Fallarela “who hurls flaming Valencia oranges at her enemies” (article)
Ham, the chimp who was the first hominid in space, trained by NASA to operate a capsule in space. His trainer described the moment he was recovered from his capsule following the project – “I have never seen such terror on a chimp’s face” (article)
If he correctly pushed the levers, he would receive a reward of banana pellets but if he didn’t push the levers, he would receive an electric shock. During the flight, the wiring went haywire due to the malformation in the valve. As a result, no matter what lever Ham pushed, he was given a cruel shock.
Andy George who spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. He did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He grew sunflowers and collected their seeds to extract fat.
At Jon Bon Jovi’s restaurant, JBJ Soul Kitchen, you can pay for your meal with either a donation or one hour of volunteer work in the kitchen. In 2014, JBJ served 11,500 meals, and half of them were paid for with a donation, and the other half were paid for with volunteer work. (article)
In 1897, 3 Swedes attempted to be the first people to reach the North Pole. They travelled by hot air balloon but crashed after 65 hours. 33 years later, a ship discovered their camp, along with their dead bodies, journal, and camera. They’d survived for weeks by killing and eating polar bears. (article)
Harper Lee’s friends gave her a full year’s salary for Christmas in 1956 so that she’d be able to take a year off from work to write. Lee used that time to write “To Kill a Mockingbird” which has since sold over 30 million copies (article)
The Hundred Flowers Campaign of 1956 China, in which Mao Zedong allowed citizens to speak out their opinions on the Communist regime freely before ending the campaign within a year and imprisoning those who spoke critically of the regime
Charles Schulz always disliked the title of Peanuts, which was given to his comic strip by the syndicate. In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of it: “It’s totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is simply confusing, and has no dignity—and I think my humor has dignity.”
Adding an additional 20 minutes of commuting per day has the same negative effect on job satisfaction as receiving a 19% pay cut. (article)
Kelly Blue Book has been purchased by Autotrader (used car seller) and NADA Guides has been purchased by J.D. Power (a P.R. firm) and no longer give accurate values of used cars
Lucius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman and military leader was given absolute power to rule the empire when it was attacked. After his victory, he immediately resigned his post as Dictator and went back to farming. The city of Cincinnati is named in his honor. (article)
He was granted the post of Dictator twice, in 458 BC and in 439 BC. In Ancient Rome, the position of Dictator was legally a year long position that allowed for better streamlining of military orders, without having to go through the Senate for each major decision. Many granted the position of Dictator would simply grant themselves extra time as Dictator, given they had absolute, unilateral power. Cincinnatus was one of the few to rule as Dictator for exactly one year (and he ruled rather well, might I add), then willingly cede power again. And he did this twice in his lifetime, willingly and readily stepping down to tend to his farm each time once his year-long term was up.
When actor Raul Julia was terminally ill, he decided that his last performance would be as the villain in Street Fighter, as his children were fans of the game it was based on. The movie received terrible reviews, but Julia’s performance was critically acclaimed
Hajimi Fuji, who volunteered for the kamikaze but was refused acceptance because he had a wife and two young children. To honour his wish his wife drowned her two young girls and drowned herself. Hajimi then flew as a kamikaze pilot, meeting his death on the 28th May 1945. (article)
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The Dumping Grounds
The best chess player tn the world, Magnus Carlsen casually playing online chess and narrating his play
Man builds $500,000 mansion for his dog
Twitch streamer plays requested songs for over an hour without stopping in a huge medley
The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened
Top 20 Rappers With the Most Expensive Booking Fees
Turn Your Home Into a Haunted House and Win at Halloween with these digital decorations
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Linkage
Welcome To Tromaville, The Bloodstained, Toxic-Goo-Drenched, Titty-Shaking Capital Of Independent Film – The Ringer
The Best Smartphone Dock For Your Desk – Amazon
190 Universities just launched 600 Free Online Courses. Here’s the full list – Free Code Camp
Woman dubbed ‘Golfcart Gail’ called police on father at soccer game – AOL
9 reasons so many upgrade to a quip electric toothbrush – Get Quip
Google, Apple and 12 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree – CNBC
Here’s Fresh Evidence Student Loans Are A Massive, Generational Scam – VICE
How meditation and psychedelic drugs could fix tribalism – VOX
Travel Expert Takes The Longest Flight In The World, Offers Tips On How To Survive It – YouTube
Natalie Gibson dancing in her bedroom – GFY
Overparenting or helicopter parenting, a narcissistic parenting style, may impede the development of young adult independence, and be linked to development of narcissistic traits – Psychology Today
Canada has officially legalized marijuana for all adults – Business Inisder
Colorized World War I Footage From Peter Jackson’s New Documentary Brings The Great War To Life Like Never Before – YouTube
How to Slide Into the DMs Without Being a Creep – Men’s Health
This Ingenious Product Protects Soups, Broths, And Water From Boiling Over Onto The Stove Top – Amazon
Ariel Winter Short Shorts of the Day – Drunken Stepfather
Ex-Aaron Hernandez teammates detail bizarre behavior with Patriots – Sports Illustrated
6’8″ – 320lb Bodybuilder Martyn Ford Signs With KSW MMA For His First Ever Professional Fight
– Generation Iron
Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera and Other Random Women – G-Celeb
Meet ‘Ninja,’ a 26-Year-Old Gamer Making Tons of Cash Playing Fortnite
– TIME
The Warriors Stunted On The Rest Of The NBA By Making The First Ever Reversible Championship Rings – Barstool Sports
You Probably Pay More in Subscriptions Than You Think. Here’s How to Fix It – The Penny Hoarder
A damn fine collection of bewbs, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks
The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time – Consequence Of Sound
Fendi’s £750 ‘vulva’ scarf makes wearers look like they’re being born – The Guardian
Canelo Alvarez Set To Be World’s Highest-Paid Athlete After Blockbuster $365 Million Contract – Forbes
Audio Offers Gruesome Details of Jamal Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says – NY Times
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Reaction GIFs Beeeeyotch!
This is how dads be when somebody comes in the house that they never seen before
When she tells me it’s ok to open up to her
When the lawyer who defended BP after the Deepwater Horizon spill is confirmed as head of the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division
When I discover a pornstar I whacked it to as a teen is now being listed in the “mature” category
When I consider arguing politics online
When someone gets too chummy with me
When I try to help an elderly customer trouble shoot a computer problem via phone call
When the squad spots a 10/10
The teacher when they’re patiently waiting for the class to quiet down
My wifes reaction every morning
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There Are Some Things You Just Can’t Argue With
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The Daily Man-Up
(photo: @guillepozzi)
You know, a lot of people have never seen their breaking point. And in a way that’s very sad… The bottom of that pit is where you eventually find a snarl to put on your face and the will to climb out into the light and shape the very world into something more pleasing. More pleasing to you. It turns out the world is very malleable if you put the work into it.
We all get knocked down. Hard, sometimes. Sometimes we get knocked down real hard.
Ya just can’t beat a person who never gives up, though.
The breaking point. That’s where the best life lesson is. You felt so little and so hurt, you even wanted to just give up and die. But you’re still here, right? You shrugged it off because it sucks but you can bear the emotional weight of it. Day after day, ending it all just doesn’t make it onto the to-do list. Maybe ’cause you’ve got other shit to do. Maybe because you know you’re better than that. Maybe you’ve got the same thirst for greatness we all do and you’re not satisfied with where you’re at so far. Or maybe just because you don’t think it’s the right thing to do.
So it sucks, but you trudge through each day anyway. This is the key to everything in the world. How many people start up a workout routine but then fade off because one day they wake up and it’s too dark, too cold, too early? Those people don’t ever get in shape. But you can. You can because dark, cold, and early are pesky but in the grand sum of depressing things you’ve had to deal with, waking up early is trivial. it’s kind of a joke. Working out is hard and you feel weak and powerless because you can barely lift the thing and you so badly want to just put the bar down and go home when you’ve set a goal and your body gives out halfway there. So a lot of people do. They give up, make up some excuse, and walk out the door. How many days have you had a chance to do that? How many times have you hit your breaking point, but then shoved it back instead of breaking? So people like you can don’t hit boundaries and go home. People like you have the ability to stick it out and finish the job. Even if the job sucks, you’ve survived worse. So you can finish the workout and then stack on five more reps because fuck it and fuck it all and fuck the bar and everything sucks and this hurts but that’s nothing new so five more and then five more and then five fucking more.
How many people tell themselves they need to read more? How many people want to paint? How many people want to go back to school? How many people want to change their lives?
Wasting time. Nearly all of them are wasting their time. They’re going to start off and then drop off as soon as the going gets tough.
"tough".
Like it’s fucking hard to wake up early and spend a half hour turning pages.
Like watching bob ross tapes is in any way more difficult than putting socks on.
You’ve seen tough. You’ve seen tough and bob ross videos ain’t it. You’d be surprised how many people give up on that, though. The thing is that most of the things you can do to get a better life suck to do. Learning to paint is frustrating because you feel you’re trying hard and you’re not making anything worth looking at. That’s a horrible feeling, trying hard and failing. But if you keep doing it anyway, you’ll blaze past the folks that gave up because painting #3 didn’t sell for a hundred thousand dollars. Everyone wants to be big but no one wants to spend time lifting heavy-ass weights because doing that sucks. Doing that sucks and they don’t know how to snarl and trudge through something that sucks.
But you do.
You know it well because you’ve had to do it a lot.
So now you’ve got a tool that almost everyone I’ve run into lacks. You can weather the worst of storms with a plain face. When everyone’s going through hell, some people lay down and cry but when you’re going through hell you keep going. Didn’t you? You did, didn’t you. So you know you’ll make it through anything, even if it sucks. I can’t tell you what a powerful tool that is. Your body gets impressive quickly because you finish your workouts. Your resume gets a-listed because you study until you’re confident about the material, not until the party starts. You’re proud every day because you go out there and try to do the right thing and there’s no shame in that, even if you fail. You’re able to do all of these things because they require physically exhausting yourself, skipping a party, and not doing shady fun things. And each of those sucks but you’ve weathered worse storms.
You know you can make it through anything. So fuck it. Pick something hard and take a swing. Just don’t give up; you already know that’s not your style and you already know you can make it through anyway.
– onwardAgain
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A Few Handy Guides To Help You On Your Travels Through Life
A Guide To Logical Fallacies
All the ways to f*ck up a chocolate chip cookie
If you ever want to learn anything…
Can my dog eat this?
Words to use instead of “very”
Which car brands cost the most to maintain
How people interpret probabilistic words
How to look and sound more confident
How to take the perfect nap
Style of beer
Answers to 8 of the toughest interview questions
How to open a new book
How to perfectly boil an egg (from boiling water)
News Media Biases
How to care for your grieving friend
Free & Useful Software for Students
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12 Former Forever-Aloners Give Valuable Advice On How To Escape The Dark Abyss Of Loneliness
1. Keep putting yourself out there. You’re not gonna meet your future someone by sitting at home alone (unless it’s the food delivery person I guess). Even if you only have one friend (or none) who is available that day & can join you, still try to go to concerts, bars, bookstores, restaurants etc alone.
Also just because things don’t happen romantically with someone doesn’t mean cut them off. Sometimes people are meant to just be a fun friend/acquaintance and you can expand your social circle through them, and meet a romantic partner from that.
2. I was so painfully shy and insecure when I was younger. I didn’t believe anyone would see anything valuable in me. I would say don’t get caught up in thinking you’re unlovable. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy. Allow yourself to be vulnerable with people. I spent a lot of time pushing people away because I feared rejection so much.
3. I know it sounds weird.. but: Stop looking and find a hobby that can involve other people. I swear women can smell desperation and loneliness. After a couple of years of dating after my divorce, zillions of first dates and women who had no long term potential, I gave up. I just did my own thing, worked on my cars with a local car club, worked, took care of the kids when I had them. Eventually, the woman I never would have sought out, unexpectedly came along. Been married 16 years now.
4. Get out of the house! People aren’t going to show up to your front door. The more social events/places you go to the better. I know people who complain about there not being anyone out there for them but they never give themselves the opportunity to meet new people!
5. I spent much of the last 5 years thinking I was done with dating, that I’d be single forever, that women my age weren’t interested in guys like me, etc. etc. etc. Make an excuse, I was probably telling it to myself.
I’ve tried online dating, I’ve tried getting “out there” and widening my social circles, doing new things. I’d had a few very brief trysts arise from my efforts, but real connections felt very scarce, which to me seemed preposterous. I live in a very progressive state, with TONS of smart, kind, witty, wild women who are involved, aware, and active. But for all my efforts to meet and hold the attention of one, I was only feeling more and more defeated over time.
The best thing you can do, I think, is to just do you. Find joy in your daily routine, in the aspects of your life that you choose. Be into you. Someone is going to notice. Confidence and comfort in your own skin is probably the most attractive quality one can project. Are you a little bit weird? Fucking go with it. Own it. Revel in it. Someone out there is gonna find your quirks adorable, even sexy. I’m 35 years old and I still have trouble believing myself to be an attractive individual. But I am also an incredibly harsh critic of myself, and I think many of us are, too. Just accept and love yourself, embrace and live the shit out of your life. Someone is going to want in.
6. I didn’t meet my wife until I was 30. My 20’s were quite lonely having had only one real girlfriend. Now that I’m married with 2 kids, my advice for anyone younger and trying to meet a partner in life, is that you need to be upfront about your feelings, and not be concerned about rejection. None of the rejection will matter when you get older. In the moment in can feel bad, but instead you should think, “oh well, they didn’t like me, I will go try another one”
7. Become okay on your own first and foremost and recognize that there are things about yourself that people will not like and will disqualify you from their dating pool and that’s okay! I lost over 140lbs and have quite the amount of loose skin and once I realized that some quys and gals just wouldn’t be down for that and that’s alright I started to be okay.
I let potential dates know before hand and if they were like, “eww no.” Then I knew that that wasn’t someone I would want in my life anyway.
Other guys I told about it would try to shower me with compliments and say, “no, you’re perfect,” but I could tell they cringed.
My current boyfriend saw a picture of my skin, nodded took a breath and said, “babe, your shit’s fucked.”
I love that asshole.
8. Try to do something that allows you to meet new people. And I don’t mean it in a romantic way like go on dates, but, you know hang out with people, get to know someone new. This way even if you don’t find someone to date, you can get to know someone and they will introduce you to someone else and so on.
I mean, I know it’s very easy to just sit at home and be like “Well, if it’s my fate, he/she will find me eventually”. Especially if you’re a girl (like me), it’s easy to think this way and not even try to put in any efforts. But it doesn’t work this way. Push yourself, be proactive, put yourself in situations where you might meet someone, even if they’re sometimes not so comfortable for you. Even statistically the more people you meet, the more are the chances that one of them will end up that special someone.
9. I was a shut-in ages 13-17 because of my family’s abuse and bullying in middle school. My therapist, family, family’s friends, etc. were all skeptical of my ability to live a “normal” life — I basically spent all day playing Runescape, procrastinating in online school, and roleplaying on weird niche websites. I had severe anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia, so any hallmarks of a “normal” life seemed totally out of the question. Especially romance and sex, because of the body dysmorphia.
Some stuff happened, and I ended up moving out at 18. Into my own apartment. Everyone thought this was completely insane, of course, but it worked.
I think the most important part was that I had to rely on myself, which involved, like, ordering at restaurants. Or buying vegetables at the farmer’s market (the closest market to my house). Or working on my laptop in a coffee shop because they had free internet and a good parfait. I don’t know — no one reacted to me like I was some crazy monster with a hideously wrong face. So I started talking to people, who mostly assumed I was a real person and not someone who until recently would go days at a time without bathing (alternatively: bathing 6 times a day), waking up only to play Skyrim, eating chips for every meal. I was mostly just so shocked each step of the way — shocked that people were reacting to me like I was normal — that I didn’t even really think about romance until it happened organically. And after that, I felt normal, because I had done lots of normal people things and I didn’t feel like I was pretending anymore. So, it was easier the next time.
It’s cliche, but I think the only reason any of this happened was because I put myself in a position where I had no option but to do a bunch of things that seemed terrifying and impossible before. And it’s easier to do things when you have to, and if everything is something that used to be completely impossible, there’s not that big a gulf between, like, buying a watermelon and talking to the person sitting next to you?
10. Stop trying too hard. It makes you seem needy. Instead, concentrate on getting your shit together and become a functional adult. That’s what serious women are looking for, or at least, the kind you want to build something durable. Looks come as a distant secondary concern. It should be the same for you, by the way.
11. FOCUS ON YOURSELF.
That’s the most appealing energy you can have. Doing you. Your goals, dreams, work, exercise.. everything for yourself. Once you radiate positivity and confidence the whole fucking world comes calling.
12. This is nothing revolutionary, but just putting yourself first, and grasping every opportunity that comes your way. One night when I was playing pool with a buddy, I missed an opportunity with a girl because I was too scared to do anything. The next night, someone asked if I wanted to go out for a few drinks, and I really wasn’t in the mood. I was still pissed off at myself from the night before, and was in full self-hate mode. But I decided I wasn’t going to miss out on any other opportunities and was just gonna do it.
So I went out, only thinking about having a good time; drinking beer, shooting pool, playing darts, all the good stuff. Then on the bus on the way home, some girl caught my eye. It was the same girl from the night before. It just seemed like a sign, and of course, I didn’t let that opportunity pass me by again. It’s only been 6 months, but we’re still going strong, and I feel lucky every day to be with her.
It still scares me that I very nearly didn’t go out that night. If I’d been mopey and miserable, I’d have missed out on the best thing that’s happened to me. So just get out there, try to do more things, and you will find someone when you least expect it. And when a friend asks if you want to do something, say yes. It could just be the best decision you ever make.
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The Dumping Grounds
$144 Steak Lunch in Tokyo – Teppanyaki in Japan
Rise of the Warrior Apes – “Most Brutal Chimpanzee Society Ever Discovered”
Crossfit Self Defense
What Really Makes The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Poorer – The Five Laws Of Gold
Outta Nowhere!
that always needs to be held back haha 
. . . @boxingego . . . . #ufc #mma #judo #blackbelt #muaythai #karate #kickboxing #boxing #padwork #bjjlife #savage #sambo #jiujitsu #thaiboxing #alphaasfuck #cauliflowerear #streetfight #ktfo #sparring #beastmode #submissions #hardwork #respect #toronto
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Linkage
A damn fine collection of hot babes – Leenks
How to Do Passwords Right in 2018 – Gizmodo
If you’re insecure about your height as a man, these shoe lifts will give you an extra 2 inches – Amazon
How Much You’ll Actually Take Home from the $970M Mega Millions Jackpot – Life Hacker
Kristen Bell voices concern about message ‘Snow White’ sends to daughters – Irish Central
Four steps to a younger, smarter brain – The Guardian
Growing Up Surrounded by Books Could Have Powerful, Lasting Effect on the Mind – Smithsonian
5 Essential Equipment You Need For A Great Workout If You Hate Going To The Gym – Awesome Galore
How to retire early – very early – CNBC
Smoking hawt cosplay babe – Instagram
Iman Shumpert Exposes Instagram Model Celina Powell – Sports Gossip
A pioneering scientist explains ‘deep learning’ – The Verge
How To Find and Free Your Creativity – Minutes
10 ways the world is most likely to end, explained by scientists – VOX
The 30 Best (Truly) Independent Films Of The 21st Century – The Ringer
What It’s Like To Be A Professional Live Video Game Streamer – Slate
If you stare at a computer screen all day, these glasses will save your eyes – Amazon
A Short Man’s Guide To Higher Style – GQ
Top 10 Hottest NFL WAGS of the Day – Drunken Stepfather
If You Can Solve One Of These 6 Major Maths Problems, You’ll Win A $1 Million Prize – IFL
A Look at Harvard’s Admissions Guidelines – WSJ
Brazilian/Japanese girl got a fat booty! – GFY
Woman Who ‘Faked Cancer’ And Scammed People Out Of £40,000 Is Charged – UNILAD
Gamer mocked for dumping ‘world’s hottest weather girl’ reveals TRUTH – Maxim
Why $5 Million Is Barely Enough To Retire Early With A Family – Financial Samurai
A$AP Rocky Needs a $100,000 Bed Because He “Has a Lot of Orgies” – Esquire
Pau Gasol Engaged To Cat McDonnell, A Former USC Song Girl – Busted Coverage
Movies Every Millennial Dad Should Introduce to Their Kids – The Art Of Manliness
The 30 Best Halloween Candies Ever – Thrillist
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Pretty Girls Make The World Go Round
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The Daily Man-Up: Never Become Reliant On Other People or Things For Peace and Happiness
(photo: @bryanminear)
In today’s world we are constantly bombarded with beautiful people and things on the news and media, and it’s easy to think “if only I had a girlfriend, or if only I had all these things, or all this money, then I would finally be happy.
I mean we live in a capitalistic society. Money, fame, and beauty is the whole purpose of life right?
The truth is that the quest for things is a thirst that will never be quenched.
Once you have one thing, it’ll be another thing. And another thing. And another thing.
Enough will never be enough.
I used to deal with some pretty heavy depression.
And through this journey, I came to the realization that my happiness was entirely dependent on external sources.
My happiness was derived from how popular I was at the time, how many likes I was getting on social media, how much money I was making and if it was enough to impress people.
And of course, how often I was able to get drunk or high and how good looking the girl on my arm was that night.
If you think about it, none of those things are really under your control.
They’re all outside factors that you don’t really have much say about.
When it comes down to it, it’s almost as ridiculous as letting your mood be dependent on the weather.
No matter how much you love your friends and they love you – everyone eventually gets let down. And it’s not necessarily their fault – they’re just human.
You’re human.
A none of those things are inherently bad things.
But just like we were talking about how money is a neutral object that turns into what we make it – they’re all super easy to get sucked into when you don’t have a solid foundation of happiness beforehand.
Again there’s a balance that comes with everything. Without balance – anything can turn into something that’s not good for you.
So what can we control?
Our own personal growth.
Our own personal passions.
Our own pursuit of finding what really defines us.
Once you’re able to prioritize what matters in your life – all of those outside factors will only make you happier, but won’t affect you as much when they let you down.
There’s nothing like knowing your happiness is based on yourself. Keep growing, keep learning, keep following your dreams and passions, and no outside factors will ever be able to take that happiness away from you.
Check out the rest of the article here
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This One Goes Out To All The Foodies Out There
Triple Pork Breakfast Sandwich on a Hawaiian Sweet Roll. Sausage, Bacon, Ham, Eggs, Cheese, Spicy Mayo!
Cheesy, asada mulitas
Red Hot Chicken
Chicken Parm Tacos with Penne Pasta and Mozzarella Cheese
Deep dish pizza
Fluffy Pancakes
BBQ Platter
Carne Asada Tacos
Sushi tacos
Cheesy Truffle Fries
Fermented Honey Glazed Honeycomb Donuts
Pepperoni Pizza Square
Eggs Benedict Ham and Cheese Patty Melt
Whole grain tart with vanilla cream, raspberry, and pistachios
Brisket Sandwich
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What To Do If You Win The Lottery
This is the absolutely most important thing you can do right away: NOTHING.
Yes. Nothing.
DO NOT DECLARE YOURSELF THE WINNER yet.
Do NOT tell anyone. The urge is going to be nearly irresistible. Resist it. Trust me.
1. IMMEDIATELY retain an attorney.
Get a partner from a larger, NATIONAL firm. Don’t let them pawn off junior partners or associates on you. They might try, all law firms might, but insist instead that your lead be a partner who has been with the firm for awhile. Do NOT use your local attorney. Yes, I mean your long-standing family attorney who did your mother’s will. Do not use the guy who fought your dry-cleaner bill. Do not use the guy you have trusted your entire life because of his long and faithful service to your family. In fact, do not use any firm that has any connection to family or friends or community. TRUST me. This is bad. You want someone who has never heard of you, any of your friends, or any member of your family. Go the the closest big city and walk into one of the national firms asking for one of the “Trust and Estates” partners you have previously looked up on http://www.martindale.com from one of the largest 50 firms in the United States which has an office near you. You can look up attornies by practice area and firm on Martindale.
2. Decide to take the lump sum.
Most lotteries pay a really pathetic rate for the annuity. It usually hovers around 4.5% annual return or less, depending. It doesn’t take much to do better than this, and if you have the money already in cash, rather than leaving it in the hands of the state, you can pull from the capital whenever you like. If you take the annuity you won’t have access to that cash. That could be good. It could be bad. It’s probably bad unless you have a very addictive personality. If you need an allowance managed by the state, it is because you didn’t listen to point #1 above.
Why not let the state just handle it for you and give you your allowance?
Many state lotteries pay you your “allowence” (the annuity option) by buying U.S. treasury instruments and running the interest payments through their bureaucracy before sending it to you along with a hunk of the principal every month. You will not be beating inflation by much, if at all. There is no reason you couldn’t do this yourself, if a low single-digit return is acceptable to you.
You aren’t going to get even remotely the amount of the actual jackpot. Take our old friend Mr. Whittaker. Using Whittaker is a good model both because of the reminder of his ignominious decline, and the fact that his winning ticket was one of the larger ones on record. If his situation looks less than stellar to you, you might have a better perspective on how “large” your winnings aren’t. Whittaker’s “jackpot” was $315 million. He selected the lump-sum cash up-front option, which knocked off $145 million (or 46% of the total) leaving him with $170 million. That was then subject to withholding for taxes of $56 million (33%) leaving him with $114 million.
In general, you should expect to get about half of the original jackpot if you elect a lump sum (maybe better, it depends). After that, you should expect to lose around 33% of your already pruned figure to state and federal taxes. (Your mileage may vary, particularly if you live in a state with aggressive taxation schemes).
3. Decide right now, how much you plan to give to family and friends.
This really shouldn’t be more than 20% or so. Figure it out right now. Pick your number. Tell your lawyer. That’s it. Don’t change it. 20% of $114 million is $22.8 million. That leaves you with $91.2 million. DO NOT CONSULT WITH FAMILY when deciding how much to give to family. You are going to get advice that is badly tainted by conflict of interest, and if other family members find out that Aunt Flo was consulted and they weren’t you will never hear the end of it. Neither will Aunt Flo. This might later form the basis for an allegation that Aunt Flo unduly influenced you and a lawsuit might magically appear on this basis. No, I’m not kidding. I know of one circumstance (related to a business windfall, not a lottery) where the plaintiffs WON this case.
Do NOT give anyone cash. Ever. Period. Just don’t. Do not buy them houses. Do not buy them cars. Tell your attorney that you want to provide for your family, and that you want to set up a series of trusts for them that will total 20% of your after tax winnings. Tell him you want the trust empowered to fund higher education, some help (not a total) purchase of their first home, some provision for weddings and the like, whatever. Do NOT put yourself in the position of handing out cash. Once you do, if you stop, you will be accused of being a heartless bastard (or bitch). Trust me. It won’t go well.
It will be easy to lose perspective. It is now the duty of your friends, family, relatives, hangers-on and their inner circle to skew your perspective, and they take this job quite seriously. Setting up a trust, a managed fund for your family that is in the double digit millions is AMAZINGLY generous. You need never have trouble sleeping because you didn’t lend Uncle Jerry $20,000 in small denomination unmarked bills to start his chain of deep-fried peanut butter pancake restaurants. (“Deep’n ‘nutter Restaurants”) Your attorney will have a number of good ideas how to parse this wealth out without turning your siblings/spouse/children/grandchildren/cousins/waitresses into the latest Paris Hilton
4. You will be encouraged to hire an investment manager. Considerable pressure will be applied. Don’t.
Investment managers charge fees, usually a percentage of assets. Consider this: If they charge 1% (which is low, I doubt you could find this deal, actually) they have to beat the market by 1% every year just to break even with a general market index fund. It is not worth it, and you don’t need the extra return or the extra risk. Go for the index fund instead if you must invest in stocks. This is a hard rule to follow. They will come recommended by friends. They will come recommended by family. They will be your second cousin on your mother’s side. Investment managers will sound smart. They will have lots of cool acronyms. They will have nice PowerPoint presentations. They might (MIGHT) pay for your shrimp cocktail lunch at TGI Friday’s while reminding you how poor their side of the family is. They live for this stuff.
You should smile, thank them for their time, and then tell them you will get back to them next week. Don’t sign ANYTHING. Don’t write it on a cocktail napkin (lottery lawsuit cases have been won and lost over drunkenly scrawled cocktail napkin addition and subtraction figures with lots of zeros on them). Never call them back. Trust me. You will thank me later. This tactic, smiling, thanking people for their time, and promising to get back to people, is going to have to become familiar. You will have to learn to say no gently, without saying the word “no.” It sounds underhanded. Sneaky. It is. And its part of your new survival strategy. I mean the word “survival” quite literally.
Get all this figured out BEFORE you claim your winnings. They aren’t going anywhere. Just relax.
5. If you elect to be more global about your paranoia, use between 20.00% and 33.00% of what you have not decided to commit to a family fund IMMEDIATELY to purchase a combination of longer term U.S. treasuries (5 or 10 year are a good idea) and perhaps even another G7 treasury instrument. This is your safety net. You will be protected… from yourself.
You are going to be really tempted to starting being a big investor. You are going to be convinced that you can double your money in Vegas with your awesome Roulette system/by funding your friend’s amazing idea to sell Lemming dung/buying land for oil drilling/by shorting the North Pole Ice market (global warming, you know). This all sounds tempting because “Even if I lose it all I still have $XX million left! Anyone could live on that comfortably for the rest of their life.” Yeah, except for 33% of everyone who won the lottery.
You’re not going to double your money, so cool it. Let me say that again. You’re not going to double your money, so cool it. Right now, you’ll get around 3.5% on the 10 year U.S. treasury. With $18.2 million (20% of $91.2 mil after your absurdly generous family gift) invested in those you will pull down $638,400 per year. If everything else blows up, you still have that, and you will be in the top 1% of income in the United States. So how about you not fuck with it. Eh? And that’s income that is damn safe. If we get to the point where the United States defaults on those instruments, we are in far worse shape than worrying about money.
If you are really paranoid, you might consider picking another G7 or otherwise mainstream country other than the U.S. according to where you want to live if the United States dissolves into anarchy or Britney Spears is elected to the United States Senate. Put some fraction in something like Swiss Government Bonds at 3%. If the Swiss stop paying on their government debt, well, then you know money really means nothing anywhere on the globe anymore. I’d study small field sustainable agriculture if you think this is a possibility. You might have to start feedng yourself.
6. That leaves, say, 80% of $91.2 million or $72.9 million.
Here is where things start to get less clear. Personally, I think you should dump half of this, or $36.4 million, into a boring S&P 500 index fund. Find something with low fees. You are going to be constantly tempted to retain “sophisticated” advisers who charge “nominal fees.” Don’t. Period. Even if you lose every other dime, you have $638,400 per year you didn’t have before that will keep coming in until the United States falls into chaos. Fuck advisers and their fees. Instead, drop your $36.4 million in the market in a low fee vehicle. Unless we have an unprecedented downturn the likes of which the United States has never seen, should return around 7.00% or so over the next 10 years. You should expect to touch not even a dime of this money for 10 or 15 or even 20 years. In 20 years $36.4 million could easily become $115 million.
7. So you have put a safety net in place.
You have provided for your family beyond your wildest dreams. And you still have $36.4 million in “cash.” You know you will be getting $638,400 per year unless the capital building is burning, you don’t ever need to give anyone you care about cash, since they are provided for generously and responsibly (and can’t blow it in Vegas) and you have a HUGE nest egg that is growing at market rates. (Given the recent dip, you’ll be buying in at great prices for the market). What now? Whatever you want. Go ahead and burn through $36.4 million in hookers and blow if you want. You’ve got more security than 99% of the country. A lot of it is in trusts so even if you are sued your family will live well, and progress across generations. If your lawyer is worth his salt (I bet he is) then you will be insulated from most lawsuits anyhow. Buy a nice house or two, make sure they aren’t stupid investments though. Go ahead and be an angel investor and fund some startups, but REFUSE to do it for anyone you know. (Friends and money, oil and water – Michael Corleone) Play. Have fun. You earned it by putting together the shoe sizes of your whole family on one ticket and winning the jackpot.
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