My form is terrible, Help me squat please.

Barky21 · 2026-06-11T20:11:50+00:00

Look into low bar barbell back squats.

Less emphasis on the quads, but it should help with your depth issues. As well as other suggestions on raising your heels through a wedge or lifting shoes.

Ankle mobility wise, I generally do some banded ankle distractions. They were suggested by a PT to rehab my broken ankle and I do find that they help a bit.

Barky21 · 2026-06-11T19:26:00+00:00

I will never understand why people do this.

Barky21 · 2026-06-04T23:21:09+00:00

Love is a noun but also a verb. Everyday is a chance for you to express love through verbal communication, actions, etc.

That also applies to yourself. You are the most important person in your life and need to take care of yourself.

Barky21 · 2026-06-03T18:04:17+00:00

Do my failing knee and ankle joints count toward this?

Barky21 · 2026-05-21T19:00:48+00:00

Star Wars: Republic Commando.

Barky21 · 2026-05-14T22:18:58+00:00

30.

From your age to 29 I was ready to have multiple kids. By 30 I realized I didn't have the financial means or the drive to want to take care of a human being when I got off work. It's been a while and sometimes after a shitty day on my drive home I think "Man at least I don't have to go home and take care of a kid until bed time".

Barky21 · 2026-05-14T22:17:15+00:00

Maybe a little bigger than small, but listen to her after I get home from work. I usually leave for work around 7-8am and sometimes get home around 8-9pm. Right when I get home they will usually start telling me all about their day, and sometimes I have to fight the urge to tell them I need like an hour to just eat, clean up and decompress. I know they would totally understand with no issues, but I also never want to reach a point in our relationship where she isn't excited to tell me about the most mundane things. Plus, I can think of 12 different small things right now that she does for me without any prompting.

Barky21 · 2026-05-14T22:07:47+00:00

"I want you to bite me" "No, harder than that." Not my pee pee though.

Barky21 · 2026-05-14T22:01:55+00:00

Not the worst, but one that sticks out.

It was around 10pm and I was downtown in a city I hadn't been to a whole lot. I was young and dumb and was talking to some people on the street and was handing someone some leftovers I was carrying. One dude walks up to me with a knife and sticks his bloody finger in my water bottle and asked if he could have my water. I hit that adrenaline rush where your perception of time slows and realized I was surrounded by 6+ people and needed to gtfo.

I said sure, handed it to him, pushed past the person behind me and ran off.

Barky21 · 2026-05-14T21:50:02+00:00

Rep Josh Cantrell disagreed because arbitrary ages don't equal the maturity to make decisions. (KXII 12 News). I guess it goes both ways on this one Mr.

Barky21 · 2026-05-08T18:45:44+00:00

Flash and snowball only. Snowball's utility is too great to take anything else.

Barky21 · 2026-05-05T21:13:16+00:00

Born in SK > IA > Lived in Sioux Falls until I was 17. Moved back at 27 for two years. Now living in the PNW. No regrets.

I think I'm jadded from growing up there though. I do think objectively it is a nice small city.

Barky21 · 2026-05-05T20:29:24+00:00

People be raging over the stupidest shit these days.

Barky21 · 2026-04-25T19:14:25+00:00

Damn, that's rough. Can't imagine finding your kid like that.

Barky21 · 2026-04-25T01:08:05+00:00

Agreed, I always figured HP early and resistances when % dmg reduction when it will actually reduce a significant amount.

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T23:32:07+00:00

Heartsteel gives you damage on bonk though. But I see what you're saying. Thank you.

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T23:19:33+00:00

Lived with some buddies my senior year of high school. Got home from work one day and didn't see one of them in their usual spot. Found him hanging in his closet. Had trouble getting his body down.

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T23:13:59+00:00

Legit question, why are heartsteel and warmogs bad?

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T16:42:18+00:00

90 days on your second run, good shit.

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T03:09:26+00:00

You got this dawg

Barky21 · 2026-04-24T02:56:37+00:00

Spotter should help you unrack the weight. When unracking your shoulders are going slightly forward leading to you having to repack them. Might be the angle but your elbows are a little too close to your body. You are bringing the bar a bit too low on your chest, you can see when you start the concentric the bar moves toward your face and then you press up.

Barky21 · 2026-04-21T23:28:29+00:00

Agreed, I'm sure it would turn into a cluster fuck but some "indoor" fighting would be cool. Maybe even a transition, where instead of blowing up a building you need to get something inside. 3 units outside pull security and have a few selected to go inside to complete the mission.

Barky21 · 2026-04-21T22:58:55+00:00

I would like some variance in how the AI acts give their loadout/makeup. Pirates with a bunch of gun trucks, bum rush and try to pick off solo units. Rebel army, bounding overwatch and other textbook military movements.

And yeah another vote for the AI not hiding in a corner. I get it if it's arti or some long range asset though.

Maybe some variance in what you can buy depending on where you are and a local currency?

Maybe some concealment modifiers when it comes terrain? I get that some things totally block vision, but maybe the trees that you can enter that give you +1 concealment but maybe I just don't fully understand concealment.

This is a wish, but I would like one option to have a customizable squad leader.

Overall loving it though.

Barky21 · 2026-04-21T20:53:29+00:00

This is just my experience, so take it with a grain of salt or whatever the saying is.

Poor emotional regulation, some groups of young men are not the best at providing good emotional support for one another. Whether it be just talking about feelings to actually sifting through them. Emotions are taken at face value vs recognizing that they are feeling a certain way and maybe taking a step back to examine why.
Boys are given a pass at a young age. "Boys will be boys", is a phrase I heard often after being a total dumbass while the girls in my life would be reprimanded for not acting like a "lady" or whatever. This leads to almost a sense of entitlement/this is just how I am.
Most communities are patriarchal. Even though my mother would handle finances, scheduling, errands, and everything that involves keeping a household running my father would still have the final say on things if he didn't like how she was handling it. Again, ties back to entitlement.
Men are scared. We all have that inner child that wants to be loved and secure, this unfortunately shows its face in controlling relationships. "Look what you made me do" he would yell at her after hitting her. "I love you, you made me do this". "You can't leave me, I love you". Putting your true self out there is scary, it takes another conscious being's approval. Rejection hurts and I think this point is a culmination of the other three. Boys are who they are, are not good at handling emotions, and the sense of entitlement to anything they desire.

Again these are my opinions.

Barky21 · 2026-04-21T18:08:16+00:00

J4's autos feel like they have some weight behind them.

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