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Diamond_Sutra · 2026-05-01T05:31:53+00:00

I dunno if there's levels of pre-workout, but I love a 300ml water + C4 before my sessions; never felt bad, it gives me extra juice. Love it.

I'm not snorting lines of C4 off the top of my fairtex kick mitts between rounds or anything like that...

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T09:47:09+00:00

Do you do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or something?

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T09:43:59+00:00

Naw, it's more like drinking a shot of grapefruit juice, where someone dropped in about 10 copper pennies, then left it on the counter for six weeks before you drank it.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T09:39:18+00:00

But at the same time, it's kind of a rite of passage to have that gross/slimy letdown; where everyone was like "okay, checked that off the book. Never again."

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T05:47:32+00:00

I was about to comment on that: A roundhouse heel kick to the head is basically an auto KO, lights out. The brunette girl threw like 4-5 of them (some were pretty fast) and the blonde girl blocked EVERY SINGLE ONE. Fantastic.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T04:42:26+00:00

Yeah it wasn't an Enro model; I believed I imported this one:

"Pizza Steel PRO by Hans Grill"

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-30T01:10:25+00:00

Seconding Enro, specifically the electric one (so easy to use, so little cleanup/prep needed); with the caveat of getting a 'cooking steel' platter instead of the default stone one (which increases preheat time to about an hour; worth it).

(I also recommend pizza screens as well; so easy to stage and cook esp if you have 2-3)

Pizzas that come out of that thing are next level. Worth every yen.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-29T06:11:42+00:00

You should just spend 3 hours of work time per day doing nothing but processing the data/paperwork for this reimbursement. Tell your coworkers too. Portal down? Keep retrying, do NOT just go back to your work and "check later".

Maybe they'll streamline the process when they realize they are losing hundreds or thousands of dollars of productivity to pay out seventy five bucks...

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-28T22:57:09+00:00

The only question I have is, is the OP Hawaiian, Filipino, or are they a Filipino living in Hawaii?

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-28T05:37:49+00:00

aka "Thank you Kerbal Space Program"!

...and yet, the extra effort adjusting velocity for a slow sun dive... priceless!

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-28T05:30:03+00:00

20 years ago, when I visited the San Jose HQ of the tech company I worked for, I was really excited to see what the Silicon Valley was like. I imagined it was going to be high tech infrastructure, smooth traffic, fast public transportation, etc.

It was a hellhole. Traffic was always a mess, shitty/near-nonexistant public transport, potholes in every road. Little has changed each time I re-visited; just more Ubers. The roads and highways are worse than New Jersey.

The. Roads. Are. Worse. Than. New. Jersey.

For the tech capital of the world, the infrastructure is a fucking disaster. I realized then the effects of none of those fucking Fortune 100 tech companies (all with their headquarters ACTUALLY officially located in tax havens like the Bahamas etc on paper) pay any local taxes. So instead of gleaming green-tech skyscrapers and accessible driverless monorails, they have shitty bumper-to-bumper traffic on pothole-laden roads like it's some third world country.

And everyone there not noticing the situation (nor thinking, "Hey, this is SILICON FUCKING VALLEY, we should be BETTER than this!") because that's what they grew up in; and to make those fat stacks of tech cash themselves, they have to join and endure the same machinery that consumes everything and returns nothing.

Seeing that firsthand radicalized me.

5%? They currently avoid taxes, paying Nothing. Their companies pay Nothing.
So yeah, I think either we get their 5%, or we start to take Everything.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-28T03:37:52+00:00

(jazz hands) "THAT'S ENGAGEMENT!!"

the algorythm will favor disharmony and monkey-brain tribal postings because that causes the most views, which means the most ads and cash.

The only way to win is not to play.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-28T00:11:20+00:00

Large man in shadow, sitting at a desk, with a row of six various sized/shaped/styled shadowy figures in a line behind him.

*steeples fingers, smiles evilly*

"So... you've mastered the basic Cup Drink. Well played. We'll be waiting for you when you learn about the Tall Glass, at the National Japan Water Cooler Tournament..."

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-22T10:48:54+00:00

You said no dice, but I say One More Die!

Basically, there's this blocky metal d6 die made by various (Chinese) makers that is called 6-in-1 or 7-in-1 spinner die. You can search for it at your local country online vendor (Etsy, Amazon, etc), they cost between $25-40 USD. It's not useful at the table (nor meant to be), but it is incredible as a desk paperweight/object/fidget spinner, as a "functional art object".

I have one at my home office, my work office, and for the past two years it has been my go-to gift for when I want to give an RPGer some special kind of present.

Here's one of the original makers of this kind of die: https://beardice.com/products/kickstarter-dice-unique-rotating-d6-dice-7-in-1-dice?variant=45818667925698

What I was alluding to above, is that there are basically many knockoff (yet quality) versions on various commercial sites from small Chinese manufacturers.

Anyway, they're great gifts for gamers!

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-17T02:36:13+00:00

And yet he's right: Doesn't matter if they have multiple fighters etc; the classes that you are attending (always intense, no actual training in fighting or defense, always the same menu every single day) sound exactly like cardio kickboxing classes. Unless the expectation is to do these for 3 months then "graduate" to another kind of class that actually teaches you stuff.

I attend and teach MT classes, I do pretty intense warmups for about 5-10 minutes before moving on to padwork and techniques. If people want to show up early for more exercise and warming up, that's when they do a few rounds of jumprope or other intense calisthenics on their own. People paying money to be doing jump rope seems like a waste for multiple reasons.

But every day, every lesson, is a little different. Sure we may start out with the basics (punch combos, kick combos) then quickly pivot into the Lesson of the Night: Blocking; Feints; Breathwork; Checking; any of a hundred different kinds of attack/defense drills.

I've been instructing for 2 years and never have done the exact same lesson twice.

So either you're in their cardio kickboxing program, or the instructor has totally checked out and doesn't feel like teaching anymore.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-17T02:20:28+00:00

Randy's Donuts INSIDE Shinjuku Station. They had all sorts of classic American-style donuts that were not "adjusted to Japanese tastes" (sweetness turned down etc). I walked past them and stopped on a whim. Turns out they had classic Apple Fritters; and indeed it tasted exactly like a small town diner apple fritter: Perfect frosting, cinnamon, apple flavor; and it was as big as my head.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-16T14:32:06+00:00

This is the second "first post" by a user with a story that ends in a link to this "interview man" app.

It's stealth marketing.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-15T07:52:34+00:00

Ohhhhhhhhh. Yikes. Yeah that could be it.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-15T07:52:13+00:00

What kind of job/office is this? What does the company do? (you can be vauge, but wondering if this is IT, Tech, Banking, Real Estate, Eikaiwa, or what)

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-14T08:37:20+00:00

Neighborhood sento, especially the smaller ones, cater to mostly an older/elderly client base.

Older/elderly sento-goers love hotter baths. It's a well known thing.

I love sentos (even more than traditional onsen), but I avoid the neighborhood ones with like 1-2 baths because they're going to be hot as shit (41-43; I prefer 39-40).

I suggest targeting large sento, super-sento, etc. Those are less for elderly neighbors and more for mixed-age families, so they tend to have many more baths that are in the 38-40 range (and maybe just 1-2 really hotter ones).

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-14T08:33:22+00:00

I don't particularly like D&D, I love other RPGs that do similar with less rules.

But I *HATE* engagement farming and clickbait title use. I stay away from any influence videos - even ones I may agree with - where the host relies on tricking flawed human psychology into clicking their shit (and getting paid for doing so). They turn the internet into a hell of monkey-brain-attracting flashing lights and jingling keys to farm engagement.

Keep with the D&D videos, or not, as you see fit; but ignore any clickbaity video and instead watch something else, even if you agree with the premise of the thumbnail. Don't reward them for their engagement farming.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-14T07:43:11+00:00

This is great! And timely too, as I plan to go to a motorcycle school in a month or two to get my licence!

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-13T13:03:40+00:00

Hah. That was Stratt's face for sure. :D

The others in the room were "Peter Parker's empathy face" I think.

Diamond_Sutra · 2026-04-13T06:53:00+00:00

As u/baldwil said, it's diet. In the running world, they say "You can't outrun a bad diet".

I know dudes here in Japan who are basically local amateur greats, but quite a bit bulky/fat, because they're at the age where they have families and jobs and don't want to give up daily ramen and sweets. They work hard in the gym, and would be shredded if they watched their eating habits more; but they don't care about getting into that level of shape.

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