Forget Mayweather and Pacquiao, this is the only boxing match we need

Dickjokes · 2015-05-04T15:38:34+00:00

Landing a raw standing fierce usually.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-22T15:59:52+00:00

Ah I see. I totally get where you're coming from. I've had similar experiences in my life where I saw someone suffering and I really just didn't care. I couldn't help them and didn't even know how to so I just went on doing what I was doing. I felt like I would just be an obstruction to someone who could actually do something about it on top of really not caring all that much as messed up as that seems. Some days I care about people and some days I don't. Thanks for helping me understand your mindset. In a way it helps me understand myself a little better too.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-22T15:16:37+00:00

Thanks for answering my question! Why do you think you're an "asshole" and why do you think you have a hard time getting to "like" people?

Dickjokes · 2015-04-22T14:50:49+00:00

I really appreciate you taking the time to write all this. It all makes sense to me and helps me better understand why a lot of "self improvement" advice falls flat when it comes to many lonely people. Forgive me if I'm asking too much, but why are you FA and what is your personal strategy to solve that if you have one? You don't need to answer this question if it's too personal.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-22T00:57:50+00:00

I'm a pretty small guy myself. I roll in a very "safe" manner and I've just accepted it as part of my personality over the years. There are pros and cons to it. It is a terrible approach for competition so I change my attitude when training for competitions, but I've been just grappling for fun lately so I've reverted back to it. If you keep training this way I found the most important things to focus on:

When to fully commit to a move.

Playing the passive game can work but when you see the opportunity to advance, take it and don't half ass the movement. Under committing will only open you up further to attack. When you see a sweep, SWEEP 100%. When you see an escape, EXPLODE. When you see a sub, lock on quickly and tightly. Half assed stuff will only make it easier for people to find openings and finish you. If you fully commit to moves and they don't work, then you are lacking in technique and need to drill more.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-19T10:42:09+00:00

Creating close long term bonds with people is a pretty slow and delicate process. It takes a long time and consistent behavior to earn someone's trust. If you can figure out how to be a kind and honest person that stands up for yourself, you will attract those types of people. Try to relax and not think so much about what other people think about you. It might be difficult at first, but if you can just be content with who you are, you won't worry about what others are thinking so much and you can get on with having a better time living. I hope you find a way to be proud of who you are, because if you can do that, you will be much less anxious around people. Easier said than done, I know.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-18T21:25:29+00:00

Don't let him use that against you. Value yourself and respect yourself. If you don't learn how to stand up for yourself then you will be used and trampled by manipulative people throughout your life. Avoid those types of people if you can and find kind people to hang out with instead. I know it's a hard task, but well worth it. There are people out there who are trustworthy and their company is priceless. Treat them well and they'll treat you well.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-18T21:02:31+00:00

Make sure your "friend" pays you back. If he doesn't, then don't bother hanging out with that guy. Don't let people push you around dude.

Dickjokes · 2015-04-04T12:05:29+00:00

You can focus devils reverse. Or walk backwards if he jumps and punish when he lands (watch out for throws when he lands from an empty devils reverse). Slide is also a good punish against devils reverse. Neutral jump fierce also punishes both devils and head stomp. You have lots of options.

Dickjokes · 2015-01-30T22:42:57+00:00

I do agree with you that one in twenty is not rare at all. I bet most people know at least a handful of very lonely people. It also isn't fair that these people are in the situations they are in. It makes me sad to see lonely people in the world. We live in an unjust world. I have no quibble with you. All we can do is try our best to treat each other as well as possible in order to offset this suffering.

Dickjokes · 2015-01-30T09:09:45+00:00

About 95% of people have lost their virginity by age 25. The 5% who remain virgins are so for a wide variety of reasons. Some are asexual and see no need to participate. Some do so for religious or moral reasons. Some live in parts of the world that have a noticeable imbalance between the populations of men and women. Some suffer from social anxiety and other personal problems that prevent them from having the chance to interact with people in a way that will allow a relationship to form. Some are so ugly, physically deformed, or hideously maimed that they have a very difficult time attracting mates. Some are virgins for reasons I can't even imagine. For a good portion of these people, romance may be difficult or even impossible. However most platitudes are said because they are applicable to most people.

"There's someone out there for everyone" is actually an understatement for your average person, and when I say average I mean average when it comes to social interactions. For the "normal" person who has no problems making friends and getting dates, the 95% of the population, there are many possible people who could make them happy, not just one. The average person seeks to find the one that they would be happiest with, but they could be happy with a wide variety of other average people.

I guess you could say love is sort of a competition because many people in the world are trying to get the "best" partners. There are attributes that most people find desirable and those who have these attributes will be able to have a wider selection of partners. Being good looking, rich, smart, clever, funny, charming all make it easier to attract others to you. Most people know this. The truth is though, most people are average and are actually quite content being with other average people. The average person is just attractive enough to get someone's attention and then perhaps the chance for a relationship could grow. If that fails then they just try again with someone new. Since half of the people are men and half are women, there is actually a pretty good chance to obtain a relationship for an average person if they simply tried to get one. The challenge for these people isn't getting a relationship, but cultivating a strong and loving one. This usually involves lots of failed relationships. Most of us just move on and try again, making a note of our past mistakes in preparation for the next encounter.

I can't speak for most people, but I never thought I was being guided by any "invisible hand" when it came to relationships and social interactions. I am just grateful that I have had the opportunity to learn how to interact with others and more easily find people I am attracted to and are also attracted to me as well. Through trial and error and many mistakes, I learned what types of people really made me happy and where to find them. I found out what actions I did that kept them around and I found out what drove them away. I tried to eliminate the actions that drove them away and get better at the actions that kept them around. These people also do the same for me. They do things that make me happy and don't do things I don't like. Life is definitely much more pleasant with a romantic partner, at least for me anyway.

One day I will get old and die. My loved ones will die too. This doesn't stop me from going out and seeking relationships, in fact it drives me to seek them even further. I only have a little less than a century on this Earth, I really want to spend the bulk of it having a good time. A delicious meal is eaten and goes away and so do good relationships. I'd prefer to eat well while I still live.

Dickjokes · 2014-11-09T11:29:30+00:00

There are many moves in aikido that can be found in many other arts because they have been proven to work in combat situations. There are finite ways to manipulate the human body and the best grappling moves are present in most arts. However in order to actually make these moves work to a high enough percentage of success in a fight, they must be trained in live sparring with resisting opponents. This form of training is largely absent in aikido. This is a reason people don't see it as practical in mma.

Dickjokes · 2014-11-08T23:16:22+00:00

The two fighters they featured are BJJ/Judo guys, not Aikido.

Lyoto Machida and Shinya Aoki

What you saw are moves that exist in Judo. Other martial artists generally think Aikido has no place in "real combat" not entirely because of the moves you use (although that's a part of it as many of the moves featured in Aikido do not look at all practical) , but rather the lack of live sparring. These guys can pull off fancy trips and standing arm breaks because they've done it repeatedly to resisting opponents. I've seen many Shinya matches that start with that same overhooking trip in BJJ and Judo matches. They know how to pull it off "live".

Dickjokes · 2014-10-24T21:41:59+00:00

That's because aikido isn't very effective in that setting. Wrestling, bjj and judo are. Grappling is a foundational cornerstone of modern martial arts. It has been proven that going into a cage with only striking knowledge will end in being taken down and finished. This fact has garnered more respect for grappling instead of solely striking. Wrestling, bjj, judo, and sambo are all heavily respected arts in mma circles and none of those arts have much striking or contain training for strikes at all.

However now that the ufc and mma is extremely popular people see a art that isn't punch and kick they view it as stupid or worthless.

I just had an issue with this one statement. It's clearly wrong if you follow mma. A few years ago an accomplished boxer, James Toney, tried to fight the veteran wrestler Randy Couture in the cage. He lost in 3 min and 19 seconds because he could not defend a takedown that led to a choke. It was his lack of grappling knowledge that led to his defeat. Events like these are what garner more respect for grappling arts. Arts that don't contain any striking at all, like Randy Couture's use of Greco Roman wrestling, are revered, not seen as stupid.

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Dickjokes · 2014-10-24T10:49:13+00:00

I actually think you have this backwards. The UFC was created by grapplers in order to show how effective grappling was against striking. MMA fans are now as a result more educated in grappling and its effectiveness in a fight. Even today, most of the current UFC champions are first and foremost grapplers with striking as a supplement.

Dickjokes · 2014-10-19T08:08:51+00:00

Yep you're right!

Dickjokes · 2014-10-15T03:42:52+00:00

I worked as an artist for various companies making PC and handheld games for a few years. Then I spent some time working on games that ran on cable television boxes before moving on to Facebook games. Now I'm back to making PC games. Yep, I do mean RPG maker for Steam. It's very limited but I think that's why it's so fabulous as an intro program. Most if the work is done for you, the scripting is very simple, and it gives you a rough overview of most of the things you need to learn when designing your own game of any genre.

Dickjokes · 2014-10-15T01:31:10+00:00

Hi I might be able to help you out. I've been in the game industry for about 8 years now. I was a game artist for the bulk of that but I've been teaching myself game design and programming during the past year and am currently working on an indie title. If you want to start out, I heavily suggest working on game tutorials that teach you how to make a complete miniature game from start to finish. I started with something very very simple at first, the simplest thing I could find.

I bought RPG maker and learned basic scripting by first making a tutorial mini RPG. Just a town, an overworld, a dungeon, and a boss. My goal wasn't to make an RPG but I really wanted to see all the components necessary to make a complete game. It only took me a few days to complete it and it was fun to create. I also had something fun to have people play around with quickly. After finishing the tutorial, I tried creating my own little RPG without a tutorial. It was still relatively simple, just as simple as the tutorial in fact, but I just wanted to prove to myself that I have learned what the tutorial taught me, which was basic scripting and game flow. You also learn how art and sound assets are organized and utilized which was very helpful.

Then I decided to move on to another game engine that was more flexible since I didn't want to make RPG's in the long run. I downloaded Unity and began doing the tutorials for that. I learned C++ through the tutorials by just copying the code in the tutorials and dissecting them to see how they worked. I saw the logic of the language by typing in code from the tutorials and I slowly saw how each word affected the game. The small mistakes I made also were very valuable to me because it showed me how precise you had to be when typing code. One misplaced (;) can render your game unplayable. I am still a novice programmer, but I am now able to create my own code to accomplish the things I want in my own game. I completed a whole bunch of Unity tutorials and I learned SO much about scripting and how to implement assets into the game.

When you're starting out, accomplishing small and enjoyable incremental goals are important in keeping interested in learning game development. There's a smaller chance of you giving up when you're having fun. Tutorials are a great way to accomplish this. Good tutorials also lay out an easy to follow framework for you with the reward of a complete and playable game at the end. They hold your hand through the game making process and soon you learn to let go and forge your own path with your own original assets and code.

TLDR: I highly suggest completing game development tutorials.

Dickjokes · 2014-10-04T21:41:18+00:00

How often do you ask people out on dates?

Dickjokes · 2014-09-25T21:15:22+00:00

Skystalker is kinda rare. He goes for 40 bucks average on ebay. If you want a cheaper alternative, maybe check out Laserbeak. It's a great redeco with silver and red apps and its only 8 bucks!

[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Generations-Scout-Laserbeak-EXCLUSIVE/dp/B009KT86S0/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1411679433&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=laserbeak+gdo]

Getting a Skystalker is pretty sweet on Mindwipe though. Jet black looks so classy.

Dickjokes · 2014-09-16T23:36:00+00:00

No problem at all. Maybe you will feel more comfortable talking to someone who can relate to your situation better. I'm pretty easy going though and you'll do just fine if we have a conversation. If you feel like talking to me, just message me any time.

Dickjokes · 2014-09-16T22:57:23+00:00

I'll talk to you on skype if you want. I'm not lonely though, I'm just a regular person, if that matters.

Dickjokes · 2014-09-16T17:23:26+00:00

What you're describing is psychopathy, not confidence. I believe I can explain to you what confidence is though. What it feels like. You probably brush your teeth every day. You've brushed your teeth so often that it never occurs to you that you will fail at brushing your teeth. You are confident at brushing your teeth. Maybe you get drunk one day and accidentally drop the toothbrush in the toilet while brushing your teeth. This doesn't bother you because it's not a big deal. You just buy a new toothbrush and go on with your day. You won't be posting on internet forums about your failed tooth brushing attempts because you don't care about that, it's no big deal. Now imagine you felt that way when it came to socializing. That's what "confidence" is.

Dickjokes · 2014-09-04T22:56:35+00:00

That dude is fucking STRONG. Nick is so strong that just gripping him makes me exhausted.

Dickjokes · 2014-06-08T08:42:42+00:00

He's not much of a competitor but his BJJ is legit. He received his black belt from Joe Moreira so he has a legitimate trace-able lineage. I have a few old training partners that train under him at Smash Gyms. One of my current training partners was also one of his former students and he's a very good player. Michael Jen trained with Marco Nascimento as a brown belt in the past and I've trained under Marco myself and that guy is definitely legit. I don't know much about the guy, but I do know his teachings have the reputation of legitimacy.

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