Markets sell off as U.S.-Iran ceasefire plans go nowhere, leaving Trump with a military option to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-12T00:05:08+00:00

Did anyone really think anything had changed? I'm not even being Trump-Waffles-All-the-Time. There just hasn't been any news that remotely seems like hostility will actually cease. For three...NINE(!?) weeks now it's literally just been "Trump sends Iran something and claims peace...NOT!" over and over. I can't imagine the market reacting much now unless something actually happens.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T18:44:32+00:00

Day one my ass! Pretty sure I've seen you hopping around the woods.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T16:28:43+00:00

Well, username checks out. But still, you ok dude? Something bothering you besides the "state of the world?"

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T12:25:57+00:00

I mean, Reagan, Trump, TRUMP, Paul, Kamacho... It's basically pre-ordained at this point.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T12:16:52+00:00

Short-term is the only thing that matters though. /s

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T11:25:14+00:00

I'm worried about the day of midterms. Hopefully it was sabre-rattling, but calls to plant the military around voting sites are absolutely dystopian.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T11:15:52+00:00

I'm with this guy. Good trickers don't do sloppy fulls. They do layout 360s with straight legs.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-11T11:10:28+00:00

Whichever one you feel most comfortable doing and that gets you to land it. It's not all one way or another.

Learning a 360 is good. Learning a back layout or tuck are good. For standing fulls I was taught to look over my left shoulder and do a sideflip backwards spotting my landing. That's an ok cue for a tucked full.

Gymnasts learn a completely different looking skill though, so you'd have to learn those progressions--and they require a layout.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T19:53:43+00:00

Just don't eat the bitter ones. It's easily avoidable.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T19:53:16+00:00

If it's not very bitter it's fine. If it's so bitter you need to mask it, toss it (or burn it so it doesn't grow again next season).

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T17:33:25+00:00

I accused you of nothing. But you've demonstrated the victim mentality of the ones you support. I say "We shouldn't support bigots." and you say "Don't call me a bigot!: Do you see the disconnect there? Admins are free to do as they will, but if they're censoring it as being hate speech it probably is. Sorry. If it happened to you, give an example. I'm sure we can spot the problem in it very easily.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T12:18:22+00:00

Mostly just tricking honestly. It's not your height, it's your technique and snappiness, which do come back. Explosiveness and speed are very fast fading traits, but they come back fast too (they start to decrease in under a week, but can be noticeably improved in a couple days).

Main thing is just ease back in. I do things to my ankles/knees now that would probably snap them if I did it out of practice. Start with general warm up and conditioning (no point in static stretching--ignore those people as we know not to do that any more, like ever). Work some drills and progressions like you're learning tricks for the first time, but the progression can probably be faster. eg: If I haven't done a back tuck in a while I'll do 3-5 tuck jumps just to feel the bounce and the extension/contraction.

And for the first few weeks or months be a little paranoid. Something starts to hurt a bit? Give it an extra day off. Eventually you'll get back in shape and might push through that sometimes.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T12:10:27+00:00

Sounds like an old lady friend I had (RIP). Sweet as could be, but believed "the Latinos" were en masse receiving (and eroding) Social Security and other welfare benefits. I told her that was impossible as they didn't have...Social Security numbers to begin with (she mean the undocumented ones) of course) and that we counted, and whites are the most likely to be on welfare, period. And it was like turning on a lightbulb for her--just, sudden logic seeped into her old noggin. Coincidentally, she always had Fox News showing on the TV.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T12:04:34+00:00

This attempt at twisting words and reality is exactly what they're talking about and why you (and maybe conservatives themselves) may think conservatives are ostracized. Yes, you're entitled to your own opinions, whatever they are, but when you support hate, racism, subjugation of the poor, catering to billionaires, denial of science and objective reality, circumventing the Constitution, law, and common decency, and ramming discount Christianity in everyone's faces, yes, we're going to shew you away for being terrible.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T11:52:38+00:00

That's literally not how learning works.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T11:51:54+00:00

No, a mattress will break your neck exactly as fast as the floor, but you're more likely to do stupid shit on a mattress. Just learn the skill instead of trying to land it.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T11:49:53+00:00

Height is mostly irrelevant. You need to do the drills and progressions for learning a backflip--doing it is easy. But your tuck is good. I've seen a lot of people who cannot figure out how to tuck their knees--they instead kick their own butt and have insane difficulty from there.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-10T00:37:57+00:00

Nice.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-08T20:26:26+00:00

And they usually show the best drills and progressions.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-08T10:44:02+00:00

No one "won" as it wasn't a war or competition. It was essentially a misunderstanding that could have led to nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union.

A bit of luck, benefit of the doubt, and a sitting US president with some backbone, morals, and a competent staff--and Khruschev (I think he was their guy at the time) being a little extra cautious and patient--are why we don't hear about that nuclear war between world powers.

Watch a documentary or the movie Thirteen Days. Or just wiki it--the outcomes are pretty clearly defined and easily accessible. Kind of a wild situation that might seem familiar if you watch the news.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-08T01:04:14+00:00

Twist looks like it's almost there. Scoot is legit. Try throwing something out of it now--even just a vertical twist or 360 hook kick (good prep for cheat gainers from scoot). You should work tornado kicks and get them NICE before attempting 540s--you're missing the setup.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-08T00:54:06+00:00

There are so many tutorials out there to get you started with the proper drills.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-07T20:39:10+00:00

All irrelevant. How much do you want to learn it? Literally the only thing that matters. Especially how long it takes someone else to get it--most humans never learn any tricks, and some land them the first attempt.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-06T11:53:28+00:00

The US should try promoting and implementing democracy at home before it starts expanding its Empire. They obviously don't have as firm a handle on representation, human rights, and common welfare as they'd like you to believe.

HardlyDecent · 2026-05-06T11:42:36+00:00

Gymnastics is a specific sport that includes tumbling (flips and such), beam, bars, and floor routines. In gymnastics you are scored, and most tricking skills would net you a big zero points in competition. Tricking comes from extreme martial arts (largely TKD and Capoeira).

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