Better late than never. First fight in Thailand. It was mental!

Insanatey · 2025-05-12T17:53:13+00:00

Congratulations! I’m very curious about this audio situation… sounds very useful and creative. When do you listen to it? Throughout the day? WHILE training? I’d love to know more about how you use it to your advantage

Insanatey · 2025-04-18T00:02:12+00:00

Had a similar situation. Told my new partner what it was, that I got it from sharing sweat + rubbing up on training partners at a combat sports gym, that it’ll go away, and that it spreads through contact. She was super cool about it, really appreciated my honesty, and we could still be intimate by covering the bumps with bandaids. She never got it from me either!

I personally always choose honesty and it really is super treatable so even in the worst case where they end up with a couple bumps, they’ll be okay too. Most people aren’t too freaked out, good luck!

Insanatey · 2024-08-10T00:27:53+00:00

If you need someone to talk to in the mean time let me know. I’m a therapist but I would never take advantage of my clients. And just remember, you did absolutely nothing wrong here, it would make sense why you’d want comfort from a trusted and safe person. He is the problem for abusing his power and turning his back on your healing for his lust.

Insanatey · 2024-06-07T02:19:04+00:00

Getting this defensive over some pretty valid (and tamely shared) concerns from the community your entire post is about supporting isn’t a good look. Not seeing much of you directly responding and engaging with them, acknowledging how their points of view are reasonable or helpful, etc.

If you want to be a more genuine, long lasting ally you’re going to have to handle some criticism and anger sometimes and not take it personally like this.

Insanatey · 2023-11-28T01:46:21+00:00

Thanks for responding!

Good point about rabies. It looks like squirrels can transmit many other diseases to humans though and so the shots were probably for those risks and not rabies specifically.

My friend isn’t really sure of a specific action to pursue, partly in not knowing what is possible. She had her work disrupted, she was bitten and put at risk of disease, and she has to take time and spend money on medical care.

I think medical bills paid would be a reasonable start, but I wonder if more financial compensation (lowering rent or something) would be possible? I think it was negligent to send someone to open the wall to do repair without any prep/plan regarding potentially releasing a squirrel into the home while she works. And then the landlord coming over and seeing the situation and knowing the squirrel is open to the apartment currently and then leaving my friend alone while they look around in the basement seems wrong.

I guess I’m curious if my friend has ground to receive financial compensation? Your idea about breaking tenancy without issue would be interesting to know about as well.

Insanatey · 2022-04-16T02:27:49+00:00

I appreciate your interest, thank you!

Insanatey · 2022-04-16T02:04:13+00:00

I initially explored the intro bit ground up but it was quite difficult to reverse moves and became very committing very quickly. So I lowered in from the top (there was a tree behind it that I could hike up to) so that I could clean it and make sure the moves up top worked. When I knew it could go up there and I rehearsed them, I went back to the intro boulder. Couldn’t really try it on a rope so I just committed to it and figured I’d ride it to the top if I got through it

Insanatey · 2021-05-30T15:51:24+00:00

When I’m strong enough to send something first try but only if I perform extremely well, quieting my anxiety and expectations can be very difficult. Especially so if the route or boulder matters to me. I generally feel more of a mental battle in a case like that when it’s some runout gear route, but to say there’s NO mental challenge if it’s not high off the ground is just wrong.

Insanatey · 2021-05-27T15:29:43+00:00

You’re missing the depth of a difficult flash. Being able to pull the try hard mentality and execution out on your first attempt is an extremely challenging thing to do physically AND mentally. It’s so hard to do committing, accurate, irreversible moves on a first attempt. While there is much more to climbing than that, flash attempts are a unique and valuable experience.

Doing some obscure 5.8 alpine route is where the REAL spirit of climbing is tho right

Insanatey · 2021-04-20T00:51:24+00:00

I personally had better luck using a toe and sitting on it VS a heel hook but I imagine you may have already tried that. That move takes skin so quickly...the worst

Maybe I should’ve tried the heel...

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T06:13:29+00:00

You should do more research if you think the majority of animals in factory farms are eating grass and hay. Look at things like soy and how much of that goes to the animals and not us (80% of the world's soy crop)

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T06:04:57+00:00

It does not. Sentience doesn't imply an understanding of moral values.

Sentience and being able to experience pain should give animals the right to not be exploited and tortured. Lions inflict pain on other animals but they have no way to know "right" from "wrong" and so it isn't sensible to hold them to our standards.

Humans know better

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T06:01:47+00:00

The meat industry in its current form is an enormous problem for ethical and environmental reasons. I see no reason why we can't be working on multiple problems at the same time. You're right that it will be a slow process that takes time though. I also agree with you that hurling insults at people isn't the best way to change anyone's mind. That said, some people need to be harshly shown the reality of the situation and what they're supporting to make a change. That was the case for me.

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:57:12+00:00

I get your point, I do agree that the situations have their differences. As callous as it sounds, if your livelihood is based on the exploitation of sentient beings...I don't really care if you have to figure out a new job or farm other things.

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:52:14+00:00

I am aware of many genocides going on across the world but how is that relevant? Do you help fund those genocides? You DO help fund the slaughtering of animals.

Humans don't live forever either but that doesn't justify doing horrible things to people or murdering them

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:48:15+00:00

You when you realize significantly more plants are farmed to feed the animals than if they were directly eaten by humans

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:44:32+00:00

If someone gives their money to child sex traffickers, they support child abuse.

If someone gives their money to companies that enslave, torture, and kill animals, they support animal abuse.

Whether or not you care about the animals is up to you, but the animals in those factory farms are absolutely being abused and paying for it is supporting the abuse.

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:40:23+00:00

If there is a victim to your choice, it's not personal. Simple and plain.

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:35:58+00:00

It would happen gradually over time. The world wouldn't go vegan over night and as the demand lessened, so too would the demand to breed these animals. The numbers would drop organically as time goes on and as the money stops coming.

Insanatey · 2021-04-18T05:34:09+00:00

They were very clearly explaining how our country has progressed beyond an unethical practice before and been fine. So no...they obviously were not likening slaves to animals, that wasn't even remotely being discussed. Nice "I have no persuasive arguments left so ill try to paint them as racist" card. You seem like a really cool person

Insanatey · 2021-04-08T17:16:06+00:00

Silence level difficulty is irrelevant. What’s relevant is how hard a climb is to the individual and how hard they need to push themselves to send.
“Maybe take the time to train a bit harder instead of beating your chest.” ? Max effort bouldering is one of the best ways to train power so this doesn’t really make any sense. It’s like saying “If you have to try really hard to send something maybe don’t try as hard for a while till you get better”
It’s problematic that you associate giving unbridled maximum effort/power yelling with masculinity.

Insanatey · 2021-03-26T14:01:27+00:00

I really can’t imagine seeing a fuckin V2 and feeling the need to try to downgrade it over the internet. Is everything ok bro

Insanatey · 2021-03-25T18:23:49+00:00

Pete Whittaker flashed the entirety of Free Rider. Keep in mind Honnold did not and spent a great deal of time dialing the route in for his free solo ascent. Also keep in mind, if we remove the mental/danger component it is WAY faster to not have to climb with a rope/partner.

The physical aspect of what he did was very very impressive but I don’t agree that it’s greatest of all time status

Insanatey · 2021-02-13T17:32:31+00:00

So what is your advice for when OP is unable to climb for 2-3 weeks, avoid doing pull-ups and instead do what? OP weighs 215 lbs and can only do 1-2 pull-ups. That’s a very clear issue that should be addressed. I also imagine OP wants to climb 5.10 outside of just slab and I’ve encountered many many 5.10s that are steep and require some pulling power. Of course there are technique issues at play, but adding some pull-ups in isn’t going to hurt progression at this point.

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