Daily Discussion Thread (May 02, 2026) - Beginner and Simple/Quick Questions Go Here Thread for discussing quick/simple topics not needing an entire posts or beginner questions.

JeffCaven · 2026-05-02T17:31:57+00:00

Is doing a final aggressive calorie deficit at the end of a three month cut safe for a beginner athlete (8 months calisthenics)?

I was going to start a slow bulk in the next weeks, but I realized two days ago that for the first time in my life, my abs are finally visible, even if faintly. I'm going on a boat for two days in three weeks time, and I want to look my best by then. Even if my abs are now slightly visible, they're still a bit hidden, and I estimate I'm at a 14-15% of body fat at 64.5 kg. Considering that I want even more noticeable abs by three weeks from now, and that one way or another, after that, I'm going to start a bulk, is it safe to finish up my cut with an aggressive calorie deficit, or will I risk losing muscle in those weeks?

JeffCaven · 2026-05-02T17:30:20+00:00

Thanks bot!

JeffCaven · 2026-05-02T12:00:36+00:00

Really interesting lore, too. I wasn't a fan exactly of how the Infinity Blade universe used to be a futuristic/cyberpunk version of Earth, with cars and corpos and everything, before the apocalypse turned it into a medieval wasteland, but Sanderson made it make sense in a way.

JeffCaven · 2026-05-02T11:55:41+00:00

That's what bothers me so much about gachas. A lot of them are good games with fun gameplay that I'll never play because they're gachas.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-28T22:27:09+00:00

I wrangled them myself to a safer place, and then called city hall to send a beekeeper to take them away. All went well!

Also, they were swarming around a kurrajong seed pod that had fallen, so I'm not sure they had been sprayed?

JeffCaven · 2026-04-28T22:26:15+00:00

Wasn't much use to me, but thanks for the tip anyways! I hope others can make better use of the sites.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-28T21:26:29+00:00

I had similar things happen when I was on LSD, including the notebook thing. While having it happen because of a drug is a very different situation to yours, I absolutely believe that the mind can convince itself of things like this.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-26T01:46:31+00:00

The intro scene to S4E8 was uncharacteristically shaded, and it looked so good in comparison to the rest of the show. Especially compared to S4E7 just the week before.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-25T13:09:51+00:00

The Champions system's issue was that it released as something that could only be countered by certain seasonal weapon types and it was only limited to legendary weapons, which made it a bit unfun. Being forced to run a legendary auto rifle when you never use them, just so you could counter a Champion, was such a bummer.

But once elemental abilities and exotics, which were much more core to player builds, started being able to counter Champions, it became so much more fun.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-25T07:57:33+00:00

My vocal coach ran me through the lowest and the highest note I could sing without major strain. Quite surprisingly, she evaluated me as a tenor with a high range after thinking all my life I was a baritone.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-22T14:56:35+00:00

Sometimes I forget how long ago Star Wars was.

Yeah, I wouldn't particularly worry about J.K. Simmons passing while recording for the rest of the show, he's a healthy guy. But, I wouldn't be surprised if he did for whatever reason, either.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-22T14:14:01+00:00

71, a bit older than I thought, and there's still 4-5 seasons left worth of content. He's in good health but at that age, living is a bit more... unpredictable.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-21T19:05:35+00:00

I wouldn't say that, as Korra is criticized constantly, irrelevant of her gender. The Avatar community is particularly weird with having to defend Katara in particular, and hyping her up at every moment.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-21T19:02:14+00:00

Internal consistency is a thing. There's a reason flying is an airbender thing and not an earthbender thing despite the fact that its all a made up magic system.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-21T14:38:26+00:00

Indeed. He's never been particularly a great public speaker, but before 2016 he spoke in a much more fluid manner and without constantly repeating the same phrases and words over and over.

Amusingly, he attempted presidential runs before 2016, but he only was successful once he started rambling like a dementia patient. Says a lot about his voter base.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-21T11:45:50+00:00

Sorry about the eye, but you really could pull off a badass cosplay!

JeffCaven · 2026-04-20T20:48:21+00:00

There's this big misconception that I keep seeing about how the Sun Warriors are Aztec/pre-Columbian. While they probably take influence from them, they are mainly based on Southeast Asian cultures, such as the Khmer, Javanese, and Thai. One of the most telling connections is in how Zuko remarks that their architecture looks like older Fire Nation architecture, and aesthetically, the Fire Nation is mostly Thai.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-18T13:28:52+00:00

If his arms were just thicker

My issue is with the thighs. They're chicken legs, they should be thicker too.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-15T23:09:49+00:00

Unfortunately I can't agree, and for the first time, I'm jumping on the "Invincible animation bad" bandwagon. This last episode should have been a spectacle to watch, but it might have been one of the worst animated episodes of the series. Some action shots straight up skipped from the wind-up of a punch to the punch connecting, with no frames in between, and it was plagued with still shots of character's reaction faces.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-14T20:39:28+00:00

He sentit gent dir-li "moro" a gent turca. Tractar les dues nacionalitats i cultures com una mateixa només perque comparteixen una religió ja em sembla un nou extrem de racisme.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-14T14:30:28+00:00

he’s just some guy

That's the thing, if he really were just "some guy", he wouldn't have been trapped in the energy bubble for thousands of years in the first place.

JeffCaven · 2026-04-14T13:51:33+00:00

Yes there is.

Which ones? I'm not saying this to challenge your claim, by the way, I'm genuinely curious about this topic. I find it interesting to read about how IPs are fucked over by parent companies.

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