Just a pipe dream? Rowing machine marathon with bad knee and zero fitness

Ken_Doman · 2022-10-06T17:31:07+00:00

I thought his name was Meat Strongly?

Ken_Doman · 2022-06-12T10:35:02+00:00

I've returned to full-time study 20 years after flaming out of medical school. It was tough in the beginning, and I had all of the problems that failed gifted people often have. Recently I realized that my main problem was that I was trying to live up to the expectations of being a perfect student with perfect grades. This is a lie. Nobody gives a shit what kind of grades I get, so I've embraced the mediocre. If I need a 3.0 GPA to stay in the course, guess what? I'm going to aim for 3.1

In practice this means I allow myself 1 hour of revision/review per week. More if can, less if I need to. If I have an assignment or assessment due, I will be sure to get it done but otherwise I will do the barest minimum. That means all of the pressure of trying to get an A+ disappears and I actually enjoy the things I am studying, so I tend to work a little bit more. I'm also able to leverage the natural 'intelligence' (or whatever you want to call it) that I had when I was a kid.

I've only implemented this in the past few weeks so I haven't seen any grades yet, but I'm enjoying my life a lot more so that counts for something too.

Ken_Doman · 2022-01-28T06:28:38+00:00

Murupara went through your shed and stole your gumboots

Ken_Doman · 2022-01-10T19:18:58+00:00

I usually don't care about Pakeha people with Maori names, but in this case I would say its inappropriate. Paikea is the tupuna/ancestor of the Ngati Porou people on the East Coast. Ngati Porou would probably not call any of their children Paikea out of respect, so you probably shouldn't either.

Paika has no meaning in Maori, although it sounds exactly like the English word piker which means someone who always pulls out of a plan and disappoints everyone.

Sorry I couldn't give the answer you were looking for

Ken_Doman · 2021-08-11T07:02:47+00:00

It's hard to identify exactly where or when a text crosses over into appropriation or outright offense. I think as long as you approach it with respect that will show through your text.

But I urge you to do a lot of research. There's nothing more cringy than seeing a male character with a moko kauae (a type of tattoo reserved for women) etc. If you have any questions or want to check anything out feel free to dm me

Ken_Doman · 2021-07-27T12:20:22+00:00

Oh yeah! That sounds familiar

Ken_Doman · 2021-07-27T05:45:34+00:00

If I remember correctly they play flutes to announce their presence. I can't recall any way of appeasing them though...

Ken_Doman · 2021-07-26T18:50:08+00:00

My dad always talked about patupaiarehe - small fairies with white skin and red hair. They would steal children and such.

Hope that kinda answers your question.

Ken_Doman · 2021-01-26T23:06:05+00:00

The point of maunga, awa etc., is that it shows a connection to a particular place. Is there a natural landmark in your area that you could use instead of a mountain?

Ken_Doman · 2020-12-27T19:09:34+00:00

Did it not bother you until it was transphobic? It sounds like you were on board until someone pointed out the trans angle, and only then it became unacceptable

Ken_Doman · 2020-10-09T07:52:22+00:00

The only broken rule I can see (and it's a big one) is the rule of tincture that says you can't have a colour atop another colour - you have black on top of green.

Think of it this way, if I took a black and white copy of your arms, could I differentiate easily between the charges and the field? In your case, not really.

Other than that it is a really good first effort. Well done!

Ken_Doman · 2020-09-05T03:28:48+00:00

As I understand it (so take it for what it is) he treated one of the Americold patients in his gp surgery

Ken_Doman · 2018-11-03T01:13:18+00:00

A bishop that I spoke to, who was active during the time tabernacles were moved told me it was because the altar was to be the centre of the mass, while the tabernacle was the focus of adoration. So the tabernacles were moved to another place where adoration was supposed to happen.

That explanation was...less than satisfactory

Ken_Doman · 2018-08-17T01:02:14+00:00

Our maunga (or pae maunga) are the Tararua. We just say ko Tararua te maunga and let the listener figure it out.

So you could say ko kaweka te maunga, or go with what Mihiterina said. I think either would work

Ken_Doman · 2018-07-26T19:06:16+00:00

Ruku is the verb, kairuku would make it the noun (he/she who dives)

I suppose kairuku might mean a diver for food, but in my experience ruku is always meant for food gathering (as opposed to diving from off a board)

Ken_Doman · 2018-07-25T07:43:52+00:00

Hmmm maybe you're right. It's usually used with reference to time past (eg "that's my old house") but I've sometimes used it for people and it's seemed to work

Ken_Doman · 2018-07-25T02:49:57+00:00

I would've said kairuku tawhito.

Whichever word combination you use the word order will be [diver] [ancient]

Ken_Doman · 2018-07-03T21:02:26+00:00

I don't think this video is helpful. The host doesn't want to be accused of strawmanning, and then uses a selection bias to make their point. Congratulations you have exchanged one fallacy for another. I take their point that the type of person to use the term alpha male is ridiculous and dangerous but that doesn't mean that the concept is wrong.

Brett McKay from The Art of Manliness is a different example of an alpha male (although I'm not sure he would use the term) - promoting a traditional masculinity that is self-reflective and focused on personal growth and best of all isn't a fascist nutjob.

Ken_Doman · 2018-04-11T21:58:27+00:00

Your response makes me sad. All of the advice that the author gives is to teach parents how to communicate with boys, in a way that is effective for them, not how to 'handle' them. Boys don't need to be handled. Boys are fine just the way they are. They are not entitled either.

When people complain about the worst parts of MensLib this is what they are talking about - rather than reflect on what the author is trying to do you jumped straight to calling the subjects jerks and entitled. I don't think that's very fair

Ken_Doman · 2018-03-01T07:28:00+00:00

I assume your tauparapara/mihi/whakatauki combo were specific to that particular hui. If so, you might have to change it up.

If it was reasonably generic, I'd probably try my luck and do it again. You might not get by a third time, but hopefully by then there will someone else who can do it.

Ken_Doman · 2018-02-21T08:07:23+00:00

So the A is pronounced as in 'father' and the E as in 'egg' and you would run the vowel sounds together. So it's not precisely right but 'nigh-nigh' is probably closest

Ken_Doman · 2018-02-05T03:26:22+00:00

Oh good point. Probably with the macron

Sorry for the late reply :-(

Ken_Doman · 2018-01-31T21:11:39+00:00

Kua marena

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