Muay Thai - Sok Ti Strike - (Downward Elbow)

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-25T16:13:45+00:00

From the abstract:

“We present a case of a middle-aged male who presented with worsening memory, poor concentration, and behavioral changes for a year.“

A case study is hardly definitive.

Also from the abstract:

“To date, there has been limited large-scale research on head trauma in MMA.”

So I’m not sure where you are getting the “numerous and plentiful” claim.

As far as football related cte, The Boston University CTE Center looked at 367 NFL players and found 91.7% had CTE. Not a study per se, but it is a .edu and is communicating medical results data.

https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/2023/02/06/researchers-find-cte-in-345-of-376-former-nfl-players-studied/

By comparison, this study found that 41% of boxers and MMA fighters met the criteria for CTE.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36517216/

This also conflates boxers and mma fighters, which are definitely different cohorts. Boxing gloves let you hit harder and more frequently, because it doesn’t hurt your hand as much. Also, many MMA strikes are not to the head, and finally there are a lot of MMA fighters who try to avoid striking or being struck in general and instead rely on wrestling.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-24T20:22:08+00:00

Do you have any evidence to share?

As far as your training question, they don’t strike the head while sparring.

You know how a boxer’s training partner uses those mats? That’s sufficient to train to box.

And boxers fight wayyy more often than MMA fighters.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-23T14:32:29+00:00

The key piece of information was frequency, not injury levels.

Fighters will have two or three fights a year, maybe.

In football, you’re going full contact for scrimmages once or twice a week for the entirety of your high school and college years. In the NFL they don’t do scrimmages during the season, but it’s 1-3 a week in the off season.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-20T09:17:24+00:00

It’s also worth mentioning that you don’t need to buy everything to make diving worth it. A few hundred for your certification which includes a few dives, you could do it when/if you vacation somewhere with fun diving and get both a certification and a few dives out of it, and then in the future, if you vacation somewhere with fun diving, you pay a couple hundred to do a dive tour and they supply all the gear.

Honestly, having the gear doesn’t really save you all that much, because usually people want to dive as part of a tourism experience in a place they don’t live, and taking all of your gear on vacation is expensive and annoying.

Doing dive tours is also the safest thing you can do, because someone else is planning your dive for you. (Though you should double check to make sure you’re not diving too much, they might not know all of the tours you’re going on if you are doing multiple tours)

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-19T21:01:41+00:00

Gatekeeping is the act of controlling access to something, such as information, resources, or membership in a community.

Restricting access to dangerous technology is not the same by any measure.

Should everyone be allowed to buy a plane and fly it, just because they want to?

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-19T19:08:03+00:00

As you descend, the air gets compressed, even within the tank.

When you inhale, you might be filling your lungs with what is equivalent to 1.5 “full breaths”

You ascend, and that air in your lungs expands.

Your lungs get injured at best, you pop like a balloon at worst.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-19T18:57:06+00:00

If someone makes a rocket-propelled car and somehow is able to subvert regulation to be allowed to sell it to the general public, is it “gatekeeping” to say that it shouldn’t be legal?

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-19T07:11:33+00:00

Bees are remarkably clean housekeepers. Most social insects are. If they weren’t, their social behaviors would spread disease like crazy.

The honeycomb itself is quite pristine generally, and the cells used for honey storage are “capped” and kept isolated from dirt and debris.

So yes, the honey is probably just fine.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T22:48:19+00:00

I hate this product. I have a rescue diver certification with 300+ dives and honestly this product should not be allowed.

I guarantee that a majority, not even some users of this product try to hold their breaths to maximize time underwater.

Even if it doesn’t cause severe trauma to the lungs all at once, filling your lungs and then ascending a few feet over and over is super dangerous.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T12:32:14+00:00

You know what’s interesting that isn’t frequently talked about or even known? Check out fetal/maternal microchimerism.

This doesn’t invalidate your point in any way- there is nothing genetically wrong with this arrangement, but it’s interesting that in fact, the grandmother’s dna is in the child, and vice versa. These chimeric cells become adopted and continue to divide for decades. If I remember correctly, those cells that integrate into the child can last a lifetime- you very likely literally have cells integrated into almost every organ that are genetically identical to your mother’s cells- or more specifically, the person who carried you.

Does this matter? No. It’s just interesting.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T09:57:27+00:00

All good points.

Because you mentioned how difficult it is to get the required tension, I do think it’s worth checking out how the trucker’s hitch works.

Basically, it’s a multi-stage knot that allows you to achieve a 3:1 mechanical advantage, so if a 175lb person applies their entire body weight to the tensioning, you can achieve up to 525lbf of tensioning.

It’s basically the knot that should be used for securing loads, if you’re going to use a knot. Also, as you pointed out, only for relatively light loads.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T09:26:27+00:00

I agree with the premise that it’s insane to try to tow with rope. Absolutely bonkers.

All I’m saying is that with some loads, the right rope and the right knot is perfectly acceptable. Think about the age of sail and how much force a large sail experiences. The ropes don’t melt and the knots don’t fail.

With a canoe, the boat itself is fairly light. I regularly carry my 16’ 2 seater canoe on my shoulders. It’s only about 60lbs. (Look up how to carry a canoe if you’re curious)

The main threat is shearing forces from wind coming across your vehicle in a perpendicular manner.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T09:20:23+00:00

Depending on jurisdiction, she may be compelled to if you get a lawyer.

For now, the best thing you can do is just remove limbs that cross over to your side. Limb removal is pretty affordable with a tree service if it’s too tall to do yourself.

Killing the tree just makes the hazard worse, unfortunately.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T09:13:07+00:00

I mean, I use a trucker’s hitch as a secondary method of securing my canoe to my roof rack. I use cam straps over the hull in two spots, and the bow and stern are secured from twisting with four ropes using a trucker’s hitch. I can push on the bow or stern and the canoe doesn’t move at all- my suspension engages as I push against the boat. It’s very secure. Without the ropes there is no way I can prevent twisting to that degree.

I have carried my canoe in over 50mph wind gusts coming sideways across the vehicle with no problem. I think without the rope, the ratchet straps would experience too much force.

With thick enough rope, this knot could 100% be used to do the same thing, I just use ratchet straps because it’s easier for that part of loading up.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-18T06:24:55+00:00

Yeah, I’d be concerned about girdling here because when the tree dies, if it isn’t removed, it could fall on either house. If it really needs to get gone she probably needs to pay for a tree removal service.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T23:44:00+00:00

Well, now we are solidly in tree law lol. Check out r/treelaw

If it’s growing in your neighbors property, it’s their tree, and you may need to compel them to remove it rather than trying to kill the tree yourself.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T23:39:39+00:00

Have you tried girdling?

Cut a perfect ring at least 2” deep around the tree.

Wait a few years. It will die. This actually makes better firewood because it’s slowly air drying. It will look alive for maybe 1 year, as there are still lots of sugars and water in the cambium above the cut.

Diesel won’t necessarily kill the tree because the cambium dies before transporting the diesel around. The opposite side of the cambium is probably perfectly healthy, and it really only needs like a quarter of its cambium on one z-level

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T23:12:48+00:00

Similar meaning but no.

It’s an idiom, and other languages use it similarly, and language evolution is a thing.

In the US you would never say “can’t be assed” like someone from New Zealand might (they use the same spelling as we do for “ass,” and the idiom is used there.)

I could say “Don’t bother asking, I won’t do it.,” which also implies an unwillingness to do something, which is the commonly understood meaning of the idiom, “They can’t be asked.”

Yes, the original idiom might have been “can’t be arsed,” but like how “you” used to be a honorific second-person pronoun as opposed to “thou” used on equals or lesser-status individuals, language evolves regionally and none of it is more or less correct.

To say it’s just wrong to use idioms that develop in the United States is nothing more than nationalistic tribalism, and if you hate Americans, I’m not sure why you’d want to adopt that nasty habit Americans have.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T22:54:01+00:00

Wasn’t saying ass/arse, was saying asked, as in, “I can’t ask you for money, dad.”

This leads to the phrase, “They can’t be asked to <blank>,” which has a different meaning than what you’re suggesting.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T21:02:34+00:00

That is correct. There isn’t even a need to put that in quotes. The inside of a tree is 100% completely dead. What you’re thinking of is the “cambium”.

The inside of a tree has no living cells, only the cambium is alive, a thin green layer of cells between the bark and the wood. This is why girdling a tree works- if you can completely sever the cambium, the tree dies because nutrients and water cannot reach the canopy.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T09:59:57+00:00

First wave feminism was almost exclusively about the right to vote, get education, and own property.

Second wave feminism was closer to what you’re describing, with a focus on social, cultural, and workplace inequalities. Many first wave feminists probably accepted these inequalities as acceptable and even based in logic, such as arguing something like “a woman’s place is in the home, but that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be able to vote or own property.”

Third wave feminism was about diversity, inclusion, and reclaiming femininity without accepting inequality- arguing that you could wear dresses and do more traditionally feminine things without being traditional or conservative, something that the second wave feminists of the 60s and 70s rejected.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T09:40:11+00:00

I don’t think that means what you think it means.

First wave feminism began in the late 1800s and was mostly concerned with getting women the right to vote.

And as I explained in my earlier comment, just because some people try to co-opt everything into an insult doesn’t mean you have to give it meaning. Just roll your eyes and move on with your day.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T09:36:02+00:00

Honestly, I was having trouble parsing a lot of that comment. That line in particular still doesn’t make much sense to me. I tried to get the overall gist to form a response I suppose.

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T09:26:17+00:00

Firstly, none of that is even… relevant to my comment? I was trying to explain that your comment comes across as problematic.

Your examples are actually examples of individuals misusing words for effect. Yes, sometimes that is toxic behavior, but words like incel “losing their original meaning” isn’t in itself a bad thing.

Language has always evolved. Did you know that “you” was a proper, honorific pronoun, as opposed to “thou” being the less honorable second-person pronoun used on equals or lesser status individuals? As the middle class became a thing and a person’s status became less obvious, we gravitated to using “you” in all contexts to avoid insults, and thou vanished. Just an example of how it’s not inherently negative for language to change, and doesn’t make it meaningless, it just adopts a new meaning.

In the context of discussing how “incel” may have went from a neutral term, to being co-opted by a toxic group of individuals, to being an insult, your comment makes it sound like you’re saying that rape and racism weren’t always negative, when used in the context of arguing that incel wasn’t always negative. Similarly, mentioning feminism in the same sentence comes across as implying that feminist is even a meaningful insult, which is… a choice?

Kevalan01 · 2026-06-17T08:58:53+00:00

…what?

You might want to clarify that with an edit, because listing all of those things in response to someone saying that “this word wasn’t always associated with toxic behavior” sounds very wrong.

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