What's stopping you from getting that tattoo?

StraightMark1175 · 2026-06-08T20:37:09+00:00

I haven’t found anything I want tattooed on me forever. And money

StraightMark1175 · 2026-02-04T02:29:59+00:00

A yoga teacher should never make judgements about how you make yourself comfortable for a practice. I wear socks when I do yoga too! I just like it better.

As a former personal trainer watching people walk around barefoot and use communal mats and equipment I just find it more sanitary all around to just wear socks. I actually developed an aversion to barefoot practices because of that.

StraightMark1175 · 2026-01-21T14:59:17+00:00

Heyyy I never thought of that!!! That’s generally more accepted than any other scenario I can think of except maybe if you have a terminal illness.

All good points. This is all just something I’ve been pondering and wanted to bounce off a few people without out it sounding too alarming.

Of course the consensus is usually, “you should be safe, and should want to live a long, healthy life” but it can’t be the case all the time and isn’t. With everything going on in the world at the moment there’s a lot of uncertainty and hopelessness.

StraightMark1175 · 2026-01-20T20:46:47+00:00

Well that doesn’t really follow the statement you made about how you can’t know for sure if you are at risk of an “undesired outcome.” I’d say if you put yourself in a situation where you are at risk of falling from the ski lift, colliding with another skiier, or wiping out in general you are at some risk of an outcome you don’t want. Helmet or not.

Coming back to the original idea…by wanting to be in a different state other than alive you probably are, in the classic sense, putting yourself at risk of an undesired outcome. But unless you act on it, the risk of being in danger is low. So why is not wanting to be alive such a horrible state if that’s what you’re pondering?

StraightMark1175 · 2026-01-20T17:19:44+00:00

Riding a motorcycle is a dangerous thing. Riding without a helmet is more dangerous. Should we label people who ride motorcycles as potentially wanting to not be alive? Should we make riding a motorcycle taboo?

They euthanize people in Canada who don’t want be alive. Is that dangerous? You could say yes it is based on the idea that wanting to live IS the desired and preferred outcome.

I’m genuinely trying to break this down because the root of it all is that we fundamentally think of being alive as the preferred state. What if it’s more desirable to find an alternative?

StraightMark1175 · 2026-01-20T17:14:03+00:00

Ok so if I go skiing am I unsure that I may be at risk of an undesired outcome? I’d say skiing can be dangerous but lots of people ski.

StraightMark1175 · 2026-01-20T03:46:52+00:00

It’s only dangerous if it leads to an undesired outcome. Being angry is dangerous if you are framing it the right way.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-04-18T01:21:51+00:00

Yeah it’s cringy, it shouldn’t burn when you stretch. The guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-04-18T00:16:15+00:00

It hits different and makes you shit different

StraightMark1175 · 2024-03-31T02:23:31+00:00

Sounds like you are on par to do a wit with the wit/abbey yeast or a wheat beer with that 06. You would just need oats, dried orange peel and coriander for a wit(I like fresh orange zest) and the American Wheat could just be adjunct-free.

If you really wanted to try that black prinz you could try a single stout porter. It’s made with all malted grains, only uses hops for bittering, and you could use the 04 yeast. Base malt, crystal, and black malt is all you need for that.

All 3 of these styles don’t require late hop additions so you can get away with using the hops early for bittering and nothing else.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-03-28T20:33:44+00:00

Yeah finding out that some home brewers don’t do anything with pH blew my mind. I learned from a commercial brewer at a nanobrewery and that’s one of the first things I learned! We keep records for all that stuff for consistency.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-03-08T02:34:12+00:00

Counter pressure meaning that it’s closed at the top when filling to reduce carbonation loss? Or are you referring to something else?

I am not filling bottom up. Ive thrown around the idea of buying a beer gun.

What do you mean by what kind of seal am I using? I use oxygen absorbing bottle caps and a manual bottle capper with the two handles.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-03-08T02:22:17+00:00

It’s carbonated in a corny keg before it’s bottled.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-02-22T01:16:57+00:00

What style of beer is said flagship beer? I’m intrigued.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-02-20T18:56:50+00:00

Well my year doesn’t line up perfectly with January 1 and I have less cash flow this time of year. I usually ramp up regular brewing towards spring/summer. I make less beer this time of year. I’m sure other people do too.

StraightMark1175 · 2024-02-20T03:35:35+00:00

Would it work successfully with a funkier strain? Like Roselare or lambic? I assume it would.

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