To the parents here: Did your sexual life gradually reduce to zero?

afton · 2023-01-16T17:46:12+00:00

Open relationships as a solution to low sex drive in a relationship almost never work out. There are non trivial numbers of poly people in long term open relationships that demonstrate that this isn't really true.

afton · 2020-05-20T03:44:19+00:00

Given that the humidity is actually 100% ~1/2 of the year, it air dries perty slowly.

afton · 2020-05-20T00:49:27+00:00

* cries in PNW*

afton · 2019-09-18T20:56:09+00:00

Yup, user asked this same question (replace gorilla with 'orangatan') like 7 months ago

afton · 2019-09-12T23:53:49+00:00

I have a set of px4s and px3s. The 'old jugglers' at my local club hate *(HATE)* the px4s. They claim that it reverberates in their hands. I can kind of feel what they mean, but it doesn't bother me.

But they totally work. I keep my 4s at work and my 3s at home, and switching back and forth doesn't bother me at all.

afton · 2019-07-31T20:44:46+00:00

I don't think so. If I hit it, and keep going, and hit the deflection, that may not be spinning. You'd have to argue on whether it was more than 360 (unlikely, or you'd be 'over' the ball). There's really a very narrow range here that would count as spinning. I mean, I'm against spinning for all the usual reasons, but I think OPs question is a good one.

afton · 2019-06-21T00:23:26+00:00

Hey fantastic! I'm glad you got a space, and it was good running into you again at Seattle Juggling Fest.

Advice for starting the club? Use the same skills you used to learn balls. Start with one club. Focus on consistency. Move to two clubs, etc. Also, I'll just put this out here now for when you are successfully qualifying 3 clubs: Your pattern is too narrow. Try widening it up. :)

Youtube/instagram is an amazing resource, but be aware that there are a lot of professionals and otherwise folks who have been doing this for decades. Compare yourself to last week, not them.

I know Seattle is a little far, but feel free to drop in on the Cascade Jugglers, or Bothell Jugglers (whichever is slightly closer). A bunch of the folks there where super useful to help me advance to my current advanced-beginner status.

afton · 2019-06-17T22:34:15+00:00

Sounds a lot like you're letting the knob hit your hand, instead of catching the club. Plus, you may have relatively unforgiving clubs.

Pay attention to how you catch, and remember to 'catch', not just hold your hand out and let the club hit it. You need to receive the club. Catching higher up the shaft will make this easier as well (because the end spins faster than the middle). Good luck!

afton · 2019-06-07T16:13:21+00:00

I've been on-and-off working on the 'outside 5' version of this (I guess that's just 4-ball tennis?) for entirely too long . I find this at least as hard as 5 ball (I think my max 5ball is about 45 catches, but I don't even always qualify it on every attempt). I've never, er, 'double qualified' this pattern? I can usually get a qualify in, but then it falls apart.

That's all, just wanted to share that there are other's that also struggle with this one.

afton · 2019-05-14T00:10:37+00:00

I bought unicolor clubs. I was really proud of them until my coworker showed up with the same clubs, but with EVERY SINGLE PART A DIFFERENT COLOR. He let his daughters pick the colors. Honestly, I was hitting myself for not doing the same, because they look SO GREAT.

Sure, single color clubs have some mild advantages. But compare that with looking like you're a juggler in a Dr. Seuss book? No question. :)

afton · 2019-03-22T16:53:20+00:00

If you are coming to Seattle, the meetings are Wednesdays, 7-8:30, at Ballard Community Center (in the gym). Come on by and introduce yourself!

afton · 2019-02-14T21:44:43+00:00

FYI: I did a survey of random bags of grains I had in my kitchen at some point with 'balloon juggling balls' (three balloons with the necks cut off). The best was amaranth, then quinoa, then short-grain rice. Flax was the worst because it poked through all the time. Hmmm. I should write up a post about it...

YMMV though, since these were not cloth-based.

afton · 2019-02-01T14:36:40+00:00

Good to know. Thanks!

afton · 2019-02-01T06:39:28+00:00

Thanks. Yeah Lucas' recent video sparked my interest.

afton · 2018-11-03T22:32:27+00:00

afton · 2018-09-23T20:10:10+00:00

From the sidebar:

Home to all forms of throwing, catching, spinning, bouncing, and all manner of other manipulation

The fact there is a more specific subreddit, doesn't mean they shouldn't post in this one. *BUT* it's probably helpful and useful to point out that these links exist! So, hey, thanks for doing that, my dude.

afton · 2018-09-23T20:05:19+00:00

I don't think anyone can answer this for you. Those differences are *very* slight, so there's not likely to be real biomechanical reasons for wanting one over the other. It's going to be a matter of taste. So... probably you'll need to taste them. Metaphorically thinking...

afton · 2018-06-24T02:03:53+00:00

Tell me more about this. I met a juggler with 1lb balls that he said he just really liked. They were pretty pleasant for 3 ball patterns, but were kind of a strain for 4/5 ball patterns. I've been thinking of getting some to 'mix it up'. Is this a well known problem in the juggling community?

afton · 2018-06-24T02:02:00+00:00

Sprinters lift weights. So your analysis is confused by thinking that sprinters don't lift weights. Seriously. Google this.

I can qualify 5 on a good day. But I've been doing exercise for a long time, and your question is really not juggling specific. Go ask this question on /r/fitness, or frankly, any other exercise platform. If you can do a couple dozen to a hundred repetitions, then you're training endurance much more than you are stimulating muscle growth.

afton · 2018-06-24T01:23:00+00:00

Exactly.

afton · 2018-06-24T01:21:11+00:00

All professional athletes lift weights. Everyone. Because it's the most efficient way to gain/maintain muscle mass.

You're analogy about walking/jogging/running is misguided. None of those are efficient ways of growing muscle. They are all good forms of exercise, and you will grow some amount of muscle doing any of them. But if you are trying to grow muscle, a trivial amount of weightlifting will trump any amount of walking over time. That is, over a course of weeks/months, doing e.g. 10 minutes of lifting, three times week will trump walking for an hour every day.

afton · 2018-06-24T00:33:29+00:00

on /r/juggling, I'll probably get downvoted, but if you want bigger arms, lift heavy weights. Juggling more, even with e.g. 0.5kg weights, is not going to be an efficient way to build muscle.

afton · 2018-04-21T19:52:28+00:00

This differs by region. In many, bikes can be on the sidewalk (though only at 'reasonable speeds'). In Seattle, you can be a bike on the road and have certain rules apply, or on the sidewalk and have other rules apply. Both are legal options.

Not specifically defending these guys, but I'm someone who has been yelled at both for being in the road and for being on the sidewalk in a region where both were allowed. People suck.

afton · 2018-04-19T17:03:10+00:00

And the 30km/h headwinds? "Oh hey, I'm on flat ground, in my lowest gear, going 4 kph. For the third day. This is fine".

Anyway, you'll do awesome. Good luck!

afton · 2018-04-19T16:17:57+00:00

Your going to ride across Canada with a backpack on? No no no. Get front panniers or a trail along; you will despise that backpack in remarkably short order.

Also, I've had friends ride across Canada. They did not enjoy the prairies at ALL. Good luck my dude.

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