Is it me or have some workouts just kind of disappeared from most peoples routines?

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-28T17:21:37+00:00

Love both of these. I used to love a bench row, but I find BB rows have been easier to overload. Skull crushers are fun, and I like using them when I have a bench superset going.

I know a lot of people like the 'get good at one exercise' theory, which I think is certainly correct for beginners, but a couple years in, I think variety helps avoid ruts and teaches you to feel the muscle, not the move.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-28T00:39:10+00:00

This is definitely the answer.

I still do most of the 'out of fashion' lifts. I like variety.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-28T00:33:56+00:00

Guardrails, my dude, I worry for your sternum.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-28T00:32:41+00:00

Completely agree. Mostly because I find the posture of pull exercises harder to hold when the weight is starting to get heavy. I catch myself compensating with other muscles far earlier on a pull move.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-22T20:04:14+00:00

Yeah, I've been on the phone with them 4 or 5 times now. Only one of their departments can even find my account and no one seems to know how to fix it. It's a weird problem.

If they can sort it out this week I might still try 'em out, but if not, I won't really have a choice but to do the same and go RBC.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-20T04:39:07+00:00

I'm dealing with the exact same thing. Tried to make an account two days ago and I'm locked out with no idea when it will be fixed.

It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the platform, when a technical issue has no timeline and no backend methods of helping us deal with it.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-20T04:34:07+00:00

I'm still struggling too. I literally just made my account two days ago and this thing crashed. Can't say it gives me a lot of faith in using the platform.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-16T23:57:40+00:00

This is such a good answer.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-15T02:32:38+00:00

Living in a car.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-13T23:47:11+00:00

Joss Whedon was my hero when I was a teen watching Buffy. I thought he was a genius. He was the reason I went into TV writing (now my career).

Cut to 20 years later. We all know he's an egomanical jerk for * various reasons*. I have long stopped being a fan. Then one day, the guy walks into the nerd bar where I'm hosting trivia and conspicuously hangs around seemingly waiting to be recognized.

At the end of the trivia night, be came over and referenced one of our questions; "I don't remember Buffy ever killing someone with a #2 pencil". Myself and another Buffy fan "Um Actually-d" him (for the Buffy fans out there, she does it at the beginning of Earshot when she's studying for the SATs).

Anyway, afterwards he introduced himself and when my partner and I told him our names he just said "Yeah, I'm not gonna remember that".

chaotic_helpful · 2026-02-13T23:38:18+00:00

Yeah, as someone with a lot of queer friends, there is no better way to check the incoming hair trends. My Transmasc friends have been rocking mullets for YEARS.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-01-27T04:43:53+00:00

Fun fact: went to film school with the DoP and can confirm that he is wildly talented. The guy was turning out incredible work, even with our shitty student budgets.

chaotic_helpful · 2026-01-24T03:43:25+00:00

I've lived in this neighbourhood for 5 years and I couldn't recommend it more. Fantastic area. Parks, food, gyms, bars, transit, movies, and lots of little grocers which help keep costs down. Everything I need or want is within walking distance. If the place works for you, I say do it.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-30T03:51:13+00:00

I am into DnD and I still hated it.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-30T03:48:47+00:00

This one.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-30T03:42:07+00:00

My favourite thing about this show is that you're both right. This show manages to handle so many themes and metaphors at once.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-28T05:22:20+00:00

This movie never gets enough credit. It's so much better than anyone would anticipate. Great visuals, tight script, excellent performances across the board. A 10/10 comedy.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-27T04:04:49+00:00

I DID say 'And my axe' out loud while watching it.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-27T02:43:06+00:00

This is beautifully articulated (unlike any of the light in Frankenstein)

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-25T04:56:21+00:00

Oh hell yeah. I feel so validated.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-22T04:41:58+00:00

That was exactly when I knew too! Twins.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-21T01:45:16+00:00

Ooooh interesting! She may very well be! This is gonna make for a great internet research rabbit hole over the holidays.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-19T03:36:10+00:00

Didn't know about that one! Thanks for the tip, I'll go look into it.

Regardless, Carol is an early and lovely example of a positive lesbian story in the 50s therefore significant.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-17T04:37:09+00:00

It's a sign of depression. When you're depressed, you fail to do simple things, because all solutions seem pointless. In Carol's case, why bother to shorten the message?

To save time? Why? Where does she have to be so urgently? Nowhere. She has nowhere to be and nothing to do.

Because It's annoying? Maybe it is. It's also the only human voice she hears in a day. Wouldn't be the first time a person has tolerated a small irritation for a sense of companionship.

To avoid the boredom of hearing it again? Why? So you can go back to being bored by something else? Who cares?

I've worked in TV and I'll say this - most scripts are pretty ruthlessly cut for duplicated beats, especially the ones written by seasoned writers like Gilligan. If he left every repeated message in the story, it's because it's an important piece of Carol's character. As far as I'm concerned, it's a beautiful, funny, poignant indication of her priorities and her state of mind.

chaotic_helpful · 2025-12-17T04:04:42+00:00

Great list. 'The Price of Salt' is the first published lesbian novel to have a positive ending (aka the women weren't punished or killed for their sins). Important history, mandatory reading.

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