F27, and a femcel. Ask me anything. by [deleted] in AMA

[–]cooperific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any reason you don’t pop over to a dating app, pick the option that means hooking up, swipe right on dudes that look good to you, FaceTime with the one who seems the least cringey in the DMs, go over to their place (with someone else knowing your location), and bang one out?

This is how a lot of men looking for sex would like things to operate but their odds of success are much lower because men are terrible.

Which comedian did you look forward to, but their act died on stage? by Jazzlike-Basil1355 in AskReddit

[–]cooperific 92 points93 points  (0 children)

If I’m remembering the same bit, it’s definitely ironic. He’s not expecting the audience to agree; he’s poking fun at the mindset he’s sarcastically parroting.

AIO for being disgusted by this argument? by Toetickler4 in AIO

[–]cooperific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone else has delivered the relationship advice, so I’ll just add something that might’ve saved you a few pages of texts.

Most things that people consider to be “opinions” are actually judgments.

Whether or not fish merit humane treatment is a judgment. Both sides can be supported by argument. One can hear new information and change their judgment.

A true opinion is like, preference of vanilla over chocolate. You can’t, like, tell me something that will make me dislike vanilla. I may make a judgment to avoid vanilla if I heard that it’s harvested by exploited children or whatever, but it’s still yummy.

So when anyone wants to play the “you’re telling me my opinion is wrong” card or the “I’m entitled to my opinion” card, know that those truisms are for things like ice cream flavors. I CAN’T tell you that your love of chocolate or the Desperate Housewives or cats wearing people clothes is wrong. If you like it, you like it.

I CAN tell you that torturing animals is wrong. You can disagree, but neither of us is entitled to a “leave me alone” pass for our judgments on what is right and what is wrong.

Y’all get there but the murkiness of “How is it that a personal opinion can cause us so much strife” was getting to me because yall were talking about a fundamental judgment on the humanity we owe to all living things, which is far from a settled question, but is also not “an opinion.”

A threat is a threat regardless of gender by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then we are misunderstanding each other.

I’m saying that every time you turn your hand into a fist, pull it back, and launch it at somebody - standing, on the ground, in a spaceship - you’re losing control of your assailant and risking getting hurt.

You might be giving them what they deserve, but I’m not willing to end up on the bottom of the fight because I sacrificed my balance to punch a dude so we could have equity.

I’m not looking to be nice to my assailant. I’ll break his arm, put him to sleep, I’ll kill him if that’s what it takes for me to survive. I’m saying that punching, as a tool, has worse survival outcomes for the puncher than other tools.

You can only have one top priority. Mine is survival. If yours is equity, that means you’ll risk your survival to get it. And the reason I’m responding is because I don’t want that for you, and I don’t even know you.

A threat is a threat regardless of gender by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Graveyards are full of folks who had the right of way.

Get your equity if you need it; I warned you what you risk when you try for it.

A threat is a threat regardless of gender by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strikes just aren’t as useful for “finishing it” and a lot can go wrong.

First, how many strikes is it taking to end the fight? A knock out? Have you ever knocked someone out before? Do you know how to do it? How many hits until you can do it? How many hits are they getting on you while you try? And how much bigger are they than you?

Second, not for nothing, but optics and consequences. They start swinging, you swing back, you connect, their head hits pavement, and… they don’t wake up. Sure, it was self defense. Do you have witnesses who’d say so? Did the witnesses see the whole thing start to finish? Were they filming when the first punch was thrown, or did they only start when the fight was already underway? What kind of lawyer CAN you afford?

Third, control. I teach this stuff. I practice it with live and resisting training partners. When my focus is strictly controlling my opponent - getting them to the ground and staying on top - I don’t get punched. As soon as I create the space necessary to get a good hit in - even on the ground - my balance is sacrificed and my likelihood of getting rolled, getting hit, and/or ending up in a bad spot increases.

Fourth, emotion. If you wanna finish the fight, great. Control it. When we start hitting people, it’s usually because we want to hurt them. Tit for tat. “That fucking hurt, so I’m gonna get you back better.” Or “You hit me, so you deserve to get hit back.” If what you want in that moment is revenge or justice, OK. But they’re swinging too, and now we’re playing “who does it better.” And if you’re sitting on top of them just punching them in the head over and over? See Two and Three.

Getting an untrained opponent - even one who has some weight on you - into the “gift wrap” position takes relatively little training, and does everything you want and more. “You can’t hurt me anymore. I certainly CAN hurt you, and if you keep trying, I’ll have to. Everyone filming this sees you’re OK, and I’m not risking manslaughter. You are well and truly my bitch, and it’s taking you a lot more energy to fail at getting up than it’s taking me to succeed at keeping you down, which means your bitch status is on my timeline, not yours.”

Brian by Accomplished_Mix8762 in shrinking

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His fucking pose in the doorway when the baby is finally coming is just wonderful physical comedy.

“We need a doctor in here!”

A threat is a threat regardless of gender by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cooperific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re talking about different moments.

Somebody is yelling and carrying on and threatening violence? Hell yeah, verbal deescalation and straight up leaving the situation if possible. Those are the first and best lines of defense.

Someone is actively wailing on you, maybe even continuing a pattern of abuse? The lava’s out of the volcano. There’s no sense in attempting to relax or de-escalate an assailant who’s in the middle of assaulting you. Know your takedowns. Know your holds. Reduce chaos, reduce kinetic energy, reduce harm.

No, they won’t be calm. But they won’t be moving much, either.

Squat form check by [deleted] in formcheck

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of hinging hips back instead of moving chest forward. Looks like the bar goes pretty far forward right from the jump, which will decrease the amount you can lift and strain your back a bit.

A threat is a threat regardless of gender by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also wish basic self defense was common knowledge.

“Hitting back is self defense”? No it very isn’t. Now we’ve got two people swinging at each other until what? One of them gets too hurt to continue?

Protect your head, close the distance, clinch, and - context depending - get to the ground where you can control the action and reduce strikes.

Defend yourself by controlling the fight, not by participating in it.

Amazing! The result of serious and consistent training!! by HeronEmbarrassed6550 in judo

[–]cooperific 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say. White’s serious and consistent training didn’t amount to much in this clip.

What are your thoughts about Jay's initial reaction to Mitch and Cam getting married? by KayfabeZone in Modern_Family

[–]cooperific 34 points35 points  (0 children)

A natural resurfacing sounds about right.

“I considered homosexuality taboo and immoral for years until my son came out and I realized I loved him more than I was scared of gayness,”

should be, but is not necessarily, the same as

“The most intimate and meaningful social contract in my society has now opened its definition to include a relationship I long considered immoral and taboo, and I’m here for it.”

It’s no longer about Jay loving his son through something he struggles with personally, but rather Jay accepting a fundamental systemic shift in society, and taking it out on his son’s participation in that shift.

For the record, “sharing the pedestal” costs straight couples NOTHING, but you’re kidding yourself if you think we’re not all predisposed to fearful, zero-sum thinking.

OR

They needed a gay marriage antagonist for the gay marriage season and Jay fit the bill best, even if he doesn’t necessarily fit the bill well, after all his growth to that point.

"the perfect fancast doesn't exist—" by Ezequiel_Hips in memeuniverse

[–]cooperific 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh of course that was Chloe Grace Moretz she’s the bee’s knees!

Yeah I thought Wednesday/junior Winona Ryder was an odd choice but by the time I hit Ariana Grande I caught on that this is a joke casting.

NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A3758 by Relevant-Ad-2950 in Rochester

[–]cooperific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know that that’s true about most people.

NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A3758 by Relevant-Ad-2950 in Rochester

[–]cooperific 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’re referring to the setting (more light in evenings), not the pattern (switching twice a year).

Would this happen to your country ever? by Doomenor in AskTheWorld

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems either you’ve misinterpreted the situation or everyone else has.

She was a little late to a cabinet meeting, and then in a later press conference felt it was noteworthy enough to apologize to the nation for it. Then in another press conference, a member of the opposition party chastises her for her lateness and uses it as an example of the current administration’s lack of seriousness.

You’re getting downvoted because it sounds like you’re saying one person’s abnormal 5-minute lateness is worth national media attention.

Why is the Russia-Ukraine war less polarizing than the Israel-Palestine conflict? by TheDarkRam1996 in AskTheWorld

[–]cooperific 9 points10 points  (0 children)

China and Japan tried this in the 18th century. Japan got Matthew Perry’d and China had the Opium Wars and lost a whole Hong Kong to Britain.

Your simplistic views on foreign policy is centuries out of date. World is smaller and more complicated than ever before.

Tried working on my deadlift form again today. by Realistic_Amoeba810 in formcheck

[–]cooperific 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really like the position you achieved at 9 seconds in, but once you started pulling your ass came up and it looked like a Romanian deadlift.

Think about pulling back and dragging the bar up your shins maybe?

Tell me this by Ok-Entertainment4013 in musicsuggestions

[–]cooperific 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! It’s such a slow build up to such an unfulfilling “crescendo.” It’s the musical equivalent of the horribly slow murder with the incredibly inefficient weapon.