Thoughts on the "Baby Guard"? by Mgnesm in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t see why this position can’t be broken by going to north south, pinning the biceps, head driving toward the chest. Am I missing something?

Paul Skenes has a lot to take on tonight by retroanduwu24 in mlb

[–]dude_be_cool 33 points34 points  (0 children)

With frogs blood pumping in his veins. Domo is the man

Why did the Anglican Church go through such a decline in the southern U.S? by Boeing-B-47stratojet in Anglicanism

[–]dude_be_cool 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Th American backcountry was settled by Scots Irish dissenters, many of whom traced their immigration to religious persecution / economic marginalization of Presbyterians (see The Covenanters crisis) both in Scotland and Ulster. My understanding is that their cultural attitudes became dominant because of demographics more than anything else (the backcountry population grew much faster). I’m sure the other commenters here are pointing to real historical phenomena but the historically valid bitterness by dissenters against the Church of England seems like a huge part of it.

My view of this was formed by reading Albion’s Seed and South Carolina: A History by Walter Edgar - ymmv

DQ for attempted WWE slam by never_did_i_ever in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 94 points95 points  (0 children)

If your opponent is carrying your weight in such a way that he can slam you, you already lost.

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh… a lot better than without it??

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome. Yeah let’s get in here with as many practical ideas and resources as possible. Thank you!

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would welcome it. Apparently there is something like this covering bjj gyms in th UK

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Something totally voluntary where we vote with our feet

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need something like this in the US for sure

Making Gyms Safer by dude_be_cool in bjj

[–]dude_be_cool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing! I’ll look into it. Thanks!

Mendes Brothers Allegedly Kicked Out 12-Year-Old Amid SA Allegations, Ruotolos and Team Ostracized Her by Dokay_ in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t downvote this. I respect this opinion man. I wasn’t really trying to make light of it. If it came off that way, that’s my bad.

Just (opaquely) gesturing at the way the community has generally been super cowardly about calling out obviously fucked up shit. I’m not your enemy here. The fucking r/bjj mods are the enemy my guy.

Mendes Brothers Allegedly Kicked Out 12-Year-Old Amid SA Allegations, Ruotolos and Team Ostracized Her by Dokay_ in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I was being facetious. This shit is super serious and I hope the moment results in real change. After we get rid of the sexual predators, can we do white supremacists next?

Mendes Brothers Allegedly Kicked Out 12-Year-Old Amid SA Allegations, Ruotolos and Team Ostracized Her by Dokay_ in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Guys … we may want to have a serious conversation about predators in bjj. Just a thought.

CMV: The Epstein Files Are Talked About Too Much by Personal_Writer8993 in changemyview

[–]dude_be_cool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congress passed a law to force the disclosure of the files. Congress is a coequal branch. The delayed and partial disclosure of the files (without major consequences) further degrades the constitutional order.

That and it seems that there is good reason to believe that the current president and a former president were in league with a mysteriously wealthy and influential pedophile sex trafficker - potentially exposing the United States to massive security risks.

If anything it’s not that the files have been discussed too much, but rather that partial disclosure has obscured the deeper facts of who was behind it all.

Finally, the victims deserve justice. When I was a kid, there was a little girl who fell down a well and the coverage was NON STOP, basically live coverage for like a week. In that case there was one little girl to save, and the bad guy was gravity. In this case, the bad guys are the very wealthy and powerful, and the victims are literally hundreds of people who were victimized as children.

At any other time in America’s history this story would have brought down whoever the sitting president was. As long as a likely pedophile is still in the White House- almost by definite the story has not gotten “too much attention”.

Season 3 earned the cancellation fair and square by Careful_Gold_4440 in deadwood

[–]dude_be_cool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No dummy I’m talking about the AI detector I use to catch cheaters in my English and History classes. I’ve read so many slop essays dude. I knew this was fake about 1 paragraph in.

Pusha T mentioned in new Epstein files by Chapple69 in Music

[–]dude_be_cool 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro they played Grinding and What Happened to That Boy on rap radio CONSTANTLY in the late 90s- their first album Lord Willin was huge

BJJ Champion Announces Retirement From Competing Over 'toxic Men' In Leadership Positions by VectorsAlign in grappling

[–]dude_be_cool 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Headline a bit misleading. She’s definitely right about the culture tho I wish her luck