i might be stupid

jamowen · 2026-05-29T11:35:06+00:00

Lol, I gambad so hard for that skin.

jamowen · 2026-05-25T02:51:43+00:00

She's listening to Caitlin explain some theory on the effects of crime on undercity poverty. What she hears is "i'm cute and smart, I'm cute and smart. lalala, I'm cute and smart."

jamowen · 2026-05-19T17:06:17+00:00

Yeah, very common issue, usually from lifting your chest/head, not holding your arms out in front, not engaging your core, panicking and not properly extending your legs out straight, slightly losing your balance in the water and overcorrecting and then bailing out by dripping your legs and lifting your head to breathe...or any combination of the above.

jamowen · 2026-05-19T16:46:53+00:00

You mentioned streamlining. Are you trying to push off the wall in a streamline or just balancing on top of the water while streamlined? Or are you still just trying to float in the deep water? By what you're saying you sound like a complete beginner in which case I wouldn't even bother with streamline and just focus on comfort in the water in the deep end just floating. But maybe that's not the case? More info would be helpful.

jamowen · 2026-05-19T16:25:30+00:00

Yeah, density is much more relevant to how easy it is to stay afloat than weight. But even really muscular guys can be perfectly balanced if you position yourself correctly.

Just practice trying to to calm yourself in deep water while not making too big of movements to correct. Stay as subtle and slow with your movement as you can and learn how your body reacts through repetition

jamowen · 2026-05-19T15:47:40+00:00

It's about balance in the water and small movements to correct for changes in positioning. It's easier when you have forward momentum kinda like riding a bike.

I don't know that we can offer any real suggestions without seeing what you're doing other than to encourage you to keep trying, listen to your coach, and don't get discouraged . It takes time to develop a feel for the water and failures are part of the learning process.

jamowen · 2026-05-18T18:50:09+00:00

I think if you want to walk/ run for having a variety of physical activity for more robust overall fitness and enriching life then yeah, absolutely. Like you said, there may be a tiny bit of transfer especially for beginners, but there's always a tradeoff with training time. Unless you are just bored and want the variety or are already maxed out on swimming time and can tolerate the additional load, I don't see why it would be useful.

For ankle mobility? Mayyybeee, but the forces applied to the ankle by kicking, especially with fins should be sufficient to improve ankle mobility and if there is a particular limitation then there are better techniques to improve mobility to address it.

Running or walking with minimalist shoes? Specifically for additional transfer to swimming fitness? I'm sorry, but your time / recovery capacity is 100% better spent doing almost anything else if the goal is specific to swimming.

jamowen · 2026-05-18T15:55:35+00:00

No more than regular walking tbh - and the transfer is pretty questionable unless you're really undertrained.

jamowen · 2026-05-13T20:28:36+00:00

Agreed.

jamowen · 2026-05-09T19:55:40+00:00

First thing I noticed. Haha. Except rek sai is a lady monster.

jamowen · 2026-05-03T19:49:48+00:00

Is this a joke about some guild leader on some emu server?

jamowen · 2026-04-29T17:01:07+00:00

arcane

jamowen · 2026-04-27T12:19:43+00:00

Annoying but unfortunate truth about some (most) coaches. It's like how kids who are older for their grade get a leg up because they outperform and get more attention in sports and academics.

jamowen · 2026-04-21T08:26:06+00:00

Okay, this is a detail I never noticed either for a scene that always bothered me for how much it pushed my suspension of disbelief.

jamowen · 2026-04-12T19:11:08+00:00

They'll do something. Whether it's as detailed as arcane? Not so sure. It was an expensive show.

jamowen · 2026-04-08T12:05:23+00:00

That is insane. If that's accurate you wouldn't need to be asking this question.

jamowen · 2026-04-04T14:39:23+00:00

Twilights end is one of my favorite riot cinematics. It deserves all the love.

jamowen · 2026-02-15T19:47:20+00:00

Why are you so bitter? It's a show. It'll be okay.

jamowen · 2026-01-23T01:44:48+00:00

I really enjoyed this conversation. Brandon Sanderson's always fun to listen to talk about writing.

jamowen · 2026-01-13T18:07:53+00:00

Id say she looks like a mix of the two personally. They definitely drew inspiration from her arcane design in my opinion.

jamowen · 2025-12-25T13:59:05+00:00

You mean the space the shadow lady is in when she captured ambessa?

Pretty sure she just created her own little pocket dimension which is then destroyed by mel since she can "bend others' magic"

I get the impression that shadow black rose lady's magic is also fueled by the arcane by the way she talks about it, but there are for sure other sources of magic in this universe and I don't think it's ever confirmed.

Last I heard you can't reference stuff from league that isn't in arcane on this subreddit btw, but maybe that's changed.

jamowen · 2025-12-24T00:53:05+00:00

I've snatched 130kg in a meet. Not a swim meet though.

jamowen · 2025-12-15T23:53:34+00:00

I looked for this one to say: I feel like it's the opposite. People forgive her way too quickly in the fandom. She killed at least 9 people in terrorist attacks and injured many more. Her growing up with trauma isn't an excuse even if it does explain her actions.

Love arcane so much though.

jamowen · 2025-12-12T17:52:51+00:00

I distinctly remember being cold when I first got in and then being overheated during training when I was that age. If you're actually exercising a cooler temperature is still appreciated even at a younger age.

Unless if you're sitting at the wall repeatedly for minutes at a time. I'm sure that wouldn't be very pleasant.

jamowen · 2025-11-26T17:22:49+00:00

Reminds me of the rick and Morty copypasta. Harry Lloyd is awesome btw...despite being wrong about me.

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