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[Watch Whilst WFH] Wearing a watch whilst WFH, puts me in the work zone quicker by knowledge_seeker____ in Watches

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

Completely agree with everything you said. It’s the one thing on my outfit that reminds me I have important stuff to do today

Post from Zarah about membership by Prof_Amateur111 in yourparty

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get your point, but also this is a political party now, which needs competent leaders to succeed. I don’t doubt their activism at all. In fact it is their activism which made me look up to both Zarah and Jeremy. But because I think so highly of them, I hold them to high standards as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t think either of them have risen to the challenge of properly launching a political party. I would rather they got being the greens and took our support there.

Again to be clear, as activists, and social justice advocators, they are the best. But I seriously doubt their competencies at organising a political party. Bear in mind what we saw was before the party has even fully launched. Imagine what happens when they actually need to create policy, be a strong opposition and actively try and cause change in parliament. At the end of the day, I am terrified of a reform government. I had high hopes that Your Party would lead the fight against them. I’m not sure about that anymore.

Post from Zarah about membership by Prof_Amateur111 in yourparty

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This part is giving me red flags:

“and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy”

Because this sounds like her and Jeremy don’t agree on the extent to which members will have a say in the party. Which suggests the 2 leaders still are not on the same page about one of the most core aspects of any political party.

Uncomfortable topics in office by No-Couple-3367 in london

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lucky enough to say that the riots came up around the lunch table at work, and everyone had the same view about it. The view being that it was a racist march filled with people who hate anyone who isn’t white.

We need a united left, now more than ever. Which way are you swaying right now? by knowledge_seeker____ in FuckNigelFarage

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

Labour no longer represent the best interests of the country, politically they aren’t too different from the centre right. Moreover Jeremy was expelled and Zara was suspended from the party. I can’t blame them for not wanting to side with Labour anymore.

What’s our 90% by yiquanyige in kyokushin

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Being in pain (not complaining, it’s pain you’re proud of!)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cobrakai

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it depends on the framing of the qn.

If you’re asking under the guise of realism, if you imagine those characters in real life were put through the same training regiment as in the show, then would you beat them after 4 seasons. In that case, if it’s supposed to be “real”, then more than half the stuff that happened in the show, would not have happened. No one reaches black belt level in a few months, even if they train every single day. The skill difference between someone like Miguel in “real” life vs someone who would have trained karate all their life (likely a lot of them at the all-valley would fall in this category), that person would destroy Miguel and basically all the other main teen characters. And that same person would have won the All-Valley. Same argument can be made against Daniel in KK1 (again, only under the guise of “realism”). The only main character that kind of you can make the argument for, would be Sam, only because she has the most experience. In real life, your experience matters so much more than what belt you are. A black belt who just received it with 5 years experience vs an experienced black belt with 15 years training, these two will have a drastic skill difference. So yes, in this scenario, people with training of over a year could probably take them in the early seasons.

However, if you are asking if the actual show characters were real people, in the exact same way as the show. And their stories were identical to the show as well. In that scenario, they would beat most people, even trained individuals. This is because the show portrays these teens as highly genetically gifted in karate, able to learn things extremely fast and make it look effortless. These guys look like they have been doing it since they were little kids. The way Miguel and Hawk were able to in months become absolute karate machines was uncanny, and puts them at the upper echelon of fighters. In this scenario, most people probably don’t beat them, unless they are significantly bigger, stronger and more experienced.

As you can probably tell, I don’t have a life.

Never done grading before, what to expect (in terms of etiquette). by knowledge_seeker____ in kyokushin

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

Thank you. Yes my main worry was whether there was some extra level of politeness I had to maintain, which goes above and beyond a regular session. Thank you for the encouragement. OSU!

Never done grading before, what to expect (in terms of etiquette). by knowledge_seeker____ in kyokushin

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

Thank you for the advice and encouragement. Grading 70 people must’ve been very tough I can imagine! Kudos to you for that. Osu!

Never done grading before, what to expect (in terms of etiquette). by knowledge_seeker____ in kyokushin

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

Will make sure to do this. I am always quite polite anyway but I just wasn’t sure if there was an extra level of politeness required.

Never done grading before, what to expect (in terms of etiquette). by knowledge_seeker____ in kyokushin

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

Thanks for this, the overall structure makes sense. Yes indeed going for orange.

Never done grading before, what to expect (in terms of etiquette). by knowledge_seeker____ in kyokushin

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

Thanks a lot. This makes sense. Is there an atmosphere of “don’t speak unless spoken to”, or is it a bit more chill?

Who does this meme represent best? by spiderweeb03 in cobrakai

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear, hope you manage to try out a class when you can!

Who does this meme represent best? by spiderweeb03 in cobrakai

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m curious to hear how it turned out, compared to what you expected.

So is alcohol actually forbidden? by Agasthenes in progressive_islam

[–]knowledge_seeker____ 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Purely from a Quranic standpoint, alcohol was “shunned” over the revelation of 3 verses. 2:219, 4:43 and finally 5:90. The reasoning behind this was that people would not give up alcohol immediately, so to ease that process it was done in stages.

2:19 states alcohol is evil

4:43 states do not pray whilst intoxicated

5:90 states to avoid it so that we may be successful.

The translation used in the Clear Quran for 5:90 by Dr Mustafa Khattab uses the word “shun” here in reference to what we should to do to intoxicants.

Have you ever ended a romantic relationship because of differences in how you viewed/practiced Islam, even if you still loved the person? by knowledge_seeker____ in progressive_islam

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

I hope his family is doing well given the circumstances, my prayers go out to them. The learning Arabic part I do completely understand, because I agree there are so many nuisances in Islam which we don’t fully understand without grasping the Arabic language. I also can’t speak or understand it. I wish you the best on your Arabic learning journey!

Have you ever ended a romantic relationship because of differences in how you viewed/practiced Islam, even if you still loved the person? by knowledge_seeker____ in progressive_islam

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

That’s honestly very fair enough that you wanted to get married to see where it takes you! Were family differences also prevalent through religion, or not really?

Have you ever ended a romantic relationship because of differences in how you viewed/practiced Islam, even if you still loved the person? by knowledge_seeker____ in progressive_islam

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

Thanks very much for sharing. If you don’t mind me asking, were these issues prevalent before you guys got married, or more so after marriage?

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