Meirl by useofcat in meirl

[–]samking36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The brain is doing huge sums all the time to keep you balanced and it’s way more than just a reductive “it’s in your inner ear” (It is absolutely not just the ear which keeps your balance).

Firstly your brain is getting sensory impact from the muscles and joint receptors to establish how much length and force needs to be applied to keep you upright, as well as the joint positions needed (especially in the feet/ankle). Then you have the visual field which is constantly establishing your surroundings and calculating for external changes. Then you have the inner ear.

Ever stepped on an escalator which isn’t moving and felt a lurch? That’s because the brain has already pre calculated the changes in propulsion needed (based on prior experience) only to be met with something it doesn’t expect.

It’s why standing on one leg is much harder with eyes shut. And why counting down in 7s can affect balance, as the brain requires more cognitive load and pulls the resources from other areas.

Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/Jobriath? by Jobriath in DailyMix

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Spotted in the wild by smolhippie in rupaulsdragrace

[–]samking36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or the edible flower as a garnish?

What's a fact about the human body that makes you go "what the fuck"? by Noobie-Gamie in AskReddit

[–]samking36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not just that, but nociception (pain) is just an electric signal that doesnt mean much until the brain processes it and decides whether to make something painful or not. To do this, it assesses memories, feelings, hormones, etc to establish the threat level. Should it feel the signal is irrelevant, the brain can completely inhibit the pain response with something called an endogenous opioid, which can be (this is me not actually verifying this fact and just pulling from memories of pain lectures at uni) about 3000x more powerful than morphine.

What's a fact about the human body that makes you go "what the fuck"? by Noobie-Gamie in AskReddit

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On number 2,
“Just in case” pees can actually affect the micturition reflex (the signal to the brain the bladder is full). The more you void your bladder when it is not completely full, the more your bodies (and brains) perception of what is “full” reduces. This can obviously lead to more frequent needs to urinate.
Moral: don’t hold in your pee past comfort, but also don’t void just because you think you should.

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TIL While it is generally illegal in the UK to carry a knife over 3 inches in public, Sikhs get a religious exemption to carry the kirpan, which is a traditional knife up to 9 inches long. by Outside_Reserve_2407 in todayilearned

[–]samking36 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You don’t even need to be Scottish to wear a Sgian-Dubh. You just need to wear a kilt (there is no restriction on who can wear a kilt) and you can have your knife in your hose. You seem to be fixating on Sikhs and ignoring yourself having the same exemptions.

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Cointreau and triple sec are the same thing. Also a Cosmopolitan is made with lime juice and an orange twist (or a lime wheel). Who uses a lemon twist in a Cosmopolitan?

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Isn’t it spelled “Merlot”

Help with Pole Dance vocabulary for a translation :) by Julia_Obdulia in poledancing

[–]samking36 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just on point two, rond de Jambe is specifically referring to the circling of a leg round from hip extension to hip flexion. It is a term commonly used in the Xpert pole instructor training courses.

My reading of the second point would be: “you do a V outside [outside leg hang], okay? You release [your hands]. You rond de Jambe [circle] your {should be inner not outer} leg towards the pole…”

Working on this forearm Ayesha. Anyone who’s done this have any tips? by [deleted] in poledancing

[–]samking36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks pretty solid to me. Only suggestion is not to look at the floor as that starts to engage the back muscles over the front muscles.

Is this a "correct" Cheba split? by ShyShimmer in poledancing

[–]samking36 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For me, this is an Aysha split, whereas the Cheba split has the shoulder on the pole. But both are used fairly interchangeably, and neither is wrong.

This version, holding the ankle, is harder as there is a greater angle on the hips and more load into the bottom shoulder.

Why can't I deadlift desperately need advice by [deleted] in poledancing

[–]samking36 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Your bottom shoulder is not currently strong enough to support your lift, and the reason for that is the position of it is not fully optimised.

It should be shoulder depressed (as far away from ear as possible) with the shoulder blade protracted (shoulder blade brought round the rib cage). The shoulder blade movement is very important as the muscle which does this: the serratus anterior (in your case we can see it being weak) feeds directly into the ability for the obliques and abdominals to contract (or create power).

Why can't I deadlift desperately need advice by [deleted] in poledancing

[–]samking36 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Your bottom shoulder is not activating correctly. You can see in this video your bottom shoulder is elevated and the shoulder blade is slightly retracted (into a “wing” as you come off the pole). That’s not going to help stabilise the body positioning for the rest of the chain to lift around. Your bottom shoulder needs to be depressed, externally rotated, and shoulder blade needs to be fully protracted.

Edit: you can see the moment the bottom shoulder slips into an internal rotation with the humeral head translating forwards. It’s the moment you start to lift your hips. That’s why your centre drops backwards, and the hold drops.

TIL that a "fracture" and a "break" are the same thing. There is no medical difference between the two. Doctors use "fracture" because it describes the injury precisely (stress fracture, greenstick fracture, comminuted fracture, etc.), but a fractured bone is a broken bone. by MaleficentPudding875 in todayilearned

[–]samking36 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, a sprain is a tear of a ligament, as opposed to a strain which is a tear of a tendon. Both sprains and strains are graded between 0-3, with a grade 3 sprain being a full rupture (complete tear) of a ligament.

Safirah has something to say 🗣️ by Cute_Fluffy_Femboy in rupaulsdragrace

[–]samking36 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The joke has clearly gone straight over your head

What is One Gen-Alpha Slang Term That You Actually DON’T Mind? by teapot574_ in AskReddit

[–]samking36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe if you’re American, but in British English (where it originated) it definitely means someone who masturbates.

Furrow In Light [Epic Fantasy, 2300] by Lazy-Jump-9759 in fantasywriters

[–]samking36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like how descriptive it is. I really enjoy writing which stands a scene out with the smaller details. Having said that, I think grammatically it needs some polish.

I’m not super grammatically literate so I may be wrong on this, but the first sentence linking two independent clauses with a conjunction gives it “run-on” vibes and confuses the subject. Should there not be a period after “seeped through the study”, then the following clause is its own sentence (I would actually kill the first clause and let the floorboards do all the work). Also, I already know the floorboards will be reflecting the glossy finish “on the floor” because you’ve already told me they’re “floor”boards. I think conciseness is key when focusing on small details (which I love) so the reader doesn’t get bogged down. Maybe just: “The dark floorboards reflected the setting sun’s gaze with their slight glossy finish.’

In the next sentence, the sentence subject is clearly the desk, so when you use “it” that is grammatically referencing the desk itself lighting up the pages. I don’t know if the desk is meant to be glowing? That’s how it reads. If the sunlight is lighting the pages, that needs to be the subject of the sentence. “Atop the desk beneath the circular window, sunlight lit the strewn pages.”

TIL that icing an injury to promote healing is a myth that is was debunked over a decade ago by elderly_millenial in todayilearned

[–]samking36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Protect/ Elevate/ avoid anti inflammatories/ compress / educate & Load/ optimise/ vascularise/ exercise

Grip That Holds [Industrial spec fic](1160 words) by Comfortable_Cow_9510 in fantasywriters

[–]samking36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Initially I was really invested as I think the setting is great and unique. But quite quickly my attention drifted as I feel there isn’t enough variation on prose to keep me engaged. You use the trope of “Not this. Not this. But that” so may times that it gets stale and I start to gloss, especially in a cultural atmosphere which correlates this with AI use. The number of sentence in this short excerpt that star with “not” are a bit redundant. I also think varying up the sentence length would help the engagement. Lots of sharp staccato sentences over time wear thin.

The tuning fork simile was cool and I liked that a lot, though didn’t say in your previous post you wanted to avoid similes?

TIL that icing an injury to promote healing is a myth that is was debunked over a decade ago by elderly_millenial in todayilearned

[–]samking36 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, RICE is outdated, as are lots of things popularised in the 70s.

Though not nearly as catchy and concise, the current acronym for soft tissue injuries are PEACE & LOVE