Top 11 Things I've Learned From MFP Forums

corymink · July 2012

And, don't swim one half hour after eating.

TexasRattlesnake · July 2012

And, don't swim one half hour after eating.

Brilliant!

BinaryPulsar · July 2012

I studied biology and I'm married for over a decade to a physicist. I've spent the past 16 years of my life surrounded by people that have a Doctorate degree in biology and physics, but then I joined MFP and found out that only people who lift weights are scientists and everyone else must be utterly stupid...oh and skinny fat. And anyone that is not an expert at weight lifting must be afraid of getting bulky (there is no other possible explanation for why someone would be new to weight lifting or for why anyone would enjoy any other physical activity other than weight lifting).

But, there are some really nice (and funny) people here!

Also I don't even know how I ended up here. I just signed up out of curiosity.

One more: No conversation is complete unless someone says "pink barbie weights".

cobracars · July 2012

bite me

Do you bite back?

ImKindOfABigDeal40 · July 2012

You also forgot to mention that you have to get offended at anything and everything. You're not allowed to have a sense of humor.

usernamejoe · July 2012

BUMP is not a drug reference but more of a way to remind self that I should read this post

sunrise611 · July 2012

Yes, there are a lot of conflicting statements on the forum.

I am glad that I kept it simple (KISS) and didn't let myself get sidetracked or confused by all the hullabaloo.

I let MFP guide me and it worked.

TamTamW · July 2012

Here ya go!

Wait for someone to say it's ok to do something when you know it's not! If you wait long enough you will get the answer you want to hear. That doesn't mean that it's the right answer!

aleham · July 2012

If someone complains about a problem they're having don't be honest with them about other things they could be doing that are more productive, which could ultimately fix that problem.

Bottom line: Sometimes people don't want your advice, they just want to complain. Don't play in to it.

Fieldsy · July 2012

If you are a girl and don't lift weights, all the weight lifting girls will turn their nose up towards you after learning a few exercises.

If you have a tattoo, you need to make 3 threads a day how awesome it is

People get offended when you don't leave a message with your FR, but they don't mind posing half naked in their profile

usernamejoe · July 2012

If you are a girl and don't lift weights, all the weight lifting girls will turn their nose up towards you

If you have a tattoo, you need to make 3 threads a day how awesome it is

People get offended when you don't leave a message with your FR, but they don't mind posing half naked in their profile

^^^ this is AWESOME

Erisad · July 2012

I learned what a thigh gap was. :laugh:

Booo I don't have one!

I don't have one either. I just learned what it was. :grumble:

placebomonkey · July 2012

Best post ever.

Agreed

mrsRhughes · July 2012

Define nonsense and who gets to judge that versus a difference of opinion. I've had people praise the Atkins diet and other swear it off as nonsense (just one example of many). Can you further quantify what you're defining as being eligible for attacking?

You'll most likely see nonsense around these parts in the form of demonizing a single maconutrient, food or ingredient with no regards to context or dosage. Other common nonsense is talk of starvation mode from skipping a meal, special snowflakes who think they can operate out side the laws of the universe, post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacies etc etc

lol at "special snowflakes"!