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Yep. I lived in Houston when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast. After Rita, it was 2 weeks before the grocery stores were fully stocked again, and people were breaking into homes to steal FOOD. This is no joke. People will do crazy things when they feel like their ability to maintain their current quality of…

I have a Ruger .380 LCP for concealed carry. I shot a Taurus Judge when I took my CHL course (instructor had one, and everyone got to put a round through it), and I would love one of those, but it's less "logical" as a carry pistol. Would be okay for home, but I might as well get a shotgun. I've been looking at 12-gauge…

Is it illegal? Does it legitimately affect someone in a negative way (e.g. trespassing on someone's property, not "killing animals makes me sad")? If the answer to both of those questions is no, then I do not give a single flying crap what other people do.

Unfortunately, most people who want to sell you "training sessions" don't actually know anything about training, least of all strength training. Fortunately, there is a wealth of free information online and free quality tutorials on YouTube. I know that videos aren't a substitute for real, in-person training. But they are…

So you're fine with a guy holding a door open for you so that he can objectify you behind your back, but you draw the line at a gentleman opening the door for you as sign of respect for a lady? This is modern feminism, y'all.

Looks are every bit as important to me as personality. Not even sorry. Intelligence. Character. They're all important. I would say character is probably the most important because we can at least be friends if you're without one of the other 3 things. If you're a crappy human being, I don't even want to be friends.

When you realize that you'll never arrive, that's when you'll know you've arrived. (I'm really not trying to sound like a pretentious *kitten*, but that was the easiest way to say it.)

I am not equal to a man and don't want to be treated like one. I'm not better or worse than a man, but I am different. I value the things that make a man different from me. I will let a man know I am available and interested, but I will not pursue him in any way, shape, or form. It's not because I think I "can't" or…

Any suggestion that puts responsibility on the potential victim is going to come off like it's said victim's fault if s/he is, in fact, raped, but let's be real: there are things, as a woman, that I can do to make being raped less likely. I can avoid getting so drunk that I require a baby-sitter. I can avoid being alone…

I would clarify what she means by "formal." That is such a widely and inappropriately used term that she could mean any number of things. "Formal," to me, indicates black tie. But black tie weddings are not held on the beach on a summer day, so I highly doubt that's what she means. For a lot of people, "formal" means…

I maintained at 2100 for 6 weeks. I am 5'0, but I have a lot of lean mass to feed, and I am pretty active in my free time. I lift 4 days/week and walk/hike a good 20 to 30 miles a week.

I care more about the quality of your undergraduate and/or graduate education and the RESULTS of your work (not your job description but your actual accomplishments). Certificates don't mean crap to me unless they are particularly difficult to get. You know what I would ask you if I were interviewing you? I'd ask for…

You forgot "Front squat: Badass"

Video, or it didn't happen.

Let's see ... obesity is an "illness." The government knows better than you how to parent your children. And if you "can't" afford "healthy" food, that's also a fault with "the system," and is yet another problem we should ask the government to solve. Wow. The Nanny State has caught you hook, line, and sinker.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I think it comes down to priorities and the fact that most people are not honest about theirs. I don't fault anyone for putting other things ahead of counting calories and hitting the gym, as long as they own the choices they make. It's none of my business what someone else considers a…

It's not a perception issue. It's a projection issue. Nobody thinks that being obese is normal. It's just easier to point at a "normal" person and say "you're too thin" than it is to look at yourself and say "I'm too fat."

This is similar to when people stop at the top or bottom of an escalator or set of stairs to tie their shoes or answer their cell phone or look through their bag for something, completely oblivious to the fact that they are impeding the progress of oncoming traffic. I want to scream at these people "What planet are you…

I'm hot, and I like it that way, but, knowing what I know now, I'd feel like a real *kitten* if I looked the part but couldn't actually play the part. Don't like fake, don't want to be fake.

5'0 TDEE is 2100 Calorie goal is 1700 gross (currently cutting; don't really have a goal weight) Desk job 5/3/1 HIIT a few times a week Lots of walking/hiking (20 to 30 miles a week) Macros are pretty even right now Criticism: FOAD

See, that's the right attitude.

Because I want to be as strong as genetically possible, not be good at various artistic forms of squatting.

Well, I can only squat nearly twice my body weight right now, but in a few years, I might be lifting something really impressive.

To a Smith machine? Absolutely.

This. Absolute strength is a glass. Everything else is what goes inside the glass. The stronger you are, the more you can do and the better you can be at it. But the knowledge of HOW to do it and the commitment to doing it well still have to be there.

Did you both whip it out and measure each other, too?

I think the biggest mistake people make is assuming there is a right way or a wrong way. If you want "happily ever after," you have to be yourself and have faith that you will find someone whose personality and goals and dreams complement yours, AND you have to have the courage to believe that it's far lonelier to be in a…

Agree with this, and I would absolutely want the right to decide. But I do understand not allowing health care practitioners to actually administer the treatment. I work in medical malpractice insurance. The inherent liability issues in PAS are huge, even when all the physician can do is write a prescription for…