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I might be the only person on earth whose paid jobs this year have included both "mover" and "audio commentary recording for the UK release of a seminal European arthouse film" so I guess I have that going for me weirdness-wise
manipulated time to get 3 days in every 24 hour period
Eey I remember that
I am a liberal if that counts
oh uhhmmmmm, i have a pet snake, that's pretty cool right?
What's Snakey Jakey's name?
his name is pinkie (he is pink and i like my little pony)
i named him when i was like 12 okay
He sounds very cute.
I did 90 Day Fiancé before it was a thing. I met my ex in 2011 and we talked online before I moved to her country and lived with her for a bit.
I overshare if that counts!
over the last few years i’ve gotten legitimately good at guitar. it has made me less eager to throw hands for fear of fuckin up my money makers. so indeed i’d probably use my foots and toes more in a fight. not that injuring my legs would be much better (i cook with my lower limbs) but yeah
@Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net is obviously a weirdo, moreso than anyone else in here. Just wanted to clarify that.
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I'm not good at swordfighting, but I love it. I've been struggling to find a non cult kung fu place that teaches weapon techs, so maybe I'll be better at it soon! I'm not bougie enough for fencing and HEMA is too scary to approach.
Don't know about weapon techs, but I have been to a Wing Chun place that I really liked. Maybe I would have learned more about self defence from something like Krav Maga, but I do feel much more confident in my ability to fight back if I need to now
I find krav maga to be kinda gross. Jujitsu + Muay Thai is the same foundations without getting into Israeli traditions.
reads the word jujitsu and writes 3 paragraphs
Even before October 7th I was like "Israel? Gross." But I also thought all the gun disarms, multi-opponent stuff, and groin shots were pure LARP. I never drank the kool aid for self defense and when people walk around with tacticool swagger it's always rubbed my the wrong way. My philosophy has always been the good part of krav is the kickboxing so you ought to just learn to kickbox.
There was a guy that bothered me at BJJ because I was working on my stand up. He was brand new and I'm knocking on the door for a black belt. I'm trying my new judo stuff and he manages a takedown. He asks me after the roll "how'd you get taken down by my hehebebfnebwbbwwhdhrb?" I don't know, man. I didn't even remember the exchange he was talking about. In sparring against a self proclaimed newbie I don't need to use my A-game nor am I trying to win. If I went into every round like it was a fight I'd run out of friends. All I'd have to show for it was a couple 5 min rounds where I keep blasting newbies with double legs and o soto garis and then doing Americans on their shoulders.
The point being that I didn't spend the last decade of my life doing this so I could just Kamehameha everybody who ever dares to step up to me. Krav has the Satanic ethos where you kaboom people for self defense. BJJ gets its roots from judo where mutual benefit and welfare are a pillar of the art. And me personally I'm living out my inner teenager's fantasy of complicated Naruto fights where I need to use ninjutsu to overcome other ninja. Your white belt ass is only going to know the fundamentals I've taught personally and maybe some wrestling so I'm only going to test an experimental build against you.
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I'm actually really boring, but people treat me like I'm a weirdo, because I tend to look scruffy and unkempt. Suburbia sucks.
I am a member of the weirdo swarm (KGLW fan)
jokes
I'm cis/het/white/man/elder millennial in the imperial core and I'm, as far as i know, not a horrible fucking person.
I am fully comfortable in an absolute mess. I'm not stressed out when things are cluttered, disorganized, filthy, or kinda smelly. This is a truly horrible character trait and a constant point of tension with my partner. I'm more than happy cleaning up but i have zero (0) internal triggers to start cleaning on my own and it's not good.
I'm really into the gameplay aspects of otherwise very aesthetic games. I played Warhammer with unpainted units and would beat very good players (tournaments would deduct points if you didn't paint your army so i never entered) and I was able to understand magic: the gathering well enough to become a judge while playing with unsleeved cards for most of my life.
I was one of the top players in the world at Skullgirls and had, at one point, developed the highest damaging painwheel+1 combo.
I really enjoy striking up conversations with random people and think after the revolution i could be an outreach worker trying to gain insight into the needs of those less reachable by conventional means
Nobody ever took me to a church/religous service (other than weddings and funerals) as a child and I've never been to one as an adult. Never baptized or any other anointing rituals either so I'm guaranteed not getting into any heaven.
family shit
My parents weren't religious and my maternal grandparents were kicked out of their church because racism or something they say it's because he married outside the church but come on now
I bought a CCCP shirt with a big hammer and sickle on it but kinda feel cringe wearing it
I rescue talking cats from pirates in outer space and I have a clone I trapped in wonky space.