Today I learned...

[XanBcoo]

I learned a few things in Chemistry today: That when building muscle, if you don't keep exercising it, it will turn to fat and get all lumpy n' shit; that many "healthy" cereals like Raisin Bran have more sugar in them than "sugary cereals" like Cinnamon Toast Crunch; that eating watermelon is a good way to lose weight temporarily (makes you piss), but all you're losing is water and it'll come back;

There's more. As much as I hate the class, the prof always gives us random facts that are sometmes pretty cool.

[Tofu #2]

Originally posted by: XanBcoo
that eating watermelon is a good way to lose weight temporarily (makes you piss), but all you're losing is water and it'll come back;

Now I understand that joke on the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes the Union leader. I thought it was just one of those random jokes.

Today I learned how to tie a double figure 8 knot.

[Necromas]

I learned how to and when it's legal to stick your thumb in someones eye and aim for the brain.

[Spiegel]

When is it legal? Today I learned that a lot of my home state peoples are idiots. Go Alabama!

[Death BOO Z]

This weekend I learned...
It's not safe to give me video games.
seriously, i have about 60 hours away from the army and I spend far too many of them infront of the screen, hackin' away monsters and my free time..
the deal is simple, I visited hardcoregamers101, saw the summonnight article, downloaded the GBA roms, started playing - and bamm! I end up going to bed at 0600 and wake up at 0930. then I keep playing a while more until noon, stopping only to watch Smallville marthon until dinner. afterwards i go visit a friend of mine, fall asleep (about 3 hours of sleep over the night, what do you expect?), when i got back home, i finished the game, then played a little more, and went to bed, this time for 4 hours. woke up, finished the 100floors maze, played a little more, and gave up when I realized I can't get 100% of the game without a do over.
So I started summon-night 2.
I barely got to check my e-mail, see anime or get some sleep, give me a video game and i turn to a zombie. same thing happened with Prince of Persia, Shaman king and Heroes IV.
Usually it's not so bad, since i have a lousy computer and i don't own a gaming console, so i hardly get to play anything.. but if you give me a decent game, it's all over. A complete waste of my time. I don't leave time for anything important, i didn't even get a haircut becuase i was too into the game to care.

well, at least i finished one game, i'm keeping the sequal for next weekend.

[Kraco]

Well, one thing I learned in the army is that a soldier gotta sleep when he can, even at odd places and times. Because too often he can't. Sounds like you keep practicing that "good" habit even outside of the service... >_>

[eat_toast]

This weekend I learned...
It's not safe to give me video games.

That's essentially what I learned when I played MGS3 - in a 48 hour period, 21 of that was the game, from beginning to end.

Also, today I learned that having a flu, then going to try and compete in a French speaking competition may not have been the best decision I've made.

[Necromas]

When is it legal? Today I learned that a lot of my home state peoples are idiots. Go Alabama!

1. When you are not the instigator, you didn't provoke the other person verbally or physically.

2. When you or someone else is at risk of great bodily harm, such as getting shot, raped, stabbed, killed, etc....

3. When you or the person threatened has no reasonable means of escape.

If all three of these conditions are met, go for the eyes and push towards the brain! Or grab the throat hard and pull at it as if you were ripping out a plug, it's easier than punching the throat because there's some pretty tough armor there even if it doesn't seem like it.

P.S. Or use common sense when you know you can't win, like if they have a gun aimed at you point blank.

[XanBcoo]

Today I realized that Tagalog and Spanish are more similar than I had originally thought.

Perhaps not as similar as Italian and Spanish, but enough for me to understand to shut up when a Filipina friend told me to "quite la woca". I guess it makes sense, seeing as the Philippines were occupied by Spain for so long.

Edit: Looking it up, I was right in assuming that Spanish and Tagalog aren't related at all. The latter just has a load of loan-words and phrases from Spanish, as well as a few other languages. I find that incredibly interesting!

[saman]

today i learned that no matter how much fun an interview was to conduct, or is to listen to, it's still a pain in the ass to transcribe. *ded from the boring*

[Kraco]

...enough for me to understand to shut up when a Filipina friend told me to "quite la woca".

Didn't you ask if you could still keep humming the melody even if you had to quit the vocals? >_>

[ArcaneRed]

i learned that people are being asses to me on irc

[Lucifus]

Don't worry. We're asses to everyone on IRC. Its true. I've been eaten and kicked be teh d3vil soo many times its not funny. Well...actually...it is funny.....

[Terracosmo]

Today I spent a delicious amount of maybe 30 minutes reflecting over the fact that my life is probably damn near perfect.

I might have my bad days and my complexes (mostly brought on by a mix of vanity and childhood abuse of various kinds) but overall everything is as solid as can be.

Behold why!

- I live in a rich country without exaggerated amounts of violence & crime (at least not more than in any other country with generally high standards).
- I don't have any immediate flaws in my appearance, sure, everybody can't love everybody when it comes to looks.. but I'm neutral enough to not be hated, and hot enough to have fanclubs.
- I have found a hobby that I really enjoy putting all my free time into (music: drums) and I'm also pretty good at it. Additionally the songwriter in my new band is a genius and we have lots of contacts in the business.
- My parents are alive, well and loving. They are also very generous and hand me cash when I need it. They have helped me through tough times and make me feel a little less worthless for not having a job right now.
- I am not stupid. My grades are above average and my english skills are excellent compared to the average scandinavian dito.
- I have a wide social network and have no problems with making friends, getting women to want me or anything else when it comes to socializing. I'm oh so funny and charismatic!
- The best fuckbuddy I've ever had lives 5 minutes away. The other two I have live ~20 & ~40 minutes away respectively.


So to all the guys here who keep calling me gay, silly, lame & other derogatory words with the intention of trying to insult me (calling me gay otherwise is okay because I am fucked up): GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES BECAUSE I FUCKING OWN YOU, HAH!
MY LIFE > YOURS! GWEAHAHAHAHAHAA


So yeah. That's what I learned today. I never really reflected this way before. Maybe I'm just in a happy mood?!

[Lefty]

Today I learned I'm part pack mule.

How i learned this you ask well I'm a filmmaker in the Seattle area. I'm doing a mini on the international district. I walked the entire 10 block area that encompases it. Took two hours to do it. I was draggin a back pack with two 35mm camera bodies on 50mm lens, a 60-300mm telephoto, a 75-120mm telephoto, a Leica Digital camera, and sekonic light meter. On otp of that i had an XL2 on a manffrotto tripod which weight a good fifteen pounds. Not heavy right away but by hour two it felt like it weighed a ton.

I looked liked some journalist from Vietnam.

[python862]

To lefty - Now to tell us what everything means!

Today I learned that my Business Systems and Tech teacher is a real pushover. An exam with 93 questions, finished within ten minutes is NOT SATISFYING, NOR GRATIFYING!

Anyway, I am happy that it was so easy, being that I failed my Geometry exam with flying colors...

Yah.