Eh, he was always the first one to make shots about his weight. Doing it after he's lost the weight is different because he's not fat anymore, so it's not really monstrous. I imagine he'd still be the first one to crack a joke like that.
Weird that it didn't make him happier, though. You'd think he'd be very proud of himself for losing that much.
It means the forum censor kept me from figuring out wtf you were talking about, until I finally remembered that particular insert.
GasBandit
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There are pranks, and then there are PRANKS. And then there are pranks where The Rock gets himself ordained as a minister so it can all be legal when he surprises you by officiating a wedding ceremony you didn't know was going to happen, and your fiancee, your family, your coworkers and friends are ALL IN ON IT.
figmentPez
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I want to try riding this bicycle.
This was my thought as well.
The steering arrangement isn't anything that couldn't be relearned, it's just very, very anti-intuitive.
--Patrick
It seems to me that the best way to overcome that bike would be to imagine yourself steering with your torso while pivoting your arms in the opposite direction. So that twisting left would make your arms go right... and move the bike left.
I don't know... it's hard to describe, but it seems to make sense in my head.
fade
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I wonder how sailors and small outboard motorboat owners and RC airplane flyers would do. You have to think backwards when steering all of those.
figmentPez
Staff member
I was thinking about dyslexics, and people who play video games with radically different control schemes. My brain is constantly flipping all sorts of things, besides just letters, and I only have mild dyslexia. Some days I have to focus on which way to turn the handles on my sink. As for the gaming thing, I can adjust to inverted controls for movement and camera pretty quickly, and some gamers pick up intentionally difficult control schemes like Octodad and I Am Bread without much trouble. Some people can juggle new patterns of response faster than others.
I doubt I could instantly ride that bike (especially since I haven't ridden a normal one in more than a decade) but I imagine I'd have an easier time learning than someone with a more neurotypical brain. All that said, there's a lot going on at once when riding a bike, and it's fascinating to see just how difficult it is to unlearn what's become reflexive. And now I'm thinking about parallels with other behavior and habits, both physical and just ingrained ways of thinking.
I imagined the arm movement would be like dodging a blow in boxing, or like aligning the handle bars in a line.
--Patrick
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbC3hJmqKotBt4s2BGRjrA
I just discovered Flula Borg. This is one crazy German dude and he's entertaining as hell.
I just discovered Flula Borg. This is one crazy German dude and he's entertaining as hell.
Oh, that guy was on @Midnight on Comedy Central a couple weeks ago. He was... okayish.
I think I prefer this version from now on.
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1.21 JIGAWATTS?
GasBandit
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When I was in high school, one of my "things" was I was known as the guy who could sing the lyrics to any sitcom ever aired on network television.
It actually came in handy once, even. On our senior trip to Puerto Vallarta, there was a contest put on by a tourist "booze cruise" one night among 3 schools whose trips overlapped there and were in attendance ... the contest being TV theme shows. Naturally, my classmates sent me up as our school's representative. For one shining night, I WAS A GOLDEN TEQUILA-SOAKED GOD.
I believe those were nerf darts