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On December 26 2010 12:33 Twistacles wrote:
These 15% tip ideas are seriously confusing and unhelpful. The simplest way is this.
Take 10%. (This is easy, you move a decimal place)
EX: 50 > 5
Take half of 5 and you get 2.5
Add together and you get 7.5
Kaplow! 15%.
Even easier than that.
Take the tax and double it.
Tax is somewhere around 6-8% usually, doubling it gives you 12-16%, good enough for a tip.
Hell, you can even round.
If they give you 7.29 in tax, and you don't wanna spend the extra time thinking 7.29*2=14.58, just use 7.50 and get 15 bucks. or 7.00 and get 14 bucks. 
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NEVER EVER try to board a moving train. I learned this by watching others lose limbs and life. That train/bus is not worth your life man.
In India (sadly) there are some places where people climb on the train. Yes, on the top of train! Some of them get electrocuted ofcourse 
Don't let off the ropes when on a swing. No 'Look mama No Hands!' please.
Don't play with those professional hard leather balls (use tennis/baseball balls instead. They are soft and squeaky!) while playing Cricket. Lost two teeth on different occasions.
Don't watch a Horror Movie before going to sleep while living alone.
Always save your game.
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On December 26 2010 13:22 Zeri wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2010 09:42 Akuemon wrote:
Watch How I Met Your Mother, and follow Barney on how to get girls. It actually works sometimes. I can second this. It works sometimes and will make your experience more fun.
Or maybe the girls recognize the way you're trying to get her into bed using one of Barney's methods ;D! So she think's: "Well he watches How i met your mother so he must be a little interesting." 
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On November 08 2010 19:17 Dogsi wrote:
If you want to live in a foreign country, get a job as a "native english speaker". Anyone in America, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand can get a decent easy job in just about any non English speaking country. I don't understand how these countries have so many unemployed...
This is true only if you're some what educated. And nowadays, some what educated means at least a college degree. In developed countries like Korea, this is especially true, and they're not gonna take an uneducated foreigner to teach english.
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On December 26 2010 14:13 TheGiftedApe wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2010 15:16 Chairman Ray wrote:
brushing my teeth while peeing will save some time in the morning I'd take this one step further, and pee in the shower while brushing my teeth, FTW.
I can't do that cause of morning wood . When I piss in the morning it usually goes everywhere until I get my penis to calm down...
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On December 26 2010 18:09 stalking.d00m wrote:NEVER EVER try to board a moving train. I learned this by watching others lose limbs and life. That train/bus is not worth your life man. In India (sadly) there are some places where people climb on the train. Yes, on the top of train! Some of them get electrocuted ofcourse Don't let off the ropes when on a swing. No 'Look mama No Hands!' please. Don't play with those professional hard leather balls (use tennis/baseball balls instead. They are soft and squeaky!) while playing Cricket. Lost two teeth on different occasions. Don't watch a Horror Movie before going to sleep while living alone. Always save your game. I'd actually play tape-ball instead of a baseball for cricket. You get the prodigious amount of swing that a normal tennis ball does, at a small sacrifice to any spinner's ability to turn the ball. (It tends to skid instead of grip when it hits the tape side) Have a spare tennis ball ready for any spinners in that regard.
For extra fun, use yellow tape (if it's a normal tennis ball) to make the batsmen unsure about which way it'll swing.
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On December 26 2010 19:43 BROotogy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2010 14:13 TheGiftedApe wrote:On November 08 2010 15:16 Chairman Ray wrote:
brushing my teeth while peeing will save some time in the morning I'd take this one step further, and pee in the shower while brushing my teeth, FTW. I can't do that cause of morning wood . When I piss in the morning it usually goes everywhere until I get my penis to calm down...
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I can just imagine it trying to writhe out of your control and you with only a cowboy hat on trying to get it under control using a rope
WOOOAAH BOY, WOAAAH
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Don't EVER fly British Airways! Out of 30+ flights in my life, 4 were with British Airways. I didn't get my baggage twice, both times after a BA flight. That's a 50% baggage delay rate with BA!
This time, the day before yesterday, they had about 10 pieces of baggage on board of a fully booked 250+ people flight. I don't get how an airline (BA), an airport operator (BAA at Heathrow) and their baggage handling personell can be so unbelievably stupid.
If you ever fly BA, take your copy of SC2 with you in your carry-on luggage. That's a tip someone should have given me a few days ago :D
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type gg every time when you lose a game
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For those in the UK - dont feel obliged to tip, waiters in the US are exempt from minimum wage due to some law so they NEED the tips. In the UK, its completely different because waiters get paid as much as anyone else so tips should be reserved only for when you feel the service has been exceptional. The tips are often confiscated by the restaurants in the UK anyway and used to cover 'waste'.
Be sure to set yourselves some life goals and targets for where you want your life to be headed. This is one of the biggest things most people never do, they just end up coasting along. In 5 years time do you want to be a trainee systems analyst, do you want to have a long term relationship and moved in with your partner, do you want to be living in Thailand? Once you have assessed what you want out of your life, it becomes a million times easier to work towards that. Its like in Starcraft 2, when you get cheesed and dont know how to deal with that you panic - but make a plan where you want to be in the mid game, and when the cheese comes, you know just to deal with it and get back into your mid-game plan.
I can attest to this, as soon as I started listing things I wanted I started doing things about them. E.g. 'to look good' was one of them - next day signed up at the gym, lost 8lbs in 2 months and a -lot- more muscle definition now (I didnt know what exercise to do, so I just asked at the gym for a 'general' workout plan :p - walk before you run!).
FOCUS your thinking. Your mind is incredibly powerful - your subconscious will automatically filter out information it deems not relevant to your interests. Example: you buy a red Ford Focus. All of a sudden every car on the road is a red ford focus. This is because your conscious has told your subconscious 'I have a Red Ford Focus! Yea!'. If you consciously focus on the things you want to achieve (and, these should be the things that make you feel good and get you closer towards your 'life goals'), whether its a better job or a new girlfriend - all of a sudden your subconscious will start shouting at you and you will notice every job advert in the window or every hot girl walking down the street. If you consciously focus on the things you hate about your life, they will invariably bother you more and you will notice it more. Bringing down your mood like this is only ever bad for you, there's no 'good' side to being miserable!
I took some of these tips from Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy which is a good read, I would recommend it but don't want to spam so if you can get it a library and flick through its interesting - nothing groundbreaking but just puts forward ideas in a very approachable way and forces you to ask yourself questions you might not have otherwise. Setting yourself life goals, then each day working towards those goals and focusing your subconscious on those goals will soon have you on your way!!
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Never take fitness advice from somebody who doesn't look like they know what they are talking about. There are far too many people in real life and on these boards who give the shittiest, most uninformed advice that they are passing on third hand. See: stretching, "toning," other exercise advice in this thread. All of it is likely bullshit, and it's even more likely that none of them have the physical capital to back up what they are saying.
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On December 27 2010 03:44 IgnE wrote:
Never take fitness advice from somebody who doesn't look like they know what they are talking about. There are far too many people in real life and on these boards who give the shittiest, most uninformed advice that they are passing on third hand. See: stretching, "toning," other exercise advice in this thread. All of it is likely bullshit, and it's even more likely that none of them have the physical capital to back up what they are saying.
How about, take advice from whom ever the fuck you want, and check if what they say is credible if you want to. But don't just hop on to a thread and talk about why anyone's advice is bullshit, without backing it up yourself. So do you have anything to say about how stretching is bad for you? I stretch every fucking day, it feels great, hows that for physical capital. It helps me wake up in the morning. If I'm sore at work I usually know its because I didn't stretch before (stretching before prolonged physical activity seems like a pretty basic and helpful concept). Oh and I'm 6 feet tall and I weigh 145 pounds, with probably less than 5% body fat. I don't know if that means shit (most definitely not), but I certainly look like I know how to stay in shape.
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On November 08 2010 15:22 Caliber wrote:
-always buy your shoes in the afternoon because your feet swell up during the day. if you buy them in the morning and the shoes are already tight, they will not fit comfortably as the day goes on.
HOLY SHIT
Mind = blown
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On December 27 2010 04:54 Wrongspeedy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 27 2010 03:44 IgnE wrote:
Never take fitness advice from somebody who doesn't look like they know what they are talking about. There are far too many people in real life and on these boards who give the shittiest, most uninformed advice that they are passing on third hand. See: stretching, "toning," other exercise advice in this thread. All of it is likely bullshit, and it's even more likely that none of them have the physical capital to back up what they are saying.
How about, take advice from whom ever the fuck you want, and check if what they say is credible if you want to. But don't just hop on to a thread and talk about why anyone's advice is bullshit, without backing it up yourself. So do you have anything to say about how stretching is bad for you? I stretch every fucking day, it feels great, hows that for physical capital. It helps me wake up in the morning. If I'm sore at work I usually know its because I didn't stretch before (stretching before prolonged physical activity seems like a pretty basic and helpful concept). Oh and I'm 6 feet tall and I weigh 145 pounds, with probably less than 5% body fat. I don't know if that means shit (most definitely not), but I certainly look like I know how to stay in shape.
He's got a point though.
If you're serious about getting in shape, why not go to a gym and have an induction? It's all about the safe and steady building it up slowly rather than some fancy one trick to get you looking like a bodybuilder champion in 6 weeks. Sure, it might not be the 'max power' exercise, but you can't go wrong with the general tips. I've seen (not necessarily here, but other places) advice given to newbies that is really only for people who are at upper end of fitness. For those just getting into it, it's better to start slowly and just get used to doing exercise frequently and getting the movements and form right, than some 'perfect' method someone has theorycrafted. We would say the same about starcraft - for newbies its better they practice their macro rather than some top-end pro strategy that no doubt someone will tell them is the best way to play.
FWIW on stretching I've been told by my gym not to stretch before exercise (because your tendons and muscles aren't warmed up and you could inadvertently hurt them) but always stretch afterwards. And as a general tip keep a log of all exercise you did, how much you did, how heavy, etc. - then you can chart your progression and to sure you are improving.
Also 'probably less than 5% bodyfat' does mean a lot, that's serious bodybuilder territory for those on special diets and exercise routines. notsureiftrue.jpg
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+ Show Spoiler +On December 27 2010 05:08 Dreaming11 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 27 2010 04:54 Wrongspeedy wrote:On December 27 2010 03:44 IgnE wrote:
Never take fitness advice from somebody who doesn't look like they know what they are talking about. There are far too many people in real life and on these boards who give the shittiest, most uninformed advice that they are passing on third hand. See: stretching, "toning," other exercise advice in this thread. All of it is likely bullshit, and it's even more likely that none of them have the physical capital to back up what they are saying.
How about, take advice from whom ever the fuck you want, and check if what they say is credible if you want to. But don't just hop on to a thread and talk about why anyone's advice is bullshit, without backing it up yourself. So do you have anything to say about how stretching is bad for you? I stretch every fucking day, it feels great, hows that for physical capital. It helps me wake up in the morning. If I'm sore at work I usually know its because I didn't stretch before (stretching before prolonged physical activity seems like a pretty basic and helpful concept). Oh and I'm 6 feet tall and I weigh 145 pounds, with probably less than 5% body fat. I don't know if that means shit (most definitely not), but I certainly look like I know how to stay in shape. He's got a point though. If you're serious about getting in shape, why not go to a gym and have an induction? It's all about the safe and steady building it up slowly rather than some fancy one trick to get you looking like a bodybuilder champion in 6 weeks. Sure, it might not be the 'max power' exercise, but you can't go wrong with the general tips. I've seen (not necessarily here, but other places) advice given to newbies that is really only for people who are at upper end of fitness. For those just getting into it, it's better to start slowly and just get used to doing exercise frequently and getting the movements and form right, than some 'perfect' method someone has theorycrafted. We would say the same about starcraft - for newbies its better they practice their macro rather than some top-end pro strategy that no doubt someone will tell them is the best way to play. FWIW on stretching I've been told by my gym not to stretch before exercise (because your tendons and muscles aren't warmed up and you could inadvertently hurt them) but always stretch afterwards. And as a general tip keep a log of all exercise you did, how much you did, how heavy, etc. - then you can chart your progression and to sure you are improving. Also 'probably less than 5% bodyfat' does mean a lot, that's serious bodybuilder territory for those on special diets and exercise routines. notsureiftrue.jpg
Stretching is similar to lifting weights, its just the expanding and contracting of muscles with a little amount of resistance. Yeah stretching afterwords is just as good for you, I don't think stretching before will cause you to strain your muscles/tendons, probably the opposite. But you kind of have to know how to stretch as well, because you can hurt yourself if you do something wrong/poorly. I really do like those weight lifting charts as well, but I don't really work out a lot anymore cause my work has me lifting/moving 5-6 hours a day and I'm pretty active outside anyways (biking/basketball/soccer).
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On December 26 2010 09:42 Akuemon wrote:
Watch How I Met Your Mother, and follow Barney on how to get girls. It actually works sometimes.
The naked man?
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On December 26 2010 09:42 Akuemon wrote:
Watch How I Met Your Mother, and follow Barney on how to get girls. It actually works sometimes.
Im sure that the secret NASA is gonna work.
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When you happen to ride an escalator going down, incline your foot between steps until the escalator ends much like stuck your foot in between steps. This will trigger the escalator to stop. This sometimes wont work on some escalators coz some steps automatically tilts when you do this.
Did this many times in several shopping malls in our country. The whole escalator stops and people just starts to wonder what happened. It will go back back to operation once somebody turns it on again.
GLHF!
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On December 27 2010 04:54 Wrongspeedy wrote:Show nested quote +On December 27 2010 03:44 IgnE wrote:
Never take fitness advice from somebody who doesn't look like they know what they are talking about. There are far too many people in real life and on these boards who give the shittiest, most uninformed advice that they are passing on third hand. See: stretching, "toning," other exercise advice in this thread. All of it is likely bullshit, and it's even more likely that none of them have the physical capital to back up what they are saying.
How about, take advice from whom ever the fuck you want, and check if what they say is credible if you want to. But don't just hop on to a thread and talk about why anyone's advice is bullshit, without backing it up yourself. So do you have anything to say about how stretching is bad for you? I stretch every fucking day, it feels great, hows that for physical capital. It helps me wake up in the morning. If I'm sore at work I usually know its because I didn't stretch before (stretching before prolonged physical activity seems like a pretty basic and helpful concept). Oh and I'm 6 feet tall and I weigh 145 pounds, with probably less than 5% body fat. I don't know if that means shit (most definitely not), but I certainly look like I know how to stay in shape.
If you are 6' and only 145 lbs you aren't in shape. You are some kind of otherworldly thin weak person who shouldn't be giving exercise advice to anyone. All you know how to do is not eat.
My post didn't say stretching was bad for you. Most people in this country need to stretch more. Weightlifters who say stretching is bad for you are just misinterpreting some studies' conclusions that static stretching before max lifts actually reduces total force output. But you can't squat if you have no hip mobility. I didn't offer advice of my own because I'm not going to put up pictures or numbers to credential myself. People can find better resources on lifting with a search engine and some critical thought.
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