OT: Anything Goes 40

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Down 57 pounds and I benched my body weight for the first time in over a decade this morning. Feels good man.

 

[BLKHKhockey]

Down 57 pounds and I benched my body weight for the first time in over a decade this morning. Feels good man.

Been active my whole life, not so much heavy weight training, but I still don't think I would be able to bench my body weight. Nice, dude.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Down 57 pounds and I benched my body weight for the first time in over a decade this morning. Feels good man.

 

[clydesdale line]

Down 57 pounds and I benched my body weight for the first time in over a decade this morning. Feels good man.

Amazing bro. I am down 48 pounds myself. Biggest I've ever been in my life thanks to covid. Hoping to keep it down.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Been active my whole life, not so much heavy weight training, but I still don't think I would be able to bench my body weight. Nice, dude.

Was 260-270 when I had my stroke. I feel so much better but I think I might be weaker than when I was heavy. Work a physical job. Swing a sledge every day. Huge props to my bud from work who dragged me to the gym. Guy is a monster. Can bench 300.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Amazing bro. I am down 48 pounds myself. Biggest I've ever been in my life thanks to covid. Hoping to keep it down.

That's awesome bud. Keep plugging away.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I've got very little time for anybody who makes a living off of and celebrates predatory loans.

There is no such thing as ethical consumption.
Every company has skeletons.

If you boycotted every company that did shady stuff, you'd have nowhere to live and nothing to eat, and would own nothing.

 

[RayP]

There is no such thing as ethical consumption.
Every company has skeletons.

If you boycotted every company that did shady stuff, you'd have nowhere to live and nothing to eat, and would own nothing.

My personal favorite is when people say they refuse to shop at Walmart because of ethics and whatever but then turn around and order from Amazon instead.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

There is no such thing as ethical consumption.
Every company has skeletons.

If you boycotted every company that did shady stuff, you'd have nowhere to live and nothing to eat, and would own nothing.

Pretty big difference between businesses that exist to exploit and being exploited by a company.

Banks are bad. Loan sharks are worse. Please don't talk down to me.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Pretty big difference between businesses that exist to exploit and being exploited by a company.

Banks are bad. Loan sharks are worse. Please don't talk down to me.

Oh I don't disagree. Things like title loans and payday loans should be flat out illegal.

That doesn't change the fact that all business is built on the exploitation of someone, somewhere. It's just a matter of how blatant they are.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Oh I don't disagree. Things like title loans and payday loans should be flat out illegal.

All I said was people like that suck. You proceeded to lecture me.

Thanks but no thanks.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

All I said was people like that suck. You proceeded to lecture me.

Thanks but no thanks.

I didn't mean it like that. I Had no intent to be condescending. Sorry it came across that way.

My point was not to get angry at someone trying to make a living, but instead at the people who are getting filthy rich on loan sharking.

People do what they have to to put food on the table and have a roof over their head.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I didn't mean it like that. I Had no intent to be condescending. Sorry it came across that way.

I said people who make a living off of predatory loans suck. You decided you should tell me that all capitalism is evil. It came across that way.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I didn't mean it like that. I Had no intent to be condescending. Sorry it came across that way.

My point was not to get angry at someone trying to make a living, but instead at the people who are getting filthy rich on loan sharking.

People do what they have to to put food on the table and have a roof over their head.

If your means of scraping out a living is morally reprehensible find a new means of making a living. They can both suck.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'm a communist union steward that's given money to the SRA. Like I said thanks but no thanks.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

If your means of scraping out a living is morally reprehensible find a new means of making a living. They can both suck.

That depends on where you draw the line.

I quit a job when I found out that the charities I was soliciting used 85% on fundraising. Wouldn't stand for it.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

That depends on where you draw the line.

I quit a job when I found out that the charities I was soliciting used 85% on fundraising. Wouldn't stand for it.

Morality isn't subjective. If you need to do awful things to survive that's one thing. If you do awful things to make more money that's something else entirely.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Morality isn't objective. If you need to do awful things to survive that's one thing. If you do awful things to make more money that's something else entirely.

We're in agreement here.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

We're in agreement here.

I genuinely have no idea what you're arguing then.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I genuinely have no idea what you're arguing then.

That the car salesman is no different than me and you. His industry is just more blatant. Other industries do a better job of hiding the bullshit.

 

[RayP]

Well this thread took an unexpected turn.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

That the car salesman is no different than me and you. His industry is just more blatant.

Car salesman in my experience celebrate getting people to sign terrible financial contracts. That's certainly different than what do. I hope it's different for you.

Don't work jobs that encourage you to take advantage of people. Or be a shitty person.

It's that easy.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Car salesman in my experience celebrate getting people to sign terrible financial contracts. That's certainly different than what do. I hope it's different for you.

Don't work jobs that encourage you to take advantage of people. Or be a shitty person.

It's that easy.

To me, that's every job that ever existed.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

To me, that's every job that ever existed.

That's nonsense.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I obviously produce more value than I'm paid. That's why they pay me that wage. I'm not actively looking to take advantage of anybody else. Huge difference.