Mark Derian

When I was sick a couple weeks ago I got the idea for a bodybuilder rating system. Measure all major muscle groups and divide it by their corresponding joint/abdomen measurement. Upper arm/elbow Forearm/wrist Thigh/knee Calf/ankle Chest/waist Shoulders/midsection (just above navel) Then add up these six ratios and that’s your bodybuilder rating, which would maybe be half of your final score. I looked it up and someone already thought of this about 35 years ago, but they took the absolute circumference difference between muscle and joints, but that wouldn’t account for the contrast between muscle and it’s accompanying joint. It’s better if larger ratios contribute to more of the final score because that means greater muscular development relative to frame. Keeping the ratios unweighted emphasizes muscular development rather than aesthetics, which will still be judged as usual.

Democrats aren't angry at Ilhan Omar, they're just disappointed.

Women are nature. You have to accept them for exactly what they are or you die. It's a huge pain in the ass but still way better than being a chick.

You Can See Everything is similar to F for Fake. Both are meta documentaries that involve themselves in what they're examining. But You Can See Everything uses its involvement to make fun of the documentary itself, and so becomes a mockumentary like Spinal Tap. Of course, this could be my projection, so I get why people don't like it, but it at least gives you a lot to think about (potentially).

unpopular opinion: it actually is either/or

That Shane Gillis joke wasn't even that funny. But now that everyone's getting upset about it, it's hilarious.

If you've been working out for 17 years and you still think the point is to look good, you've missed the point.

Striverism is conforming your values and personality to institutions of power; doing whatever you need to climb the ranks of whatever hierarchy is put in front of you. It's not much different from appeasing a king to get into his court. We used to call it careerism. Now the chuds are conflating striverism with hard work, which shows you can't just be a chud. Unless you take the intellectual seriously you'll inadvertently be as un-American as any third-world striver.

I’ve beaten zelda, Metroid, and Mario 3 so I’m about ready for this flu to be over.

The hippies were smart enough to call it free love.

I'm the kind of male chauvinist where it's okay to use "tits" as an adjective but only when your heart's in the right place.

When you dump your political baggage onto children, they internalize it as "we're at war."

Guys sound like bitchy gay fashion designers when the judge the looks of a woman they've never met.

It's forever hilarious that Michigan's pump-up song is about a wimp who distracts himself with positive thinking.