• dom [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I like to data mine leftist forums for very specific user information.

    • WhyEssEff [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      for real though i assume about like ten of you 20000 libs are composers like me, not the rarest hobby but distinguished enough

    • Lundi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      . functionally it’s true but I try to think of myself more like the garden’s coach, and my job is to empower plants, microbes, fungus, birds, critters into making a cooperative ecosystem

      :rat-salute:

            • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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              2 years ago

              Friend and I broke one of my solid oak training swords sparring so hard.

              For accurate weight distribution use wood, for actual contact sparring use polypropylene

              • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                For accurate weight distribution use wood, for actual contact sparring use polypropylene

                at a club, it's polypropylene
                wood would be a nightmare for insurance

                for everything but sparring we use actual swords

    • HarryLime [any]
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      2 years ago

      I don't practice HEMA, but I watch HEMA videos and matches and guys like Matt Easton talk about swords. I guess that's incredibly lame.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      There isn't a hema gym in my area and it makes me just a little bit sad

    • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      HEMA seems so cool. I haven't gotten into it yet, for a number of reasons, but I hope to at some point in my life.

      I saw a youtube video once about a woman, I think she was a little over 50, overweight, completely out of shape. And then she decided to do buhurt. And was pretty successful at it for a few years until she felt she had aged out. It was really cool.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      I like conlang but I can't even get a seccond language down well right now

    • MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I used to conlang a lot. Helped me learn tons about linguistics, which is interesting in and of itself but also made it easier for me to learn new languages. 10/10 hobby, would recommend

      • knifestealingcrow [any]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah it's a great way to learn about linguistic features and how they work in existing languages! Gender systems in languages always baffled me until I started conlanging and tried to put one in the language I was making.

  • Kaputnik [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I practice bird calls to try and get them to respond to me. So far I have pigeons and mourning doves

      • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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        2 years ago

        Still trying to befriend the crows in my neighborhood. They still won't let me come close but they do follow me around sometimes.

          • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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            2 years ago

            Yeah raw spanish peanuts seem to be their favorite.

            I've heard about almonds and brazil nuts being good too but I can't afford that shit.

            The most important thing health wise I've heard is make sure it's raw and unsalted

      • Kaputnik [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Dammit

        And the way I've found to do them is to do like a whistle but with your jaw fully open so you can hit the deeper parts of the call

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      That's pretty cool. Would love to be able to talk with the neighborhood magpies, they seem like good people.

        • keatsta [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          As a trans person I am obligated to main Sheik as I have hit down b in real life. You?

          • Knockoff_Nalgene [any]
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            2 years ago

            :michael-laugh: very sick. Sheiks are on the come up rn! I am a Captain falcon player myself because I can’t play a character that doesn’t have a stomp 👢

  • JosipBRUHTito [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I SCUBA dive, but not in the tropics or anything, I only like water that is near freezing and dark. Shipwrecks in the great lakes are my favorite

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      I live no where near a body of water and there is a scuba store and I kinda wanna do it just to see what it's like

      • JosipBRUHTito [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I learned in a pool at a community College, a lot of them have classes a few times a year, no idea what it costs nowadays though. Definitely only do it if you are already a strong swimmer though, and not prone to panic. It is quite possible to give yourself a pressure injury even in 20 feet of water, if you panic underwater