[Coco with marshmallows]

Yesterday Eddie Hall deadlifted 500kg.


It's a simple enough statement, but the sheer mindblowing incredulousness of this achievement has left me grinning like an idiot.

He beat his own previous record by 35kg....

I'm trying to find the words to describe just how ridiculous this is for people who aren't into strength sports....

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In strength sports, record increments are usually in the 1,2 occasionally drifting as high as 5-10kg levels.

a 35kg increase is INSANE.

Plus, this is a 500kg lift.

This is something that a LOT of people considered absolutely physically IMPOSSIBLE for a human being to achieve.

This is like Usain Bolt going out at his next competitive 100metre final and running it in 9 seconds flat.

not 9.4, or 9.3... 9 flat.

Words genuinely can't express how amazed i am at this.

[Slow Ben]

Yeah, that was insane. He passed out and started bleeding out of his nose. Said he thought he was going to die.

The thought of lifting that much weight is unreal.

[Andorion]

How the world turns. When my SO and I first got together, she had a bit of a self esteem problem and I had to talk her out of a funk many times. 5 years on today, I am depressed and she is the one who talks me out of it. With rock solid logic.

Feeling happy

[amphibian]

I liked how other people get really excited to play the new Pokémon games, but I don't move off my couch for video games - so I got Black working on my phone. Haven't played since Gold and Silver.

[JPK]

amphibian, on 12 July 2016 - 01:14 PM, said:

I liked how other people get really excited to play the new Pokémon games, but I don't move off my couch for video games - so I got Black working on my phone. Haven't played since Gold and Silver.

Black and White are really divisive among fans. Personally, I love them. A lot of people dislike that there are no repeat monsters from previous generations, and some of the monsters are uninspired - to say the least. One tip: moves are now sorted into physical or special attack on their own merit instead of all attacks of a type using either special or physical.

Uh... I like pokemons.

Who's your starter?

[amphibian]

I picked the grass one because it looked fast. Beat the two dorks who took the other two starters.

Did I screw up?

This post has been edited by amphibian: 13 July 2016 - 02:18 AM

[sappers rule]

Finally got a job couple of months ago, going fairly well, customer service gig but group I work with are sound, also my brother also has his first job now with sap, so pretty good day so far.

[worry]

Oh my freaking goodness.

[Binder of Demons]

Still Happy over the fact that the (minuscule budget) feature film that I got to work on last summer had it's world premiere at the Galway Film Festival last weekend. It was the first time that most of us who worked on it got to see the finished product, and it turned out to be really really good. In fact, it managed to jointly win the award for Best Irish Feature Film at the festival a few days later. Not bad for a comedy.

I don't know how well it will translate outside of Ireland, but it's already been picked up to have a cinema release in september here!! So happy that I actually enjoyed it as a viewer myself, and can be proud of being involved (however small my contribution was).

For anyone interested, it's called The Young Offenders and if by some amazing fluke someone here has seen it, I'd love to hear your opinion.

[Tiste Simeon]

This photo came up on my Facebook "On This Day" feature thing. It is a bunch of us from the forum (some no longer regulars) and the great SE himself. Apparently it was 8 years ago!

EDIT: Link to the full album of that day!

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 13 July 2016 - 11:57 AM

[worry]

Where is that? I can't tell if it's Dorkton or Geekingshire.

[Nicodimas]

@ ABANA the smell of coal is exciting and ting ting ting ...

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[Nicodimas]

Those appear gigantic on my phone..but you get the idea.. Uncertain why the forum didn't convert to approrate size

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[Tiste Simeon]

Kanyemander West, on 13 July 2016 - 07:14 PM, said:

Where is that? I can't tell if it's Dorkton or Geekingshire.

Nerdington, actually.

[worry]

Every town
Has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups
Outnumber the downs
But not in Nerdingham

[WinterPhoenix]

Finally got a new laptop after the old one broke, sooooooooooo much better than anything I've ever had before, 16GB RAM, processors and graphics cards actually worth a damn, very, very happy. I can actually play the games I want to play without constant crashes, ridiculous load times and graphics on minimum!

Got better and constant access to WiFi again finally, meaning I can actually use the internet again with anything like regularity. I was experiencing withdrawal symptoms lol

[Slow Ben]

Kanyemander West, on 14 July 2016 - 09:00 PM, said:

Every town
Has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups
Outnumber the downs
But not in Nerdingham

Best Disney movie there is.



After 9 weeks of Sale Pending. 9 WEEKS! Finally closing on a house im selling today.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 15 July 2016 - 04:43 PM

[Mentalist]

Second best. "Sword in Stone" is the best, and I will fight you over that,

It's Friday and work is relatively slow. Going camping tomorrow with family + family friends. Supposedly good weather for the weekend, lake Huron beaches (best in the province), and lots of good food and alcohol.

[Slow Ben]

Mentalist, on 15 July 2016 - 05:43 PM, said:

Second best. "Sword in Stone" is the best, and I will fight you over that,

I do love that movie too Wart.

1a & 1b?

[Mentalist]

I can live with that.