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Mog The Almighty

Yeah I was being modest, I am actually pretty cool. And, yeah, calories, and calories from shitty foods (especially sugar). I definitely agree those are major factors. But tbh, I actually guessed lack of exercise was the main culprit in children these days. Just because, anecdotaly, they all seem to...

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All jokes aside, it seems to me anecdotally true that kids are getting fatter and less participate in regular sports. Probably a lot due to mobile phones and video games, just as much as poor diet. I don't think it's a problem isolated to Australia. I think it's every rich country. There's stacks o...

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@fb Just found this..she was probably quoting the Otago uni study from 2011 mentioned here.. I highly doubt things wouldn’t have improved . The average New Zealand female over the age of 15 weighs 72.6kg, statistics from a 2011 University of Otago and Ministry of Health survey show. The average for...

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No bait. Maybe, maybe that's true. I can't remember exactly what happened tbh. I just remember when the dust settled, having the thought, "fudge ... we were a bee's dick off winning the Bledisloe this year..."

But my memory maybe playing tricks on me.

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All jokes aside, it seems to me anecdotally true that kids are getting fatter and less participate in regular sports. Probably a lot due to mobile phones and video games, just as much as poor diet. I don't think it's a problem isolated to Australia. I think it's every rich country. There's stacks of...

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TranceNRG wrote:I thought Philips's already been capped? I'm pretty sure he played for Wallabies last year.

Possibly mate. I can't remember.

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Just watching the Waratahs v Rebels game now. That Matt Phillips bloke you guys have been talking up is having a blinder in the second row. :thumbup: :D I can definitely see him being capped sooner than later. And with Rodda and Coleman as starters and Simmons (I know people shit him, but I think he...

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I think we're losing sight of the fact that, as usual, I was right, and the mong popularity contest posters were all wrong (and pricks about it to boot).

Just saying.

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That's my hometown. I left over a decade ago but most of my family lives there. The mayor is an Aussie. I know a few employees their. A mall is across the street but this sounds like a disgruntled employee. The newspaper, The Capital Gazette has had many layoffs in the past few years. For as long a...

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Can't see the average woman being a better runner than the average man. Wide hips alone for childbirth would prevent it - that's before we even get into muscle and bone size. In our evolutionary history, who do you think was doing most of the running? You'd be surprised. They seem to handle the pai...

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yes. hate to waste a post correcting my phone but it shits me: *rational.

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If women want sportswomen to be paid as much as sportsmen it's within their power. Watch Women's sports, read/click articles about sportswomen, attend womens sports events, buy the merchandise of women's sports teams. With enough interest, the sponsorship/advertising money will follow. The most int...

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TBF some of those guys don't just have cauliflower ears, they have cauliflower heads - the scar tissue on some of those guys faces is ridiculous You're referring to Hooper I guess? Thor looks a bit swollen too but the others are a'right. I was referring to Mako actually I think that's just his head...

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I'm undecided on this subject, truth be told, and can see merits on both sides of the argument. Doesn't stop me thinking these organisations are blooming daft to open themselves up to the negative publicity when they don't need to, particularly for lowish value prizes. :thumbup: Yes, we certainly a...

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Saving Private Ryan, on first viewing as a young lad, was just a full blown shock to the system. It was difficult to watch but not because I was "sad". Those people who try and argue that violent video games and movies don't desensitise people need to stop for pause and consider just what a psycholo...

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Actually it does. If the event is happening at the same time and has an event level sponsorship/TV deal rather than separate deals for mens/womens then they are all generating the same revenue. Isn't that kind of like saying that the fourth-choice reserve point card is bringing in the same revenue ...

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Do women get less in tennis tournaments. Considering they do less work you would think so Outside of Gran Slam events where the men play best of 3 sets, the women are paid less for the same amount of tennis. The amount of work involved is irrelevant. I can't demand to be paid as much as Serena Will...

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Of course we shouldn't arbitrarily equalise all sports wages between genders. That's absurd, and only absurd people are thinking that. However here we're talking about an u18s tournament. We want more women to get into sport. Surfing is a great sport, and women can get exceptionally good at it. We ...

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Jackson is quoted in Aus news today talking about pay scales in US basket ball... she was one of the best professional female players in the league and the top men were getting 93 times what she was paid. It's difficult to come close to justifying that discrepancy. It's not about being "the best" (...

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About 5 seconds of googling allowed me to build a reasoned argument rather than jump to misguided conclusions, a talent too rare. "men are paid double because there are more than double the applicants" well strike me down and call me Justice, there it is. Platos right though, let them compete toget...

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About 5 seconds of googling allowed me to build a reasoned argument rather than jump to misguided conclusions, a talent too rare. "men are paid double because there are more than double the applicants" well strike me down and call me Justice, there it is. Platos right though, let them compete toget...

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It's been like that here too. Very unusual. Nobody is complaining, although maybe they should be. They're controlling water use and banning open fires in Denmark. It's been a strange year weather-wise. I was arguing with towny in another thread about global climate change, and the possible influenc...

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If women want sportswomen to be paid as much as sportsmen it's within their power. Watch Women's sports, read/click articles about sportswomen, attend womens sports events, buy the merchandise of women's sports teams. With enough interest, the sponsorship/advertising money will follow. I strongly a...

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It's been like that here too. Very unusual. Nobody is complaining, although maybe they should be. They're controlling water use and banning open fires in Denmark. It's been a strange year weather-wise. I was arguing with towny in another thread about global climate change, and the possible influenc...

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Yeah I agree. It's pretty brainless and not a good look for Billabong or women's surfing.

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Pole wrote:Living in Poland on a hot day is the closest to heaven you will get with all the eye candy..

Hot Summer Day FTW!!

I see your Poland and raise it a Sweden.

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The loony left are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. It's about $250 for Lord's sake :lol: tbh, I think it's the principal that matters. If there's not a reasonable reason for it, it stinks and sends the wrong message for sure. It's also a bit stupid to have them pose with such huge ch...

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It's been like that here too. Very unusual. Nobody is complaining, although maybe they should be.

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blindcider wrote:TBF some of those guys don't just have cauliflower ears, they have cauliflower heads - the scar tissue on some of those guys faces is ridiculous

You're referring to Hooper I guess? Thor looks a bit swollen too but the others are a'right.

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Obviously a few questions need to be asked before kicking the outrage lever to maximum. Not that anyone here has done that. Where did the prize money come from? Is it based on the number of participants and their entry fees? Just one example where this may be reasonable. If there is no legit explana...

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There is a lingering foul british odour in a very tiny section of Australian society. We are truly multi national and are made up of peoples whose heritage is spread far and wide across the globe. Unlike the bogpoms who are 100% pommy heritage, except for that poach......Aki You guys are all the sa...

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@Olo: I respectfully disagree. With the bit about making selection changes that is (which was most of it). I believe continuity in the selections to be extremely important in building a team. Tweaking the lineup every week is not a good long term play imo. I also disagree that we won the first one i...

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Can people who have no clue about wrestling please stop with this stuff. Friction. :roll: ... Wrestlers tend to get cauliflower from impacts on the mat. Mate it's worth pointing out that amongst those who know what they're talking about - and I believe you do know what you're talking about - you se...

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One thing you may not have considered is that a reason you don't see it so much in certain sports is that they follow medical advice and drain the fluid from the swellings as part of their healthcare regimes more frequently. You think there's something about backs and league players that make them ...

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You're right I have defended you in the past when I thought you were treated harshly. But in this case I simply don't agree with you, has nothing to do with anyone's else's viewpoint just yours vs mine. I know nothing about BJJ FTR so can only go back to wrestling and why impacts in RL might cause ...

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Can people who have no clue about wrestling please stop with this stuff. Friction. :roll: ... Wrestlers tend to get cauliflower from impacts on the mat. Mate it's worth pointing out that amongst those who know what they're talking about - and I believe you do know what you're talking about - you se...

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I was very young when these came out (too young to be hanging out in arcades tbh), but man I loved both of them: https://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/bin/KfT8eKchSUSPqx3BKDCdvfWtcn4k4B7A/dlGOemwuPQyaQ8jyRFAZoM9Q7-D9_x1g.jpg ... I think this was the first arcade game I ever played, or close to it ... ...

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Crazy that this quip, referring to a different thread, kicked of 5+ pages of craziness... :lol: This thread is pretty disappointing TBH. I think the welcome to country is fantastic. It's the smallest, and long overdue, token nod towards the indigenous people of Australia, but apparently even that's ...

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I suspect that one Kenyan's skin tone and another Kenyan's skin tone probably varies less than it does in Caucasians yeah you would be wrong though. there are lots and lots of tribes in kenya. If you do a tonal comparison between Lua and Somali (or other costal tribes) I would say there would be as...

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Agreed :thumbup: (and for whatever it's worth, that's pretty much exactly what I said in the third paragraph). It's just repetitive injury that causes it. And constantly grinding your ears against other bodies whether that happens in rucks, scrums, mauls or on a wrestling mat, is just a far more pre...

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