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A walrus doing sit-ups. A walrus doing bloody sit-ups. A walrus doing sit-ups to "Eye of the Tiger".

Reality beats my imagination once again. That's it, I give up. My mind is not fucked up enough to come up with this kind of absurd shit.

A quality at this young stage seems inefficient, so let's start with a *promote.

Edit: the moment I wrote these lines I received an email from Jamendo, a notification about a band called "Fukked Up". Again, reality is too unreal to be real.
Thanks for the promote, but it was a dupe http://videosift.com/video/Sea-Lion-Doing-Sit-Ups

This video has been seconded as a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof seconded with isdupe by Tymbrwulf.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Sea-Lion-Doing-Sit-Ups

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by Norsuelefantti. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

Dupe of: http://videosift.com/video/Sea-Lion-Doing-Sit-Ups

A walrus doing sit-ups. A walrus doing bloody sit-ups. A walrus doing sit-ups to "Eye of the Tiger".

Reality beats my imagination once again. That's it, I give up. My mind is not fucked up enough to come up with this kind of absurd shit.

A quality at this young stage seems inefficient, so let's start with a *promote.

Edit: the moment I wrote these lines I received an email from Jamendo, a notification about a band called "Fukked Up". Again, reality is too unreal to be real.

>> ^ponceleon:

Edit: weird thing there towards the end, where it kind of lays down. I wonder what the thought process is there? Was it trying to act dead so it could jump up and scare them more?


After having raised a squirrel I can tell you that laying down flat like that is how they "Sit". My squirrel did that all the time. I would say evolution taught them that laying down makes them harder for prey to spot, while conserving energy versus sitting up on their hind legs. He must have been there a while.

Also, they are much more intelligent than people give them credit for. There are videos of dogs protecting other dogs that were hit by cars. It wasn't just because of a scent. Squirrels are as intelligent as an average dog. I would say this squirrel knew something was wrong with the other squirrel and was trying to protect him. Just like it looks.

It's his substitute for sit-ups, you see...the muscles clench when you hit them. He's a genius. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
(http://www.uechi-ryu.com/chaplin.htm)

>> ^KnivesOut:

It seems like you'd be able to feel all that liquid sloshing around in your head.
Awesome convo though, I'll be back with powerpoints to promote this asap.


Ugh, I forgot about that. You do feel it, at least I did for a couple weeks after my surgery. Depending on whether I was sitting up or lying down on my side or whatever, I could feel (and hear, because it's happening near enough to the inner ear I suppose ) the fluid sort of moving from one place to the other, even in my neck area because the spinal fluid is all part of the same volume. Luckily the worst of it went away pretty quickly, presumably because the dent in the brain rebounded and built up pressure in the system again.

>> ^joedirt:
LOL.. posted a day later and it has more votes..
http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Seal-doing-sit-ups


Seal? And your old link is broken.

Mirror just in case: http://actinglikeanimals.com/2010/03/16/funny-animal-photos-walrus-getting-in-shape/

Agreed, the cat gives him away. It's looking for something behind the TV, and doesn't even flinch when it falls... leading me to believe this guy has practiced this before. Look at that TV too, its a piece of shit, probably a old computer monitor he didn't mind ruining.>> ^Sarzy:
Fakeity Fake McSuperFake. Why would this guy film himself randomly doing sit-ups? Why frame it so you can see the TV? Why isn't said TV plugged into anything?

Fakeity Fake McSuperFake. Why would this guy film himself randomly doing sit-ups? Why frame it so you can see the TV? Why isn't said TV plugged into anything?

That cat was trying to help his exercise routine... Just add the weight of a TV to those sit ups for an instant 6-packs!

Not to mention no more sitting on your ass watching TV!

Exercise kitty saves the day!

@imstellar28 - Let me guess, Crossfit?



Nope. I am interested though since a lot of the exercises they do and their intensity are similar to my workouts. The community seem a bit cultish, I don't have access to some of their specialized equipment (like rings for muscleups) and their journals are filled with pseudoscience bullshit so that kinda turns me off. Also, I'm not really sure where I stand on workouts like:

For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats

that being said,understand that what i say here is in no way an attempt not to change your viewpoint but rather to give historical context.

I am not one who is threatened by hearing other points of view. Have no fears concerning my mental status. I recommend that you yourself also do not have any need to feel threatened when I point out that some of what you call 'historical context' is - in fact - personal opinion and interpretation.

a governments role concerning business should be fraud protection

No argument. That's government's only real role in this matter.

when a corporation can buy legislators to enact laws that benefit their own bottom line in the form of lobbyists we move closer to a plutocracy rather than a people run government.

I will argue again that the real issue here is not 'corporations buying legislators'. The problem is corrupt legislators. Companies can't 'buy' what isn't 'for sale'. Again - your argument when you strip away the rhetoric is not against companies. Your argument is one that calls for greater limits on government.

you state that you are immune to such manipulations and indoctrinations

Specifically, I have claimed that no company controls my life. And they don't.

if this is true then why do you constantly use terms like "lib" or "leftie

To accurately (though informally) describe persons of a specific political philosophy.

it was only 20% "stupid borrowing" while 80% fraudulent,predatory and deceitful lending practices.

Please supply your sourcing for this claim. If 80% of lending was 'fraudulent' as you claim, there would be massive prosecutions going on. There are no such prosecutions, because the lending agencies were (in fact) operating within the law. In harsh reality, many of the so-called 'predatory' lending tactics were encouraged by the federal government for the express purpose of increasing the number of people with homes (see repeal of Glass-Steagal).

when the government and our representatives are in bed with the very same companies that can create/destroy on such a huge scale we should all sit up and take notice

Yes - by changing the political system so that politicians are held accountable for their actions. By not allowing politicians to pass laws without full disclosure, 75% full congressional majority votes, and tons of other restrictions that would prevent them from being able to influence the system. The problem is not companies. The problem is politicians who are never held accountable.

All political offices should have a single term limit, and then the candidate is banned for life from all political activity except voting in congresional & presidential elections. Politicians should not be elected. They shoudl be randomly drawn up for service akin to jury duty. All laws should require a 75% majority vote of the entire congress before passing. Only one law should be allowed per bill - no 'omnibus' bills. If some 'bad event' happens that is tied to the passage of a specific law, then all the politicians who voted for that law should be the ones held responsible. And on and on...

I've literally got a BILLION great ideas along these lines of "How to stop corporations from influencing the political system by imposing limits on politicians."