My two cents having practiced several.

Almost all of them are useful in that they are a form of physical activity. They can keep you in good shape, and can also help you develop discipline.

Many are more art than practical. Arts like krav maga or kali are more geared towards practical use (self defense).

There is also a thing you can generally think of as “energy” that arts may have that often trend to make them not very practical against arts outside of themselves. For example, if a wing chun practitioner attempts to trap with you, and you’re a boxer, it just doesn’t work. It’s somewhat about range, but also the general “feel” of the art as well. JKD attempts to deal with this by teaching different arts that can be used within different ranges.

My one instructor also likened martial arts to technology, saying that they must evolve over time or just end up becoming ineffective for self defense.

The best thing to do in a situation, if you can, is to just escape. Your wallet is not worth your life.

Lol, I just read that one.

Not that the MAGA crowd paid any attention to actual evidence anyway.

Conservatives are already starting to claim that legit photos and videos are AI, like Harris’ crowds.

But I enjoy eating both.

Maple leaves are pretty recognizable, but if I saw a silhouette of a marijuana leaf next to the silhouette of a maple leaf, I’d probably pick out the marijuana leaf first. I’m not really even a weed user. Might just be me, though.

Probably more recognizable TBH.

I bet he’s a fungi at parties.

It me

Yep. Look up the Great Filter theory.

Like an ogre.

Pan-ah-SEE-ah

I was saying puh-nay-shuh too

Panacea. I pronounced it incorrectly for a long time. Never knew because no one corrected me. Fortunately it didn’t come up too often.

Newpipe has been working very well for me… for now.

I’d, like, actually study and stuff. I don’t necessarily beat myself up for not studying back then. I just don’t think I was ready for it.

Yea. Coffee is hydrating, just a tiny bit less so (i.e. negligibly) than water.

Alcohol is a cursed potion that makes you think you’ve increased your Charisma and Intelligence, but it actually decreases Wisdom and Dexterity.

Intelligence is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that they don’t go into a fruit salad.

I am constantly doing things that make me feel more adult. Like at some point I will have done enough of these things to be an actual adult.

“We don’t eat beans. We don’t eat cabbage.”

Oh, this is fantastic. Thank you!