a classic: “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden.

I still remember the first time I heard that song.

good bot.

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Aw yeah, if you already know your rolls and breakfalls, Aikido is a great thing to check out. At lower levels, the “attacks” are basically two-person katas, usually involving escaping from grabs. At upper levels they do have something called randori but even then it’s all very structured. Aikido gets made fun of sometimes for not having a “live” adversary who’s actively trying to beat you. I’ve read there are some dojos that do competitive Aikido, but I think that’s rare.

When someone asks you questions, it’s also an opportunity to ask them questions back, to find out if you’re heading for an environment you don’t wanna be in.

• THEM: Is work/life balance important to you?
• YOU: So, obviously my family’s important to me. I always do my job, though. What kind of expectations to you have here?
• THEM: Well… (look at each other nervously. look up at the cameras monitoring them.) We’re expected to make work a priority…

In the martial arts, Tai Chi is the obvious answer.

Consider Aikido. It’s generally more like choreographed exercises. A lot of dojos are very understanding of physical constraints. Check with your doctor, it might be good way to gently test your limits. Plus, it’s important to know how to fall safely.

They were bringing coconuts to England because the swallows weren’t big enough to do so.

Evil Genie: “Granted.” It starts to rain. It never stops.

There are a bunch of watch parties on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling. Usually, people all watch the movie at the same time and make brief comments (bc Mastodon is like Twitter, see?)

• Here on lemmy I post an announcement every Friday on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world about the next “Monsterdon” watch party on Mastodon.
• see this calendar of Mastodon watch parties (WARNING: includes Bluesky, which has chosen the path of enshittification. Also, some of these watch parties may be dormant.)

edit: but yeah, it’d be cool to have a watch party here, where we could do “longer form” takes on things.

the Monty Python sketch about having an argument. Hello, is this the room to have an argument?

I haven’t even seen that sketch, but just reading about it made me laugh.

Some people are indeed that fragile. Often from trauma. I suspect that’s not the case here tho.

If I’m really exhausted and feel like I’m gonna die but still have to work, I’ve found that a 15-minute nap is amazing for “taking the edge off” so I can become functional again. If I’m stressed enough I can even have some lucid dreaming happen, or awareness of my surroundings even tho I’m asleep (like sleep paralysis) which is almost as fun. Under normal circumstances, yeah it’s hard to nap in under 20 minutes but I bet it’d become easier if I made it a habit.

Apple founder Steve Jobs, probably the seminal tech innovator of our time

wait… Job was a marketer and a manager, right? I mean, those are important skills, and he did them effectively, but… is that what is widely considered tech innovation?

• Theme of ONE PUNCH MAN ~Seigi Shikkou - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBxzqne_gWg
• Danganronpa - Beautiful Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu5GIMiRKiw
• Attack on Titan First Season Opener (Bollywood Version) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATb87inKC9E

Aw, even better. Did you bring anything back with you? You can say you raided the coast of England, Viking-style!

You shoulda taken a flag from your country and placed it in the ground, so you can say that you invaded England.

• !youtubeclassics@sh.itjust.works
• !fullmoviesonyoutube@piefed.social - warning, includes archive and dailymotion videos too

There are countless other ‘niche’ communities that have no posts for months, however.

Hey, have you seen !fedigrow@lemmy.zip? It’s got a lot of discussions on how to handle this.

I think that to grow a niche community, you need at least 2-3 regular posters, and you need to make posts that encourage discussion (i.e. ask questions or provoke a thoughtful reaction that readers would like to share.)

Looks more like Mecha-Godzilla, tho.