I really want to know what he was asked lmao
He’s on a podcast challenging listeners to try calling him “the fat guy from Superbad” in person, as he will use his high level of BJJ training to annihilate them.
Unrelated: I had to look this information up. I forgot his name. I first searched for “fat guy from superbad” to find his name.
I’d pay to watch Jonah Hill try to beat up Google
I’m pretty sure he’s fallen to the manosphere since losing weight and now he thinks he’s Billy badass and can fight people.
A game I played a lot with my dad was Pool. He had a full sized slate Pool table that he bought (along with a lawnmower) from a friend who was dying and he put it (the Pool table, not the mower) in a semi dedicated room in his basement. Every family member other than my mom (who was blind in one eye and thus lacked depth perception) loved engaging in the game.
There are a lot of things at which I lack talent, but Pool is not one of them; I’m better than average at it. My dad was better than I but, a few times, I won against him one-on-one. At least one of those times I accused him of letting me win. He said, and with the benefit of hindsight I believe, that he never “lets” anyone win.
He probably didn’t try his hardest, but that’s a fairly fine distinction.
My 10 year old had started beating me at Chess, been practicing on Duolingo. It feels weird but this was the end goal, right? Having them surpass you and all. But yeah didn’t expect it to happen already.
I was a lot better at chess as a 13 year old than I am as a 43 year old. Your mind runs way better when young. I used to be able to think so many more moves ahead than I can, now.
The day my son surpassed me in Rocket League, I knew I’d passed my prime.
Taught my boy to play connect 4. Had to start paying attention to by the time he was 7, by now (10) he is a challenge to beat, often just draw.
I have to try to win chess now also. It is great.
My 11yo nephew is a challenge to beat in chess, I think I’ll probably not win next time we play.
My 7yo can read music, I can’t… It is the way of the world.
Im certain 12 year old me would smoke 40 year old me in chess.
I had a conversation with my partner recently where we agreed “if you’re kid isn’t smarter than you by the time their 15, you’ve fucked up”
15 is a bit exaggerated obviously, but before they leave your home, they should know everything you know + everything else they’ve learned
What I said: “Welp, it looks like Daddy won again. You guys did really good though. Nice job!”
What I thought: “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”
Might sound like an empty phrase, but it’s about playing, not about winning.
Another thing: how will they ever learn to play better if all you show them is how you lose? I’ve played against kids like that. It’s sad to see how they cannot grasp that they aren’t going to win this time. Worse: when they think that bending the rules* to their advantage is part of the game.
But there’s a delicate balance, too. If the kid loses all the time they might lose the joy as well.
When I play with kids I always show them what good tactics look like but sometimes, when it isn’t too obvious, I seem to “forget” things for one move. Never bend the rules* though. If we talk about rule-based games of course.
* probably much less possible with video games.
My kid used to complain that I win at Mario Kart too much. I told him “I’ve been playing it since like 1993, it would be really weird if I wasn’t better at it than you.” His eyebrows shot through the roof at that
Acquaintance’s kid was the worst case of sore loser I’ve ever seen. Her parents would always let her win. Eventually she refused to play games with anyone but her parents because she was too afraid of losing. I’d visit and she wouldn’t even want to play fully random games like uno.
Kid’s been in and out of psych wards throughout her teenage years. It’s possible that underlying mental health predisposition caused her behavior but I think giving in to it only hardened those pathways in her head over the years. It’s vital to learn how to lose and still enjoy yourself.
I dunno man, even implying that the kid ended up in a psych ward because her parents let her win all the time seems kinda gross. Sounds like there’s a lot going on there that you’re not familiar with.
Are you suggesting that people’s mental health or illness somehow isn’t influenced by their home environment and the parenting skills (or lack thereof) displayed by one’s parents from an early age?
Mind you, I spent much of my late twenties going in and out of mental hospitals, and I firmly believe that a significant contributing factor that was the fact that my parents had no clue what they were doing when they raised me (unless they were trying to make me as fucked up as possible…).
So what you’re saying basically comes off as this weird essentialist take that rejects “nurture” and says “nope, it’s all nature.” In other words, you think mentally ill people are just fundamentally flawed from birth and predetermined to have terrible mental health?
By that same argument, therapy would be pointless because it wouldn’t be able to help people. But we know for a fact that it can, because “nature vs. nurture” is a false dichotomy, and you can’t attribute everything to one’s predetermined attributes from birth. Which is precisely what you’re doing when you say it’s “kinda gross” to imply the parenting style could have contributed to her trips to the psych ward.
You sound like a parent of a dysfunctional adult who can’t come to terms with your personal culpability in how your child turned out. It’s okay, everyone makes mistakes. It’s fine to admit when we do. What’s not okay is refusing to learn from our mistakes by insisting that we didn’t do anything wrong and couldn’t possibly share any of the responsibility in the matter.
That’s a wild interpretation of my post. Her inability to lose was merely a symptom. A warning sign that indicates missing coping mechanisms. In my opinion ignoring this is a bad idea. I let kids win a lot btw because there’s only so much frustration tolerance you can expect from a child but if they have none whatsoever you better try your best to help them build it up.
It’s very possible the parents didn’t have any chance of guiding her through those early years without those severe mental health issues surfacing later but most therapists will tell you that you have the best chances if you tackle these issues early instead of letting them dig their trenches deeper.
Lol seriously? They weren’t saying it was direct causation, just that it probably didn’t help, and there was likely other underlying issues. Is mental health so incredibly taboo that even talking about it is now unacceptable?
I harp on about sportsmanship constantly with my kid. The ADHD makes them feel terrible unless they’re always winning, and we work on that a lot.
On the day my son started beating me in the newest mario cart I was a proud father.
I’ve been playing since MK64.
I can honestly say I envy you; worthless though these skills are in daily life, there is a satisfaction in mastery that is only doubled when shared.
I have had similar conversation with my kid and her friends; not complaining about my winning, just their inability to beat me. I think at the time I’d literally been playing twice as long as they’d been alive.
Yep. I always plan to do more skill transfer and help them get to my level, but it’s hard to pick moments where talking won’t distract them. I have a hard time splitting attention, and they have a hard time focusing at all, so 😑
Why is everyone struggling to focus
warning: old man yelling at cloud
I feel like everybody always has to have some condition, some struggle, some sort of impairment which makes them unique. If I suck at something, then I suck at it. There are many legitimate conditions out there, but it just seems so … trendy? to have something.
Disorders give people an excuse as to why they suck.
Sorry, what were you saying again?
In my family, or…?
Ye
Most of us have ADHD, I just have APD and can’t process crosstalk
Its the darn screens!
Years ago I was playing Urban Terror on my server with my kids and their karate teacher. Me and the kids were at home, their karate teacher was at his home.
It was two teams, kids against the adults, and I was sitting there listening to the kids talking. While they were talking out loud about what they were doing, I was chatting online with their teacher and telling him where to find them. I’d keep them occupied while he snuck up behind them to take them out.
Played the whole night like that.
