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  1. Skin Colour, Races and Racism

    Basically, this. I didn't mean physical training. I meant in everything else top such as what Jonnas has listed and has explained far better than I ever could.
  2. Skin Colour, Races and Racism

    Man, that was horrible to watch and honestly even worse. I knew about everything but the calls and the actual number of incidents but hearing the commentary with it was helpful. I understand the video but seeing him on the pavement looking so lifeless with no officer helping just pisses me off. The thing is, it's hard to know what to believe. The Floyd family got an autopsy out saying he died due to asphyxiation caused by pressure to the neck and back but then there's one saying (and this isn't an exact quote) cardiac arrest with no signs of strangulation while being restrained by a law enforcement officer. Either way though, it's disturbing to see this happens. Officers need to be trained a lot more. Not all officers are that bad but even so, more training needs to be done.
  3. Skin Colour, Races and Racism

    And I'd find that wrong. Like if someone had a knee on your neck that way, you're not exactly going to find the right words and say "I'm struggling to breathe". If you can't breathe properly, then you can't breathe. The man sounded like he was struggling to me. Also, I'm finding it hard to believe the reports whether it's true or not. I mean, it's not exactly going to say "died due to asphyxiation caused by an officer" because that would be admitting fault. He may well have died in the ambulance (although did anyone else notice the blokes dragging Floyd unconscious wore bulletproof vests. Is that a thing in America?) but I find it hard to believe when you have kept applying pressure on someone's neck for that long. I don't know, it just honestly seemed fishy to me. But yeah, he is absolutely vile and it's scary to see a man abusing the power of the law like that.
  4. Skin Colour, Races and Racism

    That is what annoys me too. In no way should that ever even be third degree. How do you put your full weight on a man's neck for near 10 minutes and expect him to live? Even when he was saying "I can't breathe" and even when civilians were telling Chauvin to ease off before and after Floyd lost consciousness and died on the road, he still didn't. The man knew what he was doing and if common sense never came in to play, he has no business being a man of the law and having that much power. To treat another human being like that is despicable enough but also, when the coroner/whoever came along and dragged him on the stretcher--disrespectful. Also, an autopsy report has shown that Floyd did die of asphyxia due to compression on the neck and back. When I watched the video, I genuinely thought he died so I'm not at all surprised. Chauvin's charge needs to be second degree and charges to the other three officers on the scene involved in the arrest need to be charged with accessory to the murder.
  5. Skin Colour, Races and Racism

    So I'm sure you've all heard of the devastating news about George Floyd. I watched the whole video before fully knowing about it and it being reported properly in the UK and I was mortified. It actually made me cry. I don't usually cry at things but this had me crying through sadness, anger and frustration at how one human being (especially one in power) can treat another human being so disgustingly. It's very sad but the amount of support on anti-racism has been tremendous. I've been posting once a day on my INSTAGRAM Stories, just raising awareness and hoping to open dialogue and the amount of followers who have spoken to me about their experiences of police brutality and racism in the US (and a couple of instances in the UK) have been overwhelming. I feel powerless but I just felt like even talking and listening is the least I could do and it's worked. It's opened up dialogue and got people speaking. It's just a shame it's taken a life. Chauvin needs to be charged with second degree murder. I also can't believe the stuff that Anonymous posted about Trump too!
  6. I agree with this. I'm seeing someone tomorrow but we are keeping a distance away and won't be near each other. I'm wearing my face mask and bringing my hand sanitiser, still. It's like someone has already said, even though I don't have it, I'm keeping the mindset that I'm bringing Covid on so I won't be touching anyone or anything. I think we need to start going back to normal. Although personally, I think it's too soon, things are going to be opening as normal again in two weeks. We have to ease ourselves back into society again.
  7. good stuff thread.

    I PASSED MY TWO THEORY EXAMS FOR THE PERSONAL TRAINER COURSE!!!!!! I am so bloody happy! The one I was pretty confident in (Nutrition for Clients) because, y'know, food, but the other (Advanced Anatomy and Physiology) was something I was nervous about. I needed 90% to pass and ended up getting 93% on Nutrition and 94% on Anatomy and Physiology! Now all I need to do is wait for the gyms to re-open to do my practical observation for Level 2 and Level 3, which is a mock session with a client, and I'm qualified! I can't believe I'm so close!
  8. bad stuff thread.

    I think he was asking why people would pay money to see Cats at the theatre, rather than theatre in general. Yeah. I didn't mean performing arts in general but the actual show, Cats, itself.
  9. General Movie Thread

    I'm missing my cinemas!! It's driving me crazy! I've been watching the MCU films now that I've practically done my studies. Captain America: The First Avenger I really enjoyed this but I know some people who thought it was "just okay". For me, this is one of the better Marvel movies and I still feel a little emotional at the end with him and Agent Carter setting a date. Captain Marvel It's alright but it just felt out of place in the MCU. It's decent but it's not one I think I could watch again in a hurry. Action and effects are great though.
  10. bad stuff thread.

    If you're serious, I've actually found the full performance on YouTube, lmao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4p-ML7jmzk&list=PLxqU12OxgZ_oPj8PYA7j1oXeo5CulObZZ&index=1 (it should be a playlist and continue playing. It looks chopped up but it's actually the full play...good luck, lmao) Honestly, I first watched the film with an open mind. I actually like musicals and I had never seen Cats at the time so I watched it in the cinemas and there were two songs that I liked (Beautiful Ghosts and Memory) but other than that, there was hardly any plot, the story made zero sense and even now, if I had to describe to you what the film is about, I just honestly couldn't. I felt like I was watching someone's deepest, darkest nightmare. I think if they didn't make it about cats (I know but hear me out), tweaked the lyrics on some songs and completely miss out a few songs, you may get a little bit of story. It was just a mess for me and although I listen to the two songs from it, I hated it. With that in mind, I was watching the plays on The Shows Must Go On's YouTube channel as every week, they put on a free stage production and leave it on there for a day or two. This week's was Cats. I thought to myself that maybe the stage production will be better because normally, the source material is. If I'm being honest, this left me more confused than the film and there was only ONE decent song in it (Memory) as Beautiful Ghosts was written by Taylor Swift especially for the movie! So out of the whole two hours of LITERALLY non-stop singing and dancing dressed as cats with barely any plot, any character and...I really don't know what I watched...I can't put it in to words. I felt like it should've been a very short segment from Alice in Wonderland or something (or the American McGee's Alice as it was just as freaky and the cats could probably pass as the Chesire Cat's brothers or sisters or something, they were that crazy). Honestly, Andrew Lloyd Webber must be laughing! I've seen a lot of musicals (not live, unfortunately, but on film or DVDs of stage productions) and I can name way better musicals than this (The Lion King, Wicked, Annie, Oliver, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, Hairspray, etc) and yet this sells out like crazy. I might make a musical called Dogs or something. I'm obviously missing out, haha. Oh my God, that was hilarious! The look he gives was exactly the look I gave at my telly whilst it was on, haha.
  11. bad stuff thread.

    The stage musical of Cats is free on YouTube. Thought I'd give it a go and see what everybody pays stupid money to watch when it's on in theatres. Honestly never thought I'd say this but it makes the film look decent (and that takes effort). Am I missing something?
  12. I've been going out running or shopping for what I need but I haven't seen anybody I knew. I've been feeling down and stuff lately so I drove to my friend's house and stood outside whilst they were inside. Her and her family were so happy to see me. It felt a little odd at first but we spoke and had a laugh for half an hour. It's the first actual human interaction with a friend I've had with someone outside of my house. It was just nice to actually have a bit of a laugh. Cheered me up a little after the shit couple of weeks I've had.
  13. good stuff thread.

    I knew someone would make a joke out of that but couldn't think of another way of saying it at the time, haha.
  14. good stuff thread.

    As much as this lockdown has really annoyed me and even, at one stage, really brought me down to one of the worst I've ever felt in my life, there has been some positives. I've almost completed my Level 3 Personal Training course, which was unlocked due to me near enough completing my Level 2 Gym Instructing course. I've only got four or five more assignments/studies left. It's also been good for my train of thought. If you remember, I was feeling rather stressed because of people and their behaviours. I've had 'friends' suddenly stop talking to me for whatever reason, I've had people acting weird...it played a lot on my mental health. Ever since this lockdown has happened, I've become closer to a couple of people I never thought of before and although this may change when everything goes back to normal, I'm enjoying the conversations we are having now. Another weird thing was that I randomly bumped into someone in the shops a few weeks back who I stopped talking to for a few years because we were constantly arguing. I forgot why- until now. Me and a group of us were talking on WhatsApp and we haven't spoke in a while but the constant jokes were about me and rarely about anyone else. It was just stuff about wondering when I was going to stop denying who I am and come out and similar shit even though they know I'm straight. I used to get it a lot in school and pretty much throughout my life because "my voice isn't how a man's voice should be", "no straight man would like ---", "you must be gay, you haven't had a girlfriend in so many years" or "no man is friendly, are you sure you're straight?" and it honestly just hit home. I thought they had grown up...but they haven't. Not really. And I have. I'm obviously older but I'm mature too and I would rather hang out with people who I can have a proper conversation with and have a laugh with rather than tear someone down. I know I've posted that in the Good Stuff Thread but I have done because before, it would've upset me and I'd have put up with it and I would have just kept feeling worthless. Now, I respect myself more to just forget about them. I'm my own person and if they don't like it...well, they can fuck off, basically. I'm moving on to bigger and better things and I can't be doing with anyone dragging me down from that. In the end, I just said it was nice talking but I don't really do group chats because I have enough of them and logged out and I have never felt better.
  15. Gotta Get Thru This

    So it's been a few days but I'm already near halfway through my Level 3 Personal Trainer course. If I was still at work and I had the gym, I wouldn't have even got passed the first module. Now I'm on the third one out of six (there's eight altogether but they're greyed out and I can't access them at the moment). I've watched all of Torchwood. I bloody miss that show. It was so good. Miracle Day ended it on a good cliffhanger. It's a shame it got cancelled. Jack Harkness was a good character in Doctor Who. I also watched all of Death Note. Loved it a lot. I think it's something stupid like my eighth time watching it. I watched all of the Resident Evils recently. The movies are so dumb and got ridiculous with every sequel but I'll be damned, it's so much fun. It's like Fast and Furious to me- they're stupid, unrealistic and goes against everything but it knows how to be fun. At the minute, I'm reading my Kindle and watching a lot of my blu-rays.
  16. Okay, I think I get it. It's confusing times. I was wondering if I still got paid 80% or not and it was confusing everyone. So basically it's under manager discretion?
  17. Okay so is it the law that they have to agree to it or can they say no to it?
  18. Disney+

    That's actually a really good price!
  19. Gotta Get Thru This

    I'm doing my Level 3 Personal Trainer course and rewatching Death Note and finishing watching Torchwood.
  20. Disney+

    Is there no way to buy it monthly? I really want it!
  21. Can someone explain, in simple terms, how the 80% wage thing works? I mean, I know the government are doing it but what I mean to ask is are small businesses eligible for this? Would I get it even though I'm working for a small business?
  22. Exactly the same situation as me. I've been buying as I've gone along but even then, it's helped a little but we may need to isolate soon. Thank you for actually explaining it better than I did, LMAO. Tesco, Morrisons and Asda all had humongous queues. I waited literally half an hour before being served. Shit is crazy.
  23. I know you don't mean to have a go ☺️ but I can't understand it. Honestly. It's like I said: I haven't been able to get any milk from anywhere for a while. I normally buy two weeks worth anyway but I've bought another two weeks because yet again, I haven't found any since. I've not gone out and bought thousands of everything like everyone else because I think it's ludicrous that people think they need stupid amounts like they're never going to go out ever again. Like I've said, I've just been buying gradually anyway but I've not been able to get milk for love nor money. Also, they're not buying a month's worth. They're buying so much more and you can tell by what they're attempting to buy/are buying in their trollies. People need to realise that they're not stocking up to barricade themselves for months on end. They're buying so many bags of pasta and tinned foods and bog roll but they won't probably even use it all. I can guarantee you that I'll use my milk by next month. Its handy to have anyway because by the sounds of it, I may actually need to self-isolate whereas the majority of people buying these stupid amounts don't. I didn't buy it for that intention though, it was just coincidence. Thats why I don't understand it.
  24. Exactly, people buying to combat panic buying are in fact panic buying. This situation is being caused by people doing this! It's worse when you see families of four taking separate trollies and buying everything to get quadruple as much as they need. It's getting completely out of hand with what everyone is doing but it's worse when you get people who can't get the things they need, not what they want. Like, you don't need 90 bog rolls and you don't need a thousand kitchen rolls or 28 bottles of soaps.
  25. Rate the last film you saw

    Sonic the Hedgehog was something I wasn't sure about but it turned out to be so much fun. I really, really enjoyed it. I also loved the mid-credits scene! The Invisible Man was absolutely brilliant. I loved everything about it from the feel of it to the characters. Definitely a must on blu-ray when it's released.
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