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- Feb 6, 2013
I'm going to let everyone in on a secret that I didn't know was a secret until listening to Boogie (this isn't aimed at you, YaBoi); Building willpower is just like building up a physical muscle. No one is born with bulging biceps, it's something you gain, something that grows the more you work it out. If you find yourself lacking willpower, say when it comes to controlling your food cravings, don't focus on willing the craving away entirely, start smaller and try to put the craving off for a day, or even just a few extra hours if you're really starting out.
When you do indulge not only will you have that added satisfaction of having earned it, but all the buildup will making said indulgence more memorable and pleasurable. Then to recapture that feeling, try doubling your wait time. And when you achieve that? double it again.
Like all workout routines some days will be more successful than others, but you'll be shocked at how quickly you start to feel in control of your personal weaknesses and how much those chips or chocolate bars will start to actually feel like treats again, rather than just part of the routine.
If you've ever been an addict of any kind you know about diminishing returns and the importance tolerances break to prevent/slow escalation well all of these same ideas apply to sugar and lard too; you can still enjoy all the junk food you love but imagine getting that same pleasure out of two cookies instead of a whole box.
Granted all this only works if you actually want to improve your self control. Boogie seems to delight in his "addict" status, I suppose it pairs nicely with his "mental illness(es)" which are two things he, and other parts of the internet, seem to think can't be treated/improved in any way so no responsibility can be placed on him.
In a BAR FIGHT?
Maybe I'm just an unlucky soul but of all the flavours of fights I've experienced bar fights are by far the most chaotic and brutal. There are no rules.
In what bouncer-less, glass-less, padded kiddie room bar does he think he'd be fighting in to think he'd be able to "do okay" in? He can't even waddle from the parking lot to a stool without getting winded, how does he think he'd even be able to throw a punch once someone hurls a bottle at his skull? Or smacks him with a pool cue on one of his many busted joints? Or just gets his buddy to give Boogie one swift kick in the back and send him tumbling, letting his own body weight break whatever limb/bone he lands on? Or when the guy's girlfriend takes off her shoes and starts hitting him with the heels? Does he think he's going to take on a bouncer? Does he think the bouncer will stop hitting him once all his (fake and no doubt fragile) teeth are broken?
Has Boogie ever been inside a bar?
Boogie, no. No. What you mean is a school yard fight. You know, where you're usually in a weaponless circle, sometimes (if you're lucky) on the school's grassy field, with ONE opponent and you're all in grade school so you don't really have full control of your limbs since they all doubled in length just a month before and once one of you hits the ground the fight is pretty much over.
Not that even in those circumstance he'd stand a chance (Hell even if he was his age and fighting the grade-schooler) but if the stars align and the kid isn't particularly strong he might "do okay".
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That's all just to say it's pretty obvious Boogie's never been in a fight.
I know part of his abuse fantasy is the idea he can take a beating like a champ but even if he did take some shots from his mom or bullies as a kid; that was 30 years ago and this isn't a video game so it's not like once you take 100 closed fists from Mom you take 30% less Unarmed damage for the rest of your life. I also imagine you don't bounce back quite as quick from a crack to the skull after 40 (I haven't hit that age so I can't say from experience) so even if he was "used like a speedbag" everyday (bullshit, what parent has that kind of energy?) it's not going to help him out in the ring, or the bar, or even in the circle of small children chanting cruel words as he fights one of their own.
I'm going to stop ranting like a lunatic on this subject now.
