Author Topic: Ask Mistur Monocle.  (Read 31050 times)



I don't want to be another person bombarding you with questions, but this is actually a serious one.  For some reason, I have no goals or desires on a day to day basis.  Often I just wonder about death and whatnot.  I have no urge for a girlfriend, high grades, to work out, or to hang out with friends.

Do you have any opinions on this, or any way I could get motivated?


Actually, yes.


This is something I deal with myself currently, but I force myself to give a forget.


If you're anti-social or what have you, then your personality will change, once you regain those social encounters and such, then you will regain motivation.


Say you're a sophomore in highschool, you don't give a forget about your grades, you'll do everything to rebel about your parents.


Don't just sit on your ass and fail, but rather try to get good grades, graduate, and gtfo of your parents house.


In terms of motivating yourself and preventing yourself from Self Delete;


Look at my profile comment 'Lifes a bitch, but I'm in love'. Its very true, life throws flaming piles of stuff at you every day, regardless of size, they impact your personality. When you allow them to get you so low that you want to end it all, you need to realize how beautiful life is, and I don't mean the cliche "omg babbie so cute" I mean, yeah its monotonous doing the same routine daily, but the people whom you encounter along the way make it worth living, and sitting cooped up and not doing anything just makes you even crappy feeling.
How do I shot web? :cookieMonster:


Been answered a ton of times;


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Not completely true, if you drink protein shakes with creatine(spelling?) Then it does infact boost the building of muscle.


But yes, eating a can of tuna or a piece of chicken is equally as effective.
I didn't say anything about that. You'd experience the same effects if you ate another protein source instead of a whey protein isolate solution (your typical protein shake material). Some say that whey powder is better because it is absorbed some insignificant percent faster than traditional food sources.

That is merely a small boost in initial protein absorption into the muscles to be used as repair material. In reality muscles take 3-7 days to repair fully depending on how hard you hit them on a given day. For maximum gains the best thing to do is to maintain proper nutrition all day and equally space out your protein consumption across 4-6 meals. No gain is seen immediately after working out.

I'm not knocking protein powder (I have tubs of the stuff laying around and always chug a glass after a workout), but as I said it is not the magic bullet that a lot of inexperienced bodybuilders think it is.

I didn't say anything about that. You'd experience the same effects if you ate another protein source instead of a whey protein isolate solution (your typical protein shake material). Some say that whey powder is better because it is absorbed some insignificant percent faster than traditional food sources.

That is merely a small boost in initial protein absorption into the muscles to be used as repair material. In reality muscles take 3-7 days to repair fully depending on how hard you hit them on a given day. For maximum gains the best thing to do is to maintain proper nutrition all day and equally space out your protein consumption across 4-6 meals. No gain is seen immediately after working out.

I'm not knocking protein powder (I have tubs of the stuff laying around and always chug a glass after a workout), but as I said it is not the magic bullet that a lot of inexperienced bodybuilders think it is.


Oh, of course.


I'm just saying that it does indeed help.


But yes, it could be replaced with actual food sources.

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I know this isn't my topic, but I find it odd that some people don't realize that their personalities are shown on the forums.  Honestly, you are pretty cool.  You're also very funny.  I would find it really weird if kids didn't like you.  If you aren't well liked, that is probably because you are hiding from everyone in plain sight.  You won't let anyone know who you are, which is what I do when I am around new people.

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Scary how accurate that was, about the whole sophmore thing.  But I do hang out with kids twice a weekend.  I moved from my old school into a private school, and fridays I hang out with the private schoolers and saturdays I hang out with my old friends.  Also, the only reason why I noticed that I didn't desire a girlfriend is because a few girls told me to ask them out, and I was like, "Uh...Can't, sorry."  I didn't even think twice about it.  Also, I'm not suicidal, I just wouldn't care if tomorrow morning while walking across the street to my bus, and a car struck me dead.

IMO Monocle is better Counselor then the bitch at my school. She's very stupid when it comes to these topics.

I know this isn't my topic, but I find it odd that some people don't realize that their personalities are shown on the forums.  Honestly, you are pretty cool.  You're also very funny.  I would find it really weird if kids didn't like you.  If you aren't well liked, that is probably because you are hiding from everyone in plain sight.  You won't let anyone know who you are, which is what I do when I am around new people.
Scary how accurate that was, about the whole sophmore thing.  But I do hang out with kids twice a weekend.  I moved from my old school into a private school, and fridays I hang out with the private schoolers and saturdays I hang out with my old friends.  Also, the only reason why I noticed that I didn't desire a girlfriend is because a few girls told me to ask them out, and I was like, "Uh...Can't, sorry."  I didn't even think twice about it.  Also, I'm not suicidal, I just wouldn't care if tomorrow morning while walking across the street to my bus, and a car struck me dead.


That's horrendously depressing.

IMO Monocle is better Counselor then the bitch at my school. She's very stupid when it comes to these topics.

Most counselors are book smart.


I'm giving answers from personal experience.

IMO Monocle is better Counselor then the bitch at my school. She's very stupid when it comes to these topics.
I hate school counselors.  Last year I saw him once because they force us to.
That's horrendously depressing.
Oh.  Sorry to ruin your good mood then.
haha.

I hate school counselors.  Last year I saw him once because they force us to.Oh.  Sorry to ruin your good mood then.
haha.

Never said I'm in a good mood, lol.


I'm just saying that's not a good way to live life. Regardless of how hard things are, its best to look forward to the next day.


Even if it means that you'll deal with crummy things. But you also might come across say a girl who's smile down the hall brightens your day. Or you make a new friend. Etc etc.

I want to go downtown and try this bar out (like fifty Belgian ales on tap!) but I'm afraid to use public transportation. I'd also prefer to do this with a friend or a date. What do I do Monocle!?


IMO Monocle is better Counselor then the bitch at my school. She's very stupid when it comes to these topics.
Counselors and academic advisors are cringe worthy. Just the other day I had to correct some awful awful engineering advice given to a nephew in high school about college. You have to remember that these people aren't particularly skilled in any field besides the act of counseling or giving advice. The content they give is usually vague, misleading, or outright wrong.

I know this isn't my topic, but I find it odd that some people don't realize that their personalities are shown on the forums.  Honestly, you are pretty cool.  You're also very funny.  I would find it really weird if kids didn't like you.  If you aren't well liked, that is probably because you are hiding from everyone in plain sight.  You won't let anyone know who you are, which is what I do when I am around new people.
What I show here is what I show to my friends. However to people that I don't know, i'm the big quiet guy. Can be good at time, but at other times its not.  its good if I'm trying to be imtimidating, because I don't need to talk, most people see me walking down the hallway and thing I'm going to beat their ass. However if they knew me,  they'd know I'd never do that unless I needed to. However its a disadvantage if I am trying to introduce myself to someone and I chicken out.

I want to go downtown and try this bar out (like fifty Belgian ales on tap!) but I'm afraid to use public transportation. I'd also prefer to do this with a friend or a date. What do I do Monocle!?

Counselors and academic advisors are cringe worthy. Just the other day I had to correct some awful awful engineering advice given to a nephew in high school about college. You have to remember that these people aren't particularly skilled in any field besides the act of counseling or giving advice. The content they give is usually vague, misleading, or outright wrong.


Well if you wait until Fall release of next year, I'll go and hang out with you and I'll be your hot date, going to be in NYC for my 17th birthday hopefully.


But apart from that, take that one chick from your martial arts class you were telling me about.

On a serious, maholess note Monocle, the world needs more people like you. People that are not only intellectuals, but optimists as well as they are very hard to come by. Most of the intellectuals go the way of Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye as they criticize everything the world has to offer them, complain about what they're not getting, and then still find ways to rationalize things to make themselves feel better than everyone else. Then there's the way that intellectuals seem to be so stuck up in their own thoughts that they're mentally incapable of empathy and never take the time to think of things the way someone else sees it, and I think that's a really good thing for an intellectual to lack.

So keep doing what you're doing, and don't turn into an Iban.

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I don't think that I am sad, per say, just...strange?

What I show here is what I show to my friends. However to people that I don't know, i'm the big quiet guy. Can be good at time, but at other times its not.  its good if I'm trying to be imtimidating, because I don't need to talk, most people see me walking down the hallway and thing I'm going to beat their ass. However if they knew me,  they'd know I'd never do that unless I needed to. However its a disadvantage if I am trying to introduce myself to someone and I chicken out.
I have a bunch of friends like that.  I know I can't say, "Just go for it", because there's no way its that simple.

For some reason, I need to embarrass myself before I start opening up to people.  My old public school friends introduced my to like...12 new kids.  On like the 2nd time I hung out with them, one of my good friends threw a snowball at my face, causing me to fall and cave in the igloo we made that I was standing on.  Everyone laughed, including me.  Then we all became awesome friends, and hang out every week.  Maybe you should have someone throw snow at your face. :P

You have to just go ahead and act like yourself, and if someone doesn't like you, its their loss, honestly.  Also, talk to someone you know, and not just me and Monocle.  Though Monocle is very good, actually.