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Unwavering in my defense of free speech, liberty, and constitutional rights.

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@jtwilcox111 @ram7067 The reliance on parents income for fully emancipated adults needs to stop. Its incredibly unfair.

[Chief Chainsaw Officer @Hispeedlowdrug]

When I was learning to wrap my wrists for boxing, one very common reason I saw mentioned was that wrapping your knuckles a few extra turns was "padding" which made absolutely no sense to me. How is three layers of cotton supposed to cushion my knuckles??

Eventually I saw an in-depth video by an MMA coach explaining that the knuckle wrap is to hold the small bones of your hand in place. This helps prevent injury, and also helps you hit harder if your hand is "more like a glove full of rocks than a bag of jelly with some hard bits in it".

Aaaaahhhhhh, this makes way more sense to me. So why isn't this the common explanation?

This isn't apparent to anyone who hasn't both trained boxing AND also lacks experience punching people in the face without any gear on. In order for the old-timey boxing advice to make sense, you need extensive experience both within and outside of formal, geared up boxing.

If you are just some random soft hands modern person, you can gain extensive experience within the narrow discipline and still not have the breadth of experience to appreciate the wisdom of the old explanations.

A lot of old-timey wisdom is like this. The stated reason for doing something may or may not make any logical sense at all, and might even be utter nonsense. But the bigger picture is often that there's deep wisdom that only comes from deep and wide experience behind it.

It's just that the people passing on the wisdom were inarticulate (or even illiterate), and so they just made up some story to help it stick with the young knuckleheads they were trying to teach. Yeah yeah whatever kid, just do it ok.

A lot of things in sports, the physical, and the human mind are like this. Just because the old-timey wisdom makes no sense when you think about it for ten seconds doesn't mean it's bad advice. In fact it may be the opposite.

It's common for online smarty pants types to make a big deal about debunking old-timey wisdom based on this kind of logic. But logic is different than wisdom, and often inferior.

I've learned to distrust superficially logical explanations for any complicated phenomenon, and yes, punching people in the face is a surprisingly complicated phenomenon.

I see this trait of over reliance on logical consistency in midrange engineers, atheists, people just learning a trade/craft, sports neophytes, people who built their identity around being the smartest teenager in the room, and other habitual deboonker reddit types.

This is why the bell curve meme has such wide applicability. Very relatable. It can also be seen as illustrating a journey every thoughtful person has made. From credulous neophyte, to know-it-all midwit, to seasoned wisdom respecter.

Chestertons fence etc....

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@SaveOurSheriff Right, just put them in the 23 hour lock down block with the rest of the inmates that can't play well with others.

[Sheriff Keith Swank @SaveOurSheriff]

@BobFergusonGov I do.

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@letsgowa Having it locked into law means nothing to these people, and they still didnt do it. they wiped out an explicit statutory ban on income tax as they implemented this.

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@EndWokeness Stop putting microphones in front of morons

[Brandi Kruse @BrandiKruse]

@KING5Seattle Fuck you.

[Shane Kidwell @shanerkidwell]

Washington just became the first state in U.S. history to terminate a public employee pension plan.

The plan belongs to retired police officers and firefighters. LEOFF Plan 1 was 160% funded as of June 2024 per the state's own actuarial valuation. It had not required a single contribution in 25 years. By 2029 it was projected to reach 200% funded with a $4.3 billion surplus.

The legislature terminated the plan, swept $3.9 billion, and is using $880 million of it to refill a rainy day fund it already drained to cover a deficit it created.

Days ago, retired first responders including former Congressman Dave Reichert sued the state to stop it. The bill passed the House 55-39 and was advanced out of Appropriations without a public hearing. Every yes vote was a Democrat. The governor signed it in April.

I publish the full research and sourced breakdowns on Substack every week. Search Shane Kidwell if you want the deeper dive.

I sacrificed my body and a good chunk of my life for our state, they committed to providing a benefit for me and raided it.

@GovBobFerguson @komonews @KIRO7Seattle @KING5Seattle @fox13seattle @seattletimes

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@voteholyk This seems treason-adjacent at best

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@Chrisf4ne @SaveOurSheriff You failed

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@SaveOurSheriff Stupid people are more likely to do weed

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@iamfreeauditing @ItsAshitholenow Thats not true. We have PRA lawsuits all the time.

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@hammerswingames @BrandiKruse Its probably just some hipster

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@JDrolshagen @saveoursheriff Ah yes. Lets cure Bureaucracy by adding Bureaucracy. Genius

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@JDrolshagen @saveoursheriff Why would you want to undermine the law enforcement officers that are directly accountable to the voters?

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@bkheywood No wayyyy, that would be political suicide and the dumbest position anyone could ever take ---->

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@JDrolshagen @covizen @BrandiKruse @saveoursheriff Its called recall dummy

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@A1Rated @NickStillHere Dang I feel powerful now, thanks

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@badwabbit_Nunya @Ryan_L_Heath @grok @IanSpeir No, he did, in the 1940s.

[BWolk @FreeBWolk]

@badwabbit_Nunya @Ryan_L_Heath @grok @IanSpeir Different jackson