thesinner
Recovering AXoholic
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Before starting threads, asking certain questions, or making up statements in your posts, there are several things that need to be taken into consideration to sound somewhat intelligible.
1) Prescendence. There's a menu bar at the top of the page. The fourth link from the right (8th from the left) says "Search". Click on it, and a seach field will drop down. Fill in key words on your topic where it says "search forums" and click on the button that says "Go". Chances are the topic you were looking for has already been discussed and/or researched.
It's definitely redundant, and often annoying to post questions with prescedence, especially the millions of threads asking "Which creatine is better?"
2) Citations, Hearsay, and Specifity I know a lot of you do not have a scientific background, but it is important to realize that there is a difference between a citation, hearsay, and simply saying a supplement 'works'. Here are a few ground rules:
-1- Citations trump hearsay. By a citation, I am refering to a set of experimental data collected by professionals. By hearsay, I am talking about everything else you've ever heard about a supplement. Hearsay is not common knowledge, hearsay is gossip, and gossip is rarely ever true. There's a big difference between a research abstract off pubmed and your cousin billy saying No-Xplode is the bomb.
-2- When making claims based on an experience you've had with a supplement, it is a better idea to explain your experience, rather than drawing conclusions from your experience.
Example: Johnny took T-boost5000XL by Crappy Company thesinner Just Made Up. While he took it, he felt an increase in appetite and libido, and was able squat 10lbs more than last week. Based on this experience, he says "I took it for 3 caps a day, and it totally upped my test levels."
What's wrong with this statement is that he drew conclusions from his experience. 1st off, an increase in libido and appetite are non-quantifiable terms. What's wrong with this? It is simple to say that 2 is an increase from 1, but since there is nothing to base your libido on, you don't have a reference point to base such an increase on. Another thing wrong with an increase of libido and appetite is the fact that they can be caused by routes other than testosterone, one of which is psycosomatic (all in your head). An increase in squat is in fact a quantifiable term; however, isn't the goal of lifting weights to lift more weight as you go? Bottom line, the only way he can confidently say that T-boost5000XL increased his test is with blood tests.
What he should have said was: "I took T-boost5000XL at 3 caps a day for X amount of days, I felt an increase in libido and appetite and my squat went up 10lbs." Everything said would be factual information, and (unless everyone reading his post is an English teacher)he will not sound like an idiot (run-on sentence).
-3-When reporting hearsay, make it clear that it is hearsay. There's a huge difference between saying "T-boost5000XL is the stuff, and it totally works, bro." and saying. "I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard people say that it helped them increase their squat by 10lbs."
3)Research Comes First- Always do your research before you buy. I have a friend of mine right now, who forgot to do this, and now he's calling me in the middle of the night to ask questions about using it. Would you buy a Cadillac if you don't know how to drive? Would you buy a house you've never seen before? No! Same with supps. Threads saying "I just bought some T-boost5000XL. Does it work? How should I dose it?" cannot and will not make you sound smart. There's nothing smart about being $80 poorer with a bucket of snake oil.
4)"This Might Be a Dumb Question Great, then don't bother asking it. Don't start threads with that line, people will do one of two things: 1) ignore you 2) call you an idiot.
5)Androgenic/Anabolic Steroids, 'Prohormones', SERMS, & Clen are not supplements Not only will sound like a moron when you post questions about them in the supplements forum, but people will jump on the opportunity to remind of it.
6)Following Rules Some of the rules, I've touched up a little on, but if you click on this link http://anabolicminds.com/forum/faq.php and abide by all they've got to say (especially about source posting), your chances of sounding like an idiot will greatly decrease.
7)Bobo is always right Calling Bobo an idiot is like calling yourself an idiot. The clown will set you in your place if you mess with him, and that place is not in this forum.
8)Putting a potentially redundant and erroneous set of instructions in the supplement section about not sounding like an idiot A bunch of people are gonna flame me for posting this.
9)Do not Post "rules" to posting: (from bigstabile) It's been done a million times and nobody ever bothers to read it. Some people just don't learn.
10. LEARN HOW TO SPEAK CORRECTLY (from sdmf45) No body wants to read a post that doesn't make any sense. Put down the crackpipe, reread, then post.
Example: i wa gonna try dat der nu cre tine and wa wondrn if itwa anygod.
If I missed anything. Feel free to add.
~thesinner
1) Prescendence. There's a menu bar at the top of the page. The fourth link from the right (8th from the left) says "Search". Click on it, and a seach field will drop down. Fill in key words on your topic where it says "search forums" and click on the button that says "Go". Chances are the topic you were looking for has already been discussed and/or researched.
It's definitely redundant, and often annoying to post questions with prescedence, especially the millions of threads asking "Which creatine is better?"
2) Citations, Hearsay, and Specifity I know a lot of you do not have a scientific background, but it is important to realize that there is a difference between a citation, hearsay, and simply saying a supplement 'works'. Here are a few ground rules:
-1- Citations trump hearsay. By a citation, I am refering to a set of experimental data collected by professionals. By hearsay, I am talking about everything else you've ever heard about a supplement. Hearsay is not common knowledge, hearsay is gossip, and gossip is rarely ever true. There's a big difference between a research abstract off pubmed and your cousin billy saying No-Xplode is the bomb.
-2- When making claims based on an experience you've had with a supplement, it is a better idea to explain your experience, rather than drawing conclusions from your experience.
Example: Johnny took T-boost5000XL by Crappy Company thesinner Just Made Up. While he took it, he felt an increase in appetite and libido, and was able squat 10lbs more than last week. Based on this experience, he says "I took it for 3 caps a day, and it totally upped my test levels."
What's wrong with this statement is that he drew conclusions from his experience. 1st off, an increase in libido and appetite are non-quantifiable terms. What's wrong with this? It is simple to say that 2 is an increase from 1, but since there is nothing to base your libido on, you don't have a reference point to base such an increase on. Another thing wrong with an increase of libido and appetite is the fact that they can be caused by routes other than testosterone, one of which is psycosomatic (all in your head). An increase in squat is in fact a quantifiable term; however, isn't the goal of lifting weights to lift more weight as you go? Bottom line, the only way he can confidently say that T-boost5000XL increased his test is with blood tests.
What he should have said was: "I took T-boost5000XL at 3 caps a day for X amount of days, I felt an increase in libido and appetite and my squat went up 10lbs." Everything said would be factual information, and (unless everyone reading his post is an English teacher)he will not sound like an idiot (run-on sentence).
-3-When reporting hearsay, make it clear that it is hearsay. There's a huge difference between saying "T-boost5000XL is the stuff, and it totally works, bro." and saying. "I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard people say that it helped them increase their squat by 10lbs."
3)Research Comes First- Always do your research before you buy. I have a friend of mine right now, who forgot to do this, and now he's calling me in the middle of the night to ask questions about using it. Would you buy a Cadillac if you don't know how to drive? Would you buy a house you've never seen before? No! Same with supps. Threads saying "I just bought some T-boost5000XL. Does it work? How should I dose it?" cannot and will not make you sound smart. There's nothing smart about being $80 poorer with a bucket of snake oil.
4)"This Might Be a Dumb Question Great, then don't bother asking it. Don't start threads with that line, people will do one of two things: 1) ignore you 2) call you an idiot.
5)Androgenic/Anabolic Steroids, 'Prohormones', SERMS, & Clen are not supplements Not only will sound like a moron when you post questions about them in the supplements forum, but people will jump on the opportunity to remind of it.
6)Following Rules Some of the rules, I've touched up a little on, but if you click on this link http://anabolicminds.com/forum/faq.php and abide by all they've got to say (especially about source posting), your chances of sounding like an idiot will greatly decrease.
7)Bobo is always right Calling Bobo an idiot is like calling yourself an idiot. The clown will set you in your place if you mess with him, and that place is not in this forum.
8)Putting a potentially redundant and erroneous set of instructions in the supplement section about not sounding like an idiot A bunch of people are gonna flame me for posting this.
9)Do not Post "rules" to posting: (from bigstabile) It's been done a million times and nobody ever bothers to read it. Some people just don't learn.
10. LEARN HOW TO SPEAK CORRECTLY (from sdmf45) No body wants to read a post that doesn't make any sense. Put down the crackpipe, reread, then post.
Example: i wa gonna try dat der nu cre tine and wa wondrn if itwa anygod.
If I missed anything. Feel free to add.
~thesinner
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