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Mom's decided to buy another car, cause my lanky ass little bro won't fit in her primary car or my dads car. Its pretty nice cause she'll let me use it to commute to school for the next year which will save me some $$, but now I've gotta sell my 4runner cause there's not enough space in the driveway. Financially, it's a smart move (normally I don't do those), but man I'm gonna miss my rig.
armchair_skierhow to setup a ski date so it doesn't end in dumpster fire?
i was gonna suggest pre establishing that you guys can ski separate ways if at anytime it feels awkward (saying this will most likely make them more comfortable and not leave. its reverse psychology lol) and highlight how each run gives you an opportunity to process between chairlift conversations. also gives you an opportunity right off the bat to see if she can hang and you see yourself with her.
but fuck all that noise. im with @VTshredder69 take her to applebees so you can be eating good in the neighborhood!
armchair_skierhow to setup a ski date so it doesn't end in dumpster fire?
low pressure/expectations. hopefully it's a setup where you don't feel like you have to stay the whole day or be locked down to any one plan. things will be chiller if one or both of you can suggest hanging up the skis whenever you want and going to grab some food or whatever
Mentally exhausted. I don’t have any friends really and all I do is work, look at my phone and smoke weed. I have no ambition to be outgoing so I guess this is it. I love my wife but she’s busy a lot and it’s not her job to make my life meaningful. No desire to ski, make music, talk to friends. I barely even want to work anymore but you need money. I was in an extremely depressed place a few years ago and am doing a lot better but apparently “a lot better” is still pretty fuckin depressed. Everything in life gives me anxiety and I feel like I suck at everything. I’m not even that down today as I write this. It’s just the way she’s going. Not sure what I want out of life at all. I’ve felt internal peace maybe 10 times ever and it was overwhelming and fleeting. Kind of random. Not sure why I’m writing all of this since I know I won’t change anything but yeah
cool270outMentally exhausted. I don’t have any friends really and all I do is work, look at my phone and smoke weed. I have no ambition to be outgoing so I guess this is it. I love my wife but she’s busy a lot and it’s not her job to make my life meaningful. No desire to ski, make music, talk to friends. I barely even want to work anymore but you need money. I was in an extremely depressed place a few years ago and am doing a lot better but apparently “a lot better” is still pretty fuckin depressed. Everything in life gives me anxiety and I feel like I suck at everything. I’m not even that down today as I write this. It’s just the way she’s going. Not sure what I want out of life at all. I’ve felt internal peace maybe 10 times ever and it was overwhelming and fleeting. Kind of random. Not sure why I’m writing all of this since I know I won’t change anything but yeah
I’m 33 in a few weeks and I can relate. Sometimes I just feel burned out and need to reset. I went through a very low energy “in my shell” period recently after I started therapy (and a new job). Interestingly, skating pulled me out of it a lot and I think I started skating because I opened some sort of “childhood box” from therapy. I used to skate a lot as a kid.
I’ve been feeling a little burned out from skiing lately so I’m giving myself space for now. Just 1 foot after the other and give yourself time to rest.
also, the smoking is maybe making the anxiety worse. Sleep has a huge bearing on my mental health too.
Good luck man. Be easy on yourself.
cool270outMentally exhausted. I don’t have any friends really and all I do is work, look at my phone and smoke weed. I have no ambition to be outgoing so I guess this is it. I love my wife but she’s busy a lot and it’s not her job to make my life meaningful. No desire to ski, make music, talk to friends. I barely even want to work anymore but you need money. I was in an extremely depressed place a few years ago and am doing a lot better but apparently “a lot better” is still pretty fuckin depressed. Everything in life gives me anxiety and I feel like I suck at everything. I’m not even that down today as I write this. It’s just the way she’s going. Not sure what I want out of life at all. I’ve felt internal peace maybe 10 times ever and it was overwhelming and fleeting. Kind of random. Not sure why I’m writing all of this since I know I won’t change anything but yeah
**This post was edited on Dec 10th 2024 at 3:35:55pm
cool270outMentally exhausted. I don’t have any friends really and all I do is work, look at my phone and smoke weed. I have no ambition to be outgoing so I guess this is it. I love my wife but she’s busy a lot and it’s not her job to make my life meaningful. No desire to ski, make music, talk to friends. I barely even want to work anymore but you need money. I was in an extremely depressed place a few years ago and am doing a lot better but apparently “a lot better” is still pretty fuckin depressed. Everything in life gives me anxiety and I feel like I suck at everything. I’m not even that down today as I write this. It’s just the way she’s going. Not sure what I want out of life at all. I’ve felt internal peace maybe 10 times ever and it was overwhelming and fleeting. Kind of random. Not sure why I’m writing all of this since I know I won’t change anything but yeah
Get rid of weed caffeine and screen time and the anxiety goes away
cool270outMentally exhausted. I don’t have any friends really and all I do is work, look at my phone and smoke weed. I have no ambition to be outgoing so I guess this is it. I love my wife but she’s busy a lot and it’s not her job to make my life meaningful. No desire to ski, make music, talk to friends. I barely even want to work anymore but you need money. I was in an extremely depressed place a few years ago and am doing a lot better but apparently “a lot better” is still pretty fuckin depressed. Everything in life gives me anxiety and I feel like I suck at everything. I’m not even that down today as I write this. It’s just the way she’s going. Not sure what I want out of life at all. I’ve felt internal peace maybe 10 times ever and it was overwhelming and fleeting. Kind of random. Not sure why I’m writing all of this since I know I won’t change anything but yeah
mf needs therapy. its hard to start with out a clear breaking point. sometimes you need to hit rock bottom. but i think you know you could improve your life without that being the case.
the art of achieving goals seems to be lost these days but we all can benefit from. i use a structure outlined by a book called the 4 disciplines of execution. great book. a bit repetitive. heres a video that breaks it down
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1101901/--YouTubethe use of a score board to track daily to see if you are making moves towards your goals is the single biggest takeaway here. i primarily use this at work and it drives strong results for sure. i have used it in my personal life as well and actually created a goal to lose weight and the measure is how far i uphill before work each morning. so each day im going to track time and distance to impact my goal of not being a fat fuck lol.
anyway, if you (or anyone else reading this) like this and want to connect on building goals and scoreboards, hit me up and i will help you for sure (and for free lol. not a sales pitch i swear)
I saw a real life furry today. Just walking on the sidewalk. Wouldn’t having that mask/ head cause problems if you try to go into a store or something?
BallClapperI saw a real life furry today. Just walking on the sidewalk. Wouldn’t having that mask/ head cause problems if you try to go into a store or something?
Only because animals usually aren’t allowed in stores
All I'm saying is you're the most wanted hitman in North America in probably forever and you decide to go to McDicks? Not even the drive thru? This shit does not make sense at all. You got caught eating a fuckin hashbrown?
I flew a flight from Reno to Denver once and there was a furry convention ending in Reno. People were carrying the heads on as their carry ons. It was wild.
BallClapperI saw a real life furry today. Just walking on the sidewalk. Wouldn’t having that mask/ head cause problems if you try to go into a store or something?
Hear me out... say if in the NFL you somehow give up a safety on a two point conversion or a PAT, the opposing team should have to kick the ball off. So basically you give up two points, but you get the ball back. You may ask why would the NFL do that, well I think this could make the end of close games really exciting.
Imagine this scenario. Your team just scored a touchdown, and after this score you are down 4 points, and there is 45 seconds left on the clock. You could kick the extra point and be down 3, but with only 45 seconds left on the clock, as long as the opposing team secures the kickoff, you're not gonna have another posession to try to get the field goal or touchdown. You could onside kick, but with the new rule, getting possesion from one is very very low. Trying for a 2 point conversion wouldn't help either since you'd still be behind and unlikely to get another possesion.
So, with all this in mind, you could run a 2 point conversion or fake a PAT and instead run it back into your own endzone 98 yards and take a knee. This would give up a 2 point safety to the other team, so now you'd be down by 6, but with my new suggestion, you would get the ball back. You'd likely have around 30 seconds to drive the ball down the field for a game winning touchdown (which you would've needed anyway), which is doable. However, you wouldn't want to be down be more than 4 originally because for this to work you have to give up a 2 point safety. You could be down by 5, but you'd have to make the extra point.
Think of how exciting this could make the end of close games. Probably would be a pretty rare situation, but would be way cooler than seeing the leading team simply take posession from a kickoff or failed onside kick and kneel the ball. I honestly thought this was already a rule because I tried it in madden today and it didn't work.
GayWolf420All I'm saying is you're the most wanted hitman in North America in probably forever and you decide to go to McDicks? Not even the drive thru? This shit does not make sense at all. You got caught eating a fuckin hashbrown?
Humans make irrational decisions all the time especially when you are under the biggest pressure of your life.
Certain internet forum of normal people has this thread about working experiences in different companies. I was scrolling trough until I stumbled upon comments that are basically saying my mom is an asshole and annoying boss. Hard to not laugh at that. It's still making me laugh 15 hours after I saw those comments.
ski_salmon69Hear me out... say if in the NFL you somehow give up a safety on a two point conversion or a PAT, the opposing team should have to kick the ball off. So basically you give up two points, but you get the ball back. You may ask why would the NFL do that, well I think this could make the end of close games really exciting.
Imagine this scenario. Your team just scored a touchdown, and after this score you are down 4 points, and there is 45 seconds left on the clock. You could kick the extra point and be down 3, but with only 45 seconds left on the clock, as long as the opposing team secures the kickoff, you're not gonna have another posession to try to get the field goal or touchdown. You could onside kick, but with the new rule, getting possesion from one is very very low. Trying for a 2 point conversion wouldn't help either since you'd still be behind and unlikely to get another possesion.
So, with all this in mind, you could run a 2 point conversion or fake a PAT and instead run it back into your own endzone 98 yards and take a knee. This would give up a 2 point safety to the other team, so now you'd be down by 6, but with my new suggestion, you would get the ball back. You'd likely have around 30 seconds to drive the ball down the field for a game winning touchdown (which you would've needed anyway), which is doable. However, you wouldn't want to be down be more than 4 originally because for this to work you have to give up a 2 point safety. You could be down by 5, but you'd have to make the extra point.
Think of how exciting this could make the end of close games. Probably would be a pretty rare situation, but would be way cooler than seeing the leading team simply take posession from a kickoff or failed onside kick and kneel the ball. I honestly thought this was already a rule because I tried it in madden today and it didn't work.
this would mean the defense would be playing on the wrong side of the ball for the extra point. basically making it a 100 yard dash play. all you would need to do is line a wide receiver at the 40 way inside and have the qb throw a bomb down there. even if they drop it, its a live ball so you just put your fastest down there. honestly fuck it put another wide out at your own 25. might as well use a long snapper and put the qb way back too. would be a boring ass play.
keep the foot in football. make em kick. teams can practice onside kicking more and get creative. in the situation your mentioning, the onside kick would have been obvious anyway so the new rule doesn’t really impact that too much
Had a big test yesterday that I'd completely forgotten about (put it in my calendar this time, but forgot to check my calendar). Walked in completely blind and managed to somehow get 100%. The ghost of Bob Hoover is truly looking out for my dumb ass.
SendyMcSendyfaceHad a big test yesterday that I'd completely forgotten about (put it in my calendar this time, but forgot to check my calendar). Walked in completely blind and managed to somehow get 100%. The ghost of Bob Hoover is truly looking out for my dumb ass.
logged into NS the first time in years and my account is completely nuked. like everything gone. only remnant is my account created date, sometime in 2011.
GayWolf420Hips bruised and not feeling great. Fuck early season skiing in CO
do you wear the crash shorts yet? I started last season and now I wear them every time. I don't even notice when I am skiing. I have taken quite a few slams in them and they make a difference for sure
spock.logged into NS the first time in years and my account is completely nuked. like everything gone. only remnant is my account created date, sometime in 2011.
omg, nevermind. THIS is my account. holy shit, November 2004. cringe pictures of my teenage years. playlist with absolute garbage music. holy shit this is amazing. bow down all you johnny comelatelys
OregonDeaddo you wear the crash shorts yet? I started last season and now I wear them every time. I don't even notice when I am skiing. I have taken quite a few slams in them and they make a difference for sure
OregonDeaddo you wear the crash shorts yet? I started last season and now I wear them every time. I don't even notice when I am skiing. I have taken quite a few slams in them and they make a difference for sure
What brand do you use? my hip is currently fractured and those might have helped me a week ago lol
I tried these awhile ago. Felt like they wouldn't do anything in a big impact. Tried them for doing body slides on boxes and metal flat rails and it never felt great. It made everything that would have been mildly uncomfortable painless but bigger impacts still felt the same. I would be interested in using something like purple mattresses flex grid with a hard shell and the standard bodyprox foam in between. Theres a bunch of these testers cheap on eBay, so I think I might make my idea into a reality in the future.
Would anyone be interested in buying some 8” diameter blue pvc pipes, both are mounted onto a wood frame, both around 6’ long. Pickup in the northwest Denver area, I’d sell em for 100$ for both of them. I don’t have a photo right now but I’ll post one asap.
