The Whining and Bitching Thread

Part of me wonders if this a worldview that flourishes in isolation (seems to have worked that way for Lovecraft) because I've had a pretty solitary fucking life. To summarize my life story briefly, I grew up in one of the remotest godforsaken places you could imagine without leaving the first world, the only friends I had either died or moved away so I retreated into books and games and lost touch with the world.
This has happened to me as well. It was all throughout middle school and high school for me. Granted, I did get to know people, make friends and socialize a bit more after my junior year started but there was a point in my life where it was just my studies, my hobbies and nothing else. Despite living in a metropolitan area, I've pretty much done the same thing for several years. I second No Country's advice. Don't underestimate the amount of people you may connect with.

Reading Marcus Aurelius right now.
Ah, a favorite of mine.

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
 
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fucking never had much in the way of allergies, but goddamnit something here in ND must be fucking with me that didn't when I was in Michigan.
 
My shoulder fucking hurts. I've been doing light squats (60lbs) by throwing the barbell over my head and then back over to get it off. That's probably why. I wish I had a squat rack, then I'd be doing 120. I hope I didn't fuck my rotator cuff up or something.
 
I remember injuring my left shoulder once cause I got distracted while doing seated presses using arguably more weight than I should have. Even years later it still gets sore after an intense session. I fucked up the other shoulder in a dirtbike accident, hyperextending it when I fell, and it is even more damaged than the other. I couldnt even lift my shoulder above my head for a couple weeks. Now, even after warming up my shoulder I cant throw at 100% anymore. It also doesnt like lifting much more than 50lbs.
 
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i tore my rotator cuff playing rugby and I got a steroid shot in it and 2 weeks later I was back to normal. I couldn't lay on it, open doors, do nothing. it was rough
 
you should learn deadlifts and clean&presses before you start throwing weights around

I do cleans on Thursdays, with 60 pounds for 4 sets of 4. Monday is light weight and high reps for upper body, Tuesday the same for lower body, Wednesday and Thursday are explosive exercises (weighted punches and cleans), and Friday and Saturday are like Monday and Tuesdy but with heavier weight and lower reps. I do light Romanian deadlifts as a warmup before squats and deadlifts, and I try to concentrate on my form.

I had a really harsh workout session today. I was nauseous and very tired afterward, and it seemed to solve my shoulder problem. I may have made a small crack in my finger, though.
 
I wish I had no friends so I wouldn't feel guilty skipping out on pretty much every wedding, birthday party, bachelorette party etc I'm invited to. I still skip them, but I feel a little bad. Between long work hours and class and a vastly neglected significant other, I really just need weekends to myself. All of them, forever.
 
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I have a few to go to this summer and it's not my quirky cool friends so I'm dreading it. One is for a coworker (who is this super Italian normal lady) and the other is this super normal Algerian French lady. I just think most normal people are boring.
 
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Yeah pretty much people are very boring. I only enjoy drinking and talking in a small intimate group, we should be fuckin doing something, not just sitting there trying to have a 30-way conversation. And all the successively louder shouting to be heard, and the lack of shit to do with my hands. If there's more than 5 people I get overwhelmed and just get fuckin trashed to take the edge off and have a terrible time anyways.

That's why I just skip out and invite them to lunch some time soon instead. I will do lunch all fuckin DAY.
 
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Fuck weddings. The format of the ones I've attended was clearly conceived by an extrovert with no remorse about torturing introverts for 5-10 hours in a giant space full of a hundred strangers.
Fuck the usual wedding format yeah. My wedding ruled. We hired a beautiful house out in the country for 4 days and partied. Family/normal people came for the ceremony and went home after a few hours and left us to the debauchery. We had bands, DJs, beer on tap, a margarita machine and as much food and wine as anyone could consume. It was awesome.