MyBrainHurts

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Who does your favorite backhanded compliments that never fails to crack you up even if receiving it yourself personally in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Not a real response, but this is a very nice comment and I think it's the type of thing that makes the fediverse a better place.

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Seeing her here made my day (media.piefed.ca)
 

Not the greatest pic but one of my happiest. This elderly gal had seizures about a year ago and has been on some pretty heavy meds that gave her trouble with big jumps etc. So, she hasn't felt comfortable going to some of her favourite perches (I can only make so many ladders etc.)

Anyhow, vet said she's doing really well on her meds and we could lower the dosage. We're on the second lowering and she is much less stumbly and for the first time in 2025 has felt comfortable enough to go back to one of her favourite little nooks.

When I saw her there, my smile nearly broke my face.

Who does your favorite backhanded compliments that never fails to crack you up even if receiving it yourself personally in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got one a few months ago that is my abslolute favourite, not sure if it counts. Important context, I'm 40 but still play soccer with folks as young as 20. So, one game I'm defending against a young fast kid and beat him to the ball (barely!) a few times in a row on long ball chases. After the third or fourth time he looks over after the race and says "You're really fast for an... uhhh uh uh, you're really fast!"

He meant so well and it was adorable watching him realize mid sentence that I probably didn't want to be called an old man.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 24 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Sounds like the edited for tv version but for Republicans.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh interesting, I'll look into that. I've always felt pretty tuckered after beach volleyball so just assumed that was somehow higher impact.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

You'd best believe I'm ordering these books ASAP!

I definitely kept getting hurt because of the bro-ey "MORE WEIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS!" attitude, keen to try the opposite.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're fully right on the attitude. Part of why I love these teams is somehow we keep attracting just awesome groups of people so even though everyone plays their heart out, it's still laughs and loves when we get ragdolled.

Interesting idea moving up to forward. I always joke about how scary that half of the field is but I'm not a terrible distributor and don't mind just being bigger at people in the box...

I'll definitely follow up with you at some point if you're down. Right now, I've got to heal this dumb foot but then, yoga, the gym and maybe slowly transitioning to forward to get some practice there with friends before trying that on a new team.

Really appreciate the kind words and support!

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Oh cool, I'd never heard of a packraft but they seem awesome!

Fully recommend ocean kayaking. My buddy had an attachment so he'd basically be trawling a fishing line behind the boat so more often than not, we'd have fresh caught, ready for dinner when we landed.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Oh dang, I've always had a soft spot for the Habs, they're so much fun to root for. Must be fun now that you're on the upswing with Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and co!

Thanks for thoughts on Hughes, myself and most of the city feel similarly.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hmmm, that seems so counter intuitive but I will give that a shot!

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

A 30 minute workout?!? That feels like cheating, I am DOWN!

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Ha, I fully get the appeal of getting away from the younglings! I'm lucky, I can still keep pace with most of them. Which led to my favourite accidental burn:

Defending against some fast kid (okay, early 20s) and I beat him a few times on sprints to long balls. After the 3rd or 4th time, he says "man, you're really fast for an... " then pauses, re-evaluates, "uhhh , you're really fast!"

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I play medium tier co-ed soccer, have for the last dozen years or so. I just hit 40, am slowing down and taking longer to recover from injuries. I know my time at a fun sprinting competitivish level is coming to an end but... Sure, I'll miss the new dope friend aspext of it but equally importantly, 3 nights a week for years, I've been so happy to play and for a few hours a week the world, the future, politics, none of it mattered, all that mattered was stopping the bad guys from putting a ball in the wrong place and hopefully making it go to the right place (I'm defence, that half of the field is up to the other 6)

I dunno. Hoped maybe one of you has had to do this before and can share some thoughts. (I just had my foot clipped pretty bad, know I'm out for a few weeks but just came back off another injury etc...)

Edit: Goodness gracious, you folks are all so kind and supportive. Thanks so much, I'm definitely feeling less dejected and much more hopeful about the next stage of living an active and wild life.

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