I assume most meme makers live sedintary lives which has their own forms of wear and tear (always sitting, poor posture, lots of concrete surfaces) and not exercising enough makes any physical labor hurt more becase they aren’t used to it.
Big generalization but that also describes me when left to my own devices. I felt a lot better getting outside and working mildly physical jobs
Walking is surely if one of the best things you can do to yourself if you have an otherwise sedentary lifestyle - actually uses a lot of muscles, feels less of a chore because you can easily be preoccupied by multiple other things in parallel (enjoying the view, thinking about things, having a phone call, listening to a podcast, thinking about your destination, etc.).
I’ve been working remotely for several years now, but one of my jobs used to start later late in the day, so I had some free time before that, which I used to walk around doing chores - felt great. Once I moved to the other job, with a more traditional schedule starting in the morning and ending in the evening, but still a bit off for my timezone, I stopped walking as much - gained a lot of extra weight just because I stopped “exercising” as much due to having awkward hours to do chores before or after work.
The quality of reddit has seriously gone downhill. It feels like being on Facebook or something, the comments are cringrworthy and just plain odd and the posts aren’t great either.
I still go on Reddit when I find the answer to a specific problem, or if I have to ask something specific, but I make sure to go on my computer with adblock
I once had a deduction from my deposit for a paintbrush and can of paint left on top of a kitchen cabinet; it had been left by their team when I moved in.
I have some paint in a cabinet which was leftover from when I moved in. I figured it might be useful if I need to touch up anything (although I haven’t used it in 2 years yet, so it might not be good anymore). At first I thought that another person’s comment was weird, before realizing I’m basically the same, except that I leave the paint in a cabinet.
This meme was me for a time. I assumed it was the inevitable decline of the physical body due to aging. And some of it is. But what I discovered is that you can slow this degeneration significantly through proper exercise, nutrition and rest. I’m stronger and in less pain now in my late 40s than I was in my 30s.
Yeah I’m in my 30s and I hear this about this sort of thing all the time from other people my age, but the only time I experience body pain myself is if I injure part of my body. But then I do my due diligence to let it heal and I’m fine after. I’m not overly fit compared to other people my age, I don’t do yoga or anything, I just like, lift with my legs instead of my back. For some inexplicable reason a lot of people I know don’t follow that age old advice despite moaning up down and all around about their chronic back pain.
I’m 40 next year. This year I’ve switched jobs after 16 years of mainly sitting in a chair looking at synchroniser rings for gear boxes.
The new job has a lot more lifting involved and no chairs. I’ve had so many aches in my back, shoulders and right limbs since I started.
This week I picked something heavy up and put it down on a bottom shelf. My back popped. I saw stars. My brain felt a bit funny for an hour or so afterwards.
Luckily I managed to pop the disc back by hanging by my arms from a low bar, and massaging the hurt muscles.
Lift with your legs, not your back!
I too feel like this meme is a decade early, but I do feel the meme.
This happened to me too, except my L5/S1 disc is permanently bulged now. If I don’t keep my core strong, and my hips and thighs flexible, I get debilitating sciatic pain down my right leg.
Stay in shape lads! Stay strong, but don’t lift hard. Stay flexible, but don’t stretch too far. Get some cardio, but low impact.
If only they taught us in school how to take care of our bodies, our feelings, our minds, our relationships, our communities and our environment… sadlolz
If only they taught us in school how to take care of our bodies, our feelings, our minds, our relationships, our communities and our environment…
I cannot agree more. I went a bit mental last year, debilitating anxiety, and did a course on how to manage it. At the same time my eldest kid was starting Big School and suffering exactly the same thing, so I spent my time teaching him the things I was learning.
They’re much better in schools (at least in the UK) now with mental health, he had daily check ins with the mental health first aider or some such, which I really appreciated because there was fuck all like that in my day, when men were men and everyone had Polio (I jest)
It was actually the original working title. Unfortunately they changed it close to launch. It was meant to match titles like Up Your Arsenal, Going Commando etc
I’ve heard both, because Rift Apart was supposed to be a play on Ripped a Fart - I 100% remember reading that last year and have privately called it the same since hearing that.
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