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I get this too. Last time i was in the hospital, the early morning tech for drawing blood said I “had the best veins of anyone” she had to draw blood from that day…wasn’t quite sure how to take that one other than I guess I made her job a bit easier for a few minutes.
@cyclonengineer @FlatsFarmer
you guys are lucky. I apparently have “slippery veins”. Even when I’m well hydrated and vascular, the nurses in the US have a hard time getting the needle in
for some reason, the nurses in China have no problem… practice makes perfect I guess… @dt79
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I always assume its a current poster or lurker that wants to bring up a subject without burning their current identity.
Serious answer for you @ChickenLittle:
I initially came to T-Nation to talk about lifting. Then I realised I’d heard 99% of it before, and also that most of it was horseshit too.
But then I realised that I’d found a community of people with the same interests as me (training, eating, shooting the breeze) and from there it was very quick to sift through the regular posters and identify the ones with something interesting and intelligent to say.
Most of those posters hang out in the Confessions thread so I hang out here too. (Which I confess annoys the purists who want this thread to be actual confessions!)
Where else on the interwebz am I going to be able to find a bunch of people who both understand my weird life priorities (so have some basic shared values around self-discipline, not being a lazy fat-ass, self-respect, recognising that success is the product of work) but are irreverent, cynical, and generally highly entertaining?
I don’t think anyone who comes on here with their life dilemmas as actually looking for the Kardashian Lifestyle Appreciation Nation forum and landed on T-Nation entirely by accident, they must have some fitness interest to have found it in the first place.
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Actual confession: I just realised I have taken on board exactly ONE piece of training advice in the whole of this year (probably longer).
Which was from the Skullcrushers thread, and of course I then modified it somewhat to suit my own approach instead of following it exactly 
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I completely understand people that come here for lifting encountering life dilemmas and needing to dicuss them, that I get.
Maybe @SkyzykS is right, maybe it’s lurkers, that just join after seeing how awesome the off topic section is.
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I mean you can discuss them anonymously with people who share some of your core life interests, so are more likely to be have some idea where you’re coming from. I mean, I wouldn’t actually TAKE any advice I receive from any of you reprobates, but you know what I mean…
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Thats a good word!
I’m gonna ask my probation officer what that means.
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I’m in a good mood for a change…
Youngest son just got a small contract to provide art work for a fantasy board game in development.
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I love that there’s so many people that only post in PWI and don’t participate in anything related to lifting. I definitely limit my time over there, as I can’t really afford to lose the 2,000,000 brain cells/minute that one typically loses reading that stuff. Maybe it does speak to the quality of the community, though.
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I GOT INTO ALL MY CLASSES!!! no waitlist BS
Confession:
One of my classes conflicts w/ a very important lab meeting that I haven’t been able to attend for the past three semesters b/c class conflict.
The alternative was a class I REALLY REALLY want to take with a professor I REALLY REALLY want to eventually work with. But… it conflicts with my econ research club (basically my only social activity) and the guy I like (president of the econ research club) is taking the course I registered for
… and I’ll get my econ minor out of the way if I take the course I registered for…
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Why talk with friends? When you can air your dirty laundry to complete strangers ?
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I’m 6’5 and 255lbs. I’ve seen my share of weird shoulder/back slapping, “how much can you bench” stuff from both men and women alike.
But probably the weirdest encounter was during breakfast at a buffet in a hotel for business travelers. I was approached by a middle aged Japanese businessman and two of his presumably younger colleagues and they politely enquired whether they could watch me have breakfast.
I said yes, and they sat down, quietly watched as I ate a plate of scrambled eggs and cottage cheese with two croissants on the side, politely thanked me and left.
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Dude: if you’re good at something, never do it for free!
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That is the most Japanese thing I could have imagined 
I confess that sometimes I wish the US would use Stones as a weight measurement, for I am only 20.3 stones.
Plus stones just sounds like an awesome unit of measure - much better than pounds.
Or we could go the kettlebell route and measure everyone in terms of “poods”
Edit: 1 pood = 2.58 stones so I am 7.75 pood.
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I confess that I somehow clicked to mute the last Confessions thread, didn’t notice, and forgot about its existence for who knows how long. This one muted itself, so it didn’t show up for me. I believe myself to be fairly intelligent, but once in a while something will happen that offers proof that I am, in fact, wandering around in a state of complete obliviousness.
But back on track…so since Covid I’ve taken a couple of breaks from working out, which is unusual for me. I historically have low investment times, but not extended breaks. This clarified for me that there’s a direct connection between upper body work and neck/shoulder issues I’ve been having. I saw a chiropractor on Tuesday, and I confess that I can’t understand why people enjoy doing this. Is it even safe to be cracked like that??
I also didn’t like all the weird angles of close contact. I would like my neck to be better, though, so I can for-sure win the Challenge next year.
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As someone with constant neck discomfort/pain, it’s the ONLY way I get some relief (not the chiro, doing it myself)
Confession: a buff dude at the gym said I was strong. He was probably just being nice, but it still felt very good
Confession 2: I’m taking LOOOONG rests btw sets and skipping deads and presses for more squats ostensibly bc my upper back is dead. In reality, I just don’t want to dl or press
I confess that I don’t go to a chiro very often, but when I do she is hot and I enjoy her rubbing her boobs on me during the session.
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