[quote]deapee wrote:
Learn to ignore most people, youre life will be more rewarding that way. Besides, we’re all fed bullshit every day of the week by people we know or people we work with…just learn to ignore.[/quote]
Amen. (and before you religious nuts start posting, this is used as a common saying)
ohh nooo, why did you get into religion? they are bound to come out now. crap, hide. turn off the lights and they will go away.
I enjoy all of the old timers. but I’m 32 and have enjoyed the sport for alot of years. It all comes down to knowledge my friend that is so FULL of ANGER. Step back and reap the benefits of who you have become to others. Hopefully a future story that will push a young buck to go HARDCORE.
(This thread should probably be in “Off Topic”; but anyway…)
naughtybox, I feel your pain.
Re: the phenomenon of people talking to you about their own pursuits:
When people meet me and find out I’m a Director of Technology, I’m treated to stories about how “good they are with computers” and how they “like to build their own.” These people–if they are employees at the school where I am–usually ask me to give them administrative privileges so they can install things on the computers they use. The least little additional access I give them usually means that I am going to be cleaning up messes.
The point is, it’s perfectly natural (apparently) that people with an interest will gravitate toward someone who has reached some success in that field and try to make a connection with him/her. I see it in other endeavors as well.
If they WERE as good as they claim to be, they might have actually made something of themselves in the field. Instead, all they have to offer are “glory stories” about past accomplishments–which too often turn out to be NO real accomplishments at all, but they never progressed far enough in the field (be it technology or weightlifting or gourmet cooking or even–I’ve heard this, too!–waiting tables!) to have real perspective on the topic.
Now, as to the specific topic of getting frustrated with people whose knowledge of bodybuilding/weightlifting and nutrition is sub-par:
WE here have had access to some amazing knowledge, handed to us regularly by some of the brightest and most accomplished people in the fields of sports nutrition and exercise science. I confess that I forget what it was like NOT to know this stuff. I get INCREDIBLY frustrated
–when I sit down to a meal at my in-laws’ house and my mother declares her offering of pasta and vegetables and potatoes to be “healthy” as if daring me to disagree;
–when I see my godchildren allowed to eat pasta with butter for supper AND NOTHING ELSE because “she’s in a starch-craving phase”; or they plan a meal “with a starch”; my 14-year-old godson is already a damn fine athlete (soccer, lacrosse), and I try to get him to add more protein to his diet, but it’s just not a priority for his parents to have protein on the table.
But 5 years ago, I didn’t care about macronutrient ratios. The reason I care NOW is because I’ve bothered to educate myself in order to achieve specific goals. I have to deliberately stop myself from feeling pissed at what i consider mistakes, when the people making them don’t know what I know, and don’t care about the same things.
naughtybox, my advice? Yeah, it’s frustrating. But either learn a new mantra, like just smile and, on the inside, tell yourself “Aren’t people funny?” and then go on your way, OR deliberately alienate them so they don’t talk to you anymore. Just hold up a palm and say “Excuse me, but where I come from they use what you’re saying to make the corn grow.” Or “Buddy, if you’re going to tell me you were ever in shape, I’m going to laugh in your face. Now what were you saying?” Or “You know, what you’re saying would be a lot more convincing if you didn’t look like a fat sack o’ shit.”
Excuse me, must climb down from this soapbox now.
just take it with a grain of salt…some of its amusing if nothing else…Hell one of my buddy’s father is the worst person in the world for this if everything he says about ‘when he was our age’ is true I think he may have just ruled the world
Unfortunately some people find it easier to live in the past when it comes to lifting rather than focus on the present and future. I think that deep down inside these people truly desire to get back in the “game” of lifting and watching their diet. It kind of reminds me of Al Bundy on Married With Children always talking about the 4 touchdowns he scored in a high school football game 20 years ago. What really gets me are people that think that once you’re over 30 or 40 you’re old and you might as well hang it up in terms of exercise and looking good. I’m 35, and I think that I have yet to hit my physique peak.
[quote]naughtybox wrote:
thelaw12186 wrote:
naughty,
reach between your legs. are they there?
Law
I don’t really see why this question is relevent, I’m confused. Maybe you could explain?[/quote]
He was asking if you had testicles, because you’re whining like a six-yearr-old girl.
[quote]harris447 wrote:
naughtybox wrote:
thelaw12186 wrote:
naughty,
reach between your legs. are they there?
Law
I don’t really see why this question is relevent, I’m confused. Maybe you could explain?
He was asking if you had testicles, because you’re whining like a six-yearr-old girl.
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I’m not really whining at all, I’m stating the facts about stupid people that piss me off.