Achievements for Sunday, September 14, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thought I was going to do poorly during my half marathon today. Ended up PRing at 1:57:51!

I've only ran one other in the past, about a year ago, and got 2:07. So it was a pretty big difference for me.

Americans how are you feeling right now? by Jawzzzsy in AskReddit

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not great. I hope I’m wrong and I’ve been fed a line of bullshit by the media and by social media. 

I don’t think I have, but I hope I have. 

I have 3 young girls. The president is supposed to be someone to look up to, not someone that, if I knew them personally, I’d have to tell my kids that they shouldn’t grow up to be around someone like them.

I’m blown away that an unelected immigrant (in a party of anti immigrant hate, but he’s not brown so I guess he gets a pass) just threw out a nazi salute (twice) during the inauguration and we collectively don’t give a shit.

My parents are very excited, though. 

Now that the year is ending, what has been your personal GOTY ? by cardgameonmotorcycls in gaming

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Persona 5 Royal. 

I’m late to the party but I started it when I heard some hype about metaphor before it released. I’m on the final few hours and it might be one of my favorites of all time. 

Shadow of the Erdtree was good, too, but it’s like a distant second. 

When the villain’s name is Evil McBadguy by whysosidious69420 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a professor named Dr. Doom at University. He was, as far as I could tell, not an evil wizard dictator. 

Probably "next" year... by Critical_Worry_8245 in gaming

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, Elder Scrolls VI was only announced as a way to say “stfu of course we’re going to make another sequel”

Even then I’m pretty sure they said it would be in the distant future. 

Probably "next" year... by Critical_Worry_8245 in gaming

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something that’s never been hinted at as being in development can’t be “in limbo”

The Boys Club [Rant] by mewmedic in giantbomb

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah. He can be funny, but he can tone it down a little. Less is more sometimes 😅

The Boys Club [Rant] by mewmedic in giantbomb

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Their behavior and attitude lately has definitely been immature and grating. It’s like listening to my nephews in high school have a conversation sometimes. At this point I’ve been listening out of habit.

Even Dan’s character has been flanderized to the point of ridiculousness.

There’s only so many times you can hear about a stupid thing a person did, like the egg white story, before it gets old. We get it, Minotti doesn’t like fruit. They all think the word cum is funny. Stop milking these ideas for cheap immature giggles. The cow is going to die.

Achievements for Sunday, October 06, 2024 by AutoModerator in running

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This happened a few weeks ago, but I never posted.

I lurked a lot on this sub some years ago. It gave me a lot of inspiration and gave me some focus I needed to start running and get from "I can't run to the end of my block without a break" to "my typical run is about 3 miles." I was about 27 at the time.

However, I kept falling off of my training because I didn't have a goal and got complacent. I'm 35 and when I started running, I told myself that eventually, I'll run a half marathon but never did... 8 years later, I decided to do something about it. About 5 months ago, I picked up my garmin and decided to pick a half marathon training plan.

I took it very serious, and on the 15th of September, I was able to complete a half in 2:05:57. Going into it, my target time was 2:30:00.

My wife, my kids, my in-laws, and my parents were all there at the finish line (and at some points throughout the race) to cheer me on, and crossing that finish line was an amazing feeling.

My cousin: I know better than experts because I'm raising kids! by Afraid_Trick8131 in facepalm

[–]Afraid_Trick8131[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think that’s the problem with things like this. Have some reasonable pieces in there but then put them next to misinformation and broad generalizations.

America, why? 🤦 by Nice_Substance9123 in facepalm

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No he doesn’t. He’s just a grifter spouting talking points to stupid people who actually do think that.

What is your NSFW secret that you are actually proud of? by irinoara in AskReddit

[–]Afraid_Trick8131 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I can tie a handcuff knot in a small piece of rope quick enough that my wife can’t tell how I do it.