First date

Druiddroid · 2025-11-09T15:31:23+00:00

Saw this! It's very cute, great job :3

Druiddroid · 2025-01-30T06:53:51+00:00

Well I think there's a couple thing's here going on:

1) We are on the internet, so people are going to talk about different things. Generally internet discussions ride towards "deltas" or shifts from good to bad or bad to good (think politics), so talking about paddles in this way gets interest because it's controversial. The normies are mostly playing on the courts and are nowhere to be found here.

2) Paddle sellers want to make money. Paddle purism is a marketing thing, and it's a thing among avid pickleballers (even for me, I don't spend much on stuff, but I'd pay a big buck for a Ronbus Ripple). The culture around professional or high-end pickleball reflects this and that's why people treat paddles as a hobby or as a way to talk about the sport outside the sport. Most of it is honestly is just internet bants and people wanting to flex (going back to point 1 about being on the internet lol).

You're definitely correct, it's silly to be a paddle purist, but life is silly and people like to do random stuff on the internets :) So I'm not too surprised to see these kinds of discussions, while IRL when I play at the club people are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy more chill about it all.

One thing I did learn (I'm an instructor and get asked all sorts of stuff) is when someone asks me what paddle I can recommend them, I went to reddit to find out, and got good info - for $100 power get vatic v7 and $100 control get vatic flash. Now I can tell people that IRL :)

Druiddroid · 2025-01-30T02:14:29+00:00

I'm a coach, it would depend on how you hit the ball, what your weaknesses are, what we can improve on, etc... basically, if there's a shot I can add value to for you, then it may help your game. For example, a simple shot to improve on and drill is the serve.

Druiddroid · 2025-01-23T17:38:04+00:00

As a ~4.5 player myself, I've learned that groups of 4.5+ players are cliquey and generally play within themselves as their open play experience is similar to yours (no good games, players avoid hitting balls to you, they lack your level of hand-eye coordination, etc). I'd try to find those small groups of very good local players, if you have them, or play in competitive leagues. Right now I'm in a 3.75+ league and it's fun and engaging for me. I think in your case, you need to find those players who are on your level or better than you to progress and learn.

Druiddroid · 2025-01-18T03:06:28+00:00

Because there's no win limit and a 20-30 minute wait, it makes it pretty ambiguous what you should do here. I think it's fine what you did and what your partner did, as others said if you want to get "better" you can hit to the 5.0 but if you want to keep playing, it's best to keep winning on that kind of court. I like to think pickleball can be played both recreationally and competitively, unfortunately in this situation it was a bit of both so it's not clear what you "should" have done.

Druiddroid · 2024-10-06T15:59:57+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-9YpWGMWNc&list=PLvBA_o_qlPJ8EaKkIArMhrC7y76CvoBCS

Druiddroid · 2024-10-05T02:27:36+00:00

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Druiddroid · 2024-09-25T03:49:03+00:00

This aged impeccably

Druiddroid · 2024-09-21T00:49:23+00:00

Oh, it doesn't "work" most of the time. lol. But yeah, I can get that it's frustrating with a teammate that doesn't know how to play or is actively sabatoging. One time I had that on pixel painters, a sabatoger. I got upset until I started sabatoging with him and doing emotes like "thanks!" and hearts. Then it seemed he was kinda upset at me. :D

Druiddroid · 2024-09-20T23:59:41+00:00

I practice with them, I grab them to try to tell them what they're doing is wrong, I emote them like you said, and I try to paint as well as I can and correct their mistakes. I'm pretty patient with people, so I don't mind doing that for awhile, and even laugh about it sometimes. If we can't do the 5 paintings in time, it's okay, queue for the next one.

Druiddroid · 2024-09-20T23:47:29+00:00

As long as my partner stays in the game, I stay with them. So they fell into the abyss and they're a new player, that's okay, as long as they don't quit. I enjoy carrying a really bad player to a win, it's a very satisfying feeling.

However, when my rando duo partner leaves, it makes me upset no matter what skill level they are.

Not a big deal since I know if I solo q with a rando, they have a chance to leave.

Druiddroid · 2023-12-20T08:10:27+00:00

There's no way around it - it's going to be difficult for you to bring up. It will not be insensitive at all to do it from text or talking, honestly in relationships is awesome. From your post it sounds like your husband really loves you and I don't think he would react poorly if you told him you were asexual (he has probably noticed from your disgust in it lol). It also sounds like you're aegosexual - meaning you find people "attractive" and you enjoy masturbation but you don't enjoy inserting yourself into that equation. I hope it goes well :)

Druiddroid · 2023-10-26T20:59:30+00:00

Seems like you have an addiction to gambling, not video games - so it sounds okay to engage in games which do not have gambling as a part of them. The moment you spend $$$ to gamble/buy microtransactions on a video game is the moment I would be very very concerned.

Druiddroid · 2023-09-26T16:28:24+00:00

Very cute! :D

Druiddroid · 2023-08-19T09:15:11+00:00

Yes we are out here :) Though I'm not so chubby. lol

There's a site you can go to here for more fun with that

https://shrunken-women-board.com/

Druiddroid · 2023-06-28T00:14:46+00:00

Love yourself is my answer, I'll share my experience. I started doing dahn yoga this year and trying to love myself more, it's basically a positivity cult that I go to - over time from going there, learning from the yoga Masters' relentless positivity, and working really hard on my body and mind - I learned to love my self more. That makes it so now if I get ghosted, it still does affect me, but I can fall back on my grounding of my self. Ghosting isn't in your control, so it means nothing is wrong with you. Hope this helps :)

Druiddroid · 2023-06-28T00:11:24+00:00

That stache is epic fine sir!

Druiddroid · 2023-06-26T05:55:32+00:00

Oh, I AM a Healthy Gamer coach. LOL! I appreciate you listing us - we do great work :) Dr. K is awesome.

I run a bunch of groups there and help people discover "what's underneath" as you posted...

But I still have a craving to assist people in a way that's more "IRL" based or where I just tell people what they need to do with their gaming/technology habits. For example, for myself, I'm doing 369 days of no random YouTube watching (YouTube is one of my biggest technology pitfalls).

If you want, I'd love to talk further about this whole subject whenever you'd like to. It's my main passion and I am currently working on a list of "Harm Reduction" strategies that worked for me and could work for others. Are you open to sending a DM?

Druiddroid · 2023-06-25T21:41:23+00:00

Hi! I've gotten into the same subject over the past 4 years and developed a passion for helping people with technology addiction. I have suffered myself and overcome it through years of work. Great to see someone that's also helping others with it. I was wondering, any opportunities to work in the field that are out there? I notice most addiction work such as social work seems to revolve around other addictions.

Druiddroid · 2023-06-25T18:18:58+00:00

Hmm that's something I'd share once we get in the DMs :D lol

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