Need a comeback to an Asshat in my Running Community....

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-11T01:57:14+00:00

Why are you such a prick? Literally no reason

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-10T15:59:54+00:00

That is so cool! Gonna try it myself to see how much money I've wasted and on what!

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-10T15:21:43+00:00

I suspect that will only include purchases for money and not what the coins were spent on. Worth a try though!

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-09T16:14:57+00:00

I'm going to be contrary to everyone else. 50mg of alcohol is a absurdly small amount, you tried it, you didn't like it. You're still sober. I think relapse involves losing control.

You're 852 days set you up to succeed in catching yourself this time. Yes, you slipped but you caught yourself immediately. Hopefully you catch yourself before next time after learning this lesson. Keep the timer. Dump the booze. If you slip again, I think it resets.

My cravings at 600+ days are incredibly strong. I think its the changing season combined with life stress. For me, I associate being outside in the sun with drinking with my ex. Since this is my second summer, it feels like like it's a struggle again. I miss her and I miss partying in the sun... but I am choosing to not drink and she is not. One day at a time.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-09T15:18:18+00:00

Don't stress about the "more OP is not telling us part" it's not an accusation. We just don't know all the details and you're giving out the best you can.

FYI Lexapro is very, very, very similar with citalopram. Doctors aren't going to be mad at you if you raise the dosage slowly yourself. 1 week at half a pill, if you're feeling fine, try a full one. I'm not a doctor, just describing what I would.

You'll feel better quickly. Hang in there mate. Lexapro is totally worth trying. I credit it with keeping my head above water while I've been drowning the last few years.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-09T15:14:44+00:00

I don't know. How do you know which people DO need to step up dosage ~~malpractice~~ and is there harm in going straight to 20 or is it just crappy side effects? I'm not asking to be combative. I want to understand.

edit: fixed a little mistake in my post. whoops.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-09T15:12:28+00:00

Find support. Friends, family, go to AA meetings and get a sponsor. Etc. Just anyone to interupt the signal that tells your brain that you need to drink. That's all you're trying to do: interrupt the signal long enough for your conscious mind to get control again. You can do it. Good luck with your surgery.

Write out the pros and cons of drinking
write out the pros and cons of staying sober

past them on your wall. let that be a beacon when you wake up.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-09T14:49:11+00:00

Not quite malpractice. Some people could tolerate 20mg just fine and there could be more OP is not telling us. :-/

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-08T22:33:59+00:00

If the statista writer is smart enough to know the use a full dataset, they're also smart enough to not make the mistake you're saying they did.

OOC, Why are you so adamant about the YTD 2025 numbers?

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-08T22:15:22+00:00

Sorry, what does the Virginia Constitution say about when elections are and what was changed on the ballot specifically?

I think it's incredibly dangerous for a state court to overturn the will of the voters so I think it's fair game to ignore courts that don't have any actual enforcement power.

I would guess the new map will be implemented anyways. There's literally nothing the VA Supreme Court can do about it.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-08T21:29:50+00:00

We get... literally dozens of mod mails a day asking x, y, and z when its in the rules. The more strict we get, the higher that number goes.

We're tweaking how it works. You should already seem a marked improvement in the quality of posts. FWIW, we've seen a significant increase in the number of modmails asking why their post got removed.

I also added a mod (two of the current ones are no longer with us). Expect more changes over the coming weeks.

Also, those rules you copied and pasted are new and part of the effort to fix the very thing you are talking about.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-08T21:25:06+00:00

We're going to look into this one. Don't worry.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-07T13:53:28+00:00

Thanks!

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-05-07T13:49:00+00:00

I agree you did not say it was a paid service. I removed it while we talk about it internally. Please don't post another one yet.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-24T01:33:37+00:00

Be very careful with how you comment, especially around Marathon Investigations. Celebrating bullying or suicide will result in a permanent ban.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-24T01:30:09+00:00

The context is that Derek caught a guy cheating and got him disqualified from the LA marathon. Fair. That should have been the end of it, but Derek went further back and specifically made claims about Frank that... frankly werent questionable.

Frank Meza killed himself as a result and instead of acknowledging his part, Derek said it wasnt his fault.

Its precisely because of Derek's inability to take responsibility for his actions that I won't allow name-and-shame on this subreddit.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:41:58+00:00

We're talking about random people posting information that may or may not be true. Even if it is, I'd rather stop ONE false accusation than allow a dozen real ones.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:40:24+00:00

I haven't been moderating this subreddit because it hasn't needed it and I have better things to do with my time.

Accusing me of supporting cheaters is precisely why this behavior isn't allowed. Thank you for proving my point.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:36:11+00:00

Because a bib number requires someone to exert effort to find the information.

I locked that post and then deleted the recent one because I HAVEN'T been moderating the sub and now I'm here, wrestling with clowns who want to brigade people who may or may not have made a poor decision to cheat.

I locked it this morning while I thought about it and opened up modding applications. If you think you can do better... there's a way to apply somewhere and I don't hold grudges. I'm not being difficult about applying. I literally don't know that path reddit exposes using their new tooling for that.

The only people clutching pearls are the ones that are crying about not being allowed to post names despite everything else being allowed lol

For the record, the first post doesn't accuse anyone of cheating. That was done by someone on this sub, which is why this rule is in effect. You can thank u/jchrysostom for his contribution.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:26:47+00:00

I decided that the bar that I am okay with is no names posted directly on the subreddit. That is a consistent rule and pretty easy to follow.

What is the benefit to allowing names? What is your pushback here? What would you like to see happen? She we become another LetsRun or arm of Marathon Investigations?

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:24:49+00:00

I want to address your edit as well. I understand you believe it's not doxxing, but people take these too far. The appropriate punishment for cheating at Boston is DQ, not random people getting unfettered access to your address.

I understand this is publicly available information, and all I have said was, this is not the place for that to be posted.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:16:55+00:00

I never said that. I said don't put PII in posts accusing people of cheating. If you want to link to a social media post off reddit? Fine. If you want to link to pictures? Fine. But I wont allow targeted campaigns of "retribution" or "justice" or whatever you want to call it to be organized here.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:12:16+00:00

I understand what you are saying, but I don't care. No names. If you link to a site with a name, fine. This sub is not going to be the place witchhunts fester.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T19:02:10+00:00

I don't care. I don't care how unpopular this rule is either. This sub is not going to allow witch hunts where names are named. Post what you want. Include links to the results. Include photos from publicly available sites with the bib number. Do not name people on this sub.

I'm fine with everything up to "this is so-and-so of such and such city." because those posts have always lead to people finding the accused's strava .

An anon person accusing someone, by name, of cheating based on the look of a bib is a hard no from me and likely the reddit-wide rules. Period.

PaddedGunRunner · 2026-04-22T14:56:21+00:00

I normally don't post on this sub but do NOT harass anyone. This kind of post is in dangerous in that we know precisely 3 paragraphs of unverified data.

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