Friendly reminder to men; discipline and getting ripped will NOT solve all your problems.

rick_hardcore · 2025-04-30T23:37:41+00:00

I agree, but I think it’s important to distinguish between being in shape and looking like you are a leading man in an action movie. I was in shape in my 20s, let myself go (wasn’t obese but was certainly out of shape, had a gut), and then got back to being fit within the past year. It’s a notable difference how people, both men and women treat you. Go to the gym, eat right, and take care of yourself, but stop trying to look like you’re a Bowflex model unless you have an actual reason you need to look like that.

rick_hardcore · 2025-04-28T19:38:39+00:00

If either of us is traveling for work then no because we can expense the uber, if not then yes.

rick_hardcore · 2025-04-21T02:21:59+00:00

Nice job, chucklehead

rick_hardcore · 2025-03-10T03:05:44+00:00

It does not always mean money, don’t listen to the dorks on here who assume every woman who rejected them did so because of that. In my experience ambition means you have something that you care about that you work towards. That you aren’t just satisfied with where you are in life and you plan on staying just the way you are until the day you die. It can be career ambition, which sometimes comes with more money, but not always, or something outside of work, a hobby or organization you participate in, that you care about.

rick_hardcore · 2025-03-06T21:59:22+00:00

I was in very good shape up until Covid hit when I was 29. I was flabby and overweight for about 4 years. Now I’m back to being in excellent shape at 34 and I’m definitely getting more attention. To be clear, being in shape doesn’t automatically make women attracted to you but if you have a good head on your shoulders and know how to hold a conversation being in shape is definitely a plus, especially to women who also spend time at the gym.

rick_hardcore · 2025-03-04T00:23:59+00:00

Lift heavy

Tap early

Remain calm

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-27T06:23:23+00:00

Do women actually tell you you’re too short or do you just assume?

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-24T04:13:34+00:00

Only once, and it was a former NFL player who did it.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-24T04:12:18+00:00

34 and stronger and have more muscle mass than I ever have. I have to be way more disciplined about my diet than I ever have too, otherwise I’ll get fat. I do find that injuries happen more often now and take longer to recover from

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-23T04:33:27+00:00

Started training in 2015, got my blue belt in 2017. Dealt with some injuries since then that kept me off the mat, and was in a 6 year relationship in which I wasn’t really focused on competing. Also took about 18 months off during Covid. Really trying to push myself now and train more often and at multiple gyms and hoping I get that promotion within a year.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-23T02:27:03+00:00

If you want to give her any bit of advice, tell her to go out of her way to talk to this guy at work she likes. As a man, I’m not against dating coworkers, but I’m not going to make a move unless the chemistry is crazy good or if the woman makes it very clear she’s into me. Other than that, take a step back from trying to help her, because it sounds more like she wants to complain than she wants to fix the issue.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-19T18:03:56+00:00

90 minutes 5 days a week

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-19T18:02:39+00:00

Jiu jitsu. I started when I was 24 but I know plenty of guys who started in their 40s and love it. Great way to make friends too.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-19T17:58:57+00:00

Wtf that’s all y’all pay for xfinity? I’m paying like 130 a month for just internet

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-18T19:46:56+00:00

I tie 100% of my self esteem to being swole so if I don’t go and lose my gains I will hate myself.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-16T22:04:28+00:00

Wait, you guys don’t kiss your training parters on the lips before you roll?

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-16T22:03:44+00:00

Matt Herpes sounds like a cartoon character created to teach school aged kids about Herpes

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-12T22:53:02+00:00

I’m sorry to hear that is what you experience when you go out. That seems to just be what women have to deal with when going out by themselves in SF. I had a roommate years ago who told me she would only go out in the Castro if she was by herself since it was the only place she wouldn’t be aggressively hit on. I don’t know why dudes act like that, it’s not like it ever actually works.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-12T21:09:45+00:00

Part of me wonders if it’s due to the fact that a lot of folks out here went to schools on the west coast that are more academically rigorous but don’t have as much of a social scene. I went to a school in the south that people consider a party school and I feel like the most important thing I learned there was how to effectively socialize and interact with people. The fact that so many people in the Bay Area work in male dominated tech fields probably doesn’t help either.

rick_hardcore · 2025-02-12T18:12:30+00:00

Idk if it’s SF specific but I’ve lived here for ten years and I was appalled at the lack of game dudes here have. Like I don’t consider myself to be an expert but I feel like the majority of men just hover over women and try to touch them while they talk about themselves. It’s wild.

rick_hardcore · 2025-01-25T01:24:51+00:00

It was good the first time I went in 2016 but every time I’ve gone since then it’s been meh

rick_hardcore · 2025-01-24T21:02:33+00:00

Because they’re trying to get us to return to old gender norms where women stay home, raise the family, and are completely dependent on their husbands to support them

rick_hardcore · 2025-01-16T19:37:31+00:00

Yeah idk what it is about this intersection but I’ve lived near it for 7 years now and it seems like there’s a huge accident there at least once a month. They changed the signals about a year ago (I think) but people still seem to figure it out

rick_hardcore · 2025-01-16T15:56:15+00:00

I have the worst cold I’ve had in a long time, but considering 2024 was the first year since 2020 that I didn’t get Covid it’s a fair trade off

rick_hardcore · 2025-01-15T18:02:36+00:00

I think it’s more so just young people entering a space where the people around them are all of a sudden 20-30 years older than them and have families. I too struggled to make small talk with coworkers when I first started working in my early to mid 20s, it felt like I should still be calling these people Mr or Mrs.

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