Does he actually not remember he tried this less than 6 months ago and already had to back down?

I think you might mean quite a bit earlier than the bronze age? I’m not an expert by any means but my understanding is that the Egyptian bureaucracy and a tax system meant that slaves could build the pyramids in the bronze age.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe the Luddites/weavers might be the first job loss victims but you’re probably right.

As usual, the best jokes are in the comments. (Though goddamn I chuckled at the meme.)

If Norway just created a Noble Prize, would he notice the difference? And if you surprised him with it in person, no one could ever point out that it wasn’t the Nobel prize as trump can’t stand to ever be wrong so he’d say that’s the one he really wanted all along.

Problem solved, someone can nominate me for the second Noble prize.

I organize a few co-ed soccer teams. My Tuesday team all said whether they would or wouldn’t play without me having to nag anyone, which is always nice.

At work, a project I’ve been leading for what feels like an eternity just crossed the second last hump and most of my efforts towards it are done (for now until something explodes.)

Apparently the fediverse enjoyed a silly meme I made, which is always nice as I like to try to contribute to this place.

Oh interesting, I’ll look into that. I’ve always felt pretty tuckered after beach volleyball so just assumed that was somehow higher impact.

You’d best believe I’m ordering these books ASAP!

I definitely kept getting hurt because of the bro-ey “MORE WEIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS!” attitude, keen to try the opposite.

You’re fully right on the attitude. Part of why I love these teams is somehow we keep attracting just awesome groups of people so even though everyone plays their heart out, it’s still laughs and loves when we get ragdolled.

Interesting idea moving up to forward. I always joke about how scary that half of the field is but I’m not a terrible distributor and don’t mind just being bigger at people in the box…

I’ll definitely follow up with you at some point if you’re down. Right now, I’ve got to heal this dumb foot but then, yoga, the gym and maybe slowly transitioning to forward to get some practice there with friends before trying that on a new team.

Really appreciate the kind words and support!

Oh cool, I’d never heard of a packraft but they seem awesome!

Fully recommend ocean kayaking. My buddy had an attachment so he’d basically be trawling a fishing line behind the boat so more often than not, we’d have fresh caught, ready for dinner when we landed.

Oh dang, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Habs, they’re so much fun to root for. Must be fun now that you’re on the upswing with Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and co!

Thanks for thoughts on Hughes, myself and most of the city feel similarly.

Hmmm, that seems so counter intuitive but I will give that a shot!

A 30 minute workout?!? That feels like cheating, I am DOWN!

Ha, I fully get the appeal of getting away from the younglings! I’m lucky, I can still keep pace with most of them. Which led to my favourite accidental burn:

Defending against some fast kid (okay, early 20s) and I beat him a few times on sprints to long balls. After the 3rd or 4th time, he says "man, you’re really fast for an… " then pauses, re-evaluates, “uhhh , you’re really fast!”

Sorry to hear it, that’s a rough hand to be dealt. But yeah, like you say, at least the season starts soon! As a Canucks fan, I’m ready to be hurt again.

I have! I’ve only watched one league and it was wildly competitive (lots of Europeans who played at much higher levels back home) but I’m sure there must be some at an appropriate level.

The thing that has really stopped me is that on most of my teams I’m 5 - 15 years older than my teammates so they couldn’t come with me and I love them. But, maybe it’s just an opportunity to make new friends

These are pretty inspiring examples! I guess I just have to change my headspace from “I’m losing soccer” to “I’m picking up a new lifelong sport.”

Ahahaha, well I do love tempting fate so maybe…!

This was really well put, thanks! I’d actually been worried about the older age groups for much the opposite reason, the couple I’ve seen have been hard competitive with a lot of Europeans who used to play at higher levels. And I’m a 5 - 15 years older than most of my team mates so I’d have to join pretty much solo. But I imagine there are a bunch of different leagues of all abilities/aggression/competitiveness.

This is heartbreakingly reasonable advice. (I play centre D so almost all the gameplay changes you suggest are my bread and butter. Probably time to learn a new position if I want to stay intact.)

Great advice on the workouts, probably safer to only play if I’ve been working out that week AND it’s great motivation to actually go to the gym.