Wise Duck

@marioliveirain None of it matters and you are not living through "exceptional events". What you are feeling is a non-stop onslaught of news media trying to engage you. Disconnect for a few days and just live in the world around you. Everything is okay.

Galera, na boa, eu estou cansada de viver eventos excepcionais. Alguém poderia me explicar, como se eu tivesse 10 anos de idade, se estamos muito ferrados? Isso vai afetar muito nossa vida?

@arcticinstincts I just hate seeing a white couple deciding not to reproduce. The world needs a lot more white people.

POV: It is 2026 in USA. You are a couple who both carry the recessive DINK gene mutation for preferring traveling over having kids. You have 100 GBs of selfies in mid tourist destinations but 0 children. You are about to experience natural selection.

@anymanfitness Thanks! I'm over 50 and hit all those markers. It's easy to feel discouraged at this age when gains slow and you're really just working to keep what you've got.

If you're over 40 and you don't have a visible gut, congratulations. You are in the top 75% as far as health goes. If you can do 10 push ups with proper form, you're in the top 90%. If you can do 5 pull ups with proper form, make that 99%. The bar has never been lower.

@learning_yohei My daughter studied Japanese for 4 years! She's a beautiful California blonde fluent in your language. We all love your culture!

僕は日本人なので、日本語が第一言語です。そして、多くの日本人は第二言語として、英語を学んでいます🇯🇵🥰 そこで、アメリカ人に質問があります。アメリカ人は第二言語として、どんな言語を学んでいますか？🇺🇸🤭

@pratikdunya Do people really not know how to do this?

35 yaşına geldim, soğan doğramanın bu kadar pratik bir yöntemi olduğuna bugün ikna oldum.

@james_xond I was just a little guy, maybe 8, when I fired off my first 22lr. Dad had us shooting at cans out in some open land.

I’ll ask again because I’m trying to prove a point: How old were you the first time you ever fired a gun?

@mariotomich It really comes down to leucine, and different ages require different amounts for it to activate mtor. My 14yo boy can eat 4 eggs and some pancakes while I (51yo man) need 4 eggs, Greek yogurt, and a Fairlife chocolate milk.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but 4 eggs is not a high-protein breakfast for a grown man.

@TaraBull BS! Back in those days I was out of money! I had roommates! I had side hustles! It's always been hard, especially in your 20's and early 30's. No luxury vacations. No dining out. Vehicle is 10+ years old. Lived in the neighborhood I could afford.

"Consumers are literally running out of money" -Kraft Heinz CEO Nobody needed roommates, and side hustles 20 years ago. What changed?

@Notwokenow Sacramento has homeless all over the place with shantytowns on corners and in fields. Some of the suburbs are clean.

Do you see a lot of homeless people on the streets where you live?

@MatrixMysteries Why would anyone think life is supposed to be a fun, easy path of leisure and enjoyment? It is and has always been a long hard grind to stay ahead of calamity. Very few humans have lived as comfortably as we do now, but you still have to push yourself every day.

“I’m not lazy. I just don’t want my whole life to be this cycle.” An American worker says every paycheck vanishes into rent, bills, and taxes. Nights are short. Weekends disappear. Then it starts again. “I don’t want to live the same 40 years and call it life.”

@goddek My 18 year old self would be SHOCKED that I still live in the town where I was born and raised. Be careful where you decide to start a successful service business...

If your 18-year-old self saw you now, what would shock them most?

@otokyo__ On the job site early morning (West Coast) listening to KFBK (to piss off the union guys) when the news broke. I gathered the guys and we found a tv to watch in disbelief.

Who remembers what they were doing the morning of 9/11?

@EmperorSnyder Both parents earn at least double your pay. Triple your pay is how we get to go to Hawaii every year while maxing retirement savings.

A 46 hour work week as a Semi truck driver gets me $950 after taxes in Janesville, Wisconsin. My budget for next week: - $150 gas - $150 groceries - $400 rent - $200 bills I’m working 45-50 hours a week for $0.00 or negative. How do you guys have kids??????

@Beno10_MFC D. Smaller bowl.

Strong eye test. Which stand mixer is different? 99% people failed.

@MrPassive_ And minimum days, reverse minimum days, late start day, teacher in-service days (kids stay home), state testing schedule, etc. They hate parents!

The parenting books don’t do enough to warn you about the fact that work ends at 5:00, the school gets out at 2, and soccer starts at 3:30.

@0hour1 Weekly Costco trips.

Honestly, I don't know how working families buy groceries. The price of meat is insane. Especially beef products.

@CStanOnX @yoursimmo11 True, but he probably didn't have the best diet either. Humans should eat the foods our bodies evolved with, but in slightly higher amounts and variety than our ancient ancestors.

@yoursimmo11 I'm quite sure Paleolithic Man didn't poop three times a day and pee every thirty minutes from having drunk water constantly, all day long.

I drank a gallon of water a day for six years. Pissed clear. Felt depleted. Cramped on training days. Then I read a textbook chapter on electrolyte regulation written before the wellness industry got hold of it. Drinking high volumes of pure water dilutes serum sodium, dumps potassium, and forces your kidneys to flush minerals you can't easily replace. The "clear urine equals healthy" cue is the opposite of what it actually means. Clear urine on a high-water intake means you're washing minerals out of your body. I don't drink water now. I salt my food generously. And I ensure I consume plenty of structured hydration sources instead like fruit juice, raw milks, and broth. I cramp less, sleep deeper, and have steadier energy than I did at peak hydration.

@Wyd_eshuu That's a deal breaker. We won't even be friends after that.

MEN: your wife got pregnant by another man by mistake. as a good husband, what will you do.???

@whoistife_x Weighted dips

for triceps: pushups or dips?

@RickD_GK Yep. I remember moving units of 3/4” plywood up ladders, two sheets at a time, up to the roof when there was no lift available. Hell of a thing.

It cracks me up with all the keyboard warriors on social media. If you only knew how ridiculously strong a lot of us "blue collar" folks really are... Tossing things that are 150 lbs just comes naturally...