The Chat Thread (Read OP)

[Commissar Caligula_]

I hope you meant fist bump...

[mishkin]

Corrected. I think I prefer not to know what "fist bum" can mean

Nah, It could have been worse.

[Derpy Hooves]

Do you think that is because anime has had a drop in quality? Or is it because anime has basically been adopted as a universal concept or genre?

Anime hasn't dropped in quality, that's just your nostalgia speaking

[Raritу]

Thanks all for the quick updates. Great to know most have still been faring well and having fun.

Divorce, financial ruin, and about to have a PhD with no job.

Wow it's terrible to hear. I wish you best of luck my dearest avian.

Nothing much, failed uni again because I'm a lazy bastard and I'm currently recovering from an ACL injury whilst unemployed. Other than that things are good.

I got ACL injuries on both knees a few years back, luckily they weren't serious and I didn't have to undergo a surgery. How's your recovery going?

TWC has been mostly dull as . Though I guess that's not news to any of the old-timers who still lurk around but never post.

IRL, however, has been awesome for the past 4. I'm going to assume it's much the same story on your side

Yeah I'm currently working on a startup on education for children, STEM education to be exact as it's fairly new in my region. I climbed from a Marketing Executive and have been the company's Art Director for the past 8 months. Boss is great, colleagues are great, and most of all the kids are the greatest. It's getting busier and busier as we're preparing for summer projects. Things get stressful most of the time, but in overall I'm enjoying life

[Ferdiad]

Anime hasn't dropped in quality, that's just your nostalgia speaking

Same as when people moan about music today. It's just that you only remember the good stuff years later and forget all the crap that was on at the same time.

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

Corrected. I think I prefer not to know what "fist bum" can mean

I wouldn't mind fist bumming with you, though. We're all brothers of the bum here in The Chat Thread.

[lolIsuck]

I got ACL injuries on both knees a few years back, luckily they weren't serious and I didn't have to undergo a surgery. How's your recovery going?

I had a full rupture so I did need surgery, now six months into recovery and it's going well. Lots of physical therapy and training and I still can't play football for another few months but cycling, running and hiking aren't a problem. My stamina is pretty bad though.

[Ferdiad]

What about swimming? Shouldn't put any pressure on the knees and it's great cardio.

[Raritу]

I had a full rupture so I did need surgery, now six months into recovery and it's going well. Lots of physical therapy and training and I still can't play football for another few months but cycling, running and hiking aren't a problem. My stamina is pretty bad though.

Two of my mates from my football team had ruptures and underwent surgeries as well. One returned playing after 4 months of rehab and the other gets re-injured every time he tries to play again, it's almost feel like the doctors replaced his ligaments with rubber bands

[lolIsuck]

What about swimming? Shouldn't put any pressure on the knees and it's great cardio.

I haven't gone swimming in years. The doctor said somewhere before the surgery that it wasn't advisable as the knee could lock up in the water, although that shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Two of my mates from my football team had ruptures and underwent surgeries as well. One returned playing after 4 months of rehab and the other gets re-injured every time he tries to play again, it's almost feel like the doctors replaced his ligaments with rubber bands

Four months? Full recovery is 9 months to a year here, I have a sporting ban for the first 9 months when it comes to contact sports. I've made massive progress in 6 months and I wouldn't say my knee is unstable but in terms of stability, strength and technique there still is quite a bit of work before I'd even try starting again. As for the other, it depends on the person's body as well of course. I'm fairly lucky that there isn't anything in my build that increases the probability of knee problems and before this I really haven't had any big injuries (or even small ones to be honest). I'm recovering together with a guy who had surgery 2 weeks before me but because of his build he is having a much harder time.

[Raritу]

Four months? Full recovery is 9 months to a year here

Yeah I know. We try to hold him from time to time. He hit the gym after 3 months and returned to the field a bit later. Thankfully he's still doing well. The other guy, in the other hand, has suffered for almost 2 years post-surgery though.

I have a sporting ban for the first 9 months when it comes to contact sports.

It's hard. Got my Ring metacarpal fractured 5 months ago and it's painful to watch my teammates play while I couldn't

[lolIsuck]

Yeah I know. We try to hold him from time to time. He hit the gym after 3 months and returned to the field a bit later. Thankfully he's still doing well.

Lucky him, that could have been disastrous.

It's hard. Got my Ring metacarpal fractured 5 months ago and it's painful to watch my teammates play while I couldn't

For the first few months I didn't really have the urge to play but I'm more and more looking forward to being able to play again. I was the linesman in the last two games though and I can hopefully participate in at least a part of the training with the rest in a few weeks.

[Ferdiad]

TBH i'm quit lucky that I've only had one one serious injury. It was inflamed hip flexors. Put me out of commission for about 9 months. Really sneaky injury, very easy to have it re-occur or go back too early.

[Diamat]

I only ever had one sports injury. In my high school senior year, at the state (Texas) track meet, I was doing long-jump and 200m sprint. My first event was long-jump. I ran toward the pit and as I was about to jump, suddenly I felt a great pain in my hamstring, lost all strength, and collapsed right in front of the pit. I still remember the "ooooo" sound coming from the audience and other athletes. Then there was this long awkward silence. Suffice it to say, that was the end of my track "career." I was out for the rest of the season due to damaged hamstring.

[Inkie]

Do you think that is because anime has had a drop in quality?

I would say that I haven't heard of anything amazing recently, yeah. Also that actually living in Japan destroyed the magical, exotic quality of anime for me.

Corrected. I think I prefer not to know what "fist bum" can mean

It's hard to get more literal than that though

Yeah I'm currently working on a startup on education for children, STEM education to be exact as it's fairly new in my region. I climbed from a Marketing Executive and have been the company's Art Director for the past 8 months. Boss is great, colleagues are great, and most of all the kids are the greatest. It's getting busier and busier as we're preparing for summer projects. Things get stressful most of the time, but in overall I'm enjoying life

Wow, so you really are putting those graphical skills to use IRL. That's great! I actually have to design a flyer for my company, I'm pretty clueless though about how to make one that doesn't look rubbish.

Same as when people moan about music today. It's just that you only remember the good stuff years later and forget all the crap that was on at the same time.

IDK, I think what you're saying is true, but we can still speak of some decades which stand out more than others. There's definitely a lot more music being made nowadays in general, and it seems harder to make really original stuff.

I wouldn't mind fist bumming with you, though. We're all brothers of the bum here in The Chat Thread.

If only Lyra were here. The fisting of bums is his bread and butter.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

Japan was a mistake.

[Inkie]

I kind of miss actually being excited to go to Nipponbashi (Osaka) or Akihabara to go hunting for goodies, or about going to lots of the events here like the cosplay street festa, or anison concerts and such. That part of me is dead, though.

DEAD!

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

What killed it? ... Who killed it?

[Inkie]

The tentacles, man. The god damn tentacles.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

You can't unsee things. Glad I didn't go near that area.