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It seems like he was already screwing up his life pretty well before SC2 was released: "Fast forward to summer '10. By now I had moved out of three apartments
by Claudus 14y ago
It seems like he was already screwing up his life pretty well before SC2 was released:
"Fast forward to summer '10. By now I had moved out of three apartments with my friends. I lost three jobs. I tried being a drywaller, and a welder twice. In between my friends and I would do odd-jobs that lasted a week at a time then would get paid one large sum, then blow it all on alcohol and marijuana. Living literally off of pickle juice, beer, bread once in a while, redbull, and cigarettes, we found ourselves wasting our days away on the Xbox with nothing else to do but wait for a job. Finally, I had to move back into my mother's house (a big time alcholic, who is seperated 15 years now from my father, a raging, abusive in every way alcholic) and that's where I took the deep plunge into hellish unconciousness.
Waiting eagerly for years for the realease of Starcraft 2 I waited in line 2 hours at 2:00 am for the special release...."
- ericdykstra 14y agoAgreed. The title should be changed to "How self-indulgence and living in the moment without planning for the future left me an unsatisfying life and, surprise! No future."
- illuminate 14y agoI'm sure underaged kids for years will enjoy him buying them beer while listening to his stories of high school football... er a navy SEAL ninja lord who had to be the best at everything he did.
- klochner 14y agoI'm pretty sure the whole thing is a fabrication - the details all sound like what you hear from a bad liar: - 1% body fat - ran 12 miles and got bored (so he walked home??) - 20 one-handed push-ups on either side (but only 100 combined??) - became a monk - shrank an inch in a year do to inactivity
- LoganCale 14y ago24 miles in a day is a long day but feasible. I've done 18 miles walking, starting mid-morning and ending early afternoon. Running one way would shorten the time needed (though would also cause faster exhaustion, I presume). The other sounds less likely...
- agscala 14y agoI think the silly part is why would you run 12 miles, get bored, and then WALK home? Shouldn't you just run home?
- icegreentea 14y agoNah, sometimes you just don't want to run anymore. I've definitely done 10k runs, and just stop and look for a bus home. It's not even that you're too tired to run (though that plays a role). Some people can just keep running as long as they keep in the flow. When you lose it, running quickly becomes boring.
- jfb 14y agoFor someone who runs distance seriously, 24 miles is pretty normal. This is not to say that the OP is on the level -- I'm also skeptical of the martial arts claims, among others. If the kid has a real problem with video games (and with the family life he sketches out, anybody would have some problems), sure, OK. But the whole thing reeks of fabulist nonsense.
- theorique 14y agoIt's easy enough for a person in very good shape to run 12 miles. Some marathon runners cover >100 miles per week in training (in their case, of course that is their main training activity). All together, though, those bragging points add up to something implausible.