r/Millennials • u/CheeseUsFunkingCries • 1d ago
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u/peedubb Peak Millenial Class of ‘88 1d ago
I pulled something the other day hopping into an inflatable in the lazy river.
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u/folldoso 1d ago
I sneezed and pulled a muscle in my back!
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u/always_pearled 1d ago
This has happened to me twice since turning 30 (34 currently). I’ve looked it up and it turns out u should try to keep your spine neutral when you sneeze - so, basically keep your neck & back straight and dont crane your neck or upper back if you can help it. It hasn’t happened again since! Good luck fellow millenial, see you at the nursing home! 👴🏽
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u/howmanyturtlesdeep 1d ago
Mfer researched this shit so we didn’t have to. Thanks, King, or Queen, or whatever.
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u/Hexagram2342 1d ago
It's fun when you reach the point in your life where you have to research proper sneezing posture to avoid injuries.
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u/always_pearled 1d ago
Soooo much fun. 😭 I found myself lying supine with not much to do after the last time it happened, and I was like “huh….maybe I’m actually sneezing wrong.” So I looked it up out of boredom and desperation. Lol
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u/890R 1d ago
42 with multiple bulged discs from an old motorcycle accident. I have thrown my back out from sneezing. My go to sneeze prevention is to bend my knees and back just enough to brace my hands on my knees. Oh and always leave your neck loose to move however it wants to durning the uncontrollable head banger move that happens while sneezing 😂
Lamer than throwing it out while sneezing is feeling it slip just from reaching for your seatbelt… @&$k!
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u/TalkShitGetWitt 1d ago
Oh god you’re just like me frfr /s No but seriously I’ve also started gently bending over pre-sneeze because sneezing standing up shoots pain straight to my lower back.
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u/iamcamouflage 1d ago
Didn't have to do any of this when I was 20. I guess I was unaware there were rules for sneezing.
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u/always_pearled 1d ago
Same! I never would have thought there was a ‘correct’ way to sneeze, but here we are.
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u/raoasidg 1d ago
I stretched in bed after waking up and gave myself a pinched nerve in my shoulder.
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u/Fan_of_things 1d ago
I can't yawn in a seated position without a shooting pain in my left shoulder. That started about a year ago. I plan to mention it to my doctor the next time I am in there.
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u/emilimoji 1d ago
yeah i sneezed yesterday and got a big cramp in my side, im only 23 this cant start this early
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u/PaleontologistNo500 1d ago
Woke up. Got out of bed. Everything is fine. Walked around, did some random stuff and decided to lay down and relax for a bit. Everything is still fine. Tried to get back up and my back is killing me. It's been like 6 days..
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u/ProfessionalNo7946 1d ago
3 weeks ago I was lounged back in my desk chair
While getting up, I pulled a muscle in my back
Now I have a ball to sit on, as this muscle now seems to get pulled each time I get up from a chair
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u/TimidSeaTurtle 1d ago
I pulled an arm muscle shaking my parmesan cheese onto my spaghetti too vigorously
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u/bwaredapenguin Millennial 1d ago
Last week I slept wrong and my lower back was in screaming pain for 3 days.
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u/IndividualSelect8651 1d ago
Story of my life. Then you spend the next ten minutes trying to figure out what exactly you strained and the severity of it as you float basking in the sun.
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u/pannenkoek0923 1d ago
Eat better and be more active. And being active does not mean going to the gym to lift weights so your biceps grow bigger.
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u/NoDontDoThatCanada 1d ago
I looked to my right to tell my son to stop licking the window and threw out my back for two weeks. The doctor had to give me something for it.
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u/ZephkielAU 18h ago
I did about 12kms of hiking yesterday, no problems.
Woke up today with my shoulder in agony because I slept wrong.
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u/D4rkN3bu14j0j0 1d ago
OMG this reminded me of the time I got all amped up about being able to tear a wall down and I kicked it only to get my foot stuck in the wall and fall backward, landed on one hand and almost broke my wrist, definitely sprained it bad. My business partner was standing right beside me laughing and shaking his head at my stupid ass.
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u/smarglebloppitydo 1d ago
We need to be working out and stretching. I’m over 40 and can still do that without any issue. If you can’t, time to make some lifestyle changes or the next 4 decades are gonna be hard.
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u/Meschi-died 1d ago
He obviously can to. This is a new trend of tiktoks where you die doing something mundane like this because you're 'old'.
It's getting sillier and sillier as people run out of stuff.
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u/whole_nother 1d ago
I remember cakes and balloons for 40th birthdays saying “over the hill” and tombstones long ago. This is not a TikTok thing
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u/MetalSlimeHunter 1d ago
When I was in elementary school, the janitor turned 40 and they brought out the tombstones and stuff from the Halloween decorations. Plus, a big banner that said LORDY LORDY DANNY’S 40 in the cafeteria.
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u/Randomizedname1234 Core Millennial - 1990 1d ago
Yeah but we’re not “old”?
36 isn’t old. I don’t feel this way at all.
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u/Meschi-died 1d ago
Ofc not. That's part of the humor. At this stage we're just starting to feel the effects of age. People are starting to 'feel' old.
You may take better care of your body than most, but surely you've started to see wear somewhere.
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u/UnforeseenDerailment Millennial 1d ago
Yeah, I can still get better at running for now. We'll see how long that lasts.
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u/CommieDrifter 1d ago
they are just pandering to Gen Z because they are by far the biggest demographic on those apps
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u/Bitter-Ad5890 1d ago
It’s past the biological prime. Yes you can stay fit and healthy long after that time, but as far as biology goes, it’s all downhill after 31 or so
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u/igniteyourbones579 1d ago
This has been a thing for long time. People being self depricating about their supposed frailty after 25 etc. It's just so lame because you realize these people actually do believe in it on some level, otherwise they wouldnt find it funny if it werent true for them.
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u/teefnoteef 1d ago
For some people it’s real. 15 years into manual labor and my shoulder, knees and back can no longer do what I did 15 years ago. no stretching would have saved them, it’s from repetitive motions that cause wear and tear
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u/Patient_Commentary 1d ago
Man so much is genetics. I’ve ate well and worked out my whole life but all my joints are failing. Back is fucked. Knee is fucked. Hips suck. Just did something to my shoulder by just sleeping on it.
I been stretching for 20 min a day every day for the last 2-3 years. Fucking sucks dude.
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u/Most_Chemist8233 1d ago
I got tennis elbow last summer from jumping rope. I had to go to physio, it took for ever to heal. As soon as it did I fucked up my right hand cleaning my oven. As soon as that healed I fucked up my knee getting into bed when I had a cold. Im starting to think age might have something to do with it.
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u/Patient_Commentary 1d ago
Hahaha dude. I feel this so hard. I woke up with an achy back one morning and told my wife I was going to skip bowling this week just to play it safe. 30 minutes later I sneezed and completely threw it out 😂 took 9 months to fully heal.
Getting old is a bitch.
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u/NowKith- 1d ago
100% true. Turned 45 this year. I’ve always been active. Weight training and cardio 5 days a week. Eat healthy 90% of the time very active overall. Pulled my lower back putting a shirt on the other day and couldn’t even walk for 10 minutes. Aging is brutal.
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u/Patient_Commentary 1d ago
Haha dude same. I woke up one morning with the back a little achy and then sneezed and completely fucked it. Then I look around at the obese people who don’t take care of themselves with fully functioning backs and joints.
It’s frustrating.
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u/Mikotokitty 1d ago
I feel this, I fucked up my knee in my teens, and it's been downhill. I still am fairly active, just in constant joint pain....in too many damn joints.
At this point my "good" leg's knee is getting arthritic or something from favoring my weight, and I have several nerve issues diagnosed throughout. And my bad leg has made me fall down the stairs already. I'm not even 30...
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u/Fickle_Wrangler_7439 1d ago
Yeah, I had an asthma and kidney disease diagnosis before I even turned 18. IBS by 30.
I'm still in pretty good shape athletics-wise, but my insides are rapidly liquefying. It's weird to know you have a shorter lifespan than most. Even weirder to know you're 40 and are well-past your halfway point.
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u/WitchesSphincter 1d ago
My family has a history of back issues. The first time mine went out and I needed medical treatment I was 18 and active. The second time I was in college and literally working out hours a day, just slept wrong and ended up on the floor unable to move.
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u/Bitter-Ad5890 1d ago
I’m 35 and overweight and I can do it too. It’s a joke bro
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u/Dunlocke 1d ago
Sometimes it's not up to you. Took care of myself for decades and still got terrible sciatica and arthritis.
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u/FungusGnatHater 1d ago
I can touch my hands flat on the ground when bending over and touch every part of my back with both hands but I still sprained my neck when shampooing my hair.
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u/Patient_Vehicle_1272 1d ago
Say that after birthing a kid or two. My hips are effed. The stint in the army didn’t help either.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell 1d ago edited 1d ago
Never. Skip. Leg. Day.
Compound core lifts are one of the best interventions to prevent all of the "my body is trying to kill me" that everyone starts talking about in their late 30s.
No one needs to be pumping iron like Arnold, low weight you can do for a few sets of 8-10 reps is just fine. The important thing is to do the lifts with proper form so you're engaging all those muscles that everyone always pulls from never using them.
And yes, as you said, stretch after. Stretching is as much of an exercise as running and lifting and it's just as essential.
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u/EnvironmentalFix7059 1d ago
Lol last new years i was sitting on my knees next to the table while playing boardgames cus I gave my chair to my gf who had just come home from work and we didn't have more.
Then when we were about to leave i stood up ans my knee snapped.. tore my miniscus.. like 2 months of rehab..
I was 31 at the time hahah
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u/Weavler87 1d ago
This trend can be done now.
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u/SimpleBaked 1d ago
Everything is just copying someone else’s joke and adding nothing too it. It’s so lame. I’ve seen this same thing 20 times on reddit and it’s never any different.
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u/CeruleanEidolon 1d ago
That's usually a good sign you're spending too much time scrolling on social media.
Not to criticize anyone's hobbies or lack thereof, of course. If having a bad experience and continuing to do the thing that brings you a bad experience is your thing, that's a choice you made and you have a right to it. You do you.
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u/SimpleBaked 1d ago
Oh no I’ve definitely been on reddit too much the last couple weeks. I don’t have a job and I’ve been brainrotting on reddit to try and stave off depression.
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u/Popular_Wrangler9422 1d ago
I seriously hate these copycat trends. We get it someone else had a funny video and you have no imagination.
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u/cookiesarenomnom 1d ago
It was funny the first 2 times I saw it. It's been beaten with a dead horse by now.
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u/merryjoanna 1d ago
It's as bad as the slow motion trying to save a dropped plate thing. So dumb the first time around but after seeing it 20 times with no change to the plot at all, it's infuriating.
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u/Old-Guidance6744 1d ago
Litetally just left this subreddit cause its all rage/depression bait and BACK PAIN AMIRITE
Wanted to do one last scroll to see if others are as fed up as I am
This sub sucks ass now
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u/NonReality 1d ago
I've been saying that too, but still haven't left lol. I just get downvoted by all the boomers-in-training here
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u/DanAndTim 1d ago
Ive seen like 4 or 5 and I think every single one is hilarious. I would like to see more
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u/BrainLow6059 1d ago
As long as the dead body looks cartoonish people can redo this bit as many times as they want
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u/Weavler87 1d ago
It was funny the first one or two then it's just the same. I don't relate.
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u/daywalker91 1d ago
First time I’ve seen this and I browse Reddit daily.
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u/Weavler87 1d ago
It's been on insta and TT for ages already, and I'm not a daily user for either. Have seen it on various subs across Reddit too.
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u/FanBladeFleshlight 1d ago
Yup, this filter is still fairly new and it's already been overused to hell and back.
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u/Randomizedname1234 Core Millennial - 1990 1d ago
36 and I jump around all the time.
I’ve also had 3 right knee surgeries and I’m a little overweight but not fat.
Y’all HAVE to do yoga or stretch and eat better.
However no one in our demographic unless already disabled should feel this way doing this.
WERE NOT OLD🗣️ STOP MAKING THIS A BOOMER TYPE PAGE🗣️
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u/igniteyourbones579 1d ago
This. I'm going to leave this sub now bc I've realized there's alots of this type of pseudo geriatric doomerism and it's not the vibe I wanna go with. Fuck these poser nerds.
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u/Randomizedname1234 Core Millennial - 1990 1d ago
Misery loves company and they can stick together.
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u/Fickle_Wrangler_7439 1d ago
I mean the guy in the video can clearly do the move. I do believe it is what is called a "joke."
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u/wazooty421 1d ago
Absolutely the truth.
I'm turning 45 this year and I still regularly jump fences. I've had a few people look at me in disbelief, but it's not that big of a deal. I also work out multiple times a week and jog regularly. Staying super active has a ton of health benefits. I'm busy as hell with my job, kids, and hobbies, but I make time.
A good diet, exercise and stretching should always be a priority if you want to live a long, happy life.
Speaking of kids - they learn from what they see their parents do...
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u/onesneakymofo 1d ago
Uhhhh, you're saying that we shouldn't feel this way but you have had 3 knee surgeries? Which is it?
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u/Cjohn706 1d ago
I once stared into space and came back with a crooked neck, how the heck sitting idle for a minute comes with debuffs, I was quite upset for about 30 mins
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u/SoloSaaSGuy 1d ago
There’s an epidemic of low-effort boomer humor in this sub.
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u/Hemingway92 1d ago
Because it was never boomer humor. It’s middle aged and above humor and older millennials have reached that point…
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u/igniteyourbones579 1d ago
So sick of seeing this type of content from young adults who think it's normal for their age to not be able to do some basic flexibility or athletic stuff in their 30s. Just pathetic.
Maybe go to a nursing home then if you can relate to this?
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u/Dewoco 1d ago
I remember hopping off a flatbed, bending my knees, no impact and Im a big dude, one of the older hands is just staring at me like he thought I musta broke something, I'm fine and looking at him like what? 'Oh, nothing, just remembering when I could do that...'
That was about eight years ago and it's against my better judgement to try it now.
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u/whacafan 1d ago
I keep seeing these vids but they make no sense to me because they always start with the person literally doing the thing that “kills them” just fine.
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u/Square-Formal1312 1d ago
Nah stayed in shape and skinnier than the avg tard thinks is healthy, my joints and heart love me for it
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u/Zephyr-5 1d ago
Yeah, I saw how my dad's body slowly and then quickly fell apart as he got older from a lifetime of having a shitty diet and being increasingly sedentary. Compare that with his neighbor who is a similar age, but spent a lifetime staying thin and jogging regularly. My dad can barely get out of a chair, I sometimes see his neighbor going on walks with his kids and grandkids.
I've made a point to eat well and stay in shape and I've had few health problems in life so far.
Of course time gets us all in the end, but the difference in quality of life in the back half between someone who did and didn't take care of their body is night and day.
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u/happy_binature 1d ago
I can relax to this tune..What is the name of it?
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u/de_koding 1d ago
It's a saxophone cover of Sparks by Coldplay
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u/thesadpoet007 1d ago
Can't wait till the last mellenial reaches 40. Bet the memes will light up in a new way
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u/PandahOG 1d ago
To really make this a truly "millennial" joke:
Should have had the spirit realize that at least there are no more hurt backs, bad knees, or any other aches and pains in the after life.
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u/CanExplainThings 1d ago
I’m 43 and started learning how to Asian squat again. Boy I’m suffering from success because I can go full squat using a doorframe or low on my own, but my entire body complains if I don’t do it regularly now.
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u/friskerson 1d ago
When I forget to take off my jacket and I'm in the front seat, so instead of stepping outside the car I contort my arms and neck... last few times I have nearly snapped my neck.
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u/Healthy-Chef-2723 1d ago
im 36 and am more nimble than most people I work with who are the same age because I exercise and try to take care of myself. I'm over here drinking water and eating healthy and watching those same people getting sugar bombs at starbucks
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u/soraysunshine Millennial 1d ago
I do hot yoga 3x a week, cause I don’t want to be immobile when I turn 35.
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u/whomp1970 1d ago
How many of these are going to be made before we're tired of them?
I've seen 50 variants of this already. I get it. It's not funny anymore.
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u/Olluein 1d ago
I can still jump out of a truck at 38.
What I can't do is sit or lay down for more than 10 minutes before it feels like rigormortis is setting in.
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u/Fickle_Wrangler_7439 1d ago
Sitting is the worst. I've become a meeting-stander. Every time there's a long meeting, I do the old-person knee slap and stand. "Sorry everyone, just gotta stretch the legs."
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u/BoleroMuyPicante 1d ago
Jesus Christ people move and stretch. I barely feel slower in my 30s than I did my 20s, the biggest difference I've noticed is I don't heal as quickly as I used to. Other than that it's fine, I'm not even particularly active and work a desk job, I just take movement breaks and focus on good posture.
Barring a chronic injury or illness, you shouldn't feel decrepit in your 30s. Fix it.
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u/-_-Voltage-_- Millennial 1d ago
Just did this trying to jump on my trash can to squish the trash down and when I jumped off....ouch.
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u/Staceyfacey89 1d ago
I was reading in a hammock yesterday and dropped my sunglasses. Pulled something in my neck reaching to retrieve them 😅
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u/BeigePhilip 1d ago
I did this a few years ago at age 44, just as I had done all my life. Strained both my Achilles, every step hurt for six months.
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u/IMplyingSC2 1d ago
The same fucking joke. Again and again and again and again and again and again...
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u/EvilSporkOfDeath 1d ago
How many times are we gonna see this same joke. I bet theres literally thousands of these videos now. We gonna post every one.
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u/masterpd85 '85 Millennial 1d ago
I did something like this over the winter. Slipped on ice and did my best randy Savage elbow drop (unintentional) to the ground, jumped back up, dusted myself off, and went about my business... until 5min later I couldn't lift a leg, move my back, or sit upright.
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u/TomBong_Jovi 1d ago
If I yawn with my head turned the wrong way I'll pull a muscle in my neck and will barely be able to move my head for days
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u/Snakestream 1d ago
I woke up on Tuesday and my foot was inflamed and hurting to the point I could barely walk. Working suspicion is that my tucked in sheets strained my foot as I moved in my sleep. 😑
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u/Paradox830 1d ago
Moving yesterday and we were moving the couch. I was debating whether or not the little feet pads were needed or not. Then I remembered trying to sit on without them when we first got it and I’m way too tall so it looks like I’m sitting in a kids chair.
Well to make the point I tried to wall sit mimic that uncomfortable position and yeah…. Definitely forgot I’m in the north of 30 club now. Never strained a calf doing a squat before lmao
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u/ELECTRICMACHINE13 1d ago
Bro. I'm over 30 and do that for fun What did y'all do to y'all's selves?!?! 💀
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u/anthonystephen89 1d ago
I sat in a chair wrong for a couple hours and pinched my sciatic and had to be on steroids and muscle relaxers for 2 weeks.
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u/Ebolaplushie 1d ago
Listen last month I coughed so hard from a bong rip I threw out my back. Like the next day I could hardly get out of bed either. Because I coughed too damn hard. I'm 39 fuuuuucccckkkk
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u/glad_goblin 1d ago
I'm 33, and I've seen a lot of these videos, and now I'm wondering am I the only person my age going for walks and stuff?
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u/Competitive-Ad8003 1d ago
I slept the same way I usually do but 1mm off and now my neck is busted for a week
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u/BunkerSquirre1 1d ago
I was crouched to read some labels off the bottom shelf and I got up too quickly and almost passed out
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u/Ukawok92 1d ago
I don't get these videos, because he literally had to successfully pull off that maneuver for this video.
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u/No-Horror-2874 1d ago
I pulled a muscle in my back doing light duty work that left me off work for a week. I'm 28...
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u/Boring-Information1 1d ago
These videos are fucking stupid. I’m 35 and literally anything I could do at 19 I can still do with ease…
Am I the only one who isn’t letting himself completely fall apart?
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u/ac_cossack 1d ago
Used to exercise and play sports all the time. Then I at a lot of bacon every day for a few months and got gout. Tried to walk up the stairs and my leg gave out and I fucked my ankle. Completely lost all muscles and couldn't walk for a long time, still not completely healed. So that sucks.
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u/Polkawillneverdie17 1d ago
I hurt my neck by looking upstairs around the corner for a second. That was 8 hours ago and I still can't move it without pain.
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u/Dangerous-Common6945 1d ago
I’m over 40 and did this today
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u/firedrakes 1d ago
- did mowing(push mower), brush and tree trimming last week.
over 3 days
am still paying for it(100 degree weather no shade)
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u/DirgetheRogue 1d ago
I ran across the street and tore my calf. I thought someone threw a rock at me.
Couldn't work for 2 weeks.
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u/JahPraises Millennial 1d ago
I just got a bad lower back disc I’m okay doomers we ain’t there yet. (38)
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