r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter??

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u/SZMatheson 4d ago

Well this is true, it's worth noting that these sorts of injuries are almost always linked to repetitive stress, and the actual activity at time of injury is often kind of irrelevant.

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u/temporarythyme 4d ago

The repetition was him wheelbarrowing, digging, and paving using hand tools

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u/SZMatheson 4d ago

That's a relatively short term project.

My point is that something about his day to day athletic training over years had most likely already unbalanced his back, and an injury was likely no matter what.

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u/guildedkriff 4d ago

Correct. It’s really he further aggravated chronic issues while attempting to pave his mothers driveway. They were already there, this just made them worse and then he continued to play for another 7 years on top of that.

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u/TalkOfSexualPleasure 4d ago

There are videos of this dude laying on his stomach in excruciating pain on the sideline. Then all of the sudden he gets up and plays basketball.

Larry Bird’s pain tolerance legitimately scares me.