2025: yay, nay, or gay?

[Kim Wilde Homo]

You know what time of the year it is…

Yay:
+ Survived another year
+ My 17 year old dog is extremely healthy and aging great. I think he’s going to live forever at this point. I got his bloodwork done and it’s damn near unchanged since I got him when he was three. He has 30 out of 42 teeth left.

Nay:
- Survived another year
- I turned 40 this year. My 30s were pretty good but my 40th year thus far has been full of highs and lows. It feels like certain things that I wanted to do are increasingly out of reach now. But I’ve been lucky and fortunate overall so I can’t complain too much but certain things just don’t look like they’re going to happen at this point.

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

2008: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=27753
2009: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32813
2010: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=35892
2011: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=37640
2012: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=39354
2013: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=41295
2014: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=42644
2015: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=43888
2016: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=44682
2017: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=45318
2018: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=46033
2019: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=46828
2020: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=47972
2021: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=48318
2022: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=48481
2023: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=48548
2024: https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=349

[Nintex]

- I turned 40 this year. My 30s were pretty good but my 40th year thus far has been full of highs and lows. It feels like certain things that I wanted to do are increasingly out of reach now. But I’ve been lucky and fortunate overall so I can’t complain too much but certain things just don’t look like they’re going to happen at this point.

What things?

[Potato]

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

Amazing that all that bullshit and banning nintex, filler, James and others was done to try to get the Shostacord cunts to come back and they never did. 

[D3RANG3D]

Liberace gay...

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Trump smoking Bill's pole gay...more like!

[Kim Wilde Homo]

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

Amazing that all that bullshit and banning nintex, filler, James and others was done to try to get the Shostacord cunts to come back and they never did. 

I guess I’ve been so far out of the loop I had no idea any of this happened. I was invited to a discord years ago but discord is just not my thing so I didn’t go.

[Snoopy]

Don't worry. I had the same thing. I got some random invite to a Discord which I ignored because i'm not a 9yr old girl.

[Nintex]

Yay
- new car, new bed, switch 2
- gym discipline
- canada trip
- my best friend got a new kitten
- victory in business
- so many dates I forgot most names

Nay
- people being scared cry babies
- convicted felon arc
- AI start-up being a worthless pursuit
- my 2nd best friend still in a burnout

Gay
- all the dates I fumbled by dating like it was a 1960's fever dream

[simiansmarts]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

[Potato]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

• Your body will start hurting if you don't treat it right.
  
• In fact, your body will just start hurting for no particular reason. Get used to it. 
  
• Let shit go. Holding grudges hurts you too.
  
• Stop giving a fuck what other people think. 
  
• Don't be a cunt.
  
• Your job doesn't define who you are. If it does, you're probably an annoying cunt. 
  
• Having kids won't fix a fucked relationship. Seen too many ignore this one.
  

[Nintex]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

Having kids won't fix a fucked relationship. Seen too many ignore this one.

 

- Go to the gym 2x a week, if you can hire a personal trainer
- Take care of your aging parents but don't trade your life for theirs
- Live healthy (food, sleep, exercise)
- Spend more time outside than inside
- If you have any lingering health, mental issues or addictions (smoking, drinking, gambling, bad knees, dental work, obesity/underweight etc.) now is the time to fix them
- Set goals and stick to them, by now you have all the experience you need to achieve them
- Declutter your life, let go of old things you don't use or need
- Don't listen to losers who gave up, they say things like: "Just be yourself", "I'm not changing anything", "they have to accept me the way I am" instead be your best self and improve what you can. People who feel sorry for themselves at 30+ want to drag you down with them (see ResetEra).
- Buying a house alone is overrated, all your money will be stuck in bricks and you're stuck in your location

If you do this right you will end up ahead of everyone else. 
It took me about 5 years to "fix" everything and now I have very little to worry about.

The only problems I have are those other people try to put on my plate. That's the last lesson I learned those are their problems to solve, not yours.

This was Nintex the last time any of the Nintendo site guys had seen me during COVID at 30'ish. 
With astma I averaged about 30 sick days a year by default anyway.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

And this is the black suit I got for my beachclub dates August 2025.
0 sick days.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Now imagine this and 50% more muscle, that's the goal for 2026 and that's the bare minimum. 
And this isn't just good for dating, it's good for business, health and moving fridges.

Focus on your aura and everything else will fall into place.

[Polident]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

Echoing what’s said above, make an effort to get fit and strong. Your body will be less resilient. Lifting weight and staying conscious of diet mitigates some of the downslope of aging. And while it’s never too late to start, every year you put it off, you’ll be wishing you created the foundation earlier. And on that, don’t follow fitness advice meant for people a decade younger. You need more warm ups. You need to check ego for being prone to injury and length recovery cycles.

[Kim Wilde Homo]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

• Your body will start hurting if you don't treat it right.
  
• In fact, your body will just start hurting for no particular reason. Get used to it. 
  
• Let shit go. Holding grudges hurts you too.
  
• Stop giving a fuck what other people think. 
  
• Don't be a cunt.
  
• Your job doesn't define who you are. If it does, you're probably an annoying cunt. 
  
• Having kids won't fix a fucked relationship. Seen too many ignore this one.
  

I agree with this. I have been going to the gym regularly since I was 16 and I tweaked my back so bad I needed muscle relaxers on two occasions: once when I was 35 and again at 38. Funny thing is the first time I was just getting out of my car. I didn’t do anything different or special but it still happened.

Also one other bit of advice is not to be those dweebs who gets self obsessed about getting older. I found my 30s to be way better than my 20s.

[Polident]

I agree with this. I have been going to the gym regularly since I was 16 and I tweaked my back so bad I needed muscle relaxers on two occasions: once when I was 35 and again at 38. Funny thing is the first time I was just getting out of my car. I didn’t do anything different or special but it still happened.

Tempting fate here but I hurt my back two to three years ago. Doctor wanted to go that route and ordered scans and whatever. Tried stretching and foam rollers that were temporary relief. Ultimately I sort of endured the pain to do daily bodyweight squats and rdls, working back to weighted. Then it went away. 

I’m still a bit conscious about not overloading my spine. Sticking with rdls instead of heavy deadlifts. Machines instead of back squats. Usually belt squats. Or zercher or dumbbells if I go free weight. Also chest supported rows instead of bent over.

[Potato]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

Echoing what’s said above, make an effort to get fit and strong. Your body will be less resilient. Lifting weight and staying conscious of diet mitigates some of the downslope of aging. And while it’s never too late to start, every year you put it off, you’ll be wishing you created the foundation earlier. And on that, don’t follow fitness advice meant for people a decade younger. You need more warm ups. You need to check ego for being prone to injury and length recovery cycles.

Speaking of cycles...cycling is your friend. Low impact, high return on investment for physical and mental health.

[D3RANG3D]

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

Having kids won't fix a fucked relationship. Seen too many ignore this one.

 

- Go to the gym 2x a week, if you can hire a personal trainer
- Take care of your aging parents but don't trade your life for theirs
- Live healthy (food, sleep, exercise)
- Spend more time outside than inside
- If you have any lingering health, mental issues or addictions (smoking, drinking, gambling, bad knees, dental work, obesity/underweight etc.) now is the time to fix them
- Set goals and stick to them, by now you have all the experience you need to achieve them
- Declutter your life, let go of old things you don't use or need
- Don't listen to losers who gave up, they say things like: "Just be yourself", "I'm not changing anything", "they have to accept me the way I am" instead be your best self and improve what you can. People who feel sorry for themselves at 30+ want to drag you down with them (see ResetEra).
- Buying a house alone is overrated, all your money will be stuck in bricks and you're stuck in your location

If you do this right you will end up ahead of everyone else. 
It took me about 5 years to "fix" everything and now I have very little to worry about.

The only problems I have are those other people try to put on my plate. That's the last lesson I learned those are their problems to solve, not yours.

This was Nintex the last time any of the Nintendo site guys had seen me during COVID at 30'ish. 
With astma I averaged about 30 sick days a year by default anyway.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

And this is the black suit I got for my beachclub dates August 2025.
0 sick days.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Now imagine this and 50% more muscle, that's the goal for 2026 and that's the bare minimum. 
And this isn't just good for dating, it's good for business, health and moving fridges.

Focus on your aura and everything else will fall into place.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

You're the Sandman from Death Warrant!?

[simiansmarts]

I appreciate the responses, thanks for the valuable tips. I'm already putting many of them into practice but for 2026 I'm gonna try to be more consistent  

[DavidCroquet]

Yay: 
- Inching much closer to my midlife-crisis career switch. I dropped a Really Good Job to do Something That Matters, and feel more confident with the choice every day.
- Finally acquired a working Ms Pac Man arcade table, thanks literally to The Bire and our very own Killamajig. A saint on god’s earth if ever there was one.

Nay: 
- My ex wife is literally insane. And not in the “bitches be trippin” way. She was fucked up when I was with her but things have degraded for her in ways I never anticipated. Lots of expensive lawyer shit this year, since we share a kid. 

Gay:
- Higher education.

[Rendle]

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

I say benji beat him to it and shuts this knockoff down first just to screw demi over.

Don't worry. I had the same thing. I got some random invite to a Discord which I ignored because i'm not a 9yr old girl.

Here me out!! I accept all Discod invites! Then once you're in it's kinda lame and you don't want to leave, because you don't want them to see you leave because it might make things awkward... at worst i'm a 15yr old girl

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

• No meat or dairy
  
• Starve your body to slow cell division
  
• Cold water showers daily to slow metabolism
  
• Smoke weed (feels good)
  
• Pluribus
  

[filler]

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

I say benji beat him to it and shuts this knockoff down first just to screw demi over.

[simiansmarts]

Gay:
~ I saw demi’s announcement that The Bore will be shut down soon. I’ve hardly been there since the pandemic but it’ll be the end of an era.

I say benji beat him to it and shuts this knockoff down first just to screw demi over.

Don't worry. I had the same thing. I got some random invite to a Discord which I ignored because i'm not a 9yr old girl.

Here me out!! I accept all Discod invites! Then once you're in it's kinda lame and you don't want to leave, because you don't want them to see you leave because it might make things awkward... at worst i'm a 15yr old girl

What life advice would you give for someone entering their thirties?

• No meat or dairy
  
• Starve your body to slow cell division
  
• Cold water showers daily to slow metabolism
  
• Smoke weed (feels good)
  
• Pluribus
  

[Polident]

Keep thinking about making an earnest post because, objectively, it was an incredibly eventful year in every aspect. Yet I’m so exhausted by it all I haven’t had time to sit and reflect on everything. Haven’t had a proper vacation this year. Many flights back and forth between USA and Japan but never a time to relax. 

Gay:
~ during a required health evaluation at a Japanese clinic, my Tom Sellick chest hair gave a nurse an existential crisis when their equipment wouldn’t stick. Literally walking in circles saying “what should I do???” An older nurse came up with using a bra corset thing to keep them in place.