Scary event at a Tough Mudder

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  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    nvm
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

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    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

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    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

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    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    I think I laughed harder at this than is probably kosher. Whoops.
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

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    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    YOU GUYS!!! bahahahaha!!!!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    So, the point you are trying to make is that although most people think that no one cares about them or thinks about them or considers them important. The reality is that people (on mfp anyway) will think about them daily for weeks and months and never forget them, bringing them up over and over, to the point of almost obsession. Like in every aspect of their lives and activities they are thinking about these people. Creating no new or original material, and never moving on. Wow, that's super duper fun.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    So, the point you are trying to make is that although most people think that no one cares about them or thinks about them or considers them important. The reality is that people (on mfp anyway) will think about them daily for weeks and months and never forget them, bringing them up over and over, to the point of almost obsession. Like in every aspect of their lives and activities they are thinking about these people. Creating no new or original material, and never moving on. Wow, that's super duper fun.

    In a social context that span cultures and shared experiences the on-line community creates common concepts, called memes (in the sense of easily understood contextual ideas that are shared by a group - not necessarily cat gifs). These memes have resonance and a lifecycle - the original person that posted isn't being referenced and is pretty much lost to the idea - here, that sometimes fear of the stranger might or might not be reasonable. It becomes part of the social common reference and variation IS the novelty.

    Or perhaps "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    I do this to mock a stereotype: The black guy behind you is big and therefore scary; you should live in constant fear, men should lift and not run, etc. These are attitudes seen daily on MFP. Sometimes, something super memorable and hilarious pops up (like mini-trampoline), and it is referenced in later threads.

    Of course, when you have to explain the joke, it loses the funny.
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Were you perhaps.. Doing what your username suggests your like to do? :huh:
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    So, the point you are trying to make is that although most people think that no one cares about them or thinks about them or considers them important. The reality is that people (on mfp anyway) will think about them daily for weeks and months and never forget them, bringing them up over and over, to the point of almost obsession. Like in every aspect of their lives and activities they are thinking about these people. Creating no new or original material, and never moving on. Wow, that's super duper fun.

    Or...........it could be that people like to enjoy themselves, kid around, and have fun? Maybe? Just maybe?
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    So, the point you are trying to make is that although most people think that no one cares about them or thinks about them or considers them important. The reality is that people (on mfp anyway) will think about them daily for weeks and months and never forget them, bringing them up over and over, to the point of almost obsession. Like in every aspect of their lives and activities they are thinking about these people. Creating no new or original material, and never moving on. Wow, that's super duper fun.

    Or...........it could be that people like to enjoy themselves, kid around, and have fun? Maybe? Just maybe?

    Ok
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

    8hoti.gif

    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    YOU GUYS!!! bahahahaha!!!!

    STAaaPH!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

    8hoti.gif

    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    YOU GUYS!!! bahahahaha!!!!

    STAaaPH!

    actually you may be right. i heard that a dr. didn't want to say to someone what they foudn in the nose culture of a TMer. for that reason if I ever do this event I will likely not jump in the shape of an X like the girl in the 2nd gif, for fear of landing too soon and getting unmentionable cultures in places worse than my nose.
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 17,689 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

    8hoti.gif

    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    YOU GUYS!!! bahahahaha!!!!

    STAaaPH!

    actually you may be right. i heard that a dr. didn't want to say to someone what they foudn in the nose culture of a TMer. for that reason if I ever do this event I will likely not jump in the shape of an X like the girl in the 2nd gif, for fear of landing too soon and getting unmentionable cultures in places worse than my nose.

    TRUTH!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Maybe just a misunderstanding then. Carry on folks (in the morning or whenever).
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
    What should I do with these feelings of inadequacy? This lingering fear in my heart? What happens when "tonight" finally comes?

    Sincerely,
    Terrified in Vegas

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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    So, the point you are trying to make is that although most people think that no one cares about them or thinks about them or considers them important. The reality is that people (on mfp anyway) will think about them daily for weeks and months and never forget them, bringing them up over and over, to the point of almost obsession. Like in every aspect of their lives and activities they are thinking about these people. Creating no new or original material, and never moving on. Wow, that's super duper fun.

    Did some posts get deleted in this thread or something? I don't even know what or who you are responding to. Or is this you in real life?

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Did some posts get deleted in this thread or something? I don't even know what or who you are responding to.

    There was a different thread that got deleted. But, it was just a misunderstanding as I said. I don't have any issue with it anymore. Sorry for disrupting your thread.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Well, this thread ended abruptly...


    ...like all the air has been sucked out of the room.


    *sigh*


    :dejectedly saunters back out the door through which he entered:


    :indifferent:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    WAIT, I remember this guy! I tried to get away from him

    8hoti.gif

    but the creep FOLLOWED ME.

    8htdx.gif

    Honestly I didn't think he would be able to swim.

    RIght!!

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I do this to mock a stereotype: The black guy behind you is big and therefore scary; you should live in constant fear, men should lift and not run, etc. These are attitudes seen daily on MFP. Sometimes, something super memorable and hilarious pops up (like mini-trampoline), and it is referenced in later threads.

    Of course, when you have to explain the joke, it loses the funny.

    Except Dav is really scary. :tongue: :laugh:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    This is why you should bring a gun, a knife, and pepper spray with you to all TM events.

    I thought it was why you should stay home, in your basement, and board up all your windows.

    Can't you just do the equivalent of a TM on your treadmill in the basement? Assuming it has an incline feature, of course.

    If you have a mini-trampoline (which I do) then you are in business!

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Well, this thread ended abruptly...


    ...like all the air has been sucked out of the room.


    *sigh*


    :dejectedly saunters back out the door through which he entered:


    :indifferent:

    *silently follows thru the door, waiting for the right opportunity....*
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I'm sure your only joy in life wasn't taken away just because one person momentarily didn't find you humorous. There can be comedic resilience.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I'm sure your only joy in life wasn't taken away just because one person momentarily didn't find you humorous. There can be comedic resilience.

    My joy in life is more than any one thread. At no point did I state or imply otherwise.

    However, you apparently don't understand the influence that one person can have over something as fragile as the vibe in a thread (and yet you've been here long enough to have experienced it many times).

    This discussion...this moment...has been forever changed and you cannot unring this bell.

    As such, my participation in (the main topic of) this thread has ended.

    It is no great loss, but it is nonetheless still a loss.
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    So I was participating in a Tough Mudder last week by myself. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging. However, I had a bit of a traumatic experience and I need some support in understanding what happened and what I should do about it.

    I came up to an obstacle that was basically a pyramid of monkey bars. I felt confident that I could make it and started out quite well. However, I started slowing considerably by the halfway point. A sense of black, foreboding doom came over me. Like death was creeping up my back door. This distracted me and I slowed even further. The bars started shaking, it was coming all right...it was coming for me. Fumbling, I tried to make it through the last few rungs but it had caught me. A tank of a human being was right on top of me. I could feel it breathing on my neck. As I struggled to dismount the rungs, I heard it whisper "Tonight....YOU".

    I ran off without looking back, terrified of what I would see.

    A friend captured part of this event and turned it into some animated evidence:

    axGqF9U.gif

    What should I do with these feelings of inadequacy? This lingering fear in my heart? What happens when "tonight" finally comes?

    Sincerely,
    Terrified in Vegas

    in all seriousness it sounds like you had a panic attack on the obstacle. is it at all possible the person who said tonight you meant for you to move your *kitten* and not perhaps that they were coming for you tonight. ie maybe the person meant to say today you. when i do these races i start saying **** that doesn't make sense half the time but it's because i'm so exhausted my brain just can't think of the right words.

    i am in no means making light of this situation. if you feel like you were threatened then contact your local police and also the race organizers.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I'm sure your only joy in life wasn't taken away just because one person momentarily didn't find you humorous. There can be comedic resilience.

    My joy in life is more than any one thread. At no point did I state or imply otherwise.

    However, you apparently don't understand the influence that one person can have over something as fragile as the vibe in a thread (and yet you've been here long enough to have experienced it many times).

    This discussion...this moment...has been forever changed and you cannot unring this bell.

    As such, my participation in (the main topic of) this thread has ended.

    It is no great loss, but it is nonetheless still a loss.

    Really? Wow. I am sorry then. I thought things could be laughed off and then carry on.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I'm sure your only joy in life wasn't taken away just because one person momentarily didn't find you humorous. There can be comedic resilience.

    My joy in life is more than any one thread. At no point did I state or imply otherwise.

    However, you apparently don't understand the influence that one person can have over something as fragile as the vibe in a thread (and yet you've been here long enough to have experienced it many times).

    This discussion...this moment...has been forever changed and you cannot unring this bell.

    As such, my participation in (the main topic of) this thread has ended.

    It is no great loss, but it is nonetheless still a loss.

    Really? Wow. I am sorry then. I thought things could be laughed off and then carry on.

    It's kind of hard to when this keeps going on. Just saying.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I'm sure your only joy in life wasn't taken away just because one person momentarily didn't find you humorous. There can be comedic resilience.

    My joy in life is more than any one thread. At no point did I state or imply otherwise.

    However, you apparently don't understand the influence that one person can have over something as fragile as the vibe in a thread (and yet you've been here long enough to have experienced it many times).

    This discussion...this moment...has been forever changed and you cannot unring this bell.

    As such, my participation in (the main topic of) this thread has ended.

    It is no great loss, but it is nonetheless still a loss.

    Really? Wow. I am sorry then. I thought things could be laughed off and then carry on.

    It's kind of hard to when this keeps going on. Just saying.

    I know. I agree. Enjoy your day.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    So I was participating in a Tough Mudder last week by myself. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging. However, I had a bit of a traumatic experience and I need some support in understanding what happened and what I should do about it.

    I came up to an obstacle that was basically a pyramid of monkey bars. I felt confident that I could make it and started out quite well. However, I started slowing considerably by the halfway point. A sense of black, foreboding doom came over me. Like death was creeping up my back door. This distracted me and I slowed even further. The bars started shaking, it was coming all right...it was coming for me. Fumbling, I tried to make it through the last few rungs but it had caught me. A tank of a human being was right on top of me. I could feel it breathing on my neck. As I struggled to dismount the rungs, I heard it whisper "Tonight....YOU".

    I ran off without looking back, terrified of what I would see.

    A friend captured part of this event and turned it into some animated evidence:

    axGqF9U.gif

    What should I do with these feelings of inadequacy? This lingering fear in my heart? What happens when "tonight" finally comes?

    Sincerely,
    Terrified in Vegas

    in all seriousness it sounds like you had a panic attack on the obstacle. is it at all possible the person who said tonight you meant for you to move your *kitten* and not perhaps that they were coming for you tonight. ie maybe the person meant to say today you. when i do these races i start saying **** that doesn't make sense half the time but it's because i'm so exhausted my brain just can't think of the right words.

    i am in no means making light of this situation. if you feel like you were threatened then contact your local police and also the race organizers.

    ^this. Definitely this.

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