Past Gymnastics Message Board Memories

[IratePanda]

Eagles fans are a special sort of absolutely batshit crazy.

Yeah, if anyone here has ever seen or read Silver Linings Playbook, that's not even the tip of the iceberg.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

I don’t think that gymReddit has a particularly young demographic. Reddit on the whole doesn’t attract large numbers of younger users and I’d be very surprised to find any regular gym redditors under 25

This reminds me of a spat I had on there not long ago. We were arguing over whatever it was and the other person kept saying they were sure I was very young. It was evident that I was expected to respond by indignantly offering my adult credentials up so they could say you sound half your age or whatever. As I'm a dick, I ignored it and carried on about my millennial day, pondering lower back pain and how the fuck it's over 30 years since Mo Huilan came on the scene.

It was all quite odd. I never did find out how old they were.

 

[rlayt]

Sometimes you have to put on your DGAF persona and ignore what the hoi polloi say.

 

[RedBirdie]

I had to ban myself from gymnastics reddit because it was just so infuriating. I had to ask myself WTF I was doing there is all it ever did was raise my blood pressure.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Eagles fans are a special sort of absolutely batshit crazy.

Well that's just Philly as a whole

 

[Sasha]

Are Eagles fans as unhinged as UCLA fans?

 

[RedBirdie]

Eagles fans make UCLA fans look sane, calm, and rational.

Philly sports is A Thing.

 

[Sasha]

Amazing that they haven't burned down the city then.

 

[IratePanda]

Eagles fans are a special sort of absolutely batshit crazy.

Me as an innocent Jersey girl: It's just a game.

Philly in-law: It's a life-or-death-matter. We have to win while eating our weight in low-quality bread, meat, and cheese. And shitty potato chips.

 

[RAFIKI]

how the fuck it's over 30 years since Mo Huilan came on the scene.

When her cover was featured in IG’s remember when/retro feature I knew I was old!

 

[Hatsumomo]

Amazing that they haven't burned down the city then.

It's not for a lack of trying

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

Are Eagles fans as unhinged as UCLA fans?

They are horrendous. They egged their offensive coordinator’s house after they lost to the Bears this year.

 

[PointedFeet]

About the other languages, I am a member of another popular online community and you are permitted to type posts in other languages but it's encouraged that you include a translation into English if possible. Sometimes posts in other languages are helpful for attracting a more diverse demographic to the site, because if a user searches for something about gymnastics in say, Spanish, then this site would come up in their search.

 

[Denn]

About the other languages, I am a member of another popular online community and you are permitted to type posts in other languages but it's encouraged that you include a translation into English if possible. Sometimes posts in other languages are helpful for attracting a more diverse demographic to the site, because if a user searches for something about gymnastics in say, Spanish, then this site would come up in their search.

I like it a lot, and in 2026, it's easier than ever to get good translations with little effort. Thank you for making that point!

 

[MaryClare]

I am totally going to start posting everything in 2 languages*

When I can be bothered*

 

[eanda]

I am totally going to start posting everything in 2 languages*

When I can be bothered*

Keep it interesting, mix up the two languages you use.

 

[MaryClare]

Keep it interesting, mix up the two languages you use.

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[KristyJ]

Honestly this is a great way for me to practice languages I barely use and I am kind of here for it

Edit to note- reading them and not writing them, beyond English and a little Spanish

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Honestly this is a great way for me to practice languages I barely use and I am kind of here for it

Edit to note- reading them and not writing them, beyond English and a little Spanish

Back in the 00s, it wasn't nearly so long since I'd done not particularly high level French and Spanish at school, and before reliable translation software. Sometimes I used to read news articles online and see how much I could make out of them, or the language forums on GW. Lost the habit, unfortunately, and then internet translation did the rest. And it's true what they say about use it or lose it!

 

[eanda]

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I knew it was multiple, I meant mix up which two from post to post. Maybe Russian/English one time, Italian/Russian another. What's the fun of the same two all the time when you have multiple.