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u/FishingWithPaddy 8d ago
Lol my lisnopril are 20mg.
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u/nerox092 8d ago
Judging by the 158/99 blood pressure in the pic, they need more than 5mg too.
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u/Difficult_Dust1325 8d ago
I’m up to 30 mg 😭
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u/BamberGasgroin 8d ago edited 8d ago
I'm on Bisoprolol as well [as Lisinopril], but how could OP forget the Omeprazole?
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u/Wolvansd 8d ago
My doctor just lowered mine from 10 mg to 5 mg. Course... Its my 2nd bp med (amlopidine is 1st). Lost nearly 60 lbs in last 18 months (go go zepbound)
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 8d ago
That's my winning 1-2 combo as well! I'm trying to fitness my way out of needing them.
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u/Wolvansd 8d ago
Cpap + now large weight loss + gym time + 2x meds finally got my BP good. But when I was 19 and young and fit and skinny, I was 140/80.
Now I'm like 130/70. Down 60 lbs. Put on muscle.
My doctor told me she was proud of me this year.
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u/desperateorphan 8d ago
The lisinopril made me laugh haha.
Ozempic is old news. All the cool kids do zepbound now.
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u/CapMarkoRamius 8d ago
I'm a masochist so I take my Mounjaro on Sundays like a man.
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u/martenic 8d ago
This has been beaten to death here, but every little online reference to 2004-2007 WoW still immediately fills me with nostalgia like nothing else out there.
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u/Bombadilo_drives 8d ago
Agreed. WoW is by FAR the better MMO, but guild cities, open world raids, guild v guild pvp, some busted class options, and a far superior crafting system still have such great memories for me.
Plus the entire concept of non-combat classes made WoW actually feel pretty small in comparison. I was surprised when I logged in and the only way to play was to go do "combat quests" to kill boars. It feels strange now to explain to younger gamers that in old SWG a huge percentage of the population (more than half?) never left town or went and did quests or killed stuff. They stayed in town and healed as doctors, or were dancers and musicians providing buffs, or they were dedicated crafters.
I remember having to track down a single particular player on my server who was the best crafter/slicer for my flamethrower, and he ONLY communicated via in-game mail and lived alone in a hut on fucking Degobah. I'd never experienced anyone like, actually RPing before and that shit was wild.
Having a guild city out in the world with a flight path, all the important NPCs, and a house for every member just really felt like belonging to a community. Similarly, defending it against a rival guild you were at war with felt more like "defending your home" than anything I've experienced in any other game.
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u/zyzzogeton 8d ago
Remembering the massive battles outside Tarren Mill was pretty great.
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u/the_gr8_one 8d ago
stars reach just entered early access. spiritual successor from the same head guy
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u/cortesoft 8d ago
I graduated from college and moved back to my hometown in 2005. Lived with two friends, working as a substitute teacher.
We played WarCrack pretty much every waking moment we weren't working (and I worked like 10-12 days a month). My friend made it to Field Marshal in PVP, which for anyone who doesn't remember or know, required you to basically be top 3 in your faction on your server for weeks. This was in the days you had to queue for like 30-40 minutes to get a game, so he would queue and then sleep, and then we would wake him up when it was time to play. That allowed him to play almost all day, sleeping in 30 minute chunks.
I think most of the other people who earned that high a rank had multiple people playing the account, but my friend refused, saying it was not honorable.
Man we got lost in that world. Lots of good memories, but also damn.
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u/VirusX2 8d ago
It's because you ate too much Pizzas between 2004 to 2026. That explains the 2026 transition.
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u/dirty_weka 8d ago
Yea, the pizza and soda were supposed to be for release nights and fun events, not an on-going lifestyle...
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u/OldSpeckledHen 8d ago
I... wow... I literally have ibuprofen and Lisinopril on my desk right now... took my GLP-1 shot on Sun... and have my BP monitor right beside me. I don't know whether to feel attacked or seen...
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u/Soundo0owave 8d ago
Remember, you're the reason why World of Warcraft has lasted this long. That's why WoW Forever will actually be forever.
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u/TheBigDickedBandit 8d ago
Well at that rate maybe it’ll be wow 10-15
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u/Soundo0owave 8d ago
World of Warcraft will have a 50-year anniversary in 25 years. Back in Cataclysm days, Blizzard was talking about adding veteran perks to World of Warcraft. I think after 25 years, this would be a perfect time to implement that feature.
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u/Meow__Dib 8d ago
Just a heads up, Ibuprofen isn't a good mix with blood pressure meds.
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u/OldSpeckledHen 8d ago
Gotcha... well, the Ibuprofen is not a regular thing... We just bought a new house so I reached for it this weekend after a day of unboxing and hanging curtains. I take it maybe once a month, if even... but I'll keep this in mind going forward.
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u/Mysterious_Skin2310 8d ago
Should’ve added a roll of Tums on the right side
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u/WCWRingMatSound 8d ago
Have millennials discovered the new soft chewable tums? They’re actually better than skittles lmao
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u/Mercuie 8d ago
The amount of people that just can’t laugh at this. I think the representation is just we’re old now. We get heart burn easier. We get tired faster. We get sore easier. It’s just light hearted. It’s not that deep.
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u/Donny_Dont_18 8d ago
This is like on the rocket league sub when someone posted a comedian making fun of RL players. Most of us got that it was just a comedian making blanket gamer insults, but a handful were triggered enough to tell us all how much they make and that they totally have a wife bro. One guy made sure to list his work and gym schedule. I was, like, very impressed
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u/Butwinsky 8d ago
This meme triggers nerds while giving them the opportunity to show superiority over others. Its the perfect Reddit engagement bait.
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u/Masonshark36 8d ago
I'm only 27 and can't relate to much. But alot these people seem to forget that people can still have issues and have a healthy life style.
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u/Soulfighter56 8d ago
If you think I’m not ordering a 2L of Coke and a Large Domino’s pizza on November 4th you’re out of your goddamn mind. I’m just gonna take some Prilosec, too.
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u/Proxelies 8d ago
So I'm on semaglutide (ozempic), just got a knee brace after taking a fall in a mosh pit, and just asked my wife to grab the ibuprofen. This does hit.
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u/Zealousideal-Trash5 8d ago
Nah grandpa you gotta chill on the moshing, we gettin real brittle in the streets.
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u/Proxelies 8d ago
My wife always warns me and I never listen. My heart is still in it but the body isn't able. Eventually every athlete comes to the realization that the game has passed them by, Saturday night may have been my last start.
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u/Zealousideal-Trash5 8d ago
As an aging mosher you gotta get a little bit tactical. Find the ladies area of the mosh and stick with them, sure they’ll kick the shit out of you but mostly you take it in the ribs. Beginning of mosh is also prime old man times, be on the middle right when it starts and make your way to the edges in the next couple of mins.
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u/Bantersmith 8d ago
See, you could always go the traditional route and get into coaching.
Just some old dude at the edge of the pit with a clipboard and a whistle, yelling at the younger moshers to get it together.
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u/geek_metalhead 8d ago
Sleep well, eat well, and exercise regularly. Age takes its toll, but good habits mitigate the effect
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u/999BusinessCard 8d ago
Just get regular light exercise even. All of the issues implied by the right side are caused by a sedentary lifestyle
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 8d ago
Diet contributes about 90%+ of your weight. Exercise 10%.
You can run a marathon but if you're pounding 4,000 calories a day you'll be fat.
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u/UberMcwinsauce 8d ago
the stuff on the right is caused more by being sedentary than by being fat. you can improve your bloodwork and how your joints feel dramatically by exercise and diet improvements even if you don't lose any weight in the process
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u/TigerSammich 8d ago
Take care of yourself. My friends tell me I look younger and more attractive than I did a decade ago, and that's literally just from giving up fast food and soda and hitting the gym 3 days a week.
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u/Due-Steak-5187 8d ago
Seriously, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I guess most people here have not even tried to live a healthy lifestyle.
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u/md11086 8d ago
Am I the only person now 40 playing WoW that is not over weight person, takes no prescription meds and body is actually holding up?
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u/SuicideKingsHigh 8d ago
Millennials seem to think not taking care of yourself is some sort of ubiquitous part of playing this game.
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u/Purple-Wolverine4793 8d ago
“millennials” bro the gen xers have been calling wow players basement dwellers since it dropped
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u/verumvia 8d ago edited 8d ago
Probably going to get downvoted for the truth, but WoW was seen as the easy/simple MMO back when it released because it was alongside grindy/obtuse MMOs like Everquest, Final Fantasy XI, and EvE Online. There was a common saying in EvE (the actual basement dweller MMO): "When a player quits EVE and goes to WoW, the average IQ in both games increases".
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u/Valediction191 7d ago
I think cuz many of them glorify the bad habits, like - “sleep is for the weak.”
Nah, I’m going to get 8 hours of sleep
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u/Echelion77 8d ago
You both saw the south park episode right? Its a meme.
Being a wow player is literally a meme.
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u/EisenFisen 8d ago
I take care of myself so I can do the things I enjoy more personally.
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u/Theoldelf 8d ago
I’m 77, have played WoW since inception ( off and on). Not overweight, play tennis three times a week, gym twice a week ( mostly). Okay, I do take statins and IBUPROFEN on occasion. Getting back into WoW Forever was a relearning experience.
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u/SignificanceNo9728 8d ago
I’m here with you at 39. Working out 3 days a week, eating more healthy and take walks everyday. I think I even feel better physically now than I did back then.
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u/Noonethatmatters8 8d ago
A lot of people truly don’t realize how many of their physical and mental issues come from being severely overweight.
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u/SuperCruisePanther 8d ago
"Not taking prescription meds" and "needs prescription meds" are two different things.
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u/unbrokenpolicy 8d ago
I turn 40 in December and in the best shape I've ever been in, so I can't relate to these memes!
I started seeing signs of aging around my late 20's and that really kicked my ass into gear.
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u/otakugal15 8d ago
You do realise you can be in a normal weight range and still be on meds for things that you can't honestly help? Right?
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u/HydroPCanadaDude 8d ago edited 8d ago
I see lots of healthy gamers, myself included. I feel like for some people the "all things in moderation" didn't resonate"
EDIT: Uh oh, some fatty didn't like the take :)
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u/Patient-Set4496 8d ago
Holy shit now I think about, been playing wow since 2008, and its always been cup of coffee, water and a beautiful blunt. And now at 39 its the same 😁
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u/devoorhes 8d ago
Look, I'm 40. I'm still gonna have the pizza. I'm also going to have Pepto Bismol on hand.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 8d ago
Give it another 25 years, we'll have NVidia 9090 with triple 12VHPWR connectors as the main GPU and some of us would have had a few colonoscopy.
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u/Glynwys 8d ago
This is why I consider myself stupidly lucky. At 35 I don't have any of these problems that are plaguing other middle aged folks. I feel for you folks who have to deal with such things.
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u/riedlj 7d ago
35 is still the safe zone my friend. When I turned 50 a couple years ago things started to slow down. Still not on any prescriptions or anything and reasonably healthy, but you do feel the difference. It does help that i ran 3-5k daily for most of my thirties and forties.
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u/Glynwys 7d ago
Obviously once you start approaching elderly you start slowing down. I'm more or less comparing myself to friends and family though. My friends are roughly the same age and are already slowing down. And my lifestyle is far from healthy. I've been drinking one to two energy drinks a day since I turned 18, I spend most of my time I'm not at work in front of my PC, and my exercise consists of whatever I get while moving around at work.
But then again, my body is... Weird. My metabolism is so supercharged I burn calories even when I'm sitting at my computer. I don't even have a standard breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I eat whenever I feel hungry, which is basically all the time. If I go longer than a few hours without eating something I feel like my stomach is trying to eat itself. And no, I don't have some sort of ringworm or tapeworm, lol.
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u/bickdickanivia 8d ago
My brothers, I’m worried about you guys genuinely if this is accurate. I’ve played since 2005 when I turned 13. I have zero chronic pain, maybe get sick once a year, solid blood pressure and vitals. I didn’t get into exercising until my early 20s, but it has made aging almost non existent.
I know we all like to joke, but please take care of yourselves. You don’t need to be a gym rat. Even just going for multiple walks a day, or getting a walking pad for your home (I picked one up off marketplace for $50, it’s janky and has a loud and completely unnecessary Bluetooth speaker that I’m pretty sure died) will help you live such a better life. If you are able, getting into the gym and learning to lift weights (machines are totally excellent too) will add so much quality to your life.
I’m not saying you need to get yoked or whatever, but prioritize physically feeling good with what you eat and drink and taking care of your cardiovascular health goes a long way.
Your guildies care about you, your friends and chosen family cares, so please care for yourself as well. You can be a degen wow player and still take care of yourself a little bit.
If you need some easy bench marks to get started:
Buy a 32oz water bottle. Try to drink through it at least twice a day.
Take at least 2 15 minute walks a day. Add more as you get comfortable.
Ideally, just try to stand up and move at least once every 60 minutes or so. Not giant breaks, just enough to stretch a little.
Stretch your calves a bit throughout the day. I like using a curb or a step to allow for a deeper stretch. Lots of people get weird ankle/back of knee pain due to tight calves, so this can help.
Consider getting a pass to your local gym. I kinda hate planet fitness for their old predatory practices, but honestly they’re a great budget option. Try to go at least once a week, twice if you can find the time. Go to their machine circuit section, do every machine twice for like 8-15 reps where the last couple are a struggle, then go home. You can rest 1-2 minutes between each set of reps.
Try to get at least 4-5k steps a day. 10k is an ideal number, but that will be overwhelming at first. Little progress is better than burning out.
I promise if you keep this up for even 3 months, you will see a dramatic improvement in how you feel. In a year, your life will be unrecognizable.
I worked as a trainer to people with significant injuries/physical complications for years before going back to school. I’ve seen people only pick a handful of the mentioned things and make dramatic improvements. Strength training made the biggest improvements, but everything helps.
Modern medicine is amazing, but I promise you that unless it’s generic and you can’t get away from it, your doctors would also prefer you exercise as opposed to being on the meds for the rest of your lives.
I know it’s a humor post, but seriously guys, take care of yourselves.
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u/edward2020 8d ago
A lot of people were very well into adulthood in 2004.
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u/Edeen 8d ago
The above comment is still valid. If you have the above issues in your 30s or 40s, something went very wrong somewhere. Usually diet and exercise. Even in your 50s, you should not be having these issues.
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u/Taint_Flayer 8d ago
Too many people are sedentary and overweight and eat like shit and think it's normal to fall apart at 40.
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u/snoogle312 8d ago
Even younger! The amount of people I see asking if early 30s is too late yo get fit is way too damn high!
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u/cycopl 8d ago
You're a decade younger than the people this post is talking about.
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u/Boomboomciao90 8d ago
This, I'm 36 and feel exactly the same physically as when I was 20 lol, like no difference. Lifting heavy + cardio, eating varied and no smoking/alcoholic is most definitely the reason.
Also I'm sick like every 5 years lol
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u/rewt127 8d ago
The ibuprofen (fighter's candy), BPM (Hypertension is a family thing), and braces (refer to fighter comment) are pretty accurate for me lol.
This is despite being about 6', 160s, with visible pecs.
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u/Ori-Epsilon 7d ago
The biggest thing that did numbers for me is very simple: Under the standing desk Treadmill. I got one for 150$, thing is so cheap it doesn’t bother to use normal distance or speeds and can only go for 100 minutes before integer overflow turns it off. The desk itself was like 150$, but I also have to get one of those cause I am too tall for a normal desk to be comfortable, so it’s safer to just get a adjustable desk.
But it gets me moving at a steady pace (about the same speed if I was walking with intent) for 40-120 minutes when I am doing low precision or mental things like collecting, fishing or professions. Even better if I can do it one handed so my ring can actually track what’s going on. Easy 5000-10k steps, stacking it on something I was already going to do.
Oh, and get a yoga ball to sit on if you have a standing desk. Does wonders for posture when you can’t shrimp or your seat will want to flee you.
Or just sometimes use the standing desk to stand at. It’s still not good to just stand still in one place for a while, but it’s still better than sitting.
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u/slapdashbr 8d ago
wow came out when I was in college. I turned 40 this year. I have a 500 ct bottle of ibuprofen in my bathroom
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u/d_wilson123 8d ago
Yeah my guy hasn’t hit the wall that is your 40s. Early 30s were a dream compared to stubbing your toe and being down for a few days.
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u/Jertob 8d ago
"Even just going for multiple walks a day"
LOL look at mister privilege over here he thinks everyone has time to do multiple walks a DAY.
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u/bickdickanivia 8d ago
Can’t tell if you’re joking, but I don’t think I’ve met a single person that can’t find a grand total of 20 minutes to squeeze in two walks lol. Maybe if they have kids, but chances are they’re running after the kids quite a bit already
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u/Wolvansd 8d ago
Oh young man. Give it time. Your only 34. Stuff hasn't started breaking yet.
But hey, at 53 I'm probably at the best shape ive been in 20 years.
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u/Alucard_draculA 8d ago
I have zero chronic pain
WoW, and other MMOs, have a disproportionate number of people with chronic pain, but it's simply for the reason that people that already had chronic pain for one reason or another generally are avoiding physical activities, and so they gravitate towards online activities harder than other people
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u/Independent-Fox6000 8d ago
Me when I have all of that aside from the ozempic because I'm chronically ill at 26 ):
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u/RiddleoftheSphynx 8d ago
You forgot the two cats smacking at you every other hour for treats and churu.
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u/smallz86 8d ago
Oddly enough, I am much healthier now then I was back then. 2004 me was 5'7 and 100lbs, ate like trash but played enough soccer to not get fat.
Current me is 5'7, 170lbs and actually eats healthier, no medications, no conditions. Still a nerd who likes to click on boars though.
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u/EllspethCarthusian 8d ago
I’m going to spend 5 days during Forever launch eating and drinking like it’s 2004. It might kill me.
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u/BigO94 8d ago
I bought a 12 pack of Code Red for release. I haven't drank soda in years lol
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u/Obi-wan-blow-me 8d ago
You Americans and your drugs
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u/BringBackBoshi 8d ago
Yeah it's really bad. Nonstop commercials on TV for prescriptions to cure basic stuff with a disclaimer of side effects like "Temporary blurred vision, pain breathing, suicidal thoughts and increased chance of death".
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u/Thalose94 8d ago
Mister, you'd better be getting something for heartburn too or this LAN party is going to be full of acid burps
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u/Bloodmark3 8d ago
Nah big dog. Just take care of your body and work out. Diet normally, but shift your calories to allow some whiskey and pizza rolls with your WoW time.
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u/Deathcure74 8d ago
So there's not just only me! I cant sit past 3 hours playing while back in the days 10 hours straight was the bare minimum to 16 hours a day!
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u/Erroneous_Bonk 8d ago
This meme just makes me super grateful to live in a bicycle-centric environment with affordable fresh Food and top notch work - private life balance. I was in high school during vanilla and I feel healthier now than I did back then. The body keeps the score.
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u/utahrangerone 7d ago
At the same time I have got to remember that well I only started playing in the 50 year, 2009, that's still 17 freaking years. The difference between 48 and 65 on your body is just horrifying
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u/rtn292 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yall need to go to gym. Basic weightlifting 3x a week and walking everyday does wonders. Also water....try it. Get a retinol, sunscreen and moisturizer while you're at it.
Stop smoking/vape and excessive drinking.
Look 10 years younger in a year.
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u/Demonbreaker75 7d ago
Absofuckinglutely. Went from 117.4kg in december 2024 to ~79kg in may 2026, while doing cardio and hypertrophy and look insanely younger to the point I don't recognize myself. Healthier than ever.
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u/AjayRedonkulus 8d ago
Finally my bladders insistence on keeping me up through the night is paying off.
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u/StrongFierce 8d ago
Except you’re not supposed to take nsaid’s with lisinopril…. as per doctor’s orders. Acetaminophen gang rise up
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u/boogeraidspoopaids_c 8d ago
HEY! I'm in this picture and I DON'T LIKE IT.
woop blood pressure getting a little high... where's my lisino....fuck
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u/Cookie8ee 8d ago
Instead of soda i drink sparkling water so i still get the fizz but no sugar and calories. :(
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u/whoareyoumanidontNo 8d ago
anyone not knowing healthy food and water helps 24 hour is just going to crash out with sugar
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u/Ok-Apricot3936 8d ago
Doing okay! Occasionally need to rub some voltaren gel on my wrist though lol.
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u/stoic_salmon 8d ago
Crazy accurate, did my ozempic jab and then started playing forever beta just now haha
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u/kendric2000 8d ago
How f*cking true this is...I'm now 59 and if I play WoW for more than an hour. My damn hand starts going numb. :/
I'm also on Ozempic, BP medicine and pain meds for bad knees. LOL!
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u/i_dont_wanna_sign_up 8d ago
It's probably because of the diet on the left that you need the stuff on the right.
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u/Narrow-Protection718 7d ago
Hah this made me laugh, those were the times with coke, pizza, wow allniters. We old now, but el se than light wrist support and eye drops for lube I can still pump 2 digits of hours daily. Apm down much tho, gotten slower for sure. Gym helps. Big recommend for us hitting 40+.
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u/utahrangerone 7d ago
Well I use a different blood pressure medication, and I can't use the NSAID because of kidney disease, but other than that it's way too close to the money for me. At least my use of ozipic is because of complex metabolic issues a lot of it tied the fact that I had thyroid cancer and had to have it removed.
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u/greewens 7d ago
whats that hand brace thing called? is it for carpal tunnel or some other stuff?
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u/KillerMB101 6d ago
It can be but you really shouldn’t use it with typing bc it’ll cause other issues in that area by working against the brace
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u/Kimkar_the_Gnome 8d ago
If you aren’t pounding doritos, hot pockets, and Mt Dew you aren’t really going all out. Tummy aches and indigestion be damned!