It’s so funny when 19-year-olds try to trash talk me at the gym. I’ve come to grips with my NBA dreams ending before you were born. You cannot shame me
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I remember one time a kid tried to talk shit to me, saying he was going to cook me and I replied with something like "you aren't the first and won't be the last"; he was not prepared for that level of honesty, started laughing, and that's when I stole the ball.
One of the best days of my life was when I was playing basketball at the local court with my 20 something son. I was in my 40s. we got challenged by a couple of hot shots and killed them. I couldn't walk the next day but it was worth it
They have that innate sense of immortality even while they feel fearful, wondering if they have what it takes to make it in life, so they trash talk. Like standing on a footstool to reach the sink for a four-year-old. Trying to make themselves big enough.
It is good to be past that stage in life.
When I play with young dudes who be talking that shit I quickly shut them down by say “you talking shit because you’re playing even with a dude who is almost 60 years old. You’re trash!” They shit up real quick after that
They don't know I can hear them fat shame me.
Okay, punks. Come over here and stair climb for an hour. I'
ll watch. You'll wash in ten minutes tops, weakling PAB NUB losers.
Sounds like a possible response is a pat on the head or shoulder, and a "You're so cute, like a puppy with a bone. It'll be interesting to see how you do when you grow up." Then a chuckle, and walking away.
One of the things that makes me chuckle as I get older is the realization that the younger people who dis me today will be on the receiving end tomorrow. They need to be careful lest they turn into the very people they made fun of in their youth.
My husband’s good friend’s favorite form of exercise was shooting free throws, even into his 80s.
Young guys would challenge him to a game of HORSE and he would routinely whoop them. 😆 One kid got so frustrated he blurted out, “grandpa isn’t it time for your nap?!”
Or they assume I don’t know/use/follow updated pronoun rules. They lecture me about it. When they finish, I tell them: “I spent decades of my career (as a journalist, editor, English instructor) pushing & pulling people to stop calling everyone HE.”
You and I come from a different time, man. When I visited the gym as a young man, even the gymrats were encouraging. Dudes with necks the size of my thigh: "Can you do three more, bro? Give it a try. I'll spot you. That's great!" There was no shaming. Things have changed, I guess.
The 19-year-olds at my gym are a waste taking up space on machines to text and watch videos. They put bottles on top of other machines. Guess they believe that is a reservation for the machine. Assholes.
Oh don't get me started. I lived in LA in the Early '90s and my first roomate was the Concierge at L'Ermitage and Mickey pretty much lived there in a penthouse suite and He said "We can't keep track of him, he is running Folks in an out and we have no Idea what is going on, But he pays the Rent."
Back in my college ball days, there was this tall slender senior citizen, who would want to play with us college boys. We didn't think that he could do anything. That old man had a two hand set shot from the corner that rained money.
Slightly different but…
I’ve done the same thing with “Young Bucks” in the Gym trying to show off then my wrinkled butt walks up & one-handed deadlifts their Max while reminding them to clean up if they are done. (I’m a middleweight Powerlifter ✌️).
I never had that kind of swagger, because I didn’t have the talent to go with it. The most I would do is shake my head on the occasions I hit a game-winner.
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It is good to be past that stage in life.
I’ll be 60 in 8 days
Okay, punks. Come over here and stair climb for an hour. I'
ll watch. You'll wash in ten minutes tops, weakling PAB NUB losers.
Do you play ball or just go to the showers?
Don’t clap back, record yourself on court getting ROASTED!! I believe you you. Maybe you’ll school them kids, in the court.
Young guys would challenge him to a game of HORSE and he would routinely whoop them. 😆 One kid got so frustrated he blurted out, “grandpa isn’t it time for your nap?!”
I applaud you.
-- George Burns, 1977
*wife shakes head*
me: why can't you support me?
I’ve done the same thing with “Young Bucks” in the Gym trying to show off then my wrinkled butt walks up & one-handed deadlifts their Max while reminding them to clean up if they are done. (I’m a middleweight Powerlifter ✌️).
Their loss.
And walk away.