I’m becoming increasingly socially isolated despite largely successful efforts to improve myself and it’s eating me up inside. I’m going into my second year of college now. In my first year, I made a IST approved effort to go out and make friends, and it honestly was successful. However, due to circumstances outside my control, I was mostly surrounded by losers, so while I *was* one of the more popular people in my dorm, it didn’t matter because I had no room for upward mobility. It absolutely kills me to see all my friends from high school making new, non-goober friends while I’m stuck with a circle of kids who didn’t get bullied enough in school. To remedy this, I might rush a fraternity next fall, but I’m not looking forward to the hazing, which will inevitably harm by good academics and gym progress, the only things keeping me going right now. I will get over this and find my place eventually, but for now things are tough. Struggles like mine are what women don’t understand about the male experience, I think. Women don’t have to achieve or “become”, they just are handed things. The downside of course is that they can never truly be great.
The reason for my social problems is NOT that I talk autistically—like I said, I’m actually pretty good at making friends. I’m just sperging out because I know you guys will understand. Anyway, I wouldn’t be here writing this pathetic post if I was doing better. Cheers bros
lol just reading this is hilarious. you are so anxious and are so self conscious. you will never be fulfilled. genuinely don't know how people live like this without offing themselves.
Yeah I kinda cringed reading over that after I posted it. I actually think the incel blackpill shit is stupid, was just writing my stream of consciousness. I don’t hate women—they are different from men, and if I were a woman, I would act the same way other women do. I also think it’s possible for almost everyone to make it and having a defeatist mindset is retarded. I’m just going through a rough patch right now is all.
>this post sends subversive garden gnomes into a neurotic rage for some reason
It seems like you actually have a pretty healthy understanding of women anon. Being a successful man and a successful woman are two different things and require different qualities, people can argue about which is 'easier' but the truth is that we all seek fulfillment and that's not an easy thing for anyone to achieve.
Hopefully you're able to keep trying things and making opportunities for yourself until you reach a place you're proud to be
If you’re struggling to make friends as a sophomore in uni, you’re unironically going to fail at it anywhere else because there is NEVER an easier time to make friends. You’re surrounded by hundreds, maybe thousands depending where you are, of people in your exact age group at roughly the same place you are in life.
I’m not even trying to demoralize but meeting friends was easy mode in uni. You just leave your dorm and go anywhere. Social clubs, parties, mutual friends of friends, even lectures and labs.
Sucks being retarded i guess.
Take some phenibut or something if you’re that autistic and stop overthinking things and just chat shit with randoms. People are uber friendly in uni and just talking to randoms you’ll be getting invites to different events and meets within 5 minutes.
I’m not struggling to make friends really, i guess “socially isolated” was the wrong term. The thing is that the people I’m connected with are just lame. They never go to parties or do fun things or achieve anything. Most of my party experience freshman year was small parties I threw myself. And while it’s nice to have the status of being the leader in a group, I want to move up in the world and hang out with cooler, more successful people, and I just don’t see a clear path to doing that that doesn’t involve getting hazed by a bunch of rich white dudes in some dank basement.
>If you’re struggling to make friends as a sophomore in uni, you’re unironically going to fail at it anywhere else because there is NEVER an easier time to make friends.
Flawed thinking. Error in logic. Fail to account for a lot of factors. Many people never have experience with getting friends and so for a first timer its the hardest time in their life. Some people also work better in some environments and not everyone fits in and enjoy the social climate of the college. You are also surrounded by people your age if you just follow along with education and work at a normal pace and you have plenty of chances to make friends throughout your life. Stop being so gloomy and doomy the world is not as bad as you make it. You where also FACTUALLY WRONG so you are a fucking retard for that one but you are probably young and dumb so no big deal. But to first make error in logic, then say something to demoralize or gaslight someone in to feeling hopeless and full of despair is not a nice thing to do you retard.
Hang in there bro I was exactly like this at your age. I'm 28 now and have well ascended past my peers in terms of almost every metric of success which men are measured by. It's a blessing you have the self awareness and consciousness to have this understanding of the male experience. I'm 28 now and every one that I know who was never on the path of self improvement or success is in a rapid downhill spiral. Especially the 'cool' kids. These perceived heirachys start to dwindle with age and you realise that winning is the only metric that matters no matter what pursuit you choose. Stay strong bro
When you rush, avoid low tier frats. Focus primarily on top tiers and maybe some mid tiers if you vibe with the brothers. If you have a solid physique, don’t be afraid to dress in a bit tighter clothes to show it off. When you go, make sure you look presentable, and act social and confident. Treat it like a job interview, to an extent. The hazing will suck yeah, but if you look good, have good grades, and are social, you’ll be fine.
People start avoiding me when I tell them about the world imploding and the coming famines, wars, and struggles. Bros why won't they listen? I read about horrible things coming here all the time. Ww3 massive recession end of an era kind of stuff. They're not preparing... Wtf are these asshats going to do when China invades Taiwan and western nations try to sanction or when banks run out of physical cash. Wtf man... I'm not scared but I don't want to be an ignorant fool that just goes with the motions.
>Bros why won't they listen?
Nobody wants to think about bad things. You're the bringer of bad news, which means you are the source of bad feelings, which means no one wants to be around you. You're also retarded.
I bet I'm less retarded than you. People need to here the bad news. Hey you stepped in dog shit. You are welcome. Not knowing bad things means you are unprepared when things go south. Like meat costing 30% more right now.
False scarcity is a psyop anon. Focus on yourself and go outside. They want you in a perpetual state of fear while they slowly extract your labour and resources.
I don't know man I live in a place that had no truck deliveries for a few days and things were running out real fucking fast. Makes me realize how if you live somewhere where things aren't produced you're fucked without truckers. Grocery stores had empty shelves.
Well stop living in the city for one, also people are so fucking stupid if they arent already aware of the road we're on, no amount of preparation will save them. Just prep yourself and be ready to be the hero of a few babes of shit hits the fan.
I jumped ship a long time ago. Sometimes i check back in to see whether or not someone posted some new info about bulking to gain muscle more efficiently, but the answer is still surplus+roids.
are straps even necessary or just a crutch? Will they work for mixed grip as that is what I mostly practice anyways. I wouldnt mind practicing dbl overhand (I dont usually have any grip issue for the weight I move) but some fags freak me out when they complain about imbalances developing or bicep tears etc that is just pussy fake news right?
I like straps a lot. If your grip is never the limiting factor on your deadlifts, then sure don’t use them, but if it ever slips even a little bit just get straps. It’s so nice to not be thinking about dropping the bar while you grind out a rep. Plus you really need straps to do RDLs, barbell rows, or shrugs with non-bitch weights.
I get you anon, thanks for the advice. I guess I have pretty solid grip strength because I am never worried of the bar shifting or my grip slipping really, I am just always focused on my back form and hips etc
I still visit occasionally because I used to have a lot of fun back around 2012 to 2014, seemed more active then. Also I very much enjoyed watching streams of fat vs skinny and memeing in the chat.
I literally have never met another person who isn't either shallow as hell, fake, or a completely boring gay.
I do martial arts, lift, have a family and people close to me but honestly cannot stand normie behaviour or ways of thinking. No one seems real, everyone tries to be something they arent. I'm not saying I'm a bunch of fun because I'm not but I also have zero desire to interact with people in the real world, their problems bore the fuck out of me.
I guess at least you sad sacks of shit are at least TRYING to improve your standing in life, which is good enough to kill some time.
>I literally have never met another person who isn't either shallow as hell, fake, or a completely boring gay.
You failed to create a relationship with anyone that wasn't on a surface acquittance level so you never got to know people or see who they are when they drop their public social mask.
Realised people are shallow and vain so I think being a ripped sikkunt (or just fit and attractive) is a form of social engineering. I used to like average people, but the modern urbanite sickens me so much I've switched my position.
bc this place had a lot of solid advice when i started liftan but now it's just full of retards who don't actually post about liftan that often
haven't really found a better place that isn't shitted up by instagram fags
4chan got pretty boring once I started working out and actually talking to girls, but I no longer know how to use the internet to find new things so I just come here
I'm here for the hot girls posted, sure you gotta dig past the fat hogs constantly posted but the fit girls come through and generate great fap material. I also come for shit posts, I stopped caring about the worsening quality of this board 2 years ago. Not saying it was some paradise, but not this bad.
I can't figure out Reddit with its thread within threads, and while I'm no poltard or woman-hating incel, I don't have the patience for the performative political correctness of the predominantly American normisphere. I spent the years 2004-2018 on vBulletin forums and was always on thin ice with the staff for having a sense of humor.
Getting my shitposts from IST at least keeps my brain memetically tied to fitness, thus keeping me going to the gym.
Being in an area or headspace or both can nudge you towards a goal.
Think in ratatouille how gusteau said "food always comes to those who love to cook".
Lo and behold, Remy somehow gets work in a fancy kitchen with a place to stay.
Idk at this point. Majority of advice here is garbage and comes from people who don't even lift, but I keep coming back. Clearly it's cause I just love you all so much
To mog you, see you driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of your mom and sister
To give myself more self esteem issues so I can workout harder
Because unfortunately I still have not gotten the courage to kill myself.
I hope I die very soon
I'm in the wage cage and also
You can do it senpai, believe me in me who you believes in you!
I like to say moron, garden gnome, and gay a lot.
I’m becoming increasingly socially isolated despite largely successful efforts to improve myself and it’s eating me up inside. I’m going into my second year of college now. In my first year, I made a IST approved effort to go out and make friends, and it honestly was successful. However, due to circumstances outside my control, I was mostly surrounded by losers, so while I *was* one of the more popular people in my dorm, it didn’t matter because I had no room for upward mobility. It absolutely kills me to see all my friends from high school making new, non-goober friends while I’m stuck with a circle of kids who didn’t get bullied enough in school. To remedy this, I might rush a fraternity next fall, but I’m not looking forward to the hazing, which will inevitably harm by good academics and gym progress, the only things keeping me going right now. I will get over this and find my place eventually, but for now things are tough. Struggles like mine are what women don’t understand about the male experience, I think. Women don’t have to achieve or “become”, they just are handed things. The downside of course is that they can never truly be great.
The reason for my social problems is NOT that I talk autistically—like I said, I’m actually pretty good at making friends. I’m just sperging out because I know you guys will understand. Anyway, I wouldn’t be here writing this pathetic post if I was doing better. Cheers bros
lol just reading this is hilarious. you are so anxious and are so self conscious. you will never be fulfilled. genuinely don't know how people live like this without offing themselves.
You’re here too man, don’t pretend to be a normal, successful person.
just had to end your comment with raging about women for no reason huh? yeah, you're never making it, or being normal.
Yeah I kinda cringed reading over that after I posted it. I actually think the incel blackpill shit is stupid, was just writing my stream of consciousness. I don’t hate women—they are different from men, and if I were a woman, I would act the same way other women do. I also think it’s possible for almost everyone to make it and having a defeatist mindset is retarded. I’m just going through a rough patch right now is all.
> why are you here
> keeps sperging out about women
seethe femoid
>this post sends subversive garden gnomes into a neurotic rage for some reason
It seems like you actually have a pretty healthy understanding of women anon. Being a successful man and a successful woman are two different things and require different qualities, people can argue about which is 'easier' but the truth is that we all seek fulfillment and that's not an easy thing for anyone to achieve.
Hopefully you're able to keep trying things and making opportunities for yourself until you reach a place you're proud to be
>posts a long paragraph about social issues
>you zero in only on the sentence of rage towards women and blame the garden gnomes
You do not have very good reading comprehension and also appear to be looking for things to be angry about
Thanks man. 🙂
If you’re struggling to make friends as a sophomore in uni, you’re unironically going to fail at it anywhere else because there is NEVER an easier time to make friends. You’re surrounded by hundreds, maybe thousands depending where you are, of people in your exact age group at roughly the same place you are in life.
I’m not even trying to demoralize but meeting friends was easy mode in uni. You just leave your dorm and go anywhere. Social clubs, parties, mutual friends of friends, even lectures and labs.
Sucks being retarded i guess.
Take some phenibut or something if you’re that autistic and stop overthinking things and just chat shit with randoms. People are uber friendly in uni and just talking to randoms you’ll be getting invites to different events and meets within 5 minutes.
this, when i was too socially avoidant to make friends in college despite dorm, apartment living, etc, i knew my life was over.
I’m not struggling to make friends really, i guess “socially isolated” was the wrong term. The thing is that the people I’m connected with are just lame. They never go to parties or do fun things or achieve anything. Most of my party experience freshman year was small parties I threw myself. And while it’s nice to have the status of being the leader in a group, I want to move up in the world and hang out with cooler, more successful people, and I just don’t see a clear path to doing that that doesn’t involve getting hazed by a bunch of rich white dudes in some dank basement.
>If you’re struggling to make friends as a sophomore in uni, you’re unironically going to fail at it anywhere else because there is NEVER an easier time to make friends.
Flawed thinking. Error in logic. Fail to account for a lot of factors. Many people never have experience with getting friends and so for a first timer its the hardest time in their life. Some people also work better in some environments and not everyone fits in and enjoy the social climate of the college. You are also surrounded by people your age if you just follow along with education and work at a normal pace and you have plenty of chances to make friends throughout your life. Stop being so gloomy and doomy the world is not as bad as you make it. You where also FACTUALLY WRONG so you are a fucking retard for that one but you are probably young and dumb so no big deal. But to first make error in logic, then say something to demoralize or gaslight someone in to feeling hopeless and full of despair is not a nice thing to do you retard.
that post touched a nerve eh
Hang in there bro I was exactly like this at your age. I'm 28 now and have well ascended past my peers in terms of almost every metric of success which men are measured by. It's a blessing you have the self awareness and consciousness to have this understanding of the male experience. I'm 28 now and every one that I know who was never on the path of self improvement or success is in a rapid downhill spiral. Especially the 'cool' kids. These perceived heirachys start to dwindle with age and you realise that winning is the only metric that matters no matter what pursuit you choose. Stay strong bro
You sound insufferable
When you rush, avoid low tier frats. Focus primarily on top tiers and maybe some mid tiers if you vibe with the brothers. If you have a solid physique, don’t be afraid to dress in a bit tighter clothes to show it off. When you go, make sure you look presentable, and act social and confident. Treat it like a job interview, to an extent. The hazing will suck yeah, but if you look good, have good grades, and are social, you’ll be fine.
Based, I know you can do it anon, don’t listen to all these losers
Sometimes fit tells me about meme exercises like hip thrusts cutting edge fitness
For the cheap laughs.
I'm just bored killing time on the toilet at work. Why are you here OP?
People start avoiding me when I tell them about the world imploding and the coming famines, wars, and struggles. Bros why won't they listen? I read about horrible things coming here all the time. Ww3 massive recession end of an era kind of stuff. They're not preparing... Wtf are these asshats going to do when China invades Taiwan and western nations try to sanction or when banks run out of physical cash. Wtf man... I'm not scared but I don't want to be an ignorant fool that just goes with the motions.
>Bros why won't they listen?
Nobody wants to think about bad things. You're the bringer of bad news, which means you are the source of bad feelings, which means no one wants to be around you. You're also retarded.
I bet I'm less retarded than you. People need to here the bad news. Hey you stepped in dog shit. You are welcome. Not knowing bad things means you are unprepared when things go south. Like meat costing 30% more right now.
>I bet I'm less retarded than you.
You're too stupid to make that assessment.
Stop coping.
No u
>I bet I'm less retarded than you
fewer not less
Small. I'm small retarted
False scarcity is a psyop anon. Focus on yourself and go outside. They want you in a perpetual state of fear while they slowly extract your labour and resources.
I don't know man I live in a place that had no truck deliveries for a few days and things were running out real fucking fast. Makes me realize how if you live somewhere where things aren't produced you're fucked without truckers. Grocery stores had empty shelves.
Well stop living in the city for one, also people are so fucking stupid if they arent already aware of the road we're on, no amount of preparation will save them. Just prep yourself and be ready to be the hero of a few babes of shit hits the fan.
I have nowhere else to go
I jumped ship a long time ago. Sometimes i check back in to see whether or not someone posted some new info about bulking to gain muscle more efficiently, but the answer is still surplus+roids.
>I check fit for new info
i have no friends.
you guys are my friends right?
Only if you're not a racist homophobe. If that's the case you get what you deserve.
Nice try, morongay. Racecucks and nonwhites are not welcome here.
Stfu no friend having cocksucker
Nobody likes you, monkeyboy.
bro that's not even me wtf. im not racist. not homophobic but i dont agree with LGBTQ+ but they're still human beings. i just want friends ;-;
>im not racist.
have a nice day
im too mixed to be racist
That's why the garden gnomes do it.
can someone rec a decent weight belt and wrist straps to pull
Inzer forever, any straps off Amazon will do.
are straps even necessary or just a crutch? Will they work for mixed grip as that is what I mostly practice anyways. I wouldnt mind practicing dbl overhand (I dont usually have any grip issue for the weight I move) but some fags freak me out when they complain about imbalances developing or bicep tears etc that is just pussy fake news right?
I like straps a lot. If your grip is never the limiting factor on your deadlifts, then sure don’t use them, but if it ever slips even a little bit just get straps. It’s so nice to not be thinking about dropping the bar while you grind out a rep. Plus you really need straps to do RDLs, barbell rows, or shrugs with non-bitch weights.
I get you anon, thanks for the advice. I guess I have pretty solid grip strength because I am never worried of the bar shifting or my grip slipping really, I am just always focused on my back form and hips etc
I will look into that belt mentioned before too
To say hello to you, my friend.
I still visit occasionally because I used to have a lot of fun back around 2012 to 2014, seemed more active then. Also I very much enjoyed watching streams of fat vs skinny and memeing in the chat.
U jelly bruh? You jelly?
I very fat
My bf's doing a poo and I'm alone in bed
i woke up early and have time to kill before work
Idk
I literally have never met another person who isn't either shallow as hell, fake, or a completely boring gay.
I do martial arts, lift, have a family and people close to me but honestly cannot stand normie behaviour or ways of thinking. No one seems real, everyone tries to be something they arent. I'm not saying I'm a bunch of fun because I'm not but I also have zero desire to interact with people in the real world, their problems bore the fuck out of me.
I guess at least you sad sacks of shit are at least TRYING to improve your standing in life, which is good enough to kill some time.
>literally every person i have ever met is the problem and i'm not
ok anon
I literally said that I'm boring you stupid gays
youre just fucking lame
>I literally have never met another person who isn't either shallow as hell, fake, or a completely boring gay.
You failed to create a relationship with anyone that wasn't on a surface acquittance level so you never got to know people or see who they are when they drop their public social mask.
it's the only place that I feel welcomed
Realised people are shallow and vain so I think being a ripped sikkunt (or just fit and attractive) is a form of social engineering. I used to like average people, but the modern urbanite sickens me so much I've switched my position.
To mire fat pecs
Some good fap material here t b h
i don't know. i haven't been on here in years. still fit as ever. bored
Just to suffer
I'm hoping I can find a 6/7 for between 5 and 8 mana
bc this place had a lot of solid advice when i started liftan but now it's just full of retards who don't actually post about liftan that often
haven't really found a better place that isn't shitted up by instagram fags
4chan got pretty boring once I started working out and actually talking to girls, but I no longer know how to use the internet to find new things so I just come here
Because my friend got me to come here years ago and no matter how long I go without using IST I always come back.
>Because my friend got me to come here years ago
yeah, my weeb roommate introduced me to this shithole in the 00s
>I always come back.
I only poast here when I am depressed. I stop as soon as I get better.
What a stupid asshole sheep.
How to stop visiting IST?
I'm addicted to this place even if I'm just lurking
I think its a good idea to replace real relationships with images of pepe the frog, and to live in constant digital replacement therapy.
I'm bored and can't really do anything right now.
This is place is occasionally helpful with fitness and occasionally funny.
Am I really here?
I like spreading misinformation.
I'm here for the hot girls posted, sure you gotta dig past the fat hogs constantly posted but the fit girls come through and generate great fap material. I also come for shit posts, I stopped caring about the worsening quality of this board 2 years ago. Not saying it was some paradise, but not this bad.
Currently? I can't sleep, Im house-sitting my sister's creepy old house. I miss my family and I just want to go home
i like it
It's one of life's great mysteries
I can't figure out Reddit with its thread within threads, and while I'm no poltard or woman-hating incel, I don't have the patience for the performative political correctness of the predominantly American normisphere. I spent the years 2004-2018 on vBulletin forums and was always on thin ice with the staff for having a sense of humor.
Waiting on my shitty kitchen sink to get fixed.
Getting my shitposts from IST at least keeps my brain memetically tied to fitness, thus keeping me going to the gym.
Being in an area or headspace or both can nudge you towards a goal.
Think in ratatouille how gusteau said "food always comes to those who love to cook".
Lo and behold, Remy somehow gets work in a fancy kitchen with a place to stay.
Good PRs cone to those who love to lift.
Just to suffer
To read some of the most retarded and funny shit, so that I get reminded of how normal I actually am while getting a few keks out of it.
To waste my time when I’m bored and also to farm positive karma by spreading positivity and hope in this cesspool of negativity.
To farm (YOU)s
bump
bump
Fuck off it's none of your business
Because my mother never loved me.
To report shitty threads
thought it was /a/
having a beer and some tomatoes after work, did my ab crunches, wanted to chill and read the chins
-Like liftin
-Got no mates
-I’m really funny on the internet but not funny at all irl
Idk at this point. Majority of advice here is garbage and comes from people who don't even lift, but I keep coming back. Clearly it's cause I just love you all so much
I’ll drink to that monkeh