Why are youth and high school sports so competitive to get into now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Four years ago, my ES kids, a fifth grader, asked me how to get girls to like him, and I responded: be the best version of yourself. In other words, excel in sports, and music. If you can do both, girls will line up and you will have options. To be great at this, you have to work very hard, because if it were that easy, it would have no value.

This is a really strange post. Girls may line up for the star football player but they aren’t swooning over the XCountry star…in general.

Much the same that girls like the guitar players in a rock band but aren’t exactly throwing themselves at an oboe player.

Which isn’t to say either group has an issue with other XCountry girls and other girls that play in the orchestra.

Nor do charismatic class presidents and theatre kids or class clowns necessarily have issues with the opposite sex.

XCountry and oboe are for losers. Girls like guitar players and basketball/soccer players. It good to have both.

Cross country stars usually are tall with low body fat - hard to run blisteringly fast and not have a six pack for example. I can attest there are women that prefer that physique to the outside linebacker type.

Watched a freshman boy under 5 feet tall finish in the top 5 of a mixed JV and varsity meet last night. Many XC stars are tall. Obviously not all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's dorky son (don't get me wrong, great kid but I remember how excited he got when he discovered that when you kept pressing the sin function (or was it cosine) on a calculator, it eventually kept showing the same number and then he figured out why that was happening... in 6th grade) went to MIT and works for a hedge fund and is serial dating everything from vacuous models to gorgeous ivy league girls.

FALSE.

I attended MIT, worked for a hedge fund, and made a lot of money, but I couldn't date any models. However, my younger brother was a D1 athlete, broke, and l had to support him. And yet, he dates so many models. Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four years ago, my ES kids, a fifth grader, asked me how to get girls to like him, and I responded: be the best version of yourself. In other words, excel in sports, and music. If you can do both, girls will line up and you will have options. To be great at this, you have to work very hard, because if it were that easy, it would have no value.

This is a really strange post. Girls may line up for the star football player but they aren’t swooning over the XCountry star…in general.

Much the same that girls like the guitar players in a rock band but aren’t exactly throwing themselves at an oboe player.

Which isn’t to say either group has an issue with other XCountry girls and other girls that play in the orchestra.

Nor do charismatic class presidents and theatre kids or class clowns necessarily have issues with the opposite sex.

XCountry and oboe are for losers. Girls like guitar players and basketball/soccer players. It good to have both.

Cross country stars usually are tall with low body fat - hard to run blisteringly fast and not have a six pack for example. I can attest there are women that prefer that physique to the outside linebacker type.

Watched a freshman boy under 5 feet tall finish in the top 5 of a mixed JV and varsity meet last night. Many XC stars are tall. Obviously not all.

Good for them. Look at any college team and find a runner under 5 feet tall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four years ago, my ES kids, a fifth grader, asked me how to get girls to like him, and I responded: be the best version of yourself. In other words, excel in sports, and music. If you can do both, girls will line up and you will have options. To be great at this, you have to work very hard, because if it were that easy, it would have no value.

This is a really strange post. Girls may line up for the star football player but they aren’t swooning over the XCountry star…in general.

Much the same that girls like the guitar players in a rock band but aren’t exactly throwing themselves at an oboe player.

Which isn’t to say either group has an issue with other XCountry girls and other girls that play in the orchestra.

Nor do charismatic class presidents and theatre kids or class clowns necessarily have issues with the opposite sex.

XCountry and oboe are for losers. Girls like guitar players and basketball/soccer players. It good to have both.

Cross country stars usually are tall with low body fat - hard to run blisteringly fast and not have a six pack for example. I can attest there are women that prefer that physique to the outside linebacker type.

Sure.....They may say they do, but come on. Who would prefer this:



over this:



Heck, even Ryan Hall started lifting weights and looks 10x better

[Anonymous]

That guy is an ultramarathoner.

100 mile races.

That is not cross country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That guy is an ultramarathoner.

100 mile races.

That is not cross country.

Sure, but this is the same guy. First picture as a runner, second picture as a weight lifter. I mean, come on. The PP was just being ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is an ultramarathoner.

100 mile races.

That is not cross country.

Sure, but this is the same guy. First picture as a runner, second picture as a weight lifter. I mean, come on. The PP was just being ridiculous

He looks unattractive in both. Too skinny in the first and way too big in the second.

Women prefer the physique of underground fight club members, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That guy is an ultramarathoner.

100 mile races.

That is not cross country.

Sure, but this is the same guy. First picture as a runner, second picture as a weight lifter. I mean, come on. The PP was just being ridiculous

He looks unattractive in both. Too skinny in the first and way too big in the second.

Women prefer the physique of underground fight club members, obviously.

Women are known to only care about the looks. I feel like this discussion is led by pre-pubescent boys.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four years ago, my ES kids, a fifth grader, asked me how to get girls to like him, and I responded: be the best version of yourself. In other words, excel in sports, and music. If you can do both, girls will line up and you will have options. To be great at this, you have to work very hard, because if it were that easy, it would have no value.

This is a really strange post. Girls may line up for the star football player but they aren’t swooning over the XCountry star…in general.

Much the same that girls like the guitar players in a rock band but aren’t exactly throwing themselves at an oboe player.

Which isn’t to say either group has an issue with other XCountry girls and other girls that play in the orchestra.

Nor do charismatic class presidents and theatre kids or class clowns necessarily have issues with the opposite sex.

XCountry and oboe are for losers. Girls like guitar players and basketball/soccer players. It good to have both.

Cross country stars usually are tall with low body fat - hard to run blisteringly fast and not have a six pack for example. I can attest there are women that prefer that physique to the outside linebacker type.

Watched a freshman boy under 5 feet tall finish in the top 5 of a mixed JV and varsity meet last night. Many XC stars are tall. Obviously not all.

Good for them. Look at any college team and find a runner under 5 feet tall

I'm guessing the freshman boy being mentioned will not be 5 feet by college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend's dorky son (don't get me wrong, great kid but I remember how excited he got when he discovered that when you kept pressing the sin function (or was it cosine) on a calculator, it eventually kept showing the same number and then he figured out why that was happening... in 6th grade) went to MIT and works for a hedge fund and is serial dating everything from vacuous models to gorgeous ivy league girls.

FALSE.

I attended MIT, worked for a hedge fund, and made a lot of money, but I couldn't date any models. However, my younger brother was a D1 athlete, broke, and l had to support him. And yet, he dates so many models. Just saying.

And that isn’t typical. First does your brother troll NYC spots where models might be so he can date them? Why does he date so many models that you’re claiming?

I can see a pro athlete getting dates easily but just a college player? During college, yeah, after college not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend's dorky son (don't get me wrong, great kid but I remember how excited he got when he discovered that when you kept pressing the sin function (or was it cosine) on a calculator, it eventually kept showing the same number and then he figured out why that was happening... in 6th grade) went to MIT and works for a hedge fund and is serial dating everything from vacuous models to gorgeous ivy league girls.

FALSE.

I attended MIT, worked for a hedge fund, and made a lot of money, but I couldn't date any models. However, my younger brother was a D1 athlete, broke, and l had to support him. And yet, he dates so many models. Just saying.

I can troll too bro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend's dorky son (don't get me wrong, great kid but I remember how excited he got when he discovered that when you kept pressing the sin function (or was it cosine) on a calculator, it eventually kept showing the same number and then he figured out why that was happening... in 6th grade) went to MIT and works for a hedge fund and is serial dating everything from vacuous models to gorgeous ivy league girls.

FALSE.

I attended MIT, worked for a hedge fund, and made a lot of money, but I couldn't date any models. However, my younger brother was a D1 athlete, broke, and l had to support him. And yet, he dates so many models. Just saying.

And that isn’t typical. First does your brother troll NYC spots where models might be so he can date them? Why does he date so many models that you’re claiming?

I can see a pro athlete getting dates easily but just a college player? During college, yeah, after college not so much.

PP here.

​My younger brother lives with me in my fancy apartment, drives a nice car I bought for him, and has an allowance from me because he is currently not interested in working.

I know people in the entertainment industry, and they are casting directors of reality TV shows. There are so many models/actresses and that's how my brother has access to them. Women will sleep with guys like my brother, and not me. They are only after me for my $$$. The idea of a guy from MIT dating models is so laughable.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, McLean high school club Pickleball tryouts on Saturday (09/14/24) and Monday (09/16/24) between 4:30pm-6pm at Lewinsville park. I guess they only want good players and cut everybody else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, McLean high school club Pickleball tryouts on Saturday (09/14/24) and Monday (09/16/24) between 4:30pm-6pm at Lewinsville park. I guess they only want good players and cut everybody else.

Why do you say that?

First, isn't that what every team wants? The best players available.

Second, you seem to be suggesting that the tryout time and locations are indicative of something, but I'm not sure what it could be?