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MONTHLY BLOOMER MEGATHREAD - October (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [M] to c/bloomer@hexbear.net
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Welcome to the first monthly bloomer megathread!

Once a month I'm going to pin one of these to give people a space to share the good things happening in their lives! It can be something big like international news that brightened your day, or something small like a cool bug you found.

Either way, if you need a place to escape the noise and boost your morale for a second, this is it!

This is a bit of a test to see if people really want a thread like this or if it kind of defeats the purpose of the comm. Feedback is welcome! If you want to be pinged when a new one of these drops, let me in the comments and if there's enough interest I'll make a ping list

The only rule is to keep the vibes chill!

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[–] 24 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

Being a BJJ black belt is really cool. After over a decade, reaching that goal is a deeply satisfying feeling. I would do things like

Wearing the belt to the restaurant we went to celebrate afterwards

Washing it immediately after use so I could keep it by me

Sleeping next to it

Keeping it at my work station

Holding it when I get anxious

Comparing things in difficulty to getting a black belt

Thinking of things in relative difficulty if 1% of people get it

It's funny the way I feel accomplished in the sense that I have the thing itself, HAVING a belt, while the people around me celebrate that I HAVE BECOME a black belt.

I feel a sense of liberation and I think that's how I metabolize being enduringly happy about it. I can go do other sports that I left up on the shelf because there's an air of completeness. I did that thing that was supposed to be the equivalent of Naruto becoming the hokage. Only thing that's crazy to think about is that when I first stepped on the mat Luffy wasnt just on his journey too, he was IN THE NEW WORLD ALREADY. The series is unfathomably long

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Congrats! It's crazy how mythical BJJ black belts feel to a white belt like myself, even knowing they're really just people who are at a minimum quite good at the same sport/hobby that I am somewhat new to. For others perspective, it takes about 8 years for the absolutely most dedicated practitioners to achieve a black belt, with most people achieving it in more than 10 years. Injury is common in the sport, and taking breaks due to or to prevent further injury is common too - taking 12 or 15 years to get a black belt is not uncommon. Compared to other martial arts, a BJJ black belt might take twice or three times as long to achieve. It's like a PHD in grappling.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago

    I remember being in college, stoned, and believing that black belts radiated a special aura around them. A couple months before my promotion I remember distinctly feeling like I was creating the same sort of dilemma that I used to feel when I went against one.

    It turns out that you can simply walk through the door, listen to people explain an esoteric art for long enough, and they'll give you a symbol of mastery eventually.

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