@ljs is this you at the gym https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKMtH3_TO8&t=20s

@lkundrak no bro, 6lb? Lol

@ljs but there's a carefully designed system of pulleys and levers that makes it feel like 6kg

@lkundrak APE BRAIN BRO *screech screech*

*brachiates off to the gym*

@ljs remember to smalltalk with strangers about windowing systems and network transparency

*brachiates off while blabbering about a marketing VHS tape*

@lkundrak do I have to stop being a gymcel then??

@ljs i don't know
do people talk to strangers in the gyms?
is it more like a party or a festival, where it's okay to talk to strangers, next moment you're having a beer and a smoke together
or like a church, where people just go, 'sorry got no change buddy but bless you'
or an engineering office, where everybody's like 'eww get dressed, freak'

@lkundrak people do chat! It's mad. But I don't and then feel bad that I'm not somehow part of the bro crew.

I mean I have earphones in and just do my workout

@ljs lifting
the heaviest matter of the universe
understood

@lkundrak hail gojira

@ljs @lkundrak there are a few people at my gym who have the same schedule as I do and we mostly just nod at each other as a greeting and occasionally ask for a spot. I don’t even know most of their names but consider them to be great friends ;)

@sven @lkundrak yeah there's a bunch of regulars who go when I go, but apart from a couple exceptions there's no sort of greeting or anything lol.

There's a couple guys I've had convos with though but it's rare!

@pbarker @lkundrak noice

@ljs @lkundrak yeah, I generally go in the early mornings and we’re all just tired and want to get our workout done because we have to start $work in 1-2 hours. When I used to go in the evening there were a lot more casual chats.

@sven @lkundrak yeah I go super early. I mean I have very flexible work so could go another time, but I find that I _need_ to get it done and sorted before the day begins.

Getting up at 5.30am fucking sucks though

@ljs @lkundrak yup, I could go later as well but then I usually just don’t because there are other important things I could also do. With the heat right now early mornings are also *much* better. I have to get up at 6am since my gym is only a 5-10 minute bike ride away but that still sucks.

@sven @lkundrak yeah mine is a 30 minute drive away, but it's worth it as really excellent equipment

@ljs @sven like these 6lb things whatever they are??

@lkundrak @sven I prefer 3lb

@ljs @sven good but they you need to smoke twice as many of them

@lkundrak @ljs SUN employees doing pair programming