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most embarrassing sport to be a beginner at? golf?

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neuroprancer
  08/11/26
Jai alai
hex
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STEPHEN MILLER
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Gone IRL Poastin' (be back b4 11/11/26, I promise)
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Genghis Kohen
  08/12/26
ifnb.
didgeridoo
  08/11/26
picking up a sport after like 25 is just asking for it
Covid was a Hoax
  08/11/26
ask Kenny
.,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
  08/11/26
seems like skiing can actually get yourself seriously injure...
UhOh
  08/11/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZCOGJW962M
Covid was a Hoax
  08/11/26
can confirm as someone who started learning to ski after tur...
neuroprancer
  08/11/26
did you eventually get good, or no? what was the process lik...
Kenneth Play
  08/12/26
you can improve a lot very fast if you pay for private instr...
Darnell
  08/12/26
ty
Kenneth Play
  08/12/26
good enough to do basic runs after the first 5 days or so. ...
neuroprancer
  08/12/26
if you take dumb risks, you can hurt yourself. but you can ...
Darnell
  08/12/26
what about the embarrassment of getting publicly styled on b...
UhOh
  08/12/26
Yeah boxing is up there too, speaking from experience
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/12/26
Poasting
gibberish (?)
  08/11/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I learned this the hard wa...
Gone IRL Poastin' (be back b4 11/11/26, I promise)
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ruinous phenotype
  08/12/26
purely individual sports like skiing or even golf u can get ...
zarathustra
  08/11/26
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Brother Peter Dimond
  08/12/26
surfing /thread
(*)>
  08/11/26
you can just lie down on the board if it's too hard to stand
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/13/26
LotLizard PogoSticking
Long PlayroomPoon Clown Conniption
  08/11/26
pickleball. imagine looking like a beginner at this "...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
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jag
  08/11/26
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Kenneth Play
  08/12/26
I went to a conference and one of the events you could sign ...
George Jetson
  08/12/26
unless ur a tennis or ping pong player, this is farfethed
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
xo is 80% asian so the chances of one of these being true is...
shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker
  08/12/26
I've played tennis a few times. Wouldn't call myself a tenn...
George Jetson
  08/12/26
it's not hard. it's just not likely that, having never playe...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
This. I remember in college we had to do some weird gym clas...
Alison Angel Fan
  08/12/26
racketball and squash are serious sports that require a ton ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
i was pretty shocked when pickleball suddenly got big. i...
Brother Peter Dimond
  08/12/26
if u have to ask uve already failed as an "adult"
shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker
  08/12/26
Water polo
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/12/26
bowling tp
Frutiger Aero
  08/12/26
I think most people expect someone to be pretty bad at golf....
Richard Ames
  08/12/26
tennis is weird you can be able to hit the ball solidly and ...
Brother Peter Dimond
  08/12/26
someone who strikes the tennis ball hard and solid wouldn't ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
what if it takes you an hour to get to the second hole?
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/12/26
got paired with a fat neckbeard like this on a public course...
Brother Peter Dimond
  08/13/26
tbf had he played a lot of golf video games?
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/13/26
i never really judged anyone for completely sucking at golf....
Brother Peter Dimond
  08/12/26
SCUBA
Rickys' Cat
  08/12/26
i feel like the answer has to be running because there&rsquo...
foidian slip
  08/12/26
people who can't run just walk to the finish line
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/12/26
what's does a beginner at running even mean?
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
lol who is still playing sports here we’re like 45-49
anxious jew
  08/13/26
gymnastics. you won't even be wearing the right kind of clot...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  08/13/26


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Date: August 11th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: neuroprancer



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Date: August 11th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: hex

Jai alai

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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: STEPHEN MILLER (FAGGOTCHIPPER / Hegemon)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 7:42 PM
Author: Gone IRL Poastin' (be back b4 11/11/26, I promise)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 7:37 PM
Author: Genghis Kohen



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: didgeridoo

ifnb.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060768)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

picking up a sport after like 25 is just asking for it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060771)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.


ask Kenny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060773)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: UhOh

seems like skiing can actually get yourself seriously injured or killed. and you'd have to start out on the kiddie slopes with a bunch of children.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060807)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZCOGJW962M



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060816)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: neuroprancer

can confirm as someone who started learning to ski after turning 40 it is very humbling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060936)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:13 AM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

did you eventually get good, or no? what was the process like, time, instructors, etc?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063060)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:30 PM
Author: Darnell

you can improve a lot very fast if you pay for private instruction. it's very expensive though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063907)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 7:36 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064460)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: neuroprancer

good enough to do basic runs after the first 5 days or so. Slightly more competent the next time. Never going to be great but the goal was just to be good enough that I can ski with my kids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064895)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Darnell

if you take dumb risks, you can hurt yourself. but you can start with some lessons, then practice a lot, always staying without your capabilities. after a few years of regular practice (5-20 days on mountain per year), you can go everywhere on the mountain with the exception of extreme double black stuff.

the key is to go regularly and work your skills. it's always nice to go with someone better than you who will push you a bit. if you take one trip a year for 4-5 days, it's difficult to get better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063844)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: UhOh

what about the embarrassment of getting publicly styled on by kids?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064528)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 8:06 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Yeah boxing is up there too, speaking from experience

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064542)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: gibberish (?)

Poasting

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Date: August 11th, 2026 7:46 PM
Author: Gone IRL Poastin' (be back b4 11/11/26, I promise)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I learned this the hard way circa 2012 when I first heard about XO / 4chan / Reddit from a college buddy of mine considering law school (probably for the better he didn't end up going in his case - very extraverted guy who would have been driven crazy by the expected RIGOR and did great financially in a completely different field)...

...was afraid to poast until 2013, but was then in so many words told how retarded I sounded and needed to lurk moar, so I went back to the drawing board and poasted AGAIN a few times in 2014, then a lot more in 2015 to decent feedback, didn't poast much due to IRL craziness from 2016 to 2020, but then began MEGApoasting as Emilio Estevez circa 1992 starting sometime in late 2020 or early 2021... and the rest is HIStory for better or worse! 🐶

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50062066)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:15 AM
Author: ruinous phenotype



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Date: August 11th, 2026 1:27 PM
Author: zarathustra

purely individual sports like skiing or even golf u can get away with fucking up and not ruining everyone else's time, if you're hitting it all over the place ur buds will just let u drop constantly. but in tennis or racquetball ur gonna make ur partner miserable and think ur a doofus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060894)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063849)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 1:28 PM
Author: (*)> (i'm in your city)

surfing

/thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50060896)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 12:51 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


you can just lie down on the board if it's too hard to stand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064963)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Long PlayroomPoon Clown Conniption ( )

LotLizard PogoSticking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50061105)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 7:50 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


pickleball.

imagine looking like a beginner at this "sport"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50062082)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 11:07 PM
Author: jag



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:13 AM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063061)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:16 AM
Author: George Jetson

I went to a conference and one of the events you could sign up for was pickleball, so I did. Never played before. Ended up destroying everyone I played, including people who play all the time. After everyone came up to me and asked how long I've been playing and were shocked when I said it was the first time lo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063067)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:00 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


unless ur a tennis or ping pong player, this is farfethed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063838)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker (🧐)

xo is 80% asian so the chances of one of these being true is extremely high

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063851)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:28 PM
Author: George Jetson

I've played tennis a few times. Wouldn't call myself a tennis player. Played ping pong as a kid. How is pickleball supposed to be hard?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063897)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


it's not hard. it's just not likely that, having never played before, you "destroyed" every single other person -- presumably many of whom had played before -- unless you went to an AARP conference.

if you're reasonably athletic, you would be able to hold your own. but i dont think you destroyed everyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064719)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Alison Angel Fan

This. I remember in college we had to do some weird gym class to graduate it was like 1 credit. Some waste of time.

Only thing open was “racquetball.” I remember the guy teaching it was like some former world champion. When he saw me he was amazed asking how long I did it for. I’m like this is the first time I ever picked it up. You just hit the ball with a racquet then then you get the hang of the bounces you just make it hit weird spots on the wall. He was actually mad I just started. At the time I was playing baseball there at the college.

A lot of lib sports and hobbies any normal athlete can just dominate but no one ever wasted the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064554)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:56 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


racketball and squash are serious sports that require a ton of skill -- ball striking, movement and strategy.

dont equate them with pickleball, which is a joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064729)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

i was pretty shocked when pickleball suddenly got big.

i always thought it was just something my elementary PE teacher made up after somebody donated giant ping pong paddles to the school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063848)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:17 AM
Author: shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker (🧐)

if u have to ask uve already failed as an "adult"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063070)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 2:30 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Water polo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063781)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Frutiger Aero

bowling tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063850)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Richard Ames

I think most people expect someone to be pretty bad at golf. Much more embarrassing to be really bad at tennis or some shit like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063853)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:16 PM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

tennis is weird you can be able to hit the ball solidly and as hard as anyone else yet be absolutely terrible at it. is that embarrassing? idk

golf if youre hitting it solid and far youre already like top 10%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063862)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 9:58 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


someone who strikes the tennis ball hard and solid wouldn't be absolutely terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064737)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 11:37 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


what if it takes you an hour to get to the second hole?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064927)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 12:31 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

got paired with a fat neckbeard like this on a public course once. we told him to go back and ask for a refund or credit for the range instead.

as we walked away he not flame yelled "I WISH LIFE WAS LIKE A VIDEO GAME!!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064953)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 12:50 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


tbf had he played a lot of golf video games?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064962)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:11 PM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

i never really judged anyone for completely sucking at golf. sometimes its pretty funny though

otoh if i saw a "man" trying to field in baseball/softball and they threw like a girl id probably think theyre a faggot forever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50063859)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 8:08 PM
Author: Rickys' Cat

SCUBA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064547)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 10:13 PM
Author: foidian slip

i feel like the answer has to be running because there’s like 12yos running sub 6 miles and every other feat that would take your 30+ yo ass years of dedicated training to achieve

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064767)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


people who can't run just walk to the finish line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064832)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 10:47 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


what's does a beginner at running even mean?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064855)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 12:55 AM
Author: anxious jew

lol who is still playing sports here we’re like 45-49

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064967)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 12:57 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


gymnastics. you won't even be wearing the right kind of clothes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891943&forum_id=2)#50064968)