Kids These Days

[ergophobe]

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1dxpuds/unclogging_the_neighbourhood/

[littleman]

I did something similar a couple of years ago when California had that record rain year.  It was still raining at the time though.  It's pretty satisfying to see a problem just go away like that.

[grnidone]

WOW! the sound of the suction is a bit spooky!

[Travoli]

That was wholesome and refreshing.

[rcjordan]

https://old.reddit.com/r/TheFarSide/comments/1ebzr3b/kids_today/

[ergophobe]

Can't find it but one of my favorite cartoons on the subject is a father and son watching TV with the caption, "Back in my day, if you wanted to watch a different show, you had to get up, walk six feet, turn the dial, then walk all the way back to the couch."

[rcjordan]

>can't find

Me either, but this one turned up...

https://old.reddit.com/r/terriblefacebookmemes/comments/ycus1g/child_remote_control_good/

[ergophobe]

7.5 years ago (Jan 2017), 18yo Alex Yee posted on Twitter:

"Note to #MyFutureSelf be patient and embrace the processes. Do your best in what you love and maybe one day you'll be the greatest."

This morning, at age 26, he won the gold in triathlon

[Adam C]

7.5 years ago (Jan 2017), 18yo Alex Yee posted on Twitter:

"Note to #MyFutureSelf be patient and embrace the processes. Do your best in what you love and maybe one day you'll be the greatest."

This morning, at age 26, he won the gold in triathlon

Somewhat local hero.  I dropped my 9 year old at the local velodrome yesterday morning for summer holiday mountain bike club.  In the clubroom they were showing the triathlon on the TV, with one of Alex Yee's triathlon kits framed on the wall and about 20-30 members of his former triathlon club cheering on.  The club run their cycle training sessions out of the velodrome and apparently Alex used to train here with them.

Also, the record holder at our local Parkrun, etc...

Great to have these examples to point our kids at.  Ergo, I'll share that quote with my boys.

[ergophobe]

Oh, that's cool!

It's such a great quote. Patience with the process is such a hard thing at any age, but I think it's more so early on because there are all sorts of steps (like you have a clock ticking on Junior Nationals then a clock ticking in the US on collegiate sports careers).

But even for those of us who are older, we can make calendar-based goals (this year I will run a sub-20 5K or this year I will lose 20 pounds or whatever), but in the end, having the right process is so much more important than having the right outcome (Goodhart's Law and all that).

I'm guessing that to have that insight so young, Alex had some very good mentors at a young age.

[ergophobe]

https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/1819050196237492275