Dons_1988

Lads, Bennett is going to keep repeating the same thing over and over again no matter what you say.

No thanks

The premiership forum appears to have turned into a collective old firm heads gone. May avoid until the football is back.

You’ve basically summed up your pathetic rivalry mate

Weakening a resurgent Dundee. Shame on you.

Randomguy seething about the dons even on a winter break?

Indeed, there’s definitely some clutching going on

I have sympathy. I've battled with my weight since I was 17 and don't get me wrong some people's composition makes them more vulnerable to putting on weight. There's many reasons why I got fat, mostly due to my mental health and the way I treated my body during that time. But being fat itself was not an illness, I got fat because I regularly overdid food and booze without exercising. And I lost weight because I did the opposite over a sustained period.

Thank you

It’s utter nonsense. I have been obese (probably still marginal) and it’s due to me being a greedy b*****d who drank too much beer. Yes there are diseases etc which cause it but the vast majority of people are fat through their own fault. It’s harsh but it’s a complete fallacy to tell people they’re obese due to a factor outside of their control. They may not have directly chosen to be obese but if you choose day after day to eat and drink too much then you kind of did choose it.

It's interesting that they've both actually turned into the beige cliche's they deride so much.

You lucky c**t

Yeah he started brilliantly and looked a real player, I really hoped we’d keep him. Tbf towards the end he regressed into looking a diddy but again has no place on this thread given the shite we’ve had.

Nah come on, seriously

Gary Dempsey was no world beater but he was fine for us. Strange choice.

That makes more sense, thank you. I retract my shock and horror.

What the f**k, jail for that? Really?

Did it earlier in the year, after a two week holiday where I'd eaten and drank to excess. Felt fine and I have been trying to exercise more in the time since then. I've lost around a stone since the summer and I do feel much better for it. Lack of a female relationship probably isn't helping my outlook either but I wouldn't say that I'm lonely in that respect. That's good. Look after yourself mate and keep an eye on it. One of the hardest parts of depression for me early on was just figuring out what the f**k was going on in my head. Keep talking on here and maybe consider the GP etc if it keeps up.

Good luck sir

Why not try a month or so without a drink, or even a couple of weeks and see how you feel?

Humans are vile

I think it’s normal that if life hasn’t gone to plan that when we (usually wrongly) believe our ‘youth’ is over that it can feel quite crushing, I have certainly been there but what I’d say from my own experience is that if you are suffering from depression then that voice in your head can be very loud and very convincing but it’s normally wrong. You’re totally right about 15/16 year olds and asking them to choose their future, I’d say it’s pretty rare that someone of that age knows for sure where they want to end up, but there seems to be a social standard to commit yourself to a life when you’re not really ready. On the drink, I’ve always believed the drink exacerbates your current mood. If you’re feeling shit then it will make it 10 times worse to get pissed. Again, personal experience but under the right circumstances I can have a drink and be fine the next day, but if i use it to numb the pain or to avoid issues then I will be in for an incredibly difficult day afterwards.

It was dreadful. The sport scene bit raised a very slight reaction but generally just awful.

That’s quite a strong opinion for what is a pretty inoffensive, if a bit shit series.

Watching the haunting of hill house just now. Didn’t think It’d be something I’d like but the wife had heard it was really good. I’m actually enjoying it a lot, 5 episodes in.