Michael Carter

@mcarter.bsky.social

Erstwhile academic, current Canadian resident, friendly neighborhood weatherman. (he/him)

I’ve come to realize that fitness training basically runs on RPG mechanics. “Progressive overload” is just another way of saying that after you fail a check you get to mark XP.

I don’t know if you guys have ever watched football with an inquisitive kindergartener, but you’ll realize one thing pretty quickly. The rules of football don’t make a bit of goddamned sense and we’re all just pretending otherwise.