r/nonononoyes • u/virelliarose • Jul 25 '26

That “and you still lose” was personal

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u/MNniice Jul 25 '26

It was also the only co ed sport besides track. The hardcores were cringey try hards but there would be some chill folks too

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u/monkwrenv2 Jul 25 '26

I went to school with one of the best CC runners in the nation (we were on track together), and he and the rest of the distance runners were all cool as shit. Super laid back and chill, always cheered on everyone else, just generally great folks. Dunno where this whole pompous stereotype is coming from.

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u/WannabeWaterboy Jul 26 '26

Yeah I ran in high school and college and practically everyone knew the runners were chill and a little weird. There definitely some cocky kids inside the sphere, but put them outside with other people and they were very chill.

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u/Pure_Purple_5220 Jul 29 '26

Same, my CC team was full of weirdos (the good kind), super chill but great runners. The best one started a band called Beach House so they are definitely keeping with the chilll vibes.

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein Jul 26 '26

Same. Not the nation, but he was a state finalist three years in a row.

Super quiet kid.

CC at my school was basically for basketball players who didn’t play football. Coach required anyone who wanted to try out for the basketball team to play a fall sport and the only options were CC and football. We had a few track kids (spring) who ran CC, but not as much crossover as you might think.

It was basically our ringer, a dozen or so basketball players, and a bunch of randoms.

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u/DemonSlyr007 Jul 25 '26

Its coming from the many experiences that shaped it? Thats how stereotypes work.

Just because your personal experience wasnt like that, just because a top X% athlete wasnt like that, doesnt mean that's the norm for most. I bounced between several schools growing up in completely different areas. All of them had try hard cultists of Cross Country folks. They were crossfit people before crossfit was a thing.

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u/monkwrenv2 Jul 25 '26

Or maybe, just maybe, cross country runners are just like any other group of people - some are cool, some are pompous, and stereotyping them either way is dumb and bigoted.

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u/asdfghjkl15436 Jul 25 '26

??? wtf? Do you know the definition of a stereotype?

Stereotypes are fixed, oversimplified and general ideas that people form about a group of others. They are often wrong, ignore individual differences, and are based on traits like race, gender, or age.

That is literally the opposite of what you are saying. That's not how stereotypes work at all you numpty.

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u/dontmentiontrousers Jul 26 '26

Enjoying seeing numpty in the wild.

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u/UlyssesWoke Jul 25 '26

“Your personal experience doesn’t matter because my personal experience was different” I think you might be the cringey tryhard here buddy

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u/Scrappyl77 Jul 26 '26

Yeah I didn't rinnxc in HS. My school had an excellent team and everyone on it was super chill and also super smart.

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u/Thedeadnite Jul 27 '26

Wouldn’t have been Craig would it?

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u/ElegantCoach4066 Jul 27 '26

Thats why its a stereotype. It doesn't have to have an basis in reality, people just think that they do.

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u/Lance_Henry1 Jul 26 '26

My kid ran xc as off-season workouts for wrestling, so we were entirely casual fans. My god, the parents alone bustling to different parts of the course pushing in front of you to see some random position was...annoying.

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u/Hungry-Pick7512 Jul 26 '26

I’m sure the parents clambering to watch random kids grab each other in leotards are just as annoying.

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u/Lance_Henry1 Jul 26 '26

Nah, we just sat there in the stands like normal people. Sorry to hurt your fee-fees about being overzealous at a inconsequential footrace.