The Exceptionally Average Angler

Another guy with a GoPro and an unnecessary amount of fishing gear

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

Good morning. #sunrise #onthewater #gofishing #goplayoutside

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@Martyfields Completely appropriate that the cat’s glowing eyes are stalking the whole scene in the background

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

This is great

[Jellenne 🇺🇸🌵🌞 @Jellenne]

😂Ok...this is hilarious

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@NorseCodeDN Can they draft a coach? Because appalling front office personnel decision making like extending MLF is largely why they haven’t been to a Super Bowl since 2011. (That and choking)

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@SecondAmendment I agree with this. While yes it’s true there have been developments in ballistics in the last decade or so (some fads, some very effective), the -06 is a foundation cartridge that is still as reliable as it ever was. I’ll keep both my -06 and my 6.5 PRC.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@GarandThumb1 I will not choose. I will make a decision and buy one then make a bad decision and buy the other one.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@Riflemanscreed2 Started in A and got out in B

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@caroljsroth In the army we sat through safety briefs that told us not to reach under a running lawnmower to free an obstruction solely because someone, somewhere, had done it.
Somebody definitely asked who sponsored the halftime show.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@karol Does the bread make itself into a sandwich for you??

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@TRHLofficial I’m saving up for mine. Maybe a used one but still.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@quelle560699 Watching the impact under NODs of an AC-130 using a 105 on Taliban crossing the Helmand River to reinforce their position at night was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen and could never forget in 100 lifetimes.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@midwestern_ope They probably would’ve been better off just putting “other than WI” in parentheses and letting no. 1 go to - wait Wyoming? Really? Cmon literally EVERY other Midwest state. Get it together.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@RealFamilyCrete There are enough reasons she lost for everyone in the country to have their own and still be right

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@TerminalAscent Valid point. But the guys who did what the guys in this vid did probably don’t feel the need to respond to the internet range guy gear dorks

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@trad_west_ I appreciate the encouragement but I probably have no business doing any of those things

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@Edenlife9 Top 5 countries not to do that:
1. Russia
2-5. Probably also Russia

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@WolfofX Personally I’d much rather have liked to see what tackling practice looked like for the other team on Monday

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@USADocumented Idk man, the person standing there after I take three minutes to check out without having to stand in line always just says thank you and have a nice day.

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

Truth

[OkieMaga_Patriot46 @Okie_Patriot46]

I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of younger GenXers and older Millennials.

If you see someone in their 40s or 50s who seems a little boring now, I need you to understand something...

We already got it in.

Like...GOT. IT. IN.

We are not sitting home on a Friday night because we never knew how to have fun.
We are sitting home on a Friday night because we have seen enough.

We went to parties in houses that should have been condemned and were almost certainly owned by the local drug dealer.

We saw police lights and RAN and not across a nice, flat field.
INTO THE WOODS.

Do you understand the athleticism required to hurdle uprooted tree roots in platform shoes while simultaneously trying to keep your low-rise jeans from sliding completely off your ass?

And somehow...we never spilled the Zima. We never spilled the Boone’s Farm.

That was TALENT.

We slept on floors in strange houses because the designated driver either never showed up or, in a shocking turn of events, was drunker than everybody else.

There was no Uber, Life360 or Find My Friends.
There was just somebody named Mike saying, “I know a shortcut.”

And we FOLLOWED MIKE.

We closed down bars and then decided the night was still young, so we drove to Atlantic City, where we somehow managed to get drunk, sober up, get drunk again, sober up again and then get drunk a THIRD TIME before breakfast.

And according to our parents? We were at Michelle’s house.

Eating pizza and watching movies.

Michelle’s mother unknowingly covered for approximately 17 people every weekend. If there even was a Michelle.

We drank things called Purple Passion, Mad Dog 20/20 and whatever somebody mixed inside a giant plastic garbage can. Nobody asked what was in it. You grabbed a red Solo cup and trusted the process.

We went to clubs until the lights came on. Do you know the psychological damage of seeing a nightclub with the LIGHTS ON? Nothing good happens after those lights come on.

We danced for four straight hours in shoes that permanently altered the structure of our feet.

We made entire plans without cell phones...no texts, dropped pins or group chats...just an extremely questionable sense of direction.

We rode in cars with 11 people when the vehicle legally seated five. Someone was always sitting on someone. Someone was always in the hatchback.
And there was always one friend yelling, “DUCK!” when we passed a cop.

So yes...now we like being home.
We like sweatpants.
We like cancelling plans.
We like saying, “That sounds fun!” with absolutely no intention of attending.
We like restaurants at 5:30 because we can get a good table.
We like being home by 8:17.

And if someone texts at 9:30 PM and says, “What are you doing?”
Sleeping...we are sleeping.

Because this is not boring my friends...this is retirement.

We already played, partied and danced on the bar.
We already ran from the cops through a wooded area dressed like a Spice Girl.

We have stories that cannot be posted because there are still people with careers, marriages and reputations to protect. And thank GOD there were no camera phones.

So kids, when you look at your Gen X and older Millennial parents sitting peacefully on the couch watching Dateline at 8 PM and think:
“God, you guys are boring.”

Sweetheart...oh sweetheart.
You are looking at retired legends.

Put some respect on our names. We're probably the reason Life360 was invented.

xoxoxo (posted from someone else on FakeBook) 🤣 #genx #oldandtired

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@its_The_Dr It’s like, right, well, like, right?

[The Exceptionally Average Angler @DanL517]

@ClayTravis When I first used it I said something similar - that in ten years cars without it will be like cars today not having basic cruise control. Now we just have to put up with all the “I can’t believe people still drive their Tesla on their own” posts. Driving them is fun too.