@parsifal
My mentioning a 400lb squat wasn’t intended to extol it as a sole virtue/achievement but merely as one of many. Like you said there are others, and i’d argue that climbing Capitan is more right tailed than. 400lb squat, probably on the level of a 600lb one.
Obviously different types are suited to different pursuits, and I don’t expect everyone to be bodybuilders/strength athletes, but it is obvious when observing someone if they have attained something worthwhile, imo. The only time it becomes muddled is when resentments and/or factionalism come into play (“yah may be able to bench a lot but what’s your mile time?” or “who cares?”)
There’s a great value to futilely pursuing something despite one not being suited to it or the thing itself being fundamentally unattainable. In reality, body types are more pertinent for aesthetics in that that form the foundations of specific types of looks than they are indicative of overall athletic performance, with few exceptions. Body type is huge in swimming, for instance, because of the viscosity of the medium. But for most things? Like i said, Mentzer said it best. One MUST try, try and try and try. Futile, damned pursuit is the default and beautiful state of all things, and achievement only arises out of it.
@parsifal
I should also add that i have seen your discussion of my qt of vyl’s post, and that i tend to agree with you. Frankly no effort was put into that post, and it should be observed given other tweets of mine, like the observation that all women, when asked who their ideal man is, will always point at some twink like leonardo dicaprio or chalamet. Why? Who selects these twinks to occupy cultural iconism (because we both know that’s actually why women like them; they’re on the tee vee). The answer is gays like bryan singer, they’re the ones who are *really motivated* to select for a certain type of actor. Women then thoughtlessly follow suit in these preferences because they simply don’t have original preferences. What i really am reacting against is a culture that has no interest in valuing me or people like me, and indeed goes out of its way to denigrate us.
I will also admit a certain amount of resentment over it. I have not, am not, and never will be beautiful. Another guy in that same thread pointed out that beauty is flowering and not building, and that the “no pain no gain” mentality doesn’t evoke genuine/original or even epigenetic beauty. I don’t refute any of that and i resent god for making me the way i am. @“Earth Rabbit”, as well as yourself, in this very thread, pointed out the value in rebelling against ones original state when it is found wanting.
My mentioning a 400lb squat wasn’t intended to extol it as a sole virtue/achievement but merely as one of many. Like you said there are others, and i’d argue that climbing Capitan is more right tailed than. 400lb squat, probably on the level of a 600lb one.
Obviously different types are suited to different pursuits, and I don’t expect everyone to be bodybuilders/strength athletes, but it is obvious when observing someone if they have attained something worthwhile, imo. The only time it becomes muddled is when resentments and/or factionalism come into play (“yah may be able to bench a lot but what’s your mile time?” or “who cares?”)
There’s a great value to futilely pursuing something despite one not being suited to it or the thing itself being fundamentally unattainable. In reality, body types are more pertinent for aesthetics in that that form the foundations of specific types of looks than they are indicative of overall athletic performance, with few exceptions. Body type is huge in swimming, for instance, because of the viscosity of the medium. But for most things? Like i said, Mentzer said it best. One MUST try, try and try and try. Futile, damned pursuit is the default and beautiful state of all things, and achievement only arises out of it.
@parsifal
I should also add that i have seen your discussion of my qt of vyl’s post, and that i tend to agree with you. Frankly no effort was put into that post, and it should be observed given other tweets of mine, like the observation that all women, when asked who their ideal man is, will always point at some twink like leonardo dicaprio or chalamet. Why? Who selects these twinks to occupy cultural iconism (because we both know that’s actually why women like them; they’re on the tee vee). The answer is gays like bryan singer, they’re the ones who are *really motivated* to select for a certain type of actor. Women then thoughtlessly follow suit in these preferences because they simply don’t have original preferences. What i really am reacting against is a culture that has no interest in valuing me or people like me, and indeed goes out of its way to denigrate us.
I will also admit a certain amount of resentment over it. I have not, am not, and never will be beautiful. Another guy in that same thread pointed out that beauty is flowering and not building, and that the “no pain no gain” mentality doesn’t evoke genuine/original or even epigenetic beauty. I don’t refute any of that and i resent god for making me the way i am. @“Earth Rabbit”, as well as yourself, in this very thread, pointed out the value in rebelling against ones original state when it is found wanting.