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@timdaub.eth @tldr casting this here bc it’s relevant to our previous meme threads

imo the real reason why American men lift the way we do is bc there is a huge, culturally endorsed amount of American boys w body dysmorphia and getting “jacked” is the mechanism through which they’re taught to “fix it”

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Of course you get the “problem solver” mentality focused on the one thing that’s tangibly/consistently “solvable” about their “problematic” existence 

Physical appearance a la lifting. 



“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man”

The American default cultural state is millions of young boys believing they’re not big enough, strong enough, have enough abs, wrists are too small, jawlines aren’t sharp enough, eyes are canted the wrong way, etc

Combine this with the general “men are trash by default” and of course…

222 $degen for the “hard to stomach” ab pun

Capitalism and the American media juggernauts have over time moved the goal posts for what the ideal male physique is and now we’re at a point where it’s genuinely unattainable outside special conditions. 

It’s hard to stomach, but

Or, because they believe that that is something that is attractive and sought after. A lot of what we do as humans is to attract mates. Peacocking, I believe, is the term.