[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
To paraphrase Arnold: “Pity is given. Jealousy is earned.” I plan on making at least one person jealous everyday for the rest of my life. [/quote]
That is fucking awesome. Kinda of riles me up a little.
[quote]Davinci.v2 wrote:
I had an absurd reaction while out to dinner the other night with my fiance, one of her friends and her friend’s husband. We got onto the topic of fitness and nutrition which everyone likes to bring up around me. This woman’s husband says matter of factly, “You can’t burn fat or lose weight unless you’re eating carbs.” My mouth hit the fuckin table. I chuckled at his statement and replied, “What? Who did you hear that from, yes you can…”
He says with 100% certainy, as factually as the existence of gravity, “No, you can’t.” At this point I’m just annoyed that this bald fat idiot thinks he’s about to enlighten me although he’s the definition of an average American. So I pull out my trump card and say, “So you mean to tell me, that If I throw your chunky ass into a prison cell and starve you for 2 weeks, giving you only water, your body will simply refuse to utilize your fat as an energy source because you weren’t consuming carbs? Do you think the children in 3rd world countries have their ribs hanging out of their sides because there’s just far too many McDonald’s french fries lying around?”
That pretty much silenced him and also ruined the night. Mr. Asshole strikes again. Moral of the story for the OP, people are idiots. I also agree with what someone else stated earlier. Girls like boys, women like men and men have muscles.[/quote]
He ruined the night as soon as he started to argue about something he obviously knew nothing about. He was a boy playing in a man’s world and he got shown for the idiot he is in front of his woman. Most people spout bullshit without getting called on it because we all want to be “polite”. He got what he deserved.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.
They take it as a compliment because they aren’t really that big and their employers have never sat them down and literally asked about steroid use.
They are simply hearing that they stand out for the first time. That is why so many of them gloss right over the negatives…because most of the people saying this really don’t think they are on anabolics. They are simply looking for something to say because they see muscles.
It will only finally sink in how negative that is when they actually have to worry about their income being affected by it.[/quote]
I mean if people are getting A’s in school, and everyone kept asking where you buy your term papers, and how they were getting the answers to the tests would people take that as a compliment?
If someone worked hard to open their own business, was successful and drove a BMW. Would they think it’s a compliment if someone asked how much drugs they sold to afford it?
I don’t understand how being put down can be spun into a compliment in someone’s mind.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.
They take it as a compliment because they aren’t really that big and their employers have never sat them down and literally asked about steroid use.
They are simply hearing that they stand out for the first time. That is why so many of them gloss right over the negatives…because most of the people saying this really don’t think they are on anabolics. They are simply looking for something to say because they see muscles.
It will only finally sink in how negative that is when they actually have to worry about their income being affected by it.
I mean if people are getting A’s in school, and everyone kept asking where you buy your term papers, and how they were getting the answers to the tests would people take that as a compliment?
If someone worked hard to open their own business, was successful and drove a BMW. Would they think it’s a compliment if someone asked how much drugs they sold to afford it?
I don’t understand how being put down can be spun into a compliment in someone’s mind.
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It’s like X said, it’s new to them and they aren’t at the point where they realize the implications. Let it happen enough and it’ll piss them off to no end.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
I mean if people are getting A’s in school, and everyone kept asking where you buy your term papers, and how they were getting the answers to the tests would people take that as a compliment?
If someone worked hard to open their own business, was successful and drove a BMW. Would they think it’s a compliment if someone asked how much drugs they sold to afford it?
I don’t understand how being put down can be spun into a compliment in someone’s mind.
[/quote]
I guess it kind of depends on whether the “put down” was intended as a compliment in disguise or a malicious / accusatory comment.
Like if everyone jokes about where you bought the answers to the test you scored well in or what drugs you sold to finance the new car you got then it’s probably a compliment. However if you get called into a disciplinary hearing with the principle for suspected cheating or are hauled in by the police for drug activity then obviously you won’t still be feeling like you’re being complimented.
[quote]Vanre wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
I mean if people are getting A’s in school, and everyone kept asking where you buy your term papers, and how they were getting the answers to the tests would people take that as a compliment?
If someone worked hard to open their own business, was successful and drove a BMW. Would they think it’s a compliment if someone asked how much drugs they sold to afford it?
I don’t understand how being put down can be spun into a compliment in someone’s mind.
I guess it kind of depends on whether the “put down” was intended as a compliment in disguise or a malicious / accusatory comment.
Like if everyone jokes about where you bought the answers to the test you scored well in or what drugs you sold to finance the new car you got then it’s probably a compliment. However if you get called into a disciplinary hearing with the principle for suspected cheating or are hauled in by the police for drug activity then obviously you won’t still be feeling like you’re being complimented.[/quote]
Wow. And people like you don’t understand that one leads to another?
They are all insults. The only difference is that you were naive enough to laugh with them in the beginning.
[quote]BlackLabel wrote:
schultzie wrote:
This is me right now guys
Shit brah, are you natural?[/quote]
Blacklabel, i generally lurked but had to log in to say i fucking love your profile picture!!!
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.[/quote]
I agree it’s not a compliment - it’s only a compliment when we go thru these mental gymnastics where we say “he thinks I’m on steroids so I must be doing something right”. It is NOT intended as a compliment.
I also think the OP was a veiled brag. I mean, if you have ANY size, this happens all the time. Should I post about poker at the Borgata last week where two women had the table debating what I could bench press? This happens ALL the time in one way or another. It’s old hat, comes with the territory and is meaningless.
Go up to the girl who thinks you’re gross and flick her chicken-wings. While her flabby triceps wiggle, yell, “Ewww, gross!”
There are two types of people taking a class: those who are interested in the material and those who think the class will solve all of their personal problems. This is how you wind up with a lot of messed up people taking psychology classes and badly out of shape people taking health and fitness classes.
[quote]Mikul wrote:
Go up to the girl who thinks you’re gross and flick her chicken-wings. While her flabby triceps wiggle, yell, “Ewww, gross!”
There are two types of people taking a class: those who are interested in the material and those who think the class will solve all of their personal problems. This is how you wind up with a lot of messed up people taking psychology classes and badly out of shape people taking health and fitness classes.[/quote]
perfect.
Christ some people here need a reality check. How much did you really know about steroids and what they actually do before you got into lifting and joined this site or wherever…? That’s right, nothing.
You didn’t know you knew nothing because the AMA, Dr Phil, Tom and this other guy who’s friends with people you know all say the same thing: Steroids are bad, give you ‘fake’ strength and size, shrink your balls so bad you’ll never produce sperm again or regain normal size, destroy your heart, destroy your kidneys, give you roid rage so bad you could kill your family(Chris Benoit case didn’t help this perception) and are cheating. The mass public are ill-informed about steroids, not idiotic. And you were like that and stage too.
I’m not big but my newbie gains were rather good and was asked seriously by one or two friends if I had used them, I just laughed it off. But one night we went back to a friend’s house after clubbing and I was curled up on the couch with an old flame who hadn’t seen me in a few months. There was also this guy who I kind of half knew but hadn’t seen in a few years at the house.
Anyways, I fell asleep for a small bit and when I woke up I just lay there resting my eyes for a bit and could hear people discussing how I got bigger(it was already mentioned to me earlier that night) and the various reasons why I was on steroids.
I started to get insulted eventually 'cos the way they were talking just made it sound like I did no work at all and the steroids did everything for me.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.
They take it as a compliment because they aren’t really that big and their employers have never sat them down and literally asked about steroid use.
They are simply hearing that they stand out for the first time. That is why so many of them gloss right over the negatives…because most of the people saying this really don’t think they are on anabolics. They are simply looking for something to say because they see muscles.
It will only finally sink in how negative that is when they actually have to worry about their income being affected by it.[/quote]
Well, some of us have jobs where they’d have no cause to legally test - and the perception/suspicion is just as damaging because they BELIEVE it. At least if I were tested, it would dispel a suspicion! I just got done having a discussion with my step father a few weeks back (who used to be the CEO of a company I worked for years ago) wherein he told me I was “on something” back then and that I’m smaller now LOL (I’m the same size). He was adamant, and completely serious. And he completely brushed off my sincere denials. When you are “our” size, regular people just can’t perceive being that large without the use of drugs. And the connotation is most definitely NEGATIVE - especially in the corporate world. It got to the point long ago (when I cared about the corporate world) where I wouldn’t participate in casual day, instead opting for shirts/suit/tie which “hides” you a bit more. Now, I don’t give a fuck, but I presently have that luxury.
The ironic thing for me? I distinctly remember not wanting to ever go North of 250lbs. It was quite unintentional.
I was coaching swim team one night for 11-14 year olds, and when I was explaining the strokes I would explain how the muscles were being used. I kept getting ewws from the girls every time I said “pec” or “bicep”. tsk tsk.
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
I also think the OP was a veiled brag.
[/quote]
Yep.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.[/quote]
Don’t get too worked up over it countingbeans. If it makes you feel any better I don’t think you look like you’re on steroids at all.
True story. It’s even related too! I was in A&P a couple years ago and there is a guy in there, he obviously worked out, he was a decent size guy. I would say he had probably about 18 inch arms, but he wasn’t all that cut, like you could just barely see the separation from his bicep to his tricep when he flexed his bicep.
Anyways, I am much smaller, 15 inch biceps, but I am much leaner, especially in my arms, I just don’t carry much if any fat on them. So we were both the guinea pigs for some expirament as always and he was flexing his biceps just screwing around with one of the girls in his group. So I pulled my sleeve up and flashed a quick Biceps shot to him and said something along the lines of, Man I need to eat more. I was basically paying him a compliment for having much bigger arms than I do.
Anyways, Several of the girls in the class watched this exchange and one of them starts going Oh my God look at how muscular his arm is. And I was sure they were talking about the other guy, but sure enough, several of them come up to me and demand I show them again. I just shook my head, we both got a good laugh out of it. Girls are definately stupid.
V
Well I work for my school UGA maybe you have heard of it…we’re one of the single biggest public universites they have the right to test there trainers (i.e. ME). Really puts my mind at rest and my parents own a gym in my hometown and they test…I work in a setting where it is just assumed and I don’t let it bother me. You guys just let stereoypes eat away at you and I’ll just keep on doing what I do.
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
Jbrew wrote:
I think of it more as a compliment…
When your employers sit you down, the people that are the reason you can pay your mortgage, and ask you if you are using AAS you stop taking it as a compliment.
When you realize people are trying to put you down, and put down your accomplishments, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
When the idea that these people are stereotyping, judging, and generally shitting on you by saying that shit, however misguided their thoughts may be, you will stop taking it as a compliment.
I bust my fucking ass, and eat meat until my jaw hurts. I drink milk that makes my back look like I’m 17 and have 6,000 testicles. I fucking pound on my body until my shoulders ache, my leg screams with fucking pain every step I take for four days after squats, I load up on close to a gram of caffeine so I can force my body, riddled with aches and pain, to pull a shit load of weight from the floor.
“Regular people” see AAS as cheating. Fuck you I’m gonna let some lazy, fat ass, nobody fucking SLOB, for one second, put me down as a cheater and think I didn’t work for what I have, and take it as a compliment.
Sorry for the hijack rant, but I don’t understand how so of you guys take this as a compliment. It is not one.
They take it as a compliment because they aren’t really that big and their employers have never sat them down and literally asked about steroid use.
They are simply hearing that they stand out for the first time. That is why so many of them gloss right over the negatives…because most of the people saying this really don’t think they are on anabolics. They are simply looking for something to say because they see muscles.
It will only finally sink in how negative that is when they actually have to worry about their income being affected by it.
Well, some of us have jobs where they’d have no cause to legally test - and the perception/suspicion is just as damaging because they BELIEVE it. At least if I were tested, it would dispel a suspicion! I just got done having a discussion with my step father a few weeks back (who used to be the CEO of a company I worked for years ago) wherein he told me I was “on something” back then and that I’m smaller now LOL (I’m the same size). He was adamant, and completely serious. And he completely brushed off my sincere denials. When you are “our” size, regular people just can’t perceive being that large without the use of drugs. And the connotation is most definitely NEGATIVE - especially in the corporate world. It got to the point long ago (when I cared about the corporate world) where I wouldn’t participate in casual day, instead opting for shirts/suit/tie which “hides” you a bit more. Now, I don’t give a fuck, but I presently have that luxury.
The ironic thing for me? I distinctly remember not wanting to ever go North of 250lbs. It was quite unintentional.
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I have experienced the same with one employer literally calling me in for a meeting and asking. I think the only people who take this as a compliment are guys who are still relatively small who are just excited that someone…ANYBODY…noticed they lift weights.
This wears off quickly when you KNOW everyone knows you lift weights by looking at you.
I do like the “hidden” aspect of wearing a shirt and tie at work lately because apparently, even though I still look big, they can’t tell just how big if I have a collar and a tie.
Also, i think many of these dudes are still in school so they haven’t even experienced life outside of the shelter of group education. No one gives a shit if you work part time sweeping floors at Mc Donald’s.
Though I’m nowhere near large enough to be accused of using steroids, I can relate to the “it’s not a compliment”. I’ve always done well in school and even to this day I have people who will say things like “Yeah man but you’re smart, you got lucky, I just don’t have those kinds of brains” and it pisses me off, with my close friends my response is usually “Mother fucker are you KIDDING ME? I had to bust my ass to get the grades I did” but with others I just have to smile and nod politely.
[quote]artw wrote:
were you the guy in the biggest zit ever thread?[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing.