Are People Really THAT Clueless?

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It just amazes me to watch some of the things people do. Things that should go against any kind of common sense. I’ve seen quite a bit of stupid things over the past few days, but I have three that stick out in my mind.

I went to a martial arts tournament last weekend, and seen quite a bit of stupid things, from overweight balding men attempting to do handstands for any length of time, to self defense techniques that wouldn’t work if your life depended on them. One guy really sticks out to me though, he’s in his early 20’s, he’s getting ready to spar in a few minutes. I watched him literally eat half-a-dozen donuts, not more than five minutes before he started to compete. Not suprisingly, he ended up having to leave the division, after getting sick right after he started sparring.

Then the other two were from the same day at the gym. When I get out of my car, and start walking to the gym, I noticed a lady walking in as well, finishing her burger and large soda from McDonalds. She then threw her McDonalds bag away in the trash can right in front of the gym, and walked straight to the cardio machines. Something just seemed pretty wrong with that picture. Not as wrong as the next thing I seen in the gym though.

I noticed a few high school students, probably seniors working out at the gym when I got there. They were mainly using the machines, no big deal though I figured. Then, I noticed something strange. One guy was on the Ab crunch machine, the kind where you sit upright, like in a chair, choose how much weight on the weight stack, and crunch down. What was truly strange though, was the fact that he actually had someone SPOTTING him. Yeah, he actually had someone spotting him on the Abs machine, while he was doing high rep crunches, and helped pull him to give him those last few crunches.

I couldn’t help myself, and went over to ask why exactly they had to have a spotter. The guy who was spotting told me that you should have a spotter for every lift, and it’s especially important for ones working your abs, because “if the weight is too much and there’s no spotter, you could drop the weight too fast and hurt your back.” Not being able to come up with a reply to that, I simply said “oh, ok,” and walked away.

I fear for the future of humanity.

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An old friend of mine had a saying he believed to be absolute truth.

Lifes not fair and most people are stupid.

The longer I live and the more people I meet, I must concur on both parts.

We live in a world these days where common sense, good judgeemnt, and simply doing the right thing are the most foreign concepts most folks ever hear.

Glad to know there still a few like minded people, the majority of T-Nation I think, who still believe in using your brain and having integrity in what you do and say.

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Reminds me of the “Here’s your sign” comedy bit by Bill Engvall. Occasionally everyone does something stupid, some however seem to make it a part of their daily routine.

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I think the stupidity of the average man is the greatest argument against the religious notion that “God” created mankind so He could have some “fellowship” with us.

My wife has a friend who produces infomercials. He told her his motto was: “I sell crap to morons.”

Needless to say, he’s made millions.

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[quote]danreeves1973 wrote:
An old friend of mine had a saying he believed to be absolute truth.

Lifes not fair and most people are stupid.

The longer I live and the more people I meet, I must concur on both parts.[/quote]

Dan, we are going to get along just fine.

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Check this one out: I had a manager at the gym tell me, during a discussion about powerlifting, that steroids are corrosive to the muscle tissue. He also continued on to say that once people stop using steroids, that the muscle turns to “Jello”. I assume he meant fat. He also went on to say that he doesn’t want powerlifters using that gym because we “trash the equipment” and even said that he was afraid that we would rig our bands and chains in a way that would make the barbell go hurling across the room! This was yesterday. I a morbidly curious way, I am looking forward to today’s conversation. Yikes!

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Gotta say that it would be kinda cool for someone to rig up bands into a slingshot and shoot 25’s across the gym.

I’m kidding…10’s be more practical and easier to aim.

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danreeves- I’m on top of that right now. The only problem I’m having is with the aiming. 5’s are great for velocity, but 10’s have the stopping power of a howitzer!

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Stupid people used to drive me nuts. Then I realized these same people are my competition for resources. Now I don’t mind them nearly as much, plus the unintential comedy can be a nice stress reliever.

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I worked at a Gold’s gym and the owners would tell me NOT to encourage the meatheads because they scared the women.

I was friends w/ most of the meatheads and the women LOVED them because they were so entertaining. Most of the hot chicks would go out on the town w/ the meatheads because they were fun to be with, mostly good guys, and because they felt “safe” w/ us.

I would always think to myself “um Ok, the meatheads “scare” the women, but EVERYONE hates the “niceguy” owners”

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[quote]mindeffer01 wrote:
danreeves- I’m on top of that right now. The only problem I’m having is with the aiming. 5’s are great for velocity, but 10’s have the stopping power of a howitzer!
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LOL

I’ll bet the cute little pink dumbells have some range, though.

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[quote]reddman wrote:
Stupid people used to drive me nuts. Then I realized these same people are my competition for resources. Now I don’t mind them nearly as much, plus the unintential comedy can be a nice stress reliever.[/quote]

I can smell what your steppin’ in, reddman. Well said.

Matthew

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[quote]futuredave wrote:
I think the stupidity of the average man is the greatest argument against the religious notion that “God” created mankind so He could have some “fellowship” with us.

My wife has a friend who produces infomercials. He told her his motto was: “I sell crap to morons.”

Needless to say, he’s made millions.[/quote]

The same can be said of every speech writer of every president and politician.

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[quote]TheSicilian wrote:
I worked at a Gold’s gym …

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I’m sorry.

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[quote]
LOL

I’ll bet the cute little pink dumbells have some range, though.[/quote]

Perhaps if you got some of those spiffy 3 lb brightly colored medicine balls I’ve seen at Wal-Mart. The shape would allow greater velocty and since they’r soft, be like a soft nosed slug, maximum energy release.

Gonna have fun this deer season, YEEEEE-HAWWW

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Right on, right on, right on all…As I go through life all I can do is watch and laugh. It doesn’t do any good to get upset about people and their studpidy anymore. It does no good and wastes your energy. Here’s another rule of life…

Common sense is not common at all, it’s actually very rare.

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About six years ago, I was checking out a new gym for my wife and I. As I was leaving, I saw two different people (as in, not together) putting out their cigarette before stepping into the gym. I never went back.

I see stupid people…

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[quote]jackzepplin wrote:
About six years ago, I was checking out a new gym for my wife and I. As I was leaving, I saw two different people (as in, not together) putting out their cigarette before stepping into the gym. I never went back.

I see stupid people…[/quote]

I don’t see how this affects you. There is a guy at my gym who will talk to anyone that listens. I ignore him. He will go on loudly for an hour to whoever he can catch, halt the other person’s training and simply talk about nothing. He is irritating…however, it has nothing to do with my goals. I turn the MP3 player up and go on about my business. Stupid people shouldn’t affect your efforts like that. They are everywhere. Trying to run from them will simply leave you with sore feet.

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“I sell crap to morons.”

Reminds me of that person who sold a 10-year old cheese sandwich on e-bay for something like $14,000 because it had the image of the Virgin Mary. I try to respect people’s beliefs, and I understand that religious items can bring people comfort, but is it really possible that the Mary would reveal herself on some person’s moldy sandwich. After hearing about that I was tempted to find various food items and strategically engrave likenesses of religious figures into them. Too bad I’m too honest to do that.

“Here’s your sign.” Bill Engvall is great.

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[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
“I sell crap to morons.”

Reminds me of that person who sold a 10-year old cheese sandwich on e-bay for something like $14,000 because it had the image of the Virgin Mary. I try to respect people’s beliefs, and I understand that religious items can bring people comfort, but is it really possible that the Mary would reveal herself on some person’s moldy sandwich. After hearing about that I was tempted to find various food items and strategically engrave likenesses of religious figures into them. Too bad I’m too honest to do that.

“Here’s your sign.” Bill Engvall is great.[/quote]

I want to find that idio…ur,I mean faithful believer so I can sell them the stone that David used to kill Goliath. I think I may have the slingshot somewhere in the house as well…