[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
oboffill wrote:
Wow, if you go back and read my original post with an open mind you’d realize that I was not criticising anybody.
Basically all I said is that we love ourselves so much that we put above average amounts of stress on our bodies (mostly) to look good.
Damn overreactors.
Oh sure, now we have poor reading comprehension skills? We’re closed minded? Izat what yer trying to say?
Next you gonna accuse us of being adversarial?
Man I oughta…
Realy though, with the title and opening post setting the tone, and with consideration given to the audience you are addressing, what kind of reaction did you think you would get?
Might I suggest something along the lines of “Examining Motives” or “What Drives Us to Strive So Hard” instead of using a list of negative coping mechanisms/personality disorders.
You may get a better response.
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I understand how the title gives off a negative connotation, but nevertheless the post was harmless. Unless your in denial of the fact that you love yourself. Which is what appears to happen among you guys.
[quote]oboffill wrote:
I understand how the title gives off a negative connotation, but nevertheless the post was harmless.
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Berating the poster was harmless, and a good finger agility/endurance exercise.
Anyway, how do you know the post was harmless? How do you know a mostly desk-bound person with obsessive-compulsive disorder and scrupulosity wasn’t influenced to equate a healthy form of exercise with “narcissism”; then decided not to start lifting after all; and thereby made a key decision that will lead to his early death?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I don’t log into “MarthaStewart.com” and start asking why everyone is so damn concerned about what color their bed sheets are![/quote]
[quote]NealRaymond2 wrote:
oboffill wrote:
I understand how the title gives off a negative connotation, but nevertheless the post was harmless.
Berating the poster was harmless, and a good finger agility/endurance exercise.
Anyway, how do you know the post was harmless? How do you know a mostly desk-bound person with obsessive-compulsive disorder and scrupulosity wasn’t influenced to equate a healthy form of exercise with “narcissism”; then decided not to start lifting after all; and thereby made a key decision that will lead to his early death?
:-([/quote]
[quote]oboffill wrote:
NealRaymond2 wrote:
oboffill wrote:
I understand how the title gives off a negative connotation, but nevertheless the post was harmless.
Berating the poster was harmless, and a good finger agility/endurance exercise.
Anyway, how do you know the post was harmless? How do you know a mostly desk-bound person with obsessive-compulsive disorder and scrupulosity wasn’t influenced to equate a healthy form of exercise with “narcissism”; then decided not to start lifting after all; and thereby made a key decision that will lead to his early death?
Then you better start lifting, nancy. [/quote]
“That is the most intelligent thing you’ve said all day. You may take your seat.”
[quote]oboffill wrote:
I understand how the title gives off a negative connotation, but nevertheless the post was harmless. Unless your in denial of the fact that you love yourself. Which is what appears to happen among you guys.
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If you do anymore backpedaling you’re going to fall and crack the back of your head.
[quote]oboffill wrote:
Wow, if you go back and read my original post with an open mind you’d realize that I was not criticising anybody.
Basically all I said is that we love ourselves so much that we put above average amounts of stress on our bodies (mostly) to look good.
Damn overreactors. [/quote]
Even if that is all you meant, it’s still thinking that everyone thinks like you. Not everyone lifts for the same reasons, some don’t even care about looking good (although it is a nice side benefit). Are there narcissistic people that lift weights? Of course. Are there insecure people that lift weights to make up for their own inadequacies? Of course. But there are people like that everywhere, many of whom don’t even lift weights.
However, it’s been my experience that the majority of people that lift weights as a way of life are more well-adjusted than the average person. Just the discipline and hard work it takes is something that is respectable.
From the many responses (other than the flames), you can tell that people lift for many reasons. Since I don’t have many friends that lift weights regularly, they think of me as an oddball – so it’s nice to come on this forum and find like-minded people. Why do I want to bench 400 pounds? Because right now I can only bench 300. It really is as simple as that, and I’m sure there are people here that understand this mentality.
Why do I want to weigh 250 some day? Because I’ve always wanted to be huge. I mean little-children-running-away-from-me-in-utter-fear kind of huge. (Not really, but it’s the mentality that matters)
