[quote]Sliver wrote:
From personal experience, I’ve gotten more flack than compliments for working out. While a handful of people have given compliments for the weight I’ve added, there are others (my parents in particular) who give me nothing but grief. [/quote]
Same here, dude.
[quote]swordthrower wrote:
Avoids Roids wrote:
Your Psych class time would be better spent discussing why anyone would give a shit what Joe/Jane Average thinks about lifting. Whoever wrote that dribble about blue collar/free time, etc. is a total asshole who doesn’t live in the real world and has too much free time themselves.
No wonder the Asians are kicking our ass in commerce. They study worthwhile stuff in college.
I concur. Not to highjack the thread, but I find it ridiculous that we send our kids to college to ponder meaningless shit like this, all the while if you give them a high school-level math problem they stare blankly at you.
And to the OP, you are basically searching for some broad generalization which doesn’t exist. My advice: take physics![/quote]
I’ll be really honest with you, this psych class was the biggest pile of bullshit I have ever dealt with (college or high school). It is the first and last course I will ever take in this field; the only thing I’ve learned is that all modern psychology is bunk.
So, to clarify, I just read this in a textbook and wanted to see if anyone had an opinion. I don’t really think it’s necessarily true.
However, I think that there is a notion prevalent on this board that our desire to be well-muscled is somehow counter-cultural. And, furthermore, we derive a certain level of infamy from having such subversive desires. I don’t really think wanting to be built is such an obscure desire.
I think that the desire for a muscular physique doesn’t serve to make the t-nationer unique, only his or her level of discipline and ability.
Another thing to keep in mind is what a T-Nationer considers built, and what the rest of the world considers built are two completely different things. While a regular here might be working toward a physique like Dave Tate’s, the average joe is working toward something like Brad Pitt’s.
First, I guess I’m sort of curious why, or how, you can think psychology is all bullshit. As far as I can tell, you’ve taken one semester of an intro psych class. Intro-classes by definition just give you an overview of all sub-topics within the subject, with very little depth to any one. Perhaps it just is uninteresting to you. Perhaps you decided it was bullshit long before you gave it a shot.
There is no doubt that some parts are “bunk.” Thats the nature of all science, though. Some hypothesis is developed and tested. Its always possible that sometime in the future a new discovery will be made which invalidates a previous one, though. That doesn’t mean that the field itself is entirely worthless.
[quote]swordthrower wrote:
Avoids Roids wrote:
Your Psych class time would be better spent discussing why anyone would give a shit what Joe/Jane Average thinks about lifting. Whoever wrote that dribble about blue collar/free time, etc. is a total asshole who doesn’t live in the real world and has too much free time themselves.
No wonder the Asians are kicking our ass in commerce. They study worthwhile stuff in college.
I concur. Not to highjack the thread, but I find it ridiculous that we send our kids to college to ponder meaningless shit like this, all the while if you give them a high school-level math problem they stare blankly at you.
And to the OP, you are basically searching for some broad generalization which doesn’t exist. My advice: take physics![/quote]
Agreed!
[quote]jedidiah wrote:
I think that the desire for a muscular physique doesn’t serve to make the t-nationer unique, only his or her level of discipline and ability. [/quote]
We are unique Jed. Revel in our uniqueness! This Irishman is always out of step and that’s the way I want it.