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Why, in the age of cosplay, when majority choose to roleplay (intelligence in case of hipsters) instead of acquiring real abilities, there is no wonder that oth

Why, in the age of cosplay, when majority choose to roleplay (intelligence in case of hipsters) instead of acquiring real abilities, there is no wonder that other people decided to cosplay fitness (by consumption of certain products and services, dressing and acting, like hipsters do). This, by the way, probably has something to do with gang and criminal sub-cultures of role-playing of success and presumably high social status they actually lack. Two thirds of those fitness obsessed could not even run a 10km, but spending thousands for their image of being extremely fit. Nothing new under the moon. The social media created this new age of mass cosplay and role-governed behavior. Instead of beatniks, hippies or Elvises of old days we got this role-playing mediocrity.

nradov 10y ago
I don't agree. The vast majority of fitness obsessed people could run 10km. If they're not regular runners then perhaps they will finish with a slow time and be sore the next day, but they could do it. I run several such races every year and I always see other racers who are obviously in bad shape yet still manage to finish. (And I'm not a fast runner myself.)
- koralatov 10y ago
  I agree with you: the majority of genuinely fitness-obsessed, or even fitness-interested, people could run 10K. I wonder if parent means the people who give the appearance of being fitness-obsessed, rather than those who genuinely are fitness-obsessed. There is a large section of the population here in the UK who dress as if they exercise regularly, but actually do very little exercise -- these people buy Nikes and yoga pants and wear them around, but never actually engage in any real exercise. They're the ones who look at you like you're insane when you ask them which gym the use, or if they're training for a 10K run. The local university campuses have a large number of people like this attending classes dressed as if for a workout. I see a lot of them in coffee shops, and even some in pubs.

nradov 10y ago

I don't agree. The vast majority of fitness obsessed people could run 10km. If they're not regular runners then perhaps they will finish with a slow time and be sore the next day, but they could do it. I run several such races every year and I always see other racers who are obviously in bad shape yet still manage to finish. (And I'm not a fast runner myself.)

koralatov 10y ago
I agree with you: the majority of genuinely fitness-obsessed, or even fitness-interested, people could run 10K. I wonder if parent means the people who give the appearance of being fitness-obsessed, rather than those who genuinely are fitness-obsessed. There is a large section of the population here in the UK who dress as if they exercise regularly, but actually do very little exercise -- these people buy Nikes and yoga pants and wear them around, but never actually engage in any real exercise. They're the ones who look at you like you're insane when you ask them which gym the use, or if they're training for a 10K run. The local university campuses have a large number of people like this attending classes dressed as if for a workout. I see a lot of them in coffee shops, and even some in pubs.