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Something that helped me in all my areas of life is realizing that I was attempting to fit myself into the expectations of "the internet". I managed to somehow
by cnity 4y ago
Something that helped me in all my areas of life is realizing that I was attempting to fit myself into the expectations of "the internet". I managed to somehow drop this almost instantaneously after the realization, and now behaving according to my own desires is a constant source of joy.
- benreesman 4y agoI take your point, but it's not always directly the Internet though. The last time I was in ridiculously good shape was right before COVID. I was boxing 18 hours a week in 6 3-hour sessions with a 23-year-old kid who looked like Ivan Drago's son. I was 6'4", 240lbs, with a body-fat percentage under 15%. Athletes routinely exceed that level of fitness, few others do. In the 90s I would have been the cut of an NFL tight-end. But in my vicinity were guys who were fucking shredded. Younger and older. Those guys were taking something. Anabolic steroids? Not sure, but fucking likely. Now I've got 10-15% less muscle mass but am up to 260lbs. So my body fat percentage has slowely but surely crept above 20%. And the guys at the gym are even scarier than 3 years ago. Blowing joints on absurd weight and being back at it 1-2 weeks later. Is this because of the Internet? Maybe. But you don't need the Internet to have it all around you.
- IThoughtYouGNU 4y ago