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Cameron Armstrong
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@timdaub.eth @tldr casting this here bc itās relevant to our previous meme threads imo the real reason why American men lift the way we do is bc there is a huge, culturally endorsed amount of American boys w body dysmorphia and getting ājackedā is the mechanism through which theyāre taught to āfix itā
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Cameron Armstrong
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Capitalism and the American media juggernauts have over time moved the goal posts for what the ideal male physique is and now weāre at a point where itās genuinely unattainable outside special conditions. Itās hard to stomach, but
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Cameron Armstrong
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The American default cultural state is millions of young boys believing theyāre not big enough, strong enough, have enough abs, wrists are too small, jawlines arenāt sharp enough, eyes are canted the wrong way, etc Combine this with the general āmen are trash by defaultā and of courseā¦
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Of course you get the āproblem solverā mentality focused on the one thing thatās tangibly/consistently āsolvableā about their āproblematicā existence Physical appearance a la lifting. āHe who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a manā
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āHe who make a builder of himself gets rid of the pain of penniless.ā
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Cameron Armstrong
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haha now do art
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āHe who make a artisan of himself gets rid of the pain of tasteless.ā
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Cameron Armstrong
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now do podcasters š
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āHe who makes a wit of himself gets rid of the pain of loneliness.ā
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