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Friday Fun Thread for October 20, 2023

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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I mean, you personally might not care whether a given person can or can't deadlift 405, or the timeframe he achieves that in - it might matter to him.

My point is that no one deadlifting 405, natty or dirty, influences the discourse.

Speaking as a pathetic failure that deadlifts around 405 myself, we're not just influencing the discourse - we are the discourse. When Sulek or Doucette or whoever gets millions of views (and the money that comes with it), that's not from millions of bodybuilders, and the 'natty or not' debate is not really about the big guy - it's about the envy and anxiety and inferiority of Average Lifter, who wants to know if there's more to being huge and attractive and successful and confident than daily cardio.