Posted on 12/10/2022 3:16:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
Looks like cheating pays, doesn’t it? His business may not survive, but surely he’s squirrelled away at least some of those riches. He may need it, as the roid damage will survive.
Seriously now — and I know I was joking along with the rest here — there’s something so very sad about these men who have gone to the extreme with this Mr. Muscle thing. My first sense when seeing pictures like that is ... I don’t want to say pity, it’s not pity ... just sorrow that they felt they had to do that to themselves, make a freak out of themselves.
I personally know a local fitness guru who looks worse.
I don’t know about a “soft look to him” unless they mean expression. We ladies do love it when our men give us soft looks — those tend to melt us. We also like men who are “soft” (in the sense of kindly) toward those weaker than them, children, the elderly, etc. — and, of course, towards us. Bullies are a huge turnoff, except to sicko women. And that half-smirk thing some men do is a big “ick!”.
Think of the big heart-throbs of Hollywood. Gregory Peck could look tough when the situation called for it, but got that “soft look” when he interacted with children, his leading ladies, and the downtrodden in his movies. We ladies really go for that. (Sorry to go so far back in time, but old movies and stars are the ones that stick in my mind.)
We ladies really aren’t nearly as interested in mens’ physiques as men seem to be. I imagine the men who knock themselves out going for the bodybuilder look (even when not extreme) do it more for themselves and to impress other men.
No pictures, please, Laz, or I’ll have to retaliate with Helen 😁
OK. But...
reduced sperm count,
infertility,
shrunken testicles,
erectile dysfunction,
https://www.medicinenet.com/steroid_abuse_symptoms_and_signs/symptoms.htm
I know. I’m wasn’t saying there aren’t repercussions.
Those guys are taking more than just steroids as well.
HgH, Anastrozole, Gonadreline, etc.
I understand a guy doing a couple supervised cycles for some multimillion dollar movie role.
There’s way too many normal dudes juicing. Half of the dudes at my gym very likely are. Our society is crap, and these guys aren’t even near the worst.
True, they’re not the worst. We humans can’t seem to help misusing the gifts of our science and technology. Medical science has blessed us with much good from the lowly aspirin tablet to eradication of smallpox to penicillin and so much more. But we misuse it, too. Look at the opioid crisis, the misuse of steroids (which can be lifesaving, correctly used) and on and on.
When The Pill was invented, it seemed like a good thing at first. Once, married couples had five or six children (or more), and hoped at least three would live to adulthood. After we wiped out the worst childhood diseases and there was much gnashing of teeth by Malthusians about overpopulation and the looming doomsday they predicted it would bring about, yes, The Pill seemed the answer.
Only once we had The Pill, the Sexual Revolution soon followed. This was an instance where we misused a medical advance en masse. And what a catastrophe it has been.
And look what we’ve done with the internet. We thought it would bring useful information to our fingertips, further knowledge and education. It has and it can, but — although the estimate that 37% of the internet is dedicated to porn is debated — porn is still a huge thing on the web, and it has harmed marriages and families and damaged children. The average age of first exposure to porn has been estimated at 11 years old and most boys start seeking it out by age 14.
Aside from porn and porn addiction, far too many of our young people are addicted to social media and suffer the ills of that. At first, Facebook seemed so benign, a nice way to connect with family and friends. Little did we know...
The internet truly has tons of crap.
Porn and social media being 1 & 2 in my opinion. (yours as well I think)
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