posted July 27, 2000 04:19 PM         

That said, I hate people. I hate a lot of people. I hate them because of the way everyone's mind works, because of the way people react to you, and because everyone is fake. Ok, so maybe not everyone, but the majority of people and strangers only react to you the way they see you.

For instance, a skinny person gets treated like shit. Even worse if they are unattractive. They can't help but be skinny sometimes, yet people won't hang out with them and girls especially won't date a person like that. Fat people get treated just badly too but not to the same degree I feel. Most fat people will squash your ass if you make fun of them, hence they can defend themselves and people keep their thoughts to themselves. I hate that.

Attractive girls ALWAYS are treated with respect, especially by guys. Always. You will never insult an attractive girl you just met, or who asks you a silly question. Imagine if that same girl was some nerdy 19 year old skinny guy asking you what type of supplements you take? You'd probably not be as patient. Yet if it was a girl, you'd tell her all about what you do, how you do it, and ask if she's interested in doing it with you.

Muscular guys, and guys with larger more attractive build usually get treated with much more respect that same type of guys with little muscles or who happen to be blessed with a less than attractive face. I hate that. But its how the world is.

People in nice clothes get treated better than people in rags. Ugly people get treated worse that beautiful people.

Of course, there are exceptions. With an outstanding personality, people can hopefully overcome their position. But first impressions are everything. Regardless, they can never be treated with same type of respect as someone who is more beautiful, handsome, sexier, more muscular with the same type of personality.

Think about the way you react to people everyday. Do you tend to talk to the more attractive people more? When you meet strangers at the club do you brush away those relatively ugly girls just so you can get a better look at the hot one? Perhaps its just in our nature to be prejudice in this way. But that doesn't make it good, and I hate it.

I mention this because since I've become as dedicated as I am to the sport of bodybuilding, its beginning to show in my physique. And because of this, people treat me different. I hate that. People I never talked to, ask me questions now. They honestly want to talk to me. Girls who would never give me the time of day, laugh at my jokes now. I don't feel different, but people treat me differently. I am glad its happening, but I wish it was never that way in the first place. And there you go, thats why I hate Prejudice and I hate people.

But I love EAS Simply Whey protein powder!

posted July 27, 2000 04:51 PM            

What you say is true, but it becomes less true the older you get. Youth is always enthralled by beauty, age is enthralled by wisdom, or at least we like to think.

I suspect, BTW, that you're completely full of shit about this, and that you really LIKE being treated more respectfully now. You remember Shakespeare, "Methinks he doth protest too much"? Seems to fit. I hate to say that, YD, because I really like a lot of your other posts, but this one of yours requires some interpretation.

Bjaarki

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"'Til the weard of the world, stands, unforgotten,
high under Heaven, the hero's name." - Hrolf Krakki's Saga (Iceland)

posted July 27, 2000 05:06 PM            

I want people to see whats inside as it where the real power is not this flesh that surrounds us. But it is part of our nature to be prejudice and i HATE IT but we are all guilty of it. I whish i was in your shoes and had what you have but i dont so i try to let my personality shine through and people that know me have a lot of time for me but those who dont know me tend to walk away We can only smile in the face of adversity...!

Dont let it get you down. "Be strong within your soul as that will oneday outshine any beauty"

posted July 27, 2000 05:06 PM            

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"...especially people that cuss at you over the net.

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Better yet, I like how Internet anonymity and forums have done more for 1RMs than any amount of juice and working out combined. Seems like everyone benches and squats 500+ these days.

posted July 27, 2000 05:12 PM            

Look, man, here's how it is:

People enjoy beauty. As I say, that's more of a problem in young people, who tend to look at the surface of things (and, thus, physical beauty) rather than in older people, who've learned that beauty exists on many levels, and that sometimes the most gorgeous lady, for example, is the serence one, the funny one, the standup one, rather than the one with the high tits and the good cheekbones.

But, yeah, people basically like to be around beauty. That's not bad. It helps us all get the motivation to bring out the beauty (the physical beauty, the wisdom, the warmth, the humor, whatever) in all of us.

There's nothing false in the way people are reacting to you. It feels false because its new, but it's only new, not false, it's peoples' new, novel reaction to the beauty they see emerging in you. Your job now is to help bring it out in them, rather than lording it over them. You'll do that, I think. You've got heart, man, and you'll work this out for yourself just fine.

I was worried, BTW, that you'd take my earlier post to you badly. I put things out there with the bark still on, I recognize.

Bjaarki

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"'Til the weard of the world, stands, unforgotten,
high under Heaven, the hero's name." - Hrolf Krakki's Saga (Iceland)

posted July 27, 2000 06:46 PM            

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"The race is long... and in the end, it's only with yourself."

posted July 28, 2000 06:39 PM            

You're right, BUT, the world isn't going to change. Nor should it - what you described is Nature at work.

Every species has the phenomeneon of preferential treatment. Ever hear of an alhpa wolf?

The bigger and stronger get the breeding done, they get the most food, they dominate a territory.

In human terms, it translates into appearance and wealth, pretty much. Intelligence also, somewhat, but less.

Some people will dominate the world. Some will be dominated by it. Has always been and always will be.

I suggest you take your utopia and flush it. The choice to dominate life is mainly your own.

Look, I'm on the take control side now, like you seem to be. I have a great body, and I work for the best company in the world and get paid accordingly.

These things did not happen to me, I made them happen. I went to school, got a degree, went back to school to become a computer networking expert. Finished first in the class. I hit the gym like a motherfucker.

So in closing, I ask, "Why are you so concerned about what other people do?" Treat people the way YOU think they should be treated, and let other people do the same, even if you disagree with it. It is after all, their choice.

Live your life bro, don't try to live other people's.