Old issue. Be ironic long enough and idiots that miss the point will come around, thinking you're serious.rabidtictac wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:54 pmCelebration of the male masculine form is one thing but it definitely reaches a point where you see obvious gay overtones or outright homosexuality. Reminder that a lot of male lifters are actually mega gay. Scooby is probably the most well-known example.
One will come to realise that lifting isn't something you do for the girls. You think you do, at first, but you don't. You do it for yourself and the only ones that care are other guys that do it.
It's a men's club, as is any club worth being in.
Hypermasculinity obviously also has a big appeal to actual gays. At least those into masculine men. They will be around. Get used to it. Just draw clear lines.
That's why gatekeeping and keeping the good tradition of using "gay" as a derogatory term alive is important.
I'll take fitness advice from Scooby. But he's not in the same club as me. We're not on the same team. He knows nothing of our perils!
He knows less about the life of a straight guy than a kid born into a billionaire household knows of the life of a poorfag.
