Comments by "wishsnfishs" (@Umbrellagasm) on "Weltgeist" channel.

  1. Well, that seems like a pretty accurate description of our society - we measure someone's worth by their ability to accrue wealth far more than their production of thoughtful or beautiful art
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  2. Wha?? Of all the human cultures in recorded history, Greeks were some of the most obsessed with gym culture and the shaping of a desirable physique... Well, at least among the wealthy citizen class, whom we get most of our ideas of Greek culture from.
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  3. Why Nietzsche hated YOU
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  4.  @rumplstiltztinkerstein  my friend, I barely understand what your point is. If you're referring to professional bodybuilders, yes they take all kinds of androgens, but they also work furiously hard at the gym because that's their job. Do most people want a body like an Olympia competitor? No, because they're bodybuilders not models. And they are as a rule extremely strong in the rep ranges they train in - Tom Platz famously squatted 525 pounds for 23 reps in 1992. Looking at modern athletes is not a good indicator of what was useful to an ancient warrior. Warriors had to fight with heavy weapons, armor, and shields with no weight classes in close quarters that often turned into violent shoving matches. Clearly the guys had to fight long and hard, perhaps after a forced march, so they didn't look like sumo wrestlers, but a 155lb jujitsu monkey wouldn't cut it either. Having a large volume of muscle mass would be highly desirable. In my reading of Greek writings, they frequently praise powerful male bodies, and I have never once seen them critique a warrior for being "too muscular". Also, Protein is a macronutrient not a drug.
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