• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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        17 days ago

        One of those dudes literally didn’t drink water for unhealthy periods of time in order to make his muscle definition stand out more on camera.

          • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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            Henry Cavill for The Witcher:

            This schedule culminated in complete water restriction on the final two days, including the day of shooting the shirtless scenes. Cavill explained that the goal was to make his skin “sit on the muscles” for optimal visual impact, a tactic commonly used by fitness models for photo shoots.

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            Describing the ordeal on The Graham Norton Show, Cavill admitted the experience was intense and taxing. “By the last day, I could smell water nearby,” he joked, emphasizing just how miserable he felt. The extreme dehydration was so draining he dubbed himself “the most miserable person on the planet.”

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              As I understand it, the technique involves getting dehydrated almost to the point of death, getting the pictures/scene, then rehydrating before you have to get EMS involved.

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    I love everyone in the comments trying to argue what is the objectively best min-max strats of going to the gym and finding a partner, as if Pyramid Head, Bowser, and Shadow the Hedgehog aren’t always topping the “God I wish they were real” lists for women. Girls are just as horny as guys, they just don’t show it outside certain spaces due to societal constraints.

    Men, what I’m saying is: get into cosplay. Thank me later.

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      as if Pyramid Head, Bowser, and Shadow the Hedgehog aren’t always topping the “God I wish they were real” lists for women.

      How you gonna do my boy Shrek dirty like that, not even including him in the top 3?

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      Women are not as horny as men.

      They’ve done studies. I think they worked out that men on average think about sex about 8 times as much as women on average.

      Frankly the whole comparison is fucking stupid. It’s not a fucking contest.

      • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        You’ve missed the point. Women are just people, like you.

        Stop putting them on a pedestal or as a prize to win by being some weird ideal or generic “what women want.” Women may not be “as horny” but they do get horny and they all have different preferences. So just do interesting shit that you enjoy and your enthusiasm for whatever it is will help more than you could imagine.

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        I think they worked out that men on average think about sex about 8 times as much

        I’ll assume you’re misremembering the study or reading an article about the study not the paper itself, because otherwise, I’d be terrified at the really bad attempt at doing science if any peer reviewed study published these words.

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        men on average think about sex about 8 times as much as women

        Spontaneous thoughts of sex /= the entire spectrum of sexual desire.

        They’ve done studies.

        I’m not even gonna get into the sociological aspects of this, it’s a meme community.

      • EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        And until the 1900s the scientific world didn’t think women could orgasm. It was considered a fact that women only pretended to like sex to please their husbands. Women visited doctors a lot more back then because the cure for “female hysteria” was for a doctor to use a dildo on a woman.

        Now, there’s a pretty well established correlation between testosterone and an increased sex drive, as trans people have reported pretty consistently that FtM HRT does often cause an increase there and MtF people tend to report the opposite. But, MtF people also often report that their sex drive comes back after a period of time and sometimes that their sex drive comes back stronger than it ever was before.

        I’m not willing to trust the science (especially on what men and women think about) because there’s a real issue still with misogyny in the sciences. From doctors ignoring women when they tell them about their symptoms to deciding what is and what isn’t worth studying. We still don’t know what happens when women “ejaculate” (aka “squirt”) because there’s been practically no research. The best guess right now is that it’s actually just piss.

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    Sometimes muscles compensate for inadequate peepee in the mind of the person with such inadequacies. There’s also some compensation around inability to be social with other human beings.

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    God, I can’t stand Joseph Quinn. Jeremy whatever is getting there too. Never understood why people think they’re so great in everything.

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    17 days ago

    Well, I’m a depressed late-middle-aged father. I’m not a line cook, but I could probably work a grill in diner. I guess I should work out a bit to try to add muscle and cover everything.

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      According to this chart you may have to. All I see are moustaches. I think you should double down on the scruff and go for dwarven. Don’t be a victim of our predominantly elfonormative culture.

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      Maybe cause most archetypical examples people can think of are going to be from Hollywood and that pushes a muscled bodytype but the reason women are attracted to them is every reason but the bodytype. Look at the descriptors again, they are all based around the vibe.

      This whole thread is dudes missing the forest for the trees.

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        But it is false. Women do prefer a muscled bodytype.

        Hell, men prefer looking at other men a muscled bodytype. It is scientifically proven that being conventionally attractive makes you more socially popular with basically everyone.

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        I actually 100% agree and have 0 problem with the text itself. But the selection of the men in the Venn diagram completely undermined the sentiment of the text.

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        This, completely. Like does Stanley Tucci have toned muscles? Idk I was too busy listening to him talking passionately about Italian food

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        Everyone minus Jack Black and Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson (intersection of line cook and elf prince only) is a hunk in my book. Jeremy Allen White can be argued either way, granted. But if people think the rest aren’t hunks they have an unrealistic body standard imho.

        Especially putting Cavil as Geralt on a list of supposed “non-muscle hunks”? Nonsense.

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          But yeah, cavil, near his superman size, is a physique that is difficult to obtain without chemical help for sure. Steroids have really warped society’s view of what size most people can get.

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          I don’t know his real name but the guy from shameless who is now the cook (as pictured) in his newer show has some guns on him.

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    Comments: Um actually most of these are muscle hunks

    Me: Um actually, Carmy Berzatto is a world class chef and restaurateur, not just a “line cook”

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    Going and getting swole will still get you women but not because of your big muscles in most cases. The dedication and follow through needed for that demonstrates value. Other hobbies are the same way. Of course some women like huge muscled men or cars or d&d or guitars or whatever but the ability to be both interested in and interesting about something is more attractive than the results.

    You hit the gym everyday and you’ll get way more compliments from men than women. Same if you have some sweet car. It’s the effort to attain that super nice back and thick heavy lats that women respond to more so than the muscles themselves in most cases.

    Doing something is more interesting than doing nothing. Plenty of guys without hobbies or interests will still find mates but it’s harder to get someone to want to know you and get to the point where they love your interiority without some kind of interest. Touch grass, join like minded people for activities, enjoy yourself and the rest will follow.

    Tldr.
    Slay orcs, cook food, go into the glimmer on a military mission then return potentially infecting Natalie Portman and you too can be the middle guy (whoever that is)

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      I don’t think anyone in this picture played in Annihilation. The bottom picture is Pedro Pascal from The Last of Us

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        Lol I confused him with Oscar Isaac. For whatever reason I associate them both with star wars.

        Edit: because of the mandalorian

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      Of course, Demonstrating value is just the first step in the system. For the next, you need to Engage physically…