this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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[–] teft@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Plato is the classic example that thinking and musculature are not mutually exclusive. The name Plato itself is a nickname from his wrestling days meaning “broad shoulders”.

[–] tortoise@vlemmy.net 10 points 1 year ago

He was yolked and a legit wrestler apparently

[–] WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Both Plato and Socrates. The philosophers in lift and shred

[–] rockerface@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

wait, so words Plato and plateau are actually related? TIL

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fr fr tho it is weird how some people have a stigma against muscularity

[–] Raildrake@vlemmy.net 11 points 1 year ago

It's a bit of a dated stereotype, thank Hollywood and the "nerd vs jock" trope.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's not the muscularity part, it's the roid rage part.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Leper from the Darkest Dungeon:

[–] d4f0@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Ramón y Cajal was awarded the Nobel of medicine and he was a bodybuilder.

[–] MechKit@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The trick is to replace all the leaders with cowards at once, then you don't need the warriors?

[–] atimholt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

"I can picture a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." —Jack Handey

Neville Chamberlains will always have Hitlers.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Hurting my self in medically advisable ways makes the brain work better.

Also I can carry my giant sook of a dog up scary stairs.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OHHHHHHH

Do we have a murdered by words yet lmao

Edit: we do but they turned off new posts and claim “hOw wOuLd yOu lIkE iT” as if self humility is non existent lmfao.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I liked this up until they said "however you appear to be both a fool and a coward". Insults do not tend to change minds, only cause people to be adamant that they are correct.

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