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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 95 points 5 months ago
[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 33 points 5 months ago

This fight was lost decades ago, but I understand.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago
[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

It won alot, but in the end it lost alotmore

[-] li10@feddit.uk 69 points 5 months ago

Do women actually like strong biceps?

I feel the more you go to the gym you realise that you just do it to impress other men…

[-] byroon@lemmy.world 54 points 5 months ago

I think the truth is women do like muscly men, but men tend to overestimate how muscly. Like swimmer physique is attractive, hollywood batman physique is male power fantasy; or something

[-] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 22 points 5 months ago

I can't speak for every woman, but I can speak for my own experiences and report based on the things women I know have said. For me and those I've spoken to, we may like muscles, but the things you need to do to get those muscles often aren't as attractive and cancel it out. Like, if you're getting muscles by going to the gym every day, that's only gonna attract women who are enthusiastic about the gym. If you get them from farm work, you'll attract women enthusiastic about farm life.
That's why a lot of us like dad bods so much. It's not that it's inherently more attractive, it's that it's a body type achievable by living the kind of life style people who're into that enjoy.
In other words, yes, muscles can be attractive, but not nearly as attractive as shared hobbies and interests, and it just happens quite often muscles can be a quick indicator that you probably don't share many.

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Dad Bod Workout = lifting up small children several times a day

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Dad Bod Workout = flexing a beer can several dozen times an hour

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

That's called the cool down.

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

You’re close. The real truth is that most average people do not like to date too high above their perceived range of attractiveness. This bears out in many studies but people are attracted to 8’s and 9’s but won’t date them and instead mostly date people that are more normal 5,6,7’s.

Then we look at the opposite side of the coin, 9’s and 10’s don’t even want to date each other. And for good reason. Extremely attractive people often cross a line into narcissism or being too busy to hold a relationship.

So two factors: 1. Most people aren’t extremely fit and so don’t want to date people whose lifestyle does not match their own, we’re all also slightly insecure. 2. Extremely attractive partners tend not to be good partners. The more people that are attracted to you, the less that date you. Also that’s out of fear of competition and effort so it’s not worth it.

[-] li10@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I think in general it starts with trying to impress women, then you do it to impress other guys.

I guess it’s similar for women, they might get into doing their make up and looking nice for attention from guys they like, but in the end they’re mainly trying to impress other women or just doing it because they enjoy it.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Lots of women like really jacked dudes (and many gay men of course).

I don't like super lean jacked dudes personally. Give me a big thick rugby player or a 125Kg sumo wrestler any day over a bodybuilder.

Yeah and lots don’t.

Lots like short guys, and lots like tall guys.

Lots like ginger guys and lots don’t.

Almost like there isn’t a universal metric for what people like.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Yes. That's why you may notice I used the first person singular pronoun in my post.

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 5 months ago

People usually like the physique, not the commitment it needs to get there and maintain it. Plus, the steroids.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

some do, some don’t

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago
[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

So true. No gym I've ever been to has been willing to put in a cat ear machine.

[-] Guest_User@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

You need to find a new gym. The growing process is slow and difficult, but with enough chicken breast and broccoli I too will soon have cat ears others will envy

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

I'll start my own gym. With catgirls and a second goddamn bench press rack.

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

if enough singles start mentioning a preference for cat ears on dating websites, the market will adjust.

personally i prefer spock ears.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Isn’t that kinda elf ears? Or is it a crime against Vulcans to compare their ears as such?

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Quark ears > Spock ears.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They should be more realistic than amine ones like actually on the sides of the head

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 months ago

As a woman who would dearly love a pair of fox ears, if it was possible we would have them.

Also, cat boys are criminally underrated compared to cat girls.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Also, cat boys are criminally underrated

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Adrien from Miraculous Ladybug

oh somebody likes their catboys DUMB

[-] shani66@ani.social 6 points 5 months ago

One day it'll happen, it's right up there with a cure to aging on the scale of importance.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I'm still waiting for horns personally, like thicc horns that are part of my skull

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, highmates in Rimworld Biology.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 5 months ago

What workout routine do I need to follow to become dog?

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

ok but what if I like my girls with biceps and my dudes with cat ears?

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 18 points 5 months ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I hope Allie is doing better

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

This is the only reason I remember to put the space in. Every time I write "alot" I see the alot beast roaming the prairies.

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Thank you for reminding me that this exists 😃

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 16 points 5 months ago

You can get cat ears in the gym?! Maybe I'll actually start going again

[-] match@pawb.social 12 points 5 months ago

where can i go to grow cat ears

[-] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

The Gym, it says so right there

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Anyone who thinks women want men with big biceps has never watched an episode of Sailor Moon or picked through a copy of Peach Girl.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 5 months ago
[-] match@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Someone who doesn't do anything, but at least doesn't get in the way?

[-] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Maureen Ponderosa did.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Every time I meet a woman with cat ears online, it's actually a man.

So, things may be more equal than they seem at first glance.

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Men like ~~wo~~men with cat ears

ftfy

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Men go to gym to impress other men - period.

Leave women out of it - they really weren't joking when they chose the bears.

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago

"I speak for all women when I say that men who go to the gym are disgusting"

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Have you managed to impress all the boys yet?

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