Comments about size

[Ox 51]

What part of TN you live in east or west TN.

I'm in middle TN. Titans territory, baby!

 

[big in vegas]

My soon to be ex-wife is having me tested. I get looks all the time. I know that I look bigger than the average guy but thugs with dreads slip by and people look at me like I stole their baby. I want to say "Get in my belly!!!". Like on austin powers.
I need more lifters here where I live.

I have a friend that gets the same looks, he's only 205 and has a full sleeve of tats, but he gets looked at like he's going to kill somebody, but street thugs walking with the "lean" don't get looked at like that around here, I wish I could figure it out

 

[XXXX]

Its about perception, when I grew facial hair I got the same look and without it I seeem to be less intimidating. I have a tat on my back that reads "Sic Vis Pacem Parabellum" when I have my shirt off I get that whole "hes going to kill you look if you fuck with him" other than that girls look..lol
My doc responded today to my size saying im overweight according to the charts but to him I could lift his car while he changes his tire and my name should be jack...what a tard.

 

[tripleduce]

I get the brick shit house alot when I go out kinda pisses me off cause I hate being touched and it seems fucktards always feel me up when they make the coment like i stuff my shirt or something, ya dumbass its muscle under there . I feel like im a small guy at 5 11 195 . I had a professor stop me yesturday and ask if I was going to drop his class , I asked why, he said cause your a bigger guy and your always lookin at me like your going to hurt me , I said your lecturing and im listening, he said it dosnt seem like you can follow along. so today I called him out on 4 occasions were he was giving false infomation . After class he stopped me again and said your a pretty intelegent guy, and I sure like them there pictures in them books.

 

[saudades]

Unbelievable! Why is there a misconception that just because someone has muscles and size that they must not be very smart? I really don't understand how people come to that conclusion besides it being a folkloric myth being passed around. I would have called that professor out on having severe bias and prejudice considering the comments he made.

 

[big in vegas]

Unbelievable! Why is there a misconception that just because someone has muscles and size that they must not be very smart? I really don't understand how people come to that conclusion besides it being a folkloric myth being passed around. I would have called that professor out on having severe bias and prejudice considering the comments he made.

I don't know, but most of the people that are the bigger guys in my gym are actually very intelligent. There's a general practioner, a medical equipment salesman, a few business owners, dentist and a few other professional type jobs and they are all educated and big. I guess it's just ignorant people making ignorant conclusions

 

[warlord]

We don't fit the norm, were different some of them look at us as freaks or some circus act. The average american is close minded,stupid,ignorant. so the average person is going to hate you or have a strong dislike they don't understand the bodybuilding lifestyle. We are in the same class as the gays,muslims,minorties(I got a double whampy)

 

[tripleduce]

Unbelievable! Why is there a misconception that just because someone has muscles and size that they must not be very smart? I really don't understand how people come to that conclusion besides it being a folkloric myth being passed around. I would have called that professor out on having severe bias and prejudice considering the comments he made.

Ya I gave him some slack because its his first year, hes an older typical over educated shut off from society type. We did discuse exactly that in our two hour conversation, and if I didnt get those comments all the time I probably would have reacted differently. I am a prime example of profiling when it come to looks and size. My wife and I were actually considering writing a book about it.

 

[Mrbigz]

i get it all the time man, but im the oposite from most you guys, i started out being extremely fat, i had a BMI close to 50%. now i still see the fat boy in the mirror, i dont see muscles and abs. but same here i have sense been staying more to myself, going out in public gets tiring.

 

[big in vegas]

Ya I gave him some slack because its his first year, hes an older typical over educated shut off from society type. We did discuse exactly that in our two hour conversation, and if I didnt get those comments all the time I probably would have reacted differently. I am a prime example of profiling when it come to looks and size. My wife and I were actually considering writing a book about it.

I still would've probably said something to him either way. He's in no position to say something like that

 

[XXXX]

I agree with big. I have Bachelors degrees in business administration and excercise science and hold certificates in international business,ACSM,NFPT and NASM. Guess because im a bigger guy i must be stupid..lol Your right its profiling and a stupid one at that People are smart as individuals but ignorant in groups and they put profiles in thier mind because its what they know. My neighbor is a 21 year old kid with facial hair and tats and he just bought the house next to me for 220k. I admit I thought he was a punk until I got to know him and he works hard and wants to train with me, even though hes 150lbs soaking wet. His dad is a retired general from the armed forces, so he was raised right just looks punk.

 

[big in vegas]

It's sad that these stereotypes still hold water these days. I mean a lot of the guys in the fitness industry have multiple certificates and degrees anymore and are generally smarter in a vast majority of topics than the average person, but still get the stereotype of being a dumb brute, some things will never die I guess

 

[Ox 51]

I have tattoos going down both arms and a shaved head. I love seeing people's faces when they find out I'm an accountant.

 

[big in vegas]

I have tattoos going down both arms and a shaved head. I love seeing people's faces when they find out I'm an accountant.

I can only imagine the looks that gets, I would've never have guessed that