Why is modern society so obsessed with self body image? Are they

Do you really think only modern society cared about this shit?

>>37555786
This. Sex is a basic human drive.

what are you focused on that's so important OP

>>37555769
What are you doing that's so important?

>>37555919
it's not basic, it was so destructive there are whole religions that basically center around controlling it the same with power, otherwise we're just slaves under jack boots unless a prophet said to care for the poor or you're going to hell.

>I could probably build a top tier body myself but I don't bother cuz it's time consuming and boring and I've got more important shit to do than looks sexy

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>>37555956
Sex is basic, reproduction is what all forms of life strive for

>>37555769
>and I've got more important shit to do
Why is modern society so obsessed with whatever important shit you have to do?
I juuuust don't geeet eeeet!!!!!!!!!!
You could say you have your reasons, but it's just that - REASONS! Like... wtf?????

EYE JUZT DON GET EEEEEET
HELP GUYZZZZ

I JUZT DOND GED IIIIIID

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OMG ur so shallow, I JUST DONT GET IT WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS I ///JUST/// SIMPLY DONT GET IT

When you want something you dont pussyfoot around it or think about it too much. You just hop to it.

I wanted a better body and i wanted to get laid, so i hit the gym, lost alot of weight, look better now, asked my sister for better tips to dress better and style my hair nicer.

I'm not drowning in pussy or pulling it in every week but at the least i can get my dick wet now every once in a while.

>>37556032
Bodybuilding just for pussy is pathetic, it means you have nothing interesting in your life

>>37556068
how you randomly jumped to that conclusion will forever mystify me

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Humanity has loved human beauty seemingly since the earliest times we can remember OP. Maybe read up on, I wouldn't even say history books, but even just old fiction, the fuckers were obsessed with beautiful strong fragrant smelling people. Maybe learn more about the past before making sweeping statements about how humanity has gone wrong in the modern era.

As for why it's important, beauty is an indicator of health and fertility genetically. It's also often proof of hard work, dedication, strength, a bunch of positive things. Beauty correlates with intelligence. It should be no shock people try to take some time to present themselves at their best.

Fitness itself stops your body from dying and keeps your brain sharp moreso than anything else you could spend your time doing including "brainy" things.

Anyways OP, a large part of who you are is your body, so there is actually a very good argument that taking care of it, sculpting it, and beautifying it to your desire is actually a worthy use of your time. This can turn into mindless vanity, and body dysmorphia, but it is an unbalanced person completely unaware of the need to take care of their appearance.

If you wanted to date somebody, would you rather somebody who took care of their appearance even when nobody was watching, or somebody who only bathed before going out in public? Most people would pick the former, not the latter.

Pic related is Socrates.

>>37556068
Nothing interesting for the modern woman, Yes you are spot on with that.

I like video games, i like gunpla, i like anime and cartoons among other kid things but i keep that to myself, they don't need to know that while i get off. They just like that i look good and give them attention.

>>37556068
As opposed to bodybuilding for...?

Nigger bodybuilding is literally just lifting and putting down heavy objects to build muscle. Retards and normies who pretend that bodybuilding is some transcended "way of life" with a higher purpose are the worst.

>>37556250
Also this.
Fitness compliments my life, but its not my whole life, its just something i do 2 hours a day, not my entire day. But a little bit every day stacks up

>I could probably build a top tier body myself but I don't bother cuz it's time consuming and boring and I've got more important shit to do than looks sexy, I just don't get it.

Working out literally takes 45 minutes of your day. You post on /r9k/ so I can be fairly certain you've got at least 45 minutes of free time every day. Is that what's more important than your own well being? Posting on /r9k/?

>>37555919
No, reproduction is a basic drive.

Sex itself is being overblown to astronomic proportions in today's society.

>>37556009
Again, reproduction.

Not having sex with 10000 different people you aren't gonna reproduce with anyway

>>37556308
See, all you meatheads project your experience onto other people
>muh your well being
No. You should say
>my well being improved after lifting weight and I think yours would too
You just assume weights are the only way to improve everyone's self and that it will work. Please go away.

Looks matter a lot in today's society so they should matter you. Your looks are your respect. They are your life

>>37556314
>today's society
You're an idiot. Sex was always extremely important, because it's a basic drive. Reproduction is what the end goal of the sex drive is from an evolutionary standpoint, but animals don't walk around thinking "I'm going to go fucking crazy if I don't have a child in several months", they walk around thinking "I'm going to go fucking crazy if I don't nut soon".

>>37556362
Gaining more aesthetics and gaining more money are the only ways to improve yourself.

>>37556362
It wont but its a stepping stone to self improvements, any step you take to better yourself is better than wallowing in misery or negativity. If you're happy being a NEET more power to ya but alot of us want more out of life.
If you're fit and handsome people respect you, if you're old and rich people respect you. Thats our society, im not rich but people respect me

>>37555769
We all like being approved by modern society, and that appeals on how much likes we get on social media, and that appeal on anything , to a pet picture to a naked women, even disasters.

T. Fat person with no will power.

Gb2/tumblr and HAES, OP.

>>37556410
I do it for me and i know im not a special snowflake, i bet there are thousands who don't post their fitness improvements online. But then again i like that amazed face from people that haven't seen me in a long time
>>37555988 also this, i doubt you got better things to do when you're posting here, most of you are damn crabs in a bucket trying to bring each other down.

>>37556308
Alright I've got a set od dumbbells and a fairly spacious room. Give me a routine that covers most muscle groups with only that and I'll do it right now. I'm too autistic and self-conscious to go to the gym.

>>37556528
Squats 3-15
Jump rope 20 mins
Biceps 3-12
Triceps 4-12
Chest 3-12
Lunges 3-15
Laterals 3-12

>>37555769
>go in instagram
>the front page is full of girls showing of their bikini bodies
>girls complain about unrealistic body standards
Women are litterally doing this to themselves. Men do this as well, but way less than women. And even then, men don't care that much when they see some buff dude on social media. Women should learn from men.

>>37556528
>I'm too autistic and self-conscious to go to the gym
you're never going to find happiness, companionship, or love if you don't get out of your comfort zone once in a while and expose yourself to other people. you can't be a coward forever - at least if you don't want to be miserable

>>37556394
>Sex was always extremely important

You're a retard, no, random sex wasn't a value in most ancient societies, marriage was.

>but animals don't walk around thinking

Animals don't think

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>>37555769
>I could probably build a top tier body myself but I don't bother cuz it's time consuming and boring

It takes an hour a day and you can do it while watching TV or listening to an audio book. You can even shit post on 4chan between sets.
Building a nice body wont solve all your problems but it helps a little bit and makes you feel better. People who don't 'care' about looking good really just don't care about other people, they are openly selfish and that hurts their lives in other ways.

>>37556630
>muh comfort zone
I got friends and hang out with them regularly faggot, I'm just not comfortable going to the gym alone trying to bench 1plate while I'm surrounded by Chads who look like Arnold who are all half a head taller than me.

>>37556604
Thanks anon. However
>Jump rope 20min
I live in a building. I can't jump around with someone living below me.

>>37556705
Well you need at the minimum 20 mins of cardio. In the words of my cardio bunny fuck friend "you gotta keep up, you gonna ask for 5 minutes to breath in between us fucking?" always do some form of cardio

Try couch to 5k

>>37556292
>its just something i do 2 hours a day
>tfw don't have the discipline and work out maybe every other day like 30min-1hour max

>>37556811
>cardio bunny fuck friend

Get off this board Chad

>>37556853
Well i go with my cardio bunny friend she doesn't let me skip out
>>37556859
Riddle me this, if im a chad, why am i here?

>>37556908
Why ARE you here when you have a fuckbuddy? I legitimately thought fuckbuddies were a myth that normies made up

>>37556924
Some people want company but not commitment. Fuck buddies are very common

>>37555769

people like you more and life is easier if you're attractive. also, people that downplay the effort needed to actually stay in shape by saying that they could do it if they wanted to but they have more important things to do(like read books lol) are normally fat ugly betas that want to assert their status above attractive people without actually trying to be attractive, but they don't acknowledge the hours everyday they spend jacking off and watching anime that could be spent staying in shape.

>>37556963
>Fuck buddies are very common
Not if you're not Chad

>>37556989
Many people just want to fill that loneliness they feel, men and women, bunny knows im not the right man for her and i know she isnt the right woman for me, but we opened our arms and legs to eachother.

Another example my last lay was a woman whos 40 and recently divorce, beautiful fit body. I cant offer her stability or anything long term but she felt attractive and cared for because a young good looking guy (me) gave her time, attention and fun.

>>37556983
I think you can do it all if you manage your time, more importantly if you have the drive for it; i watch anime, i jack off to hentai but i keep my hobbies private, i go to work, i do my job, i workout and i call up a girl see if she's free in the evening, if not I'll just play dark souls or Nier

>>37557046
>tfw too spergy for a real relationship but dicklet so even ffwb is out of reach

>>37557046
>young good looking guy
Let me guess, you got a 8" dick as well? What the fuck are you even doing here.

>>37557157
>dicklet
Dont fall for this meme, its not just the fucking. Women want your time and attention aswell as your dick. But the ones that come back to me like that i listen and i make them breakfast, hell sometimes i drive them home

>>37557254
7 inches, but whos counting right? Also shaving it makes it look bigger

>>37557257
I have a 4.5 x 4.5 dick, if they come back it definitely won't be because of my dick

>>37557330
>but whos counting right
>Riddle me this
>time, attention and fun
Jesus Christ you talk like a normie too

>>37555769
>I could probably build a top tier body myself but I don't bother cuz it's time consuming and boring and I've got more important shit to do than looks sexy, I just don't get it.

Easy to say, hard to do

>>37557371
Ya gotta talk the talk aswell as walk the walk faggot.

>>37557389
But not impossible, things you really want are always really hard. But not impossible

>>37556705
Have you ever been to a gym? You propably have a very skewed idea of what it's like. Most people there are of average physique. Also no one there cares.

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How can I train my lats at home if I have nothing to hang from? I got a fairly spacious room and a set of dumbbells. I tried these for a while but they fucked my back.

>>37555956
>t. fat INFP

>>37557644
Less of those (still do them and you don't do heavy sets you do 10lb)
Do shrugs and standing extensions

>>37557675
* meant for OP
>oregano

It's pretty self evident. People who aren't dumpy and gross usually aren't attracted to people who are. They just want themselves to be attractive to the types of people they want.

>>37557781
Negativity breeds more negativity which is something alot of people dont want in their lives which says alot about this board, people both genders want positivity and someone who can be fun in their own way.

If you're a scientist and you get the same result from the same formula ya gotta change up something in that formula. Same goes for dating and socialising

>>37556394
You're a jackass who's intentionally missing the point.