Veeky Forums has been deteriorating over the past few years and we all know it. An unacceptable proportion of posts on this board suggest a lack of fundamental fitness knowledge. Advice rooted in fact has given way to misc-tier broscience. "Eating fat makes you fat", "dietary cholesterol raises cholesterol", etc are commonly uttered in total disregard of the sticky and basic results of scientific research.
The board has also succumbed to r9k/redpill/sluthate-tier tendencies of surrendering to genetics. Yes, genetics play a role and the chad memes are great. But recently board culture has shifted to one of wallowing in self-pity, attributing failure to genetics and believing most goals are impossible. It is ironic that so many users of this board now point to genetics just like the Tumblr SJW fat acceptance movement does.
I long for the days of oldfag Veeky Forums. Inspired by the recent project on Veeky Forums, we must start a movement to make Veeky Forums great again. While it is true that CHAD eats PIZZA and manlets will never learn, it is more important to remember that we're all gonna make it. Zyzz be with us as we return to a state of knowledge and self-responsibility.
Important to discuss are the following:
(*) Ways to increase reading of the sticky - perhaps a refresh or update to generate interest? Creating a page that specifically intends to dispel common myths in a more direct format than the existing one?
(*) Generals - adding/removing/moderating
(*) Janning & modeation - what shit tier content should be removed on sight?
(*) And whatever else comes up in discussion
To arms, brothers!
Kevin Gutierrez
holy fuck nigger you expect me to read all that shit
all boards on Veeky Forums were better back in the day. its cycles nigger youll learn to get used to it.
the only thing i can say is a hope newfawgs read the sticky and follow rippletits instead of just look at thread
my advice: join a powerlifting gym. youll thank me later
Nicholas Smith
unless your goal is to look like dogshit you need more test in your system than what your body can naturally produce sorry man don't know what to tell ya
Nathan Fisher
If you wanna make fit great then you're gonna need to post higher test than that.
Brandon Smith
>referencing the sticky as value >referencing zyzz as an idol >all those words just to say fit has become a cesspool which is obvious
The picture was the only thing of value in your post, learn to write.
Levi Young
Honestly OP I shitpost here most of the time but it's because most of the posts are shit and repetitive.
As someone said, most of hte people coming here are beyond saving and want to lose weight to be "out of dyel mode" and in reality end up at normal or average tier which is where a lot of us started a few years ago and think they've "made it". The odds are that we need to explain that in order to form a solid aesthetic, strength, and progress base you need to be working out for 2-3 years. In fact, while noob gains can carry someone throughout the first year, real aesthetic gains come from not only hard work but over all life changing experience.
You need to focus on what you want to improve, fix your posture, focus on form more than your programs pre-installed stats, eat right, and be generally more confident to do the things that make other people successful...but in your own way. Do you want to look like a movie star or just slay some fucking 7/10 pussy for a while and lose it all in 10 years?
Nathaniel Howard
I think if everyone would start using a trip code name it would benefit the board immensely.
Samuel Thompson
>Ways to increase reading of the sticky add another dinosaur!
Cameron Thomas
Veeky Forums attracts people that like to day dream about being /fit. Fun fact, 99% of the people posting in fat hate threads are fatties. Just like people try to "buy" fitness by dropping three grand on a treadmill - but can't stop eating long enough to use it... so to do people "masturbate" to Veeky Forums ideals in online fantasies.
Jaxon Mitchell
lets just link this board to bb.com forums then get lost, tripfag
Every board on this website is just /b/ with a topic. Go find genuine fintress forums if you want quality
Jace Anderson
who here remembers quad? Probably the best trip this board ever had.
Joshua Bell
no
Owen Perez
You'd be wrong. If you want an identity then go be a fag in CBT.
Justin Evans
Thats not how you spell trucrypt
Jacob Martin
Top kek fucking buffoon. You're dreaming a Veeky Forums that doesn't exist. Fuck off with your general bullshit. You're a massive cretin. General kills boards. Look at /sp/ and /int/. One or two are fine but they shouldn't be encouraged And this is Veeky Forums, not /R/healthandfitness or whatever. With bodybuilding.com they're moderated shithole. Let us have our more or less unmoderated shithole and go back to wherever you crawled from you utter moronic cumlsurping fool
Julian Sanchez
did trucrypt ever make it or did he become an hero?
Nathan Wood
>all those words just to say fit has become a cesspool which is obvious Eh, fuck off, he made worthwhile references to specific issues.
Adam Barnes
Trucrypt, quad, and tinytrip. Those were the days.
Zachary Cruz
>Go find genuine fintress forums if you want quality Ever browsed the big weightlifting and bodybuilding forums? Those things are full of the most over-roided overconfident airheads imaginable. I get along better with very masculine people, but the regulars on those forums are usually just morons.
Austin Lopez
Heard he went over to /sp/ and quit lifting apparently. Never made it ;_;
Joshua Lopez
BUILD THE WALL U I L D
T H E
W A L L
Jayden Evans
>implying the sticky is valuable
Also, like him or not, you cannot deny that Zyzz was representative of a collective board mindset that was significantly different (and far more productive) than today's
It's true that online communities decay as they get larger. I spend a greater deal of time on other chans these days. However, I feel that Veeky Forums as recently as 2013-14 was a significantly better board, while traffic has not significantly increased since then. Hence I feel that the board is redeemable to some extent.
I'm not saying that we should eradicate all shitposting. I thoroughly enjoy the degree of shit that is inherent in all imageboards. But if we can reduce it to appropriate levels (not ancient, but roll back the clock 2 years as I said) it could be significantly better
Brody Thomas
*implying the sticky isn't valuable
Connor Miller
I've been medfagging for Veeky Forums since 2013.
I wouldn't say there is a fundamental lack of knowledge on here. Many things that Veeky Forums likes to parrot have some basis of truth. Count your calories. Count your protein macros. Don't have a medical condition. Lift with incremental increases in weight according to a rigorous program to stimulate adaptation.
Stop pretending you have any idea about the quality of Veeky Forums. It's been the same way for years and years, and you aren't going to change jack shit by trying to force new rules on people.
People joking about pizza and chad is still preferable to /r9k/ beta feels threads disguised as /mental health general/
Nobody talks about genetics having anything to do with fat except the people baiting for responses by idiots (you)
Old Veeky Forums had like 3 trips worth a damn. You've no right to complain about the state of Veeky Forums's knowledge if you've browsed here for so long and have nothing to bring to the table yourself.
Joseph Parker
>trying to improve a Scandinavian belt loop weaving forum to not be shit
Isaiah Edwards
Kys
Brody Martinez
Might I ask what your trip is in this case? You yourself are posting on Anonymous
Nathaniel Campbell
>Only tripfags can bring something to the table kill yourself you massive mouthbreathing fucktard
Wyatt Bennett
I've never tripped. Basically if I'm wrong and don't have a trip, I never have to worry about tarnishing my reputation. >I'm never wrong tho, it's not like Veeky Forums has complex physiological issues they need to discuss.
Mason Cox
directly implied this, you cum-gurgling cock goblin retard
>Old Veeky Forums had like 3 trips worth a damn. You've no right to complain about the state of Veeky Forums's knowledge if you've browsed here for so long and have nothing to bring to the table yourself.
Kevin Watson
>worrying about tarnishing your reputation on a Manchurian butter-churning chatroom
Jack Morales
>Directly implied this Directly implied nothing, learn to read, dumbarse.
Tyler Perez
The other thing is that I don't have to provide sources for every little thing. Over the years there have been so many arts students who ask for sources about what is essentially scientific fact since like the 50's.
Imagine someone saying they are an ectomorph and can't gain weight. You say that's bullshit, somatotypes are bullshit and they aren't eating enough, and then they ask for sources and insist they are scientific anomalies that managed to wipe 2000 calories from existence without a physiological response.