"The warrior and the poet are not mutually exclusive." - John Lovell

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teft@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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 · 11 pts · 3y

He was yolked and a legit wrestler apparently

WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Both Plato and Socrates. The philosophers in lift and shred

rockerface@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

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

Carnelian@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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

Raildrake@vlemmy.net · 12 pts · 3y

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

PeleSpirit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
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d4f0@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y

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

rockerface@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y

Leper from the Darkest Dungeon:

MechKit@beehaw.org · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

atimholt@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y

"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 · 5 pts · 3y

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.

moosetwin@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

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.

stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

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.