Would love to see you post things related to race and politics again Matty!
It's not that big deal!
Nah, I promised Ron.
Seriously. I acted The Goof on here, and derailed thread after thread. I can't recall who it was who said it, but someone wrote that it wasn't my content that was off, but the timing and appropriateness. I agree, and had someone articulated it that well earlier, I would have had the actual constructive feedback necessary to improve my posting style.
Instead, I just had resident intellectual giant Hulkotron calling me a fucking moron in thread after thread. Clearly my teeny brainpower that garnered me a 4-year undergraduate degree in mathematics was dwarfed by the immense processing power that is a product of Hulkotron's brain. It was truly awe-inspiring to be immersed in so much maturity and brilliance.
Ron put me in Timeout, but took me out of Timeout and said it was because I bought him a Coke at the Arnold Classic.
Nice to know that you can get out of Timeout for basically $2.75 at a vending machine or the Subway downstairs at the venue of the Arnold.
So I just ignore race and politics posts on here. If not, I get too tempted to speak on them, and while I consider myself very articulate, I have found that *finally* things are shifting culturally to the point that people understand that there is more to race relations than blaming everything on White people. Now that things have shifted a bit, I feel less obligated to talk about the subject. I guess you can say that I'm just happy to see the tide finally shift, and more White people defend themselves. I'm so sick of White Guilt being the only valid position a White person can hold, other than neutrality.
you as a legendary GetBigger do remember that almost every post made by you me, and everyone else typically reeks of some kind of sarcasm right?
When getting trashed comprises so much of my life simply for holding rational positions on the topic of race, it grows exhausting at times - not so much emotionally exhausting anymore, as I have learned not to take it as personally as I once did, but still, very tiring. Just for having positions that are deemed "controversial", when in my book, they just amount to stating the obvious.
Were you "Millhouse" on MuscleMayhem?
Just one thing - on my bodybuilding website, Bodybuilding Pro.com, I have supplement reviews and DVD reviews dating back to 2002, when I was 20. I have literally reviewed dozens of bodybuilding DVDs, and something like 287 supplements [mostly protein powders and pre-workouts where the only aspect to the review was overall nutritional quality, taste, and price]. I wrote long in-depth articles on a variety of bodybuilding topics, and in 2005, I had the opportunity to work for MuscleMag - although I felt it was out of my league at the time and did not pursue it. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to work for Muscular Development, but someone [I think Vince Goodrum] told Ron Harris that I was "racist", and thus I was denied the position.
I did talk to another major bodybuilding website, whose name I will NOT mention, that gave me the opportunity to work for them, and I have dozens of articles on GMV and Bodybuilding.com:
http://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=NEWSARICLES&template=NEWS&nid=199&cnid=7&site=1https://www.bodybuilding.com/author/matt-canningI realize that anyone can contribute to Bodybuilding.com, but my point is - I have written hundreds of articles, gone to dozens of expos and other contests, met dozens of serious competitors, was on a first name basis with King Kamali, Nasser El Sonbaty, Phil Heath, Milos Sarcev, Tad the Diet Couch, and many more, and I get trashed by people with the user name "Hulkotron" Getbig, who is 230-lb and bench presses 265. On top of that, I have been competing in local strength competitions for the past 11 years, and have had podium finishes in my weight class many times - a city of over 100,000 people that had 6 of the 13 competitors of Ontario's Strongest Man in 2013.
Exactly what do you have to do on this board to not get trashed?
