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Re:The Devil's Hair Dryer: Hell is other people, with leaf b... by koolba on Saturday November 24, 2018 @08:53PM (#18524978)
> it's always struck me as odd that people will spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars to make it so everyday tasks require minimal physical effort, and then spend even more money on home fitness equipment and gym memberships in order to artificially replace all the physical activity they were ostensibly trying to avoid in the first place.

A few days ago as I was doing some basic yard work when a friend stopped by and suggested I hire someone to do it instead. I told him exactly that, “If I pay someone to do this, I’ve got to pay for a gym memebership too.”

It’s also a nice change of pace to do something that not only doesn’t involve a computer, it doesn’t have any moving parts or machines at all. Very relaxing.

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Re:The Devil's Hair Dryer: Hell is other people, with leaf b... by Nasrudith on Saturday November 24, 2018 @09:57PM (#18525179)
There is one additional perk to exercise as opposed to tasks. Work tends to involve straining physical repetitive labor. Dedicated exercise can be more targeted and fits differing constraints. Of course vanity is part of the reason for that optimization - just like a full body tan is more 'fashionable' than a farmer's tan working out can focus more on 'mirror muscles' than practicality.

Just look at Olympic weightlifters - they tend to look plump but they certainly are well strong as Olympic weightlifters.

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Re:The Devil's Hair Dryer: Hell is other people, with leaf b... by goldenkey on Sunday November 25, 2018 @02:54PM (#18528646)
"Just look at Olympic weightlifters - they tend to look plump but they certainly are well strong as Olympic weightlifters"

Did you mean powerlifters?

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