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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8482352" data-attributes="member: 7025997"><p>That is fun. Stereotypes exist, but there are always people who break them!</p><p></p><p>I do kind of wonder if weight-lifting <em>in particular</em> would appeal to geeks-trying-to-go-jock, though. A lot of less-athletic young men may have deficits in reaction time or the ability to think on their feet, but if you pick up the barbell enough times you will build muscle, so determination may compensate for a deficit in natural ability. You won't be the WSM, probably, but you can get stronger than most guys in a sedentary society. Success is easily quantified--I can lift <em>x</em> pounds! Also, if you're not terribly outgoing, well, you just need a barbell.</p><p></p><p>None of this applies to your offensive line, but I wonder if it might explain the weightlifting/D&D crossover.</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm curious, though--<em>did</em> you all want to play the fighter? I would have thought maybe you'd want to play the magic-user or thief--if a bookworm dreams of being Conan, does the athlete dream of being Raistlin?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8482352, member: 7025997"] That is fun. Stereotypes exist, but there are always people who break them! I do kind of wonder if weight-lifting [I]in particular[/I] would appeal to geeks-trying-to-go-jock, though. A lot of less-athletic young men may have deficits in reaction time or the ability to think on their feet, but if you pick up the barbell enough times you will build muscle, so determination may compensate for a deficit in natural ability. You won't be the WSM, probably, but you can get stronger than most guys in a sedentary society. Success is easily quantified--I can lift [I]x[/I] pounds! Also, if you're not terribly outgoing, well, you just need a barbell. None of this applies to your offensive line, but I wonder if it might explain the weightlifting/D&D crossover. Now, I'm curious, though--[I]did[/I] you all want to play the fighter? I would have thought maybe you'd want to play the magic-user or thief--if a bookworm dreams of being Conan, does the athlete dream of being Raistlin? [/QUOTE]
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