"If a person gets hot during quarantine and no one’s around to see it, are they actually hot? Or does it create Schrödinger’s Thirst Trap, where a person is simultaneously Hot and Not?... 'If anything, [hotness is] building exponentially.... So, when I’m actually released into society again, I’ll be at elite status.'"
From "Some people are getting hotter during the pandemic. How dare they" (WaPo).
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Dumb. Who cares. I just want to go back to normal like we will after the election. Sick and tired of the hate, violence and lies of the left.
Hang on, I thought hotness was other than and beyond fitness and physical appearance. Does this mean we can still ogle a great butt? At least as long as nobody notices we're doing it?
At last, a breath of sanity in 2020. I was getting tired of making strong "body positivity" statements about conventionally unattractive people to keep my daughter from scolding me.
Six months prior I weighed 208 at my hematologist's office. Last week I was 178. So I lost 30 lbs (by eating smaller portions and eliminating sugar) and I am just a few pounds short of my "hotness" weight. I have an old man's body with a young man's mind but reality sets in when I check in the mirror. My only hotness might be my wit -- I make the FWB laugh and when she laughs, she squints her eyes and she has trouble seeing me. This was just a coincidence that the weight loss occurred during the lockdown.
THEOLDMAN
I lost weight and look better, but it wasn't intentional so none of those options works for me.
I have abs. Just kinda happened...
If I got any hotter I would spontaneously combust like a Spinal Tap drummer.
Worrying about being 'hot' is for children. I'm tired of the idea that what or how children think should be relevant in the purportedly adult world.
I have dropped 15 pounds and I exercise, not just walk, every day now and I can feel my strength increasing. So I guess that makes me “hotter” than I was, whatever that means, and I can get into my old button fly jeans again and they are not even hard to button and my favorite shorts need a belt now or they fall down. As for “elite status,” um, err no. If I wasn’t there when I was 21 and fit, I don’t see ever getting there. But by Thanksgiving I am hoping to weigh what I weighed at 27.
So, when I’m actually released into society again, I’ll be at elite status.'
Released into society again? Ever heard of a thing called Instagram?
The US govt last week updated the survival rates (i.e., IF infected) for Covid19:
0-19 99.997%
20-49 99.98%
50-69 99.5%
70+ 94.6%
Didn't see it reported much.
Now THAT'S hot!
I have pretty much fell apart but it had more to do with my thyroid being removed in April and subsequent medication issues than with the quarantine. However, the quarantine has kept me at home more and that's where I store all the food. Now that's it cooler and the meds seem to be lined out, I should be able to work off those extra ten pounds relatively quickly. First, though, is flying to Phoenix at 10:30 then driving up to Sedona for a long weekend which will include my and my wife's first ever trip to the Grand Canyon. When we return home, we will be greeted by Paleo ready-to-eat meals for next week which will arrive on Saturday. The comeback will commence with an assist by the famous vortexes (I know it's spelled wrong but that's how they say and write it there) of Sedona which purportedly will reset me physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Getting hot ? You probably have a fever, you should get tested.
I've increased my fitness and trimmed down without losing weight over the Covid-19 pandemonium. It's the daily 8-hr feed 16-hour fast cycle. I have also made loads of new fitness friends at the appropriate unmasked outdoor distance. Two bald eagles live and fish at our swimming pond. Their white heads and tails are more distinct flying by the waning crescent now that dusk comes earlier. Most of the swimmers are women who are all hot in their own unique ways.
Life is strange and beautiful.
Is it possible to be deeply superficial? Read the linked article and find out.
I only remember my exact weight from when I was 27 because that was the year I moved to Colorado, just like in the song, which I thought was funny, and it makes a nice goal. I could never reach my high school narrow shoulders and 32 inch waist weight, but my oldest brother managed it. But he played football and was never that skinny, probably because he got dibs on the big piece of chicken right after dad.
If working from home, just swap in workout time for former commuting time. Instant 2x day workouts with no net loss in personal time
My idea of quarantine is to go out to a restaurant that has only 25% occupancy and enjoy a nice dinner and drink with my wife. Which, other than the less crowded restaurant, was a regular activity before COVID. My attraction to my wife is the same as ever. Since she's a nurse, I've always been used to scrubs and a mask. I find them hot.
This is easy; during times of quarantine, there isn't much to do except look at porn, and that's why people are not only getting hotter, they are also getting moister.
I left hotness in the rearview mirror some time back, so this is easy for me to say: women of a certain age who worry about hotness remind me of middle-aged guys who can't let go of their college football triumphs.
I guess I'm old. I read "getting hot" as meaning "feeling really really warm" That is something I welcome these days.
I'm old enough that I found it puzzling until I realized you weren't talking about lack of air conditioning.
I had not been getting hotter, but I just started on the "Cancer Chic" diet plan, so we will see if the weight loss helps
"Don't hate me because I'm hot."
Best wishes, IiB
I lost about 30 pounds, although iv gained some of it back over the past month due to stress eating and traveling.
Do they mean horny??? I have no idea what this 'survey' is about. Of course it's hot here in southern AZ but it was only 106 yesterday so that's an improvement.
Ignorance Is Bliss, kick cancer's *ss!
Ignorance is Bliss: Prayers going up on your behalf. God bless you.
OK, it sunk in that it's all about physical fitness. [Early here and I'm only just having my first cuppa coffee]. Hmm. While I believe in fitness, I also believe it's become a cult of self-worship that can only lead to disappointment. False gods will always let you down.
I went from 228 to 214 pounds and still want to lose another 10, which I’ve accomplished by cutting out snacks and deserts, and restarting kickboxing classes. I’m most proud that my stomach is flat for the first time in years, not a six-pack but no spare tire! Because I no longer have access to heavier weights at the gym and am making do with lighter dumbbells, I’ve been transforming from bulky muscular to lean muscular. I’ve also started video yoga courses and jumping rope for cardio. I’m looking pretty good for a 60 year old.
Less eating out has helped my weight.
Serious first-world result of a pandemic.
In the old days people would just suffer and die by the millions.
Is this a new form of humble-brag? "My two elderly neighbors just died of the corona, but doesn't my ass look great in these lululemons?"
Surprisingly, the only difference is the hair. While we were closed down by government the perfect hair cut every 2 weeks or so was cancelled. That lead to a big 1970s head of hair and a hot new me. So says the wife.Now that salons are reopened the hair cut is now a trim keeping it neat but longer.All I need for Christmas is a gold chain and a 1969 Camaro.
My wife has put on a few pounds during the 'tine but still looks beautiful. Her best friend has taken the time to work out twice as much as usual and let her hair grow long. She is smoking!
I lost 25 pounds and the middle lobe of my right lung over summer.
Tucson keeps us hot if we go outside.
I've put on 10 lbs but that's because I discovered bread baking a year ago. Yeah late to everything. That's me.
I still work out but that's not enough.
Gee......just when I was running out of things to be concerned about!!
@Ignorance Is Bliss, we're all pulling hard for you.
Leave it to the lefty media to put a happy face on the police state were living under. Lockdown? It’s nothing but an opportunity to get hot! And no, you’re not an airhead for being obsessed with your looks because you’re raising “philosophical questions.”
I maintained my fitness during the gym closures here in late March- early May. I have upped it a bit since the reopening, but I quit thinking about my hotness level right around the time I turned 45 or so- the bloom was off the rose for sure by that point. At age 54 I am just happy to not have women go, "Ewwww", as I pass by.
It seems pretty clear the being obese is the most prevalent risk factor when it comes to dealing with COVID-19, with Vitamin D deficiency a close second. What if back in February or March medical professionals had urged Americans to get as healthy as possible by exercising, eating well, and getting fresh air and sun? Besides making everybody hotter, that would have had a huge effect on the death rate. Of course, expecting doctors to focus on keeping people healthy rather than on managing people's illnesses is asking too much.
Does my face diaper make me look fat?
Pettifogger said...
"I'm old enough that I found it puzzling until I realized you weren't talking about lack of air conditioning."
Just wait for Gavin Newsome's new executive order outlawing AC. There is no excuse for letting AC burn down the forests and raise the oceans.
I've had more time to exercise since March and I've lost 15 pounds. I'm actually a few pounds below my goal weight. I'm in my 60's, so I'm not trying to fit into a bikini. I would welcome 5 or so pounds of extra padding. A friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer was already very thin before the treatments started. She is now grievously underweight.
I don't think I'll have any problem putting on a few more pounds, since my husband and I are both good cooks. The trick is, of course, stopping there and maintaining a healthy weight.
wild chicken said...
I've put on 10 lbs but that's because I discovered bread baking a year ago. Yeah late to everything. That's me."
I took up breadmaking in the 90's. I'm not big on baking but I have a real weakness for fresh bread. Nothing makes your house smell better. And nothing packed the weight on quicker. I put on 25 pounds and had to give it up. But I still dream about those warm loaves of sourdough and cinnamon swirl bread slathered with butter...sigh.
Yancey Ward warns: Just wait for Gavin Newsome's new executive order outlawing AC. There is no excuse for letting AC burn down the forests and raise the oceans.
Just yesterday Newsom proclaimed that the sale of gasoline-fueled vehicles will be illegal in CA by 2035.
Michael K: I hope you are fully recovered! God bless you. You and your wife have had a tough year, even by 2020 standards.
Been working out and running more. Below high school football playing weight. Wife is calling it my “60 six-pack”. Not quite ripped but getting there.
In California in many cases people have been getting hotter because they now can't afford to turn on their air conditioning.
Maybe other people have been getting thinner because they aren't eating as much?
Interesting statistic that in several countries child mortality is way down during Covid. Worth investigating.
Newsom is so green to go Green. At worst, another Planned Parent in progress. At best, a progressive Blight upon the environment and ecology... or is that worst? That said, clear the photovoltaic occupation of our green habitat. Ssave a bird, a bat, whack a wind turbine.
Just wait for Gavin Newsome's new executive order outlawing AC
Why the wait? There's no need to outlaw AC when he's already outlawed the power that runs the AC when it is either needed most or a threat for fire. Best of all, this authority allows him to punish the red counties for not voting for him.
Never mind. It's just the WaPoo, WaPooping again.
mockturtle said...
Michael K: I hope you are fully recovered! God bless you. You and your wife have had a tough year, even by 2020 standards.
Thanks. Got my portable O2 generator yesterday. Old age is better than the alternative. I guess.
Oh, and I got firewood delivered this morning for winter so I am that optimistic.
I have stayed about the same which makes me question what those gym workouts were all about.....The plus side of old age is that it's kind of zen. Money, status, ambition, sex do not dominate one's thoughts as before. The down side though is that these are the kinds of things that give life its zest....Well, anyway, what with the mask I'm no longer being mistaken for Justin Bieber by young women who importune me for sex, so that's a relief.
The first choice for me, except with the caveat that I had been this hot before, and have since returned to my former state of hotness. I was also surprised to learn how much of my hotness is mental and not physical.
My wife is the hot one in our family. When I stand next to her I go all monochromatic. You don’t have a box for that.
Oh, and I got firewood delivered this morning for winter so I am that optimistic.
Umm, open flame? O2? Is that wise?
Hot? I’m dead sexy!
"I was also surprised to learn how much of my hotness is mental and not physical.”
I am going to admit that I like the Streisand movies from the sixties, and in one of them she says “You know I’m not pretty.” and the guy says “What do you mean your not pretty?” and she says “I just act pretty and people think I’m pretty.”
Maybe, IDK, I like those old movies partly because she looks pretty to me in them.
I just issued an executive order to outlaw Gavin Newsome as a public nuisance.
I wasn't able to work out for the first month of the first shutdown of the gyms and, although I hiked a biked quite a lot every day, I got fat. Being of overall scrawny build, 'fat' for me is probably like 7 lbs (I never weigh myself), but it resulted in a noticeable gut.
After the first month I begged, borrowed, and stole (not really) some weights and started working out again at home and the first time I did situps I (almost literally) said "What the hell is that thing getting in my way?!"
I recovered 4 hours of my day by working from home and not having to commute. You better believe I put that time into fitness. I have watched my 80-something mother decline over the years after hip replacement and partial replacement of both knees. She was never very active, gains weight easily - and the result is NOT positive. I have seen what these bad choices lead to in my gene pool.
If I need to be inspired by 'hotness' (or vanity) to maintain efforts to keep my weight down and my fitness level up - so be it. These days I am also motivated by the possibility I'll cut down on chronic back pain by being fitter overall.
Hot, wet, and loaded under the mask. That said, wash your hands to control viral spread, and seek early treatment (e.g. HCQ+Zn+AZ, Ivermectin) to complement the body's defenses. Oh, and if you must wear a mask, don't touch, don't fidget, clean hourly in context, and don't forget your goggles. The eyes are a window to viral and social contagion.
mockturtle said...
Oh, and I got firewood delivered this morning for winter so I am that optimistic.
Umm, open flame? O2? Is that wise?
Good point. I am OK off O2 when sitting and reading. Only need it with exertion. But that is a good point.
Been running 100+ miles a month since March. In September I’m running 10K every morning after I finish my coffee.
IMO, the main reason to stay fit is because you feel better. Secondly, healthier*.
*From one who has incurred numerous sports injuries, this needs qualification.
re: fecal transmission
So, wash your hands with soap and water to clear contact transmission, and wear a mask, and goggles, when in proximity to a Water Closet of ill-repute and play Russian Roulette with aerosolized antigens. You should also avoid or limit contact with black holes... whores h/t NAACP.
n.n. is reaching R/V levels of non responsive trolling. His understanding of the pandemic apparently frozen in place in March. Just keep repeating stuff and ignoring the refutations, ignoring that those earlier articles have been largely disowned by the authors of them, who cite new research in doing so. Low info pandering to those unable to cope with a simple, cheap, and effective tool we have to fight the pandemic because “Mommy! I want it all to go away!"
I read the headline and thought it was about menopause. Hell yes I’m hot during quarantine.
tim in vermont said...
n.n. is reaching R/V levels of non responsive trolling.
LOL, you new here?
Michael K said...
I lost 25 pounds and the middle lobe of my right lung over summer.
wow Doc! i'm sorry to hear that! But, am glad that i can Still hear YOU
hope things are going well, and want you to know; you are in my prayers
___ days to fatten the herd.
Nothing says hotness like meek acceptance of illegal demands from lazy, stupid, poorly informed politicians and cowering in your home like hostages when you are a free-born American who could, if they wanted, go out act like one. Ooh, so sexy. Imagine the sexy screams of terror if a kitten threatened your family.
tim in vermont said...
n.n. is reaching R/V levels of non responsive trolling.
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To be fair, responses like "afraid of masks" better off left unsaid/typed.
"The US govt last week updated the survival rates (i.e., IF infected) for Covid19:
0-19 99.997%
20-49 99.98%
50-69 99.5%
70+ 94.6%"
So, was it worth all that destruction of lives, rights, children's education, and complete abandonment of the very rights that make this the only nation in the world that truly puts individuals first, and respects liberty like no other in history. In the end, far more will die from the illegal response of our politicians and our own pathetic, spiritless, servile submission and the toady behavior of so many. We threw it all away for so little, for a narrative that was so weakly supported by facts. We all bought the most obvious of scams, followed the scared sheep instead of the strong ones.
We do not deserve what we have inherited, and which so many have sacrificed so much to give us.
Silly me. I read the headline as something about those newfangled thermometers. BTW, I’m consistently below 98.6.
Just keep repeating stuff and ignoring the refutations, ignoring that those earlier articles have been largely disowned by the authors of them, who cite new research in doing so.
It's not refuted. The transmission modes are still the subject of investigation. The belief that mask are effective source controls is also an opening to why they are not advised in general use. They produce a placebo effect that offers people a false sense of safety and security. Also, the emphasis is source control. This stuff merely simplifies the political approach to calming people's anxiety and redirecting attention, but it is uncorrelated with observation in other areas in contexts where it should be clearly confirmed (e.g. humid, hot and closed structures). Also, the peak was reached before mandates, and the spikes have followed their enforcement.
It's just the WaPoo WaPooping. Nothing to see here, Keep the line moving.
I'm cool. Laid back, Nonplused, nonminiused. Not blissed out, though.
Don't know about hotness, but a peer-reviewed study in the August, 2020, edition of the preeminent journal of science, Nature, found that during the Covid pandemic my "loveliness" increased by an astounding 34 percent (see new pic above).
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