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goo  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Rise And Rise of the Spornosexual

    In 2014, Simpson pronounced the metrosexual finally dead — superseded by the spornosexual.

Perhaps I'm biased as a student at a large university, but I have to disagree. I have never seen so many well-dressed and fashion forward men in my life. I wonder if the "spornosexual" would be more common in hotter climates (i.e. where men can take their shirt off for more then 3 months out of the year). Physique is one of the few areas men are "allowed" to be vain.

Actually, I found this comment (with 42 likes) to be really interesting:

    Was your girlfriend a fan of your transformation? Or did she feel threaten when you became sporno? Interesting read, would be cool to hear about what people close to you thought about the extreme change in your body type!

Not sure why, but it doesn't quite sit well with me. Perhaps it's the reminder that other people will have their judgement about what he does with his body, and I can't help but relate that to my own experiences. People focus on the outcome, but not what it took to get there.