• forcequit [she/her]
    hexbear
    50
    10 months ago

    why is iq up there
    why would you not have reach estimates

    why do I care

    • Rom [he/him]
      hexbear
      40
      10 months ago

      The people who take this fight seriously are the exact same people who take IQ seriously.

      • forcequit [she/her]
        hexbear
        29
        10 months ago

        I just want both of them punched repeatedly in the head

      • @mazdak
        hexbear
        10
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        deleted by creator

  • @andresil@lemm.ee
    hexbear
    19
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    I swear to fuck modern journalists have basically zero critical thinking, probably just told by the PR teams these stats. 155?! 152?! 6'1"?! 187? Catch yourselves the fuck on. For musk especially to be that height and weight he has to have absolutely zero muscle given how he looks in photos I've seen

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      15
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      This is a repeat of when Trump was president and he went to the White House doc for a checkup and the media simply quoted his lies. He "coincidentally" claimed to be one pound less than obese. He was and is clearly obese. I bet he was at least 300 pounds whatever his real and shorter height actually is.

      When it comes to Elon. I'm 6' 1" and I got fat. A couple weeks ago I was 265. I started exercising and my present goal is to get down to 215. In any case - I was ~190 in high school. And a bit more in my 20s. I don't know if Elon is really 6' 1". But if he is - he's clearly over 265.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
          hexagon
          hexbear
          5
          10 months ago

          I'm not that much older than Elon. I'd love to be ~187 pounds again. But not only would have to exercise like a fiend all the time - I'd have to count every single calorie. I'd be in great physical shape but I'd be totally miserable. No pizza. No beer. None of the fun stuff. And I'd be awful to be around because I'd be so distracted and grumpy.

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
      hexbear
      4
      10 months ago

      I guess it's not nice to publicly call someone fat. @Civility@hexbear.net

      There's no way these numbers are true, I'm 6'1 and probably slightly under 180 pounds, no way Elon is 10 pounds heavier, lmao.

  • @heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de
    hexbear
    11
    10 months ago

    Were did they get these IQ points from? Wouldn't have any thing against a bit above average, but 155 is just a bit to high.

    • forcequit [she/her]
      hexbear
      8
      10 months ago

      need both pre- and post- encephalopathy readings for this

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
    hexbear
    9
    10 months ago

    How the hell is Musk 6'1", 187 and still looks like a tub of raw dough? Like, I'm not trying to be sizest here, it's just that I am 6'1" and if I was 187, I would be practically emaciated and you could see basically all of my muscles to the point were even I and my body dysmorphia would find it off-putting.

    These numbers have to be complete and utter horseshit, at least for Musk.

    • Jay@lemmy.ca
      hexbear
      7
      10 months ago

      Ya that isn't adding up right... I'm 6' and 190 lbs with a 31 inch waistline, so I look pretty thin compared to most recent pics I've seen of him.

      I think they tossed in his weight from 20 years ago and went with that.

    • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
      hexbear
      4
      10 months ago

      I'm 6'1 as well! When I was 190 pounds I uh did not look or feel good. I'm down to 165 and I'm well within a healthy range, both subjectively and medically.

    • President_Obama [they/them]
      hexbear
      3
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      I'm 6'3" and 167, and I definitely don't look "practically emaciated" - in fact, my bmi is right in the middle of the healthy range. Americans tend to overestimate weight, in my experience.

      People's builds can differ a lot, fat storage can be weird, he could be/have been on HGH (look at his distended stomach), but he probably is heavier, especially considering his age.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
        hexbear
        4
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        Maybe you do, maybe you don't to me, I have a very particular body type I go for, and I think most non-athletes who are dieting are pretty damn emaciated, but that is a me body dysmorphia problem, so I generally try to purely focus on myself and what I want from my body.

        Look, I've known people who are 6'3", 170 and muscular but they are tall, skinny build, guys. Strong guys for sure, but I'm a wide farmer boy body, which looks similar to what Elon's build could look like if he was working out, and if I try to cut too much my ribs are first thing I start to see. Like, when I can see hip bones I feel I've gone too far and that is around 176. Which is absolutely murder to maintain anyways, particularly as I get older.

        You're probably right, but this whole thing screams bullshit to me.

        • President_Obama [they/them]
          hexbear
          3
          10 months ago

          this whole thing screams bullshit to me.

          Same to me BTW, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's not like 280, but rather 250 or w/e