Originally Posted by UberGoober
If the documentary is to be made for fun, that’s one thing. But if you honestly and seriously think this is going to have any significant impact on mens’ lives, think again. How many human beings in Western countries go through misery because they are fat and perceived as unnattractive? Yet the solution has always been available. People simply do not generally engage in consistent disciplined long term activities in the pursuit of goals.
Let’s say that I agree with you in saying that, “people generally don’t engage in consistent disciplined long term activities in the pursuit of goals”. I guess we’re going to have to come up with some kind of explanation for a multi-billion dollar gym and fitness equipment industry. We better get brainstorming. The first response will be, “Well, most people purchase equipment and gym memberships and never use them”. To which a reasonable person might respond, “bullocks, I blast my quads and hammer my bis all week”. And we’re defeated.
The fact is, people DO workout. Now imagine gyms don’t exist, personal trainers don’t exist, material on fitness and weight training is not available to study, running shoes aren’t invented, and only a small population of people know the proper routines and have designed homemade devices for exercising. Also, these people workout in secret and only report their fitness measurements to an online forum that only a very small population percentage has knowledge of.
Would we still have the same level of dedication and accessibility to fitness routines that we do now? Likely not. PE is just that.. a complete secret. Hell, I live with 4 other guys. I know for damn sure that none of them could tell you what a jelq is. Every one of them could personally show you how to perform an array of physical exercises. The difference is availability. It’s great that PE works and that we have a source for information. But what if I didn’t go through a period where my penis size dominated my mindset? I certainly wouldn’t be typing this right now. Meanwhile, I’d still be interested in PE, just not to the extent where I would scour the internet for a solution.
Originally Posted by UberGoober
PE is the same. I think any such “proof” would quickly be decried as having insufficient scientific evidence (much the same way as weight training was treated for several decades in many sports) and additional criteria would be added. Now we make all sorts of excuses for fat people (gland problems, hormone problems, depression, etc…) and continue to try to come up with miracle magic fixes.There will ALWAYS be doubts because it takes the consistent and disciplined application of work to improve. You will NOT put any doubts to rest; nothing you can do can possibly get close to that.
I don’t doubt that if I go to the gym for a month straight, I will gain mass. I know this not only because I’ve done it, but because others have done it before me. That’s what this documentary would show. If enough people are informed of and perform PE exercises such that a jelq is as well known as a pushup, you will have many followers. I agree that there are people that know of weightlifting and don’t lift weight, but there are very few that don’t know of weightlifting at all. Right now, PE simply isn’t a choice for the vast majority of the male population.
Originally Posted by UberGoober
If you need this kind of documentation to put your own mind at ease and justify your own efforts, that’s one thing, but I think we’ve pretty much shown that those who want to find out will, and the vast majority are unwilling to invest the effort.I didn’t mean for this to sound harsh, but this idea has been thrown around in various forms for years. I don’t quite get why people feel the need to justify this to other people, especially now that places like Thunders have more than enough information to allow anyone to achieve their PE goals.
It’s not a matter of proving it to others for the sake of ourselves. It is for their sake… for the sake of pure good. We live in this nifty little information age, but we’re limiting ourselves to forums, JPEGs and wiki articles?? Not everyone will stumble upon Thunder’s while searching for their Holy Grail. Even those that do will not be entirely convinced that Thunder’s Place isn’t offering some unattainable dream just like so many other penis enlargement sites on the web.
I simply can’t understand why a documentary providing incremental video proof of PE would be received poorly. You say that there will be skepticism and criticism… so??? There will be far less skepticism when faced with video evidence than with photographic evidence which we have here. There really is no downside to this in my eyes.
Originally Posted by UberGoober
You can’t create motivation or discipline.
I don’t even know what this means. Are you saying that motivation for PE is incorporated in DNA? How can someone be motivated with regard to something that they don’t even know exists. How can someone lack discipline in an art that is unknown to them?
Individuals have individual inclinations. A man that doesn’t go to the gym religiously may study religiously or paint religiously. You simply cannot know the extent to which a man will be motivated and disciplined until he has been given the chance.
I think this is a great idea. Based on the number of views comparison picture threads get on this forum, I would say that it’s fairly evident that men are interested in and are seeking the truth about the reality of PE. After all, PE is a long term commitment. One discovers this immediately after asking their first question on the newbie board. As such, some are hesitant to commit to it without reliable proof that PE isn’t an imaginary art. I realize that there are some great before/after shots in the Member Pics section, but you must also admit that there have been many fakes posted on this site. Regardless of the strong community I noticed immediately after joining Thunder’s, I was still extremely suspicious of even modest gain reports. This is the internet after all and we are subject to a myriad of complete bullshit on a daily basis.
I guess what I am trying to say is… A documentary detailing the growth of a test group using non-surgical/non-medical PE techniques would be absolutely well received by myself and others like myself who believe the scientific method doesn’t begin and end with ruler shots. I have encountered nothing of the kind on the web and I know for certain that I’ve searched for such a thing far more often than the average man should.
Best of luck. I’d happily throw my wang into the mix if I were within proximity.
G&G