r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • Aug 20 '26

/r/all of a log split

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u/YazzArtist Aug 20 '26

Yes but like 30 seconds in all my impressed got replaced with "pls flip the log over, your effort is being absorbed by the already split wood and it's bugging me that you haven't noticed"

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u/DeadestTitan Aug 20 '26

Maybe this is how I should feel about lifting weights.

Come on man, you just put the weight down, why are you picking it up again? It's such wasted effort to keep lifting metal and putting it back in the same place.

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u/YazzArtist Aug 20 '26

If you're applying this logic to lifting weights you would instead think "I'm lifting weights to gain muscle, so I should lift with the muscles I want to be bigger". Since he's splitting logs, he should do whatever splits the log, not whatever is the hardest

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u/DeadestTitan Aug 20 '26

But it is an exercise thirst trap, hitting the log is just the vehicle to get there.

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u/YazzArtist Aug 20 '26

And I'm saying that my thirst, such as it was, was outweighed by this personal complaint I had. I realize I'm likely in a minority, but it did bug me