Most of the time I do what you guys are saying, just give them a bunch of nutritional info till they cant take it anymore. But it's so hard to keep my mouth shut when I know that their impression is so off base, and I have this massive data to the contrary on the tip of my tongue just aching to come out, even though I know that even if I shock and amaze them with science geek wisdom, that wont give me enough credibility in their eyes to actually believe my conclusions. Sometimes I feel like tellin them "Look pal, I know more about how various performance enhancing drugs work in the body than your damn GP, so if your going to lecture me, better get seriously educated on the matter, you think I havent heard the BS on Geraldo, or whatever clueless reporter or former user that didnt know what he was doing had to say about the evils of AAS? Obviously I've looked alot deeper into to it then you have, so when your ready to learn, you let me know."
(I've never gone off like that, but it frustrates me sometimes, and occasionally Im tempted to.) But there are a couple friends, well specifically my best friend to whom I've allready let the cat way out of the bag, and even though he trains (sometimes) and takes some supps, he's against AAS. I've tried to educate him, because I know he's smart enough to learn but only if he's willing to learn. Now he prefers that I just drop the subject because its "a sore subject" for him. And he DOES believe the myths (those were his words) And when I tell him "well the scienctific research consistantly fails to support those hypothesis', it tells us the facts in black in white." He'll be like "so does experience". And Im thinking "what experience?" Oh so so in so knew a guy who did such and such to himself from AAS. Ok well wich compound did he use? how much, for how long? What he do for PCT? "Duh, I dont know, but he f-d himself up." How? in what way? "lets change the subject I dont want to argue.
Thats a testimony to the idea that we should AVOID telling people who might not be ready for the truth as much as possible. Because people have allready made up their mind. Sh-t I've allready made up my mind. But it was through an open minded persuit of knowledge that I changed my mind and made it up again based on that new knowledge.
My Own Mother knows I juice. Not because I told her but because she found my 23g 1 1/2inchers and caught me off gaurd, so I told her.
(I've never been a good lyer, but esspecially not to my Mom.)
Luckily for me she knows that the propaganda is not totally honest, and she knows the FDA isnt always honest either, so I can talk to her, but she still has some of the residual negativity in the back of her head, and is always hinting me to end my cycles earlier than planned and stuff like that. But most people I meet are NOT ready for what we know.
Sorry to hijack you guys, but this a topic that hits home pretty hard for me. I constantly battle the urge to "educate" people, even though I know its a bad idea. They wont be thinking about "wow you really know your sh-t, so I guess its all good." Instead theyll be like "You havent tried steroids have you? (Gasp!)"
