Meet Gary. Gary is a self-proclaimed "mindset warrior" who believes that success in life boils down to a simple principle: if something doesn’t make you stronger, it must be actively trying to kill you.
One day, Gary walks into the gym wearing a tank top that says "PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY" and immediately gets into an argument with his personal trainer.
TRAINER: Gary, you’re lifting with terrible form. If you don’t stop, you’ll herniate a disc.
GARY: If it doesn’t make me stronger, it’ll kill me. So I guess I’d better lift more.
TRAINER: No, that’s not how—
(Gary loads the bar with 300kg and immediately crumples like a Jenga tower.)
Later, in hospital, Gary receives further troubling news.
DOCTOR: The good news is, you’re not dead. The bad news is, you have six fractures, two slipped discs, and a torn rotator cuff.
GARY: So… I am stronger?
DOCTOR: No. You’re catastrophically weaker.
GARY: Then by my logic… I should be dead.
(Gary flatlines out of sheer cognitive dissonance.)
