Mark’s chatting up one of the bros in the showers and it’s going very well. Flattery gets you everywhere with a roided gym bro. Their vanity and self-obsession are already through the roof. Knowing another guy feels the same way is a vital step to getting these guys on side.

It’s a misunderstanding to think gym bros are “alphas”. That is, a supremely self-assured man. Men who take steroids and spend 10 hours a week in the gym are not self-assured. They’re vain and self-conscious and desperate for people’s positive judgment.

Mark knows this. Mark exploits this. Mark tells these men what they want to hear. He opens up a space for them to enjoy flattery without any side-eye or condemnation. He lures them into a false sense of security, then he springs his trap. That is, he offers the gym bro to share in his manly intimacy.

And it almost always works.

Almost all men are bisexual – many just need to spark to bring their homo side out. Mark is that spark.

Mark and all his Gym Bros

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