LOL @ BB Wiki page now

Scrilla wrote:Had no idea the 8 days in a week thread was in a documentary fking lol

wickedsmaht wrote:who was katelyn davis, anyone remember that?

why isnt CJ mentioned

Bodybuilding.com's forums were, at the time of its discontinuation, the largest online forums for fitness discussion.[14] They were known for their strong community, and expansive discussion of unrelated topics on its Misc. (miscellaneous) subforum.[17][18] As of 2022, the forums were used by 18 million people.[19] They were one of the last popular and remaining Web 1.0 forums.[17] The site was politically diverse, notable in comparison to other boards like the right-wing 4chan.[20]

Notable people who have posted there are bodybuilder Zyzz;[21] WWE wrestler Lars Sullivan;[22] and the perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, Elliot Rodger.[23] The site popularized the Gomad diet (drinking one gallon of milk a day) and dry scooping (consuming pre-workout powder stimulants without water); both methods are known to be dangerous.[24][25] In 2008, American woman Katelyn Davis committed suicide after being bullied on the forums. She livestreamed her suicide on justin.tv, and posted the link to the stream beforehand on the site.[26] In 2011, user ThePoz discovered and publicized a way to access private photographs of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook itself.[27][28] In 2014, Australian man Gable Tostee was found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Warriena Wright. He had defended himself by posting a full testimony of his actions at the time of her death on the forums, alongside photographs.[29] Also in 2014, the site popularized the word "nutting" as slang for ejaculation.[30]

On September 19, 2024, the company discontinued its entire forum section without notice. All links to its forums redirect to the message below:

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"Days in a week" debate

The forums are notable for a thread titled "Full Body Workout Every Other Day?" created on May 17, 2008,[31] in which two users got into a long and intense argument over the number of days in a week. The thread started when user m1ndless posted: "If I go [to the gym] every other day I will be at the gym 4-5 times a week, is that over training? [...]" User steviekm3 responded: "That makes no sense. There are only 7 days in a week. If you go every other day that is 3.5 times a week."[32] m1ndless, from this point on posting under the username TheJosh, responded: "Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. That is 4 days. How do you go 3.5 times? Do a half workout or something? lol".[31][32] User Justin27 agreed with stevekm3 by saying "7x in 2 weeks = 3.5 times a week, genius."[32]

The argument went on for two days, mostly between TheJosh and Justin27. The argument narrowed down to a disagreement over whether or not a week is seven or eight days; Justin27 said a week is defined as Sunday to Saturday, while TheJosh defined it as Sunday to the next Sunday.[31][32] The argument then hinged on whether Sunday counted as a "real day".[33] It intensified to where they were posting harsh insults, such as when Justin27 told TheJosh: "You are the dumbest boy alive. Jump off a bridge."[32]

The thread went on for 120 posts,[34] or five pages.[35] It was rediscovered by Reddit in 2015, and as of 2016, was viewed 3 million times. It was the subject of a documentary by Jon Bois for SB Nation in 2016. He referred to it as the "perhaps the dumbest argument in the history of the Internet".[31] Deadspin said it was "the least essential discussion ever had".[36] In 2015, Vice News contacted mathematician Joanna Nelson for a resolution, and she said that TheJosh would have to schedule his workouts in two-week chunks, claiming a week is seven days from Monday to Sunday.[37]

BigTimeOperator wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodybuilding.com

The site also once had a highly popular forum section, which was shut down in September, 2024.

If you scroll down, someone wrote of us...

Taskmob wrote:In 2008, American woman Katelyn Davis committed suicide after being bullied on the forums. She livestreamed her suicide on justin.tv, and posted the link to the stream beforehand on the site.

Is this true ?

Taskmob wrote:In 2008, American woman Katelyn Davis committed suicide after being bullied on the forums. She livestreamed her suicide on justin.tv, and posted the link to the stream beforehand on the site.

Is this true ?

wickedsmaht wrote:who was katelyn davis, anyone remember that?

why isnt CJ mentioned

BigTimeOperator wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodybuilding.com

The site also once had a highly popular forum section, which was shut down in September, 2024.

If you scroll down, someone wrote of us...

superfunk wrote:

Taskmob wrote:In 2008, American woman Katelyn Davis committed suicide after being bullied on the forums. She livestreamed her suicide on justin.tv, and posted the link to the stream beforehand on the site.

Is this true ?

Doesn't ring a bell.  I remember candy junkie, black dude, being encouraged to suicide on livestream by a female miscer.  He did indeed die.

Edit: found  a link https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/7ejm6/guy_announces_impending_suicide_on_a_forum/

Taskmob wrote:

superfunk wrote:

Taskmob wrote:In 2008, American woman Katelyn Davis committed suicide after being bullied on the forums. She livestreamed her suicide on justin.tv, and posted the link to the stream beforehand on the site.

Is this true ?

Doesn't ring a bell.  I remember candy junkie, black dude, being encouraged to suicide on livestream by a female miscer.  He did indeed die.

Edit: found  a link https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/7ejm6/guy_announces_impending_suicide_on_a_forum/

Wow so some random Pajeet had to report it because you morons were completely oblivious, LOLing like retards.