>>76752127
>Whats more is many people who arent on T have bluntly told me they will jump on T at 30 since it starts to dip
This is a bit of a misunderstood concept; your T basically doesn't change until like 65. The population average of T slowly drops about 1%/year after like 30-ish, but that's a symptom; people's chronic conditions (eating like shit, obesity, alcoholism, lack of exercise) catches up to them starting at that age, and cancers start showing up, and those impact T values negatively. This is reflected in the average T of the population dropping, even in "healthy" cohorts (chronically obese people are still part of healthy cohorts, depending on study). Getting fat and less active is associated with age, both of which negatively impact T levels, and that again impact the "T vs age" charts you see everywhere.
In reality, if you look at the numbers, as long as you are exercising and eating healthy, etc, T will not drop. I think around 65 age becomes a significant factor, but not the 30s.
>>76752136
>Economy is dipping
>men are becoming more competitive than ever
>a nice body is now 'normal' especially if you browse tiktok to skew your perception
This is the take of a chronically online person. People are fatter now than they have ever been, and the rate is not slowing down. 1 in 3 kids 13-18 are prediabetic. Ignore those clickbait articles comparing generations, they are useless because age needs to be considered (e.g., compare millennial and Gen X obesity rates when they were current Gen Z ages, not "compare gen z with people 20 years older than them"). When you do that comparison, Gen Z has much higher obesity rates than Millennials, and Millennials have much higher obesity rates than Gen X, and Gen A is on track to be more obese than Gen Z.
Thinking that some shitty influencers and instagram models spamming your doomscroll = "this is how society is" is brainrot.
