# Would girls be creeped out if I had a poster of Schwarzenegger working out on my dorm room wall **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723 "2011-08-23T00:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/81 "2011-08-24T15:22:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have we reached a point where having a picture of a sports hero makes you gay? > > Guys have had pictures of athletic heroes on their walls and stuff for decades. It doesn’t make you gay. Jesus Christ, not everything is some sort of homocode. There’s a big difference between putting up a poster of Sammy Sosa smashing a home run/Michael Jordan making a slam dunk and a poster of Ahnold in full body oil wearing nothing but a speedo over his tiny steroid balls. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/82 "2011-08-24T15:27:29Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have we reached a point where having a picture of a sports hero makes you gay? Arnie’s a sports hero? An actor and a politician, sure, but _sports_? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/83 "2011-08-24T15:36:09Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Dude, stop caring so much what other people think and put up whatever damn poster you like. > > And, as a young male who knows what it’s like to be branded with the scarlet C from time to time, I’ll tell you how you can make it not creepy. It relates to what I said first, and that’s confidence. For situations like these that are living on the border of Creeperville, it’s all about how you spin it. > > Say for example a girl comes into your room. I know we’re getting ahead of ourselves, but let’s be positive. Furthermore, let’s imagine said young filly comments on your Ahnold poster. It’s all good bro. Say something along the lines of: > > ‘Oh yeah. I love that poster! Sure he has his flaws, but do you know about his early life? He worked his way up from nothing! He escaped an abusive past, came to a country he knew little about, and went on to live the American dream! His work ethic was almost superhuman, and he’s not just a meathead either. I for one really admire him. And besides, who doesn’t like Terminator 2?’ > > You’ve said nothing untrue, you’ve opened up many avenues for further interesting discussion, you’ve shown you have a passion for something in a thoughtful way, and worst case scenario the conversation just naturally progresses to something else, with noone worse for wear. > > Do you see what I’m saying? While I can confirm that this would work for me, I still think he’s lowering his chances of getting that far. Dorms are gossipy places, and folks love to spread false interpretations. Whether you want to just hand them fodder is an important decision. There are valid arguments both ways (pre-filtering the jerks from your social life has it’s advantages) but also significant downsides. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/84 "2011-08-24T16:28:04Z")
I think the poster is great. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/85 "2011-08-24T16:41:11Z")
Body building is a sport. Watch Pumping Iron, there’s more to it than weight training. There’s a psychological element too. Arnold was brilliant at getting into his competitors heads. > [@](#): > > He would go on to compete in, and win, many bodybuilding contests, as well as some weightlifting contests, _including five Mr. Universe_ (4 – NABBA [England], 1 – IFBB [USA]) wins, and _seven Mr. Olympia wins_, a record which would stand until Lee Haney won his eighth consecutive Mr. Olympia title in 1991. > [@Grumman](#): > > Arnie’s a sports hero? An actor and a politician, sure, but _sports_? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/86 "2011-08-24T17:09:34Z")
Put up the poster man. Do what ever the fuck you want to do. Don’t listen to the haters. They’re gonna hate no matter what so to heck with them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/87 "2011-08-24T20:13:39Z")
If you do make it with a woman, you have to take her [here](http://www.geekologie.com/2011/06/count-me-in-jurassic-park-themed-sex-hot.php)at some point. I know it’s in Japan but it’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/88 "2011-08-24T20:48:58Z")
If any non-holler-dwelling adult walked into my bedroom when I was 11, they’d have assumed I was gay - I had dozens, if not hundreds, of bare-chested rasslers on my wall. Almost literally, every square inch of wall space. Then I started getting strange feelings, and fur where there was no fur before, and the rasslin’ pictures were replaced with half-naked sword-swinging ladies and metal bands. Joe ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/89 "2011-08-24T21:11:01Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > If you do make it with a woman, you have to take her [here](http://www.geekologie.com/2011/06/count-me-in-jurassic-park-themed-sex-hot.php)at some point. I know it’s in Japan but it’s perfect. Jurassic Park-themed sex hotel. The line between brilliance and insanity is so thin… ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/90 "2011-08-24T21:12:53Z")
The poll asks the opposite question that the thread title asks, so you can probably toss the poll results out. I’m not sure which question I answered. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/91 "2011-08-24T21:21:39Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > They had a Clockwork Orange poster done in M.C Escher style I can’t grok this. Can you find this image, or must I continue to try to imagine it until my mind snaps. > [@PlainJain](#): > > Exactly [what is wrong with the 70s](http://cdn.simplyshredded.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/frank-zane-olympia-25.jpg)? > > Don’t you mean Frazetta? > 🙂 Some people find [Frazetta creepy](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=frazetta+creepy&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1445&bih=611&tbm=isch&tbnid=W0i87FH6ckvFFM:&imgrefurl=http://www.americanartarchives.com/frazetta.htm&docid=a6oL2S__rqPgLM&w=500&h=664&ei=LmpVTrXvOcbV0QGAgZ21Ag&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=315&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=119&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=45&ty=46). > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > The line between brilliance and insanity is so thin… Sure, but enough about me, what do you think of PSXer’s poster? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/92 "2011-08-24T21:25:49Z")
i can’t tell if the majority of the responses are just poking fun at you PSX, or in earnest. my friend had a pumping iron poster in his room 3.5 out of the 4 years we were in college and he did just fine with the ladies. a poster- any poster - doesn’t register as a speedbump on the hookup highway. 18-22 year old girls are nothing like the hypercritical older women of the SDMB. when the co-eds see an arnold poster and it just rolls into the “who cares” bin in the back of their minds. once you’re out of college though, and you’re wooing ladies whose biological clock resynchs with reality it might be a bigger red flag but in college? nahhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/93 "2011-08-24T22:39:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I am stunned at the Arnold hate. > > Actors and Actresses routinely screw around on their spouses and get divorced. Some are famous for multiple marriages. Zsa Zsa Gabor married & divorced nine times. Richard Burton married 5 times. > > Why all the Arnold hate? Did he kill someones dog or something? Why is he different from all the other horny actors? Schwarzenneger is a Republican, first of all, and he cheated on a Democrat princess. Frankly, I’m surprised there isn’t more hate. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/94 "2011-08-24T23:34:59Z")
If you are into full almost frontal posing vs. working out, search for his last name followed by naked to get to a NSFW pic from his earlier days on a [An Ultimate Guide on Citizen Automation & Development | AppMaster](http://brianflemming.org/archives/) site sight (Seen on this forum long ago) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/95 "2011-08-25T00:31:57Z")
I’d be creeped out, and I’m a fat hairy old man. Most of the girls you’d care about should be a lot more skittish than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/96 "2011-08-25T00:42:28Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723/97 "2011-08-25T03:58:35Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > If you are into full almost frontal posing vs. working out, search for his last name followed by naked to get to a NSFW pic from his earlier days on a > > [brianflemming.org/archives/](http://brianflemming.org/archives/) site sight > > (Seen on this forum long ago) You mean like this link? > [@needscoffee](#): > > NSFW: [spoiler][http://blogimg.ohmynews.com/attach/5293/1025607690.jpg[/spoiler]](http://blogimg.ohmynews.com/attach/5293/1025607690.jpg%5B/spoiler%5D) 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-girls-be-creeped-out-if-i-had-a-poster-of-schwarzenegger-working-out-on-my-dorm-room-wall/593723.md?page=4)