Bears and the paradox of social improvement.

I went to the gym today (I know, you can totally tell I work out *sarcasm*) and, as usual, spent a couple of minutes while warming up to look at the amazing bodies around me. What I like about this gym is that there aren't many distractions for me, it's usually just reaaaally muscular guys with no hair - not my type at all; nevertheless, every now and then there are one or two big muscle-bears around who have me drooling all over the place (of course, I always keep my composture...).

Today, however, I noticed something interesting... This really hot bear ,who was probably just another chub at some point, was  acting all tough (the type who feels that no one is good enough for him) and staring at this other built guy (who didn't even glance at him). It got me thinking how some people work really hard to look like model-types only to 'belong' to a different social circle in which they will be discriminated anyway!

To make it clearer, I was talking with my students the other day about the different social classes and how similar they can be in a way: I usually spend no more than $20 USD on a t-shirt that I buy at the mall, while other people (who earn way more than I do) pay over a hundred dollars for a t-shirt that looks really similar to mine. Why? Because they buy at a freakishly expensive store in order to keep their social status. 

I believe it is the same socially. Most people will try really hard to become something else - something they believe is better - in order to 'move up' in the social ladder only to end up in the same position, being just a t-shirt (only in Saks Fifth Avenue instead of Sears).

So when a bear works out like crazy to become all built in order to be the hottest guy in the club, he is also becoming one of the least hot guys among the gym dudes... How's that for a paradox? Also, those guys who look like models from some porn magazine, are way less likely to be approached at a bar (at least in Mexico) and are usually the ones who stay until they close... Not always because they want to!

What do you think? Am I talking crazy?