LuciusDickusMaximus Archive

April 8th, 2023

/r/BecomingTheIceman

3 years ago

How do y’all feel about the rumor that Wim isn’t as great as he’s made out to be

My cousin told me about these allegations that came out about Wim a few years back. The victim who was a flight attendant claimed that she once had Wim as a passenger on a plane. According to her, Wim had to use the washroom while the attendants were passing out some snacks, so the only bathroom was blocked by the cart. Apparently, Wim refused to wait and blocked the cart and kept telling her to move. After she didn’t, he started pushing the cart and her along with it all the way to the bathroom— I guess the Wim Hoff method does work for strength.

I tried to find the story but my cousin tells me the attendant deleted the Twitter thread where she originally posted the story within a day because Wim paid her hush money. He showed me the screenshots of the Tweets and also his DMs with the flight attendant who all but confirmed it.

I don’t know how to feel about this. I skipped my cold shower this morning for the first time in 2 years. Is this man a monster?

April 8th, 2023

Comments:

SmoothBraneAPE

3 years ago

Does it matter? He could be the worlds biggest prick but if his teaching are helping you, then continue them. If you’re mailing him a check every morning and have his posters on his walls then maybe I’d consider a change. Otherwise; keep breathing and getting cold.

tiny_tim57

3 years ago

I heard he once stole candy from a baby. I'm stopping all positive practises and habbits from now on because I cannot bear to emulate that monster.

KVGuitars

3 years ago

I don't know why people expect another human being to be absolutely infallible and perfect in every way. If enough testing things happen in a row this can turn even the most awakened into a raging arsehole.

HappyTriggerASMR

3 years ago

That's weak, you need a person to have no flaws to learn from them? Why would you expect him to be perfect when he has even goes out of his way to say he's not super human.

reallifeexperience21

3 years ago

How does win hof being a dickhead mean cold therapy has no benefit? You could be a rapist and a great athelete doesn't mean I follow you in all aspects

SmoothBraneAPE

3 years ago

I won’t drive blue cars because a blue car once cut me off….🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[deleted]

3 years ago

People have bad days and maybe he had to take a massive shit and panicked

Impossible-Arm-8855

3 years ago

Obviously cold showers are not beneficial for your mental health, if some stupid rumor can influence you so much.

finndss

3 years ago

Another thing is that everyone can have a bad day. Wim is a pretty extreme person who has faced a lot of hardships and tries to avoid modernity in many ways, I don’t doubt he could get pissed at a flight attendant because he couldn’t get to the bathroom. Especially if he really needed to go

Fatterfaster

3 years ago

Never make it about the person/don't idolize humans. His method (breathing technique + cold showers) isn't his, but rather rooted in eastern meditation/breathing practices. I'm fairly certain he even talked about taking this from the tibetan monks, who've been doing this for centuries. Also check out pranayama (breathing exercises from the Indian subcontinent) that have similar practices. Don't give up on something good just cos of the faulty messenger.

busyboobs

3 years ago

This. The benefits of cold exposure have been known and practised for aeons. Retention breathing is known in different ancient practices, eg Kumbhaka in (pranayama) yoga. Wim took these practices and merged elements to create his “method”, he didn’t invent the health giving benefits of cold exposure and retention breathing. I got a bit fed up with the wim hoff brand when he started reality tv and also when I read more about his sons somewhat shady management of the brand. But I’m still a massive proponent of cold and breath work.

Perse_Fun699

3 years ago

pranayama

Thank you, I was looking for this information!

[deleted]

3 years ago

I agree here, humans are all bound to make mistakes or not live up the the lore! Thankful to have found out about breath holds, yoga and cold exposure from WHM, for me it was the vice story about wim and my desire to feel better less anxious in the mornings . Been WHMn ever since, these days I don’t think much of the man but I do focus on the practice, daily

jaszczomb916

3 years ago

So you skipped your daily routine that has huge benefit for your health, just because some guy who you haven't even meet was not nice to someone else? In such approach you shouldn't use any phone, computer, pharmacy and so one since top companies are usually not driven by nice guys.

WWTylerDurdenD

3 years ago

yeah well my cousins friends mom said he's nice, so that basically debunks this.

fr though, people have bad days. doesnt mean the method he teaches isnt helpful.

Omi_Watari

3 years ago

My mom's cousin's friend says it really did happen, but it was Wim's twin brother who did it, not Wim.

KVGuitars

3 years ago

Wim actually has 10,000 twin brothers so it was probably just one of the evil ones.

KLEANANU

3 years ago

I call bullshit on this post. It would have been a big deal if he really did do this, which he didn't. If he did this he would have violated federal law and he would have been fucked. You can't act like that on an airplane without repercussions, especially from the airline. I don't believe it until I see proof. And Twitter DMs are not shit. Anyone famous would realize that using DMs to communicate about a crime they had committed is really fucking dumb.

[deleted]

3 years ago

It’s pretty well known that wim has a massive littering habit. Rumor has it that he mainly got into the whole cold exposure thing just so he could drop some old yogurt cups into the ocean without being observed.

ArugulaEquivalent892

3 years ago

I always suspected…

DGD_13

3 years ago

Oooooh I heard the only reason he got in the cold watwr because he loved taking a dump in water and the cold ocean was all that was around at the time. The yogurt container story makes more sense though. The story changed a bit once the broken telephone got to me I guess lol

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3 years ago

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GraziellaWunder

3 years ago

Like... who they?

frantsel1312

3 years ago

Ask yourself where aggressive behaviour roots from.

The roots are hidden in trauma and pain. Wim has alot of it and maybe there is still some of it left.

We all are capable of evil. Accepting this is extremely important to sharpen the view for the own hurt which can hurt others if not seen and worked on.

andromedar_

3 years ago

Just focus on your self instead of spreading rumors, whether true or not.

LuciusDickusMaximus

3 years ago

I’m not spreading any rumors, just circulating a unconfirmed story I heard

EDIT: I should have said basically confirmed, not unconfirmed

ryan2489

3 years ago

That is literally spreading rumors

CosmixQueer

3 years ago

‘Basically confirmed’ how?

smooth_m0ves

3 years ago

even if it's true he is still only human we all make mistakes / have bad habits

Mugiwaranokurisu

3 years ago

this whole post is retarded

Chefkuh95

3 years ago

Wether it’s true or not, all people can be dicks from time to time. Never idolise someone because you’ll always get disappointed. Just respect someone for their great work