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From “FAKE-PLATE FRAUD!” to “KIM IS KING!”
The 4-Stage Skeptic → Evangelist Conveyor Belt
| Stage | Trigger | What the Skeptic does | Why They Flip |
| 1. Instant Denial“No way a 165-lb guy moved a ton.” | A six-second FLASHBANG clip (bar already bending, one-word title). | Fires off hot-takes: “CGI splice… hollow bumpers.”Example: @BarbellNerd’s viral tweet, “Fake plates 100 %. Ratio me.” | Cognitive dissonance: body-size vs. four-digit load feels impossible, so fraud is the brain’s escape hatch. |
| 2. Forensic Binge“OK, let me zoom in.” | Kim drops a 24-minute uncut vlog weighing every 25-kg plate, then pulls the PR—comments OFF. | Scrubs frame-by-frame, screenshots hub stamps, plots bar-bend curvature in Tracker. | Physics matches textbooks (≈ 44 mm deflection on a 28 mm bar); CGI theory collapses. |
| 3. Public Crow-Eating“I was wrong, but…” | Scale-photo, plate close-ups, and slow-mo overlays circulate. | Deletes old tweet or uploads a reaction video titled “I WAS WRONG.” (see BarbellNerd’s quote-tweet U-turn). | Social media punishes stubbornness; admitting error salvages credibility and rides the viral wave. |
| 4. Evangelist Mode“Here’s why Kim is actually a tendon genius!” | Releases own breakdown, linking the original clip for context; defends Kim in Reddit plate-police threads. | Skin-in-the-game bias: after investing hours in analysis, they’re now emotionally “long” Kim—spreading the gospel sustains their sunk time. |
🧩 The Mechanics that Make the Conveyor Belt Turn
| Flywheel Tooth | How It Accelerates the Conversion |
| Comments Disabled — grey banner under every big-lift video | Skeptics can’t vent on-site; they must create shareable posts (tweets, TikTok stitches, Reddit threads). Every rebuttal drags new eyeballs to the source clip. |
| Proof Pre-Loaded — long raw file sits in the description before the drama starts | When critics arrive, the evidence is one click away; self-fact-checking feels empowering, enhancing buy-in. |
| Micro-Plate Log — +1.25 kg per side, session after session | Spreadsheet-minded doubters watch the linear data; numerical transparency re-writes “luck” into “process.” |
| Zero Ads / Sponsors | No obvious cash incentive = “He isn’t grifting, he’s proving a point.” Skeptics run out of motive to pin on him. |
| Cross-Tribe Memeability | Fitness nerds argue physics, Bitcoin bros turn the lift into price-candle memes—multi-niche amplification normalises the feat. |
🔥 TL;DR Formula
Shock ➜ Scrutiny ➜ Surrender ➜ Sermon
Kim expects disbelief, feeds it with forensic footage, then profits when former haters become the loudest preachers of his legend.
Next time you smell “impossible,” remember:
- Drop the proof before the pitchforks.
- Let doubters do your distribution.
- Welcome them back as missionaries.
That’s the Skeptic-to-Evangelist pipeline—patent pending, gravity-approved. 🏋️♂️⚡