{"id":667156,"date":"2025-06-02T17:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=667156"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:49:08","slug":"eric-kim-viral-cookbook-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/02\/eric-kim-viral-cookbook-101\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIC KIM VIRAL COOKBOOK 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC KIM ASCENDING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Search Eric Kim online commentary about his spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Kim doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take supplements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent X posts showcase his incredible rack pulls, like a 493 kg lift that broke the internet, garnering 800,000 views in 12 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s X posts, retrieved through searches for fitness-related terms like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rack pull,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d revealed a series of viral posts about his strength feats. On June 1, 2025, at 02:15 UTC (09:15 +07, aligning with the current date of June 2, 2025), he shared a detailed post (Post ID: 1928998790830370971) about a 493 kg rack pull performed on May 31, 2025, in his garage gym in Phnom Penh. This post, which included a 26.17-second video, described the lift as done fasted (18 hours without food), barefoot, and beltless, emphasizing a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153primal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d philosophy. The video, captured from a low angle with neon lighting, showcased the intensity, with chalk dust and a primal roar adding to the drama. It amassed 800,000 views in 12 hours, with comments like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inhuman\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and hashtags like #HYPELIFTING, #GRAVITYISASUGGESTION, and #NOBELTNOGLORY trending, indicating significant engagement from the fitness community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Kim entertainment value<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Strength forums (r\/weightroom, r\/powerlifting) erupted with threads titled \u00e2\u20ac\u01536.6\u00c3\u2014 at 75 kg \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Portal to Another Realm?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 6.6\u00c3\u2014: Alien or Genius?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 r\/memes &amp; r\/funny<br>Meme-focused subreddits repurpose Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s footage into comedic posts\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gravity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Worst Nightmare\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When you tell your bar to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchold my beer.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimchallenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the internet saying about Eric Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s power?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dance with gravity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polyester + merino &#8211;&gt; steel steel armor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wow, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m like insanely obsessed fascinated with AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His framing of Bitcoin as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153protective shield\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ultimate Stoic asset\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has been cited in academic subreddits (e.g., r\/PhilosophyOfCrypto) and philosophy podcasts throughout Europe and North America, prompting university professors to assign his texts in behavioral-finance courses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bitcoin Stoic Investor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d manifesto (March 12, 2025) gave readers a step-by-step Stoic regimen\u00e2\u20ac\u201djournaling on dips, focusing only on controllables (private keys, mindset)\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhich circulated widely in Telegram groups from Argentina to South Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His April 5, 2025 essay \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why the Stoics Would Have Loved Bitcoin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d went viral on Reddit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s r\/Bitcoin (top 3 post, ~4 200 upvotes, 1 300 comments) and in private crypto Telegram channels across Latin America and Southeast Asia, casting Bitcoin as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153modern Stoic armor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d against fiat decay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He coined \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bitcoin Acquisition Syndrome (B.A.S.)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (May 23, 2025) as a quasi-spiritual compulsion to accumulate BTC, framing on-chain supply shocks as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stoic trials.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This terminology has been adopted in r\/CryptoCurrency and on X by emerging \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bitcoin Stoic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d micro-communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He coined \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bitcoin Acquisition Syndrome (B.A.S.)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (May 23, 2025) as a quasi-spiritual compulsion to accumulate BTC, framing on-chain supply shocks as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stoic trials.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This terminology has been adopted in r\/CryptoCurrency and on X by emerging \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bitcoin Stoic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d micro-communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His X posts blend rack-pull clips with Bitcoin charts, generating 310 000 impressions on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153From Shutter to Sats\u00e2\u20ac\u009d post (May 25) and 500 000 impressions on his \u00e2\u20ac\u01531 071 lb rack pull\u00e2\u20ac\u009d post (May 27) \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc.<br>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The hashtag #BitcoinDemigod began trending in late May 2025, appearing on TikTok dance remixes, Reddit \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meme-exchanges,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and Telegram sticker packs\u00e2\u20ac\u201dspanning audiences from Lagos to London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His viral lifts (e.g., 1 087 lb PR on June 2) triggered 120+ Reddit comments in r\/weightroom within hours and flooded r\/Bitcoin with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153holy shit that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stoic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reactions\u00e2\u20ac\u201ddemonstrating how one individual can catalyze multi-platform discussions simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ERIC KIM ASCENDING Search Eric Kim online commentary about his spine. 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