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As members of Gaybros—a Reddit-based community for gay guys with traditionally manly interests like sports, hunting, and beer—the large majority of their bonding takes place through comment threads under topics like “Ron Swanson vs. James Bond” and “My Gay Card Has Been Revoked.”

ya we got that going on the gay thread rn, i just posted this link to the most 'controversial' post:

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaybros/comments/vvw2x/youre_not_masculine/

yeesh

yah

tip to gaybro internet dating consists mostly of meeting people you dont want to have sex with

My friend's dad is a gay man who loves all that manly shit and remodels homes for a living, but he also really looks like a cross between Patrick Swayze and one of the village people. Which is how I thought he seemed when he was married to a woman, so that is really not dependent on sexuality.

So yeah, the hallmarks of "masculinity" are as much a ruse when it comes to sexuality as anything. I think, social activity-wise I code as gay by their metric but I'm not at all interested in guys.

Do we have proof they're not just narcissists or simple-minded and just can't imagine dating someone who doesn't have the exact same interests?

if i was gay id be a gaybro who hates gaybros and therefor the ultimate contemporary individual

think the key part of the word here is 'bro'

they're gay AND they're bros. their narrow-minded broitude happens to be limited to their world of beer and video games and being gay. bein a bro means almost by definition getting defensive about one's bro-ness, anyone that doesn't bro-down is just stuck up and so not a bro and w/e dude you can't even

xpost: also p sure you'd create a singularity
*hi-five*

Do we have proof they're not just narcissists or simple-minded and just can't imagine dating someone who doesn't have the exact same interests?

the 'interests' are just code, i think

i mean, we're just talking about gay men who feel uncomfortable and even outright hostile towards what they see as feminine characteristics in dress, speech, movement, & behavior. you don't necessarily have to share all the same interests, you just have to hate femmes.

love of football and drinking brewskis optional

it's really a pitch-perfect reddit community, tho

privileged young white dudes congratulating themselves for their masculinity while harboring a wounded outsider status? check

that's the most delusional thing, is how they seem to think that masculine gay men are somehow a marginal group

also i clicked over to one of the affiliated nsfw subreddits and the top post was a video of a dude jerking off in a thor costume, so

as if "no fats no fems" hasn't been the tagline of gay personal ads since forever

lots of thoughts about this, please excuse the ramble

RE the menaissance video: this "movement" has been going on for a long time. I knew dudes who were "getting in touch with their manliness" back in the early 90's. Tough guy commercials, men's movements, complaints about feminizing males, etc have been common for over 20 years. The man show came out before metrosexual was coined. "Dumb dad" shows like home improvement were, in part, created as a response to this nostalgia for manliness. The first wave of video-gaming adults were struggling with gender anxiety when they were still children. Guides for men on manners and clothing were gaining in popularity 20 years ago--they were released as books, because there was no internet.

His entire speech is a-historical and suffers, in part, from the inability to see past the dawn of the internet. Like dudes who think they started something because they were around at the beginning of Reddit or whatever.

its funny when he makes fun of metrosexuals for shopping then like one second later hes all omg classic suits woodman pants

i guess u just find that stuff in abandoned mines

So is Ignite (Tulsa) an even-dumber TedX?

imagine the same speech being given by buzz bissinger in leather pants and boots with 5-inch heels

Elmo's link to Jack Donovan is sending me down a rabbit hole of "the alternative right" - gems such as
We offer a simple solution here:

Promote the idea of Futurist Traditionalism, an eternal type of government that avoids the eternal problem of Crowdism.
Unite the 2-5% of our society who are independent thinkers and respected local leaders (police, teachers, politicians, clergy, business leaders, artists and athletes) around this ideal.
Using democratic and other means, demand that we be given the right to have some areas of our society which are Future Traditionalist, and let others see our success.

Conservation and green conservatism: we are crunchy paleoconservatives who endorse green conservative viewpoints including conservationism, Traditionalism, new right politics, social conservatism, libertarianism and original conservative policies

Have we linked to this article yet?

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201304/buzz-bissinger-shopaholic-gucci-addiction

buzz bissingers gucci addiction

Futurist Traditionalism

wut

it's like the cleavers, but wearing shiny clothes with ads on them and also everyone has an iPad
except the wife who is too busy making dinner

fucking Crowdists

Using democratic and other means,

wasnt sure where to put this so

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2113693754/speakeasy-briefs-underwear-with-a-secret

I was trying to guess what it would be based on the URL

I was close, really close.

i prefer my liquor neat, 98.6 degrees, with just a hint of crotchiness

For some reason I expected a straw. Like, uh, one of those beercan-hats. Every gentleman wishes to drink cockwarmed Laphroig through a straw.

questions.

1. how the hell are you supposed to take a leak when your crotchpocket is in use

cockwarmed Laphroaig looooooooool

good for stopping stray crotch-aimed bullets though

up and over, elmo

2. is this just a excuse to uh, pad your assets disguised as practicality

mh 'up & over' is my preferred route but this is like trying to take a leak while wearing a cup i.e. complicated

3. "why does your passport smell like piss?"

my original guess was a "padded" brief based on the url

and yeah, this is difficult, maybe their next product can be a flask with a curved top or a hole in the middle to put yr dick through

But padding your assets with a flat metal square just gives you Ken-doll-crotch, surely

hey big boy, looks like you're packing a spare set of keys in there

is that a deck of cards or are you disinterested to see me

But guys, won’t buying these briefs create a whole new set of problems, in that I will become so cool and attractive that I will have to beat the ladies off with a stick?

Yes, but don’t hit girls with sticks. Ever. For real.

so cheeky

this is the worst kickstarter i've ever seen. quite a feat.