marketing of masculinity

jungle room is kinda cool, has "The birds don't sing, they screech in pain" stenciled on a wall unseen from that angle.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/de/f8/a4/def8a48db13bf98704a0e293dd421bd0.png

Noice!

related: Yesterday a 15-ish-looking kid approached me as I was walking toward 7-11. He said, "can I ask you a favor?" I said, "possibly." He said, "can you buy me a gameleaf?" I said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand." He said, "Game leaf. Wild berry. Cigars. I'll give you money."

Now, I was once a young person. Never much of a tobacco smoker, but I loved booze and weed, and definitely went to great lengths to get them. So I guess I empathized, but at that moment, I just didn't feel like dealing with it, so I said "sorry, man, can't help you."

Is it weird that if it had been a 20-year-old, I'd probably have taken pity and bought him beer? But tobacco for a 15-year-old just seems... nope.

And come the fuck ON. Wild berry flavored? How about some fuckin CAMELS, boy? Fuckin MARLBORO. Shit, even BLUNTS would be acceptable.

it would've been for a blunt surely

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn8_Ui9UUAAz45d.jpg

I like beans but in small quantities

Pork i love

I can pork all day

blechh

can you just.. not?

U luv it

http://www.funnysigns.net/files/pork-love.jpg

fire!

received a facebook ad for this

sorry lads, probably not gonna happen
https://flashpack.com/insights/2017/03/10/men-should-travel-solo-on-a-small-group-holiday/

ah, missed the most important bit

Though there was one element which I wasn’t expecting in that I didn’t realise just how much more popular Flash Pack trips would be with women!

a trip with a group of people that's not all men doing "adventuring" might be more appealing to people, sure

Something similar was posted a while ago, but this takes it to its logical level. I saw these in a 99 Cent Store, so maybe they've already been rejected by the marketplace.

http://www.sterlingglobalproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bobs_header1.jpg

Not exactly the right thread I guess, but this is now being advertised to me, why

http://imgur.com/UBKkz9Xl.png

haha i just saw that one too

haha thats kinda dope tho

I think it would actually look alright if it was just sort of vaguely "knight inspired" and didn't have an actual helmet built in

no way, then the knight hoodie illusion is incomplete

Kinda want that for walking the dog in winter tbh.

i'd wear it? imagine peeping into the helmet and surprise. it me.

“Surprise. It me.”
—Joan of Arc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRzJJcq6Rs

I. Can't. Even. pic.twitter.com/mGFkEbIqRt

— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) December 21, 2018

PISTOL SANDALS HELL YEAH

tier two operators: there's absolutely no such thing as a tactical sandal
me (smugly): pic.twitter.com/xkAtp8Kfhw

— Max Read (@max_read) January 6, 2019

(thx 2 max 4 new screenname)

premium operating envelope

just discovered 'tactical baby gear', which is exactly like a regular diaper bag, except eight times the price and marketed to men who think that having children with your wife makes you gay pic.twitter.com/BMXjn61asb

— Paulie Doyle (@BigPaulieDoyle) March 23, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D505N3zV4AAQDxf.jpg:small

It's already a product for beards, but I guess that wasn't butch enough.

Yes I'm going there.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Lumberjack_Song.jpg/300px-Lumberjack_Song.jpg
montypythonlumberjacksong.jpg

only pansies want _soft_ beards, true men have beards with the texture of steel wool

I use a 2x4 to soften my beard.

i use my copy of "the return of the durutti column" to soften my beard

I use my beard to soften pieces of 2x4.

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.27343978.9032/ra,unisex_tshirt,x2200,fafafa:ca443f4786,front-c,392,146,750,1000-bg,f8f8f8.jpg

Hmmm…

lmao

poor self-cucked redbubble dude

feel like we're now into the 'be a feminist you fucking pussy' era of masculinity marketing.

and other realms indeed

All of the marketing for beard products grosses me out and I don’t buy any of them. Beyond even a feminist level it’s just unappealing. How about something that says “your beard will be clean and pleasant” instead of “you will smell like a steelworker”

Besides, Dr Bronners works fine.

Not judging, but kind of an ugly woman up there in pomenitul's pic.

i don't think she's necessarily ugly - she's just made some questionable style choices. like, she's put a lot of work into what is a fairly ludicrous hairstyle, but hasn't done anything at all about her skin. it's almost as if she's trying to blend as male, but if she is the total lack of a beard is a dead giveaway.

a former Netflix creative director just raised $1.6 million for a startup that sells "straight edge" water in tall boy cans and their tagline is "nothing's better than water at murdering your thirst"https://t.co/KJI6Dx0tWd pic.twitter.com/dXBva5A0uP

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) May 7, 2019

does this count

spengleroffthescale.jpg

going for a metal vibe, which is disproportionately male, so I'll say it clears the bar

jesus fucking christ

I love innovation

would count just as well as response to the totenkopf-aesthetic post in the other thread tho. lmao @ the blackletter

You guys think you're so smart, huh. Why aren't you rich like Mike Cessario?