Big BRO sauce is about as unappetizing a phrase as I can imagine.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 30 August 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
esp when preceded by "secret"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 30 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
otm
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 30 August 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArAQxXJPD3Q
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 30 August 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
don't watch the whole thing... it just gets weirder and not in a good way
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 30 August 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Internet Comment Etiquette is good not bad.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Friday, 30 August 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
Re: the fifteen seconds of that video that I watched with the sound off, there are times when I find it difficult even just watching men being the way that they apparently feel they're supposed to be. Like maybe engage one or two times in a genuine, vulnerable interaction with another human before foisting yourself onto the world, brah.
― McGrief the Crying Dog (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 August 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
That video I just posted? I like the first 6 minutes a lot. I’m not familiar with the channel; he plays lots of different characters, apparently.
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 30 August 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
I had an idea for a product today: BEARD BOOTS. Handcrafted boots adorned with a mane of real human beard hair.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 1 September 2019 03:17 (four years ago) link
when it comes to oil-related accessories, would there be separate ones for the leather and the hair or some kind of artisanally formulated combo oil
― j., Sunday, 1 September 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
I bought some Dove for Men soap today, because some doofus was standing in front of the regular Dove soaps spacing out and I had melting ice cream in my cart. But I like it! It's charcoal and clay so I am assuming it will make me a better, more exfoliated artist.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 1 September 2019 04:16 (four years ago) link
well if you've never dove for men, how masculine can you really be?
― pplains, Sunday, 1 September 2019 04:36 (four years ago) link
I was thinking Beard Boots might be like a normal Boots but with the one beard isle cut-and-pasted thru the shop so we don't have to wall past the No 7s and sanitary pads because we are Men With Beards
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 1 September 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
He’s gonna get so rich selling Mangria, 3-wick Mandles, strappy Mandals, Ceiling Mans to circulate air in your sultry den, Mandlebar Mustache Wax for Men, Pots & Mans, Sunman Lotion, Minimans for driving mini men & daughters, I guess. https://t.co/iEOzorJJTc— Caissie St.Onge (@Caissie) September 10, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 03:56 (four years ago) link
Sign up now to get a monthly bundle of masculine merchandise - macho cheese dip, him milk, etc. - called...
Wait for it...
MALEbox
― And the wind... cries... Larry (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
order before midnight and receive a ramekin of pure man spunk
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
That's a Manekin to you, buddy! Try to stay on brand.
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
living up to his potential of being a living, breathing, spencer's gifts mall store circa 1995
― untuned mass damper (mh), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
He's also got an Endless Rant lager and IPA that I've seen on the shelves.
― nickn, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
Finally, a dutch oven for men, who like black and prisons and stuff. pic.twitter.com/W3Vz8s8mr6— Ian Bogost (@ibogost) September 12, 2019
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 September 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
downright kinky
― cheese canopy (map), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
Would anyone recommend a current (or not, doesn't really matter) text on the role/state/'problem' of masculinity? Context: we're trying to find a coherent approach in school and I want to be up to speed with current thinking.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 13 September 2019 09:54 (four years ago) link
Try r/inceltears
― Ramen? No thanks, I prefer them cooked (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 13 September 2019 12:04 (four years ago) link
www.ilxor.com/thisthread
― theRZA the JZA and the NDB (darraghmac), Friday, 13 September 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
The recycled prison steel dutch oven is actually pretty cool, but in a "upcycling is fun pseudo-ethics" way and not a "ONLY THE MANLIEST POTS FOR MY INEDIBLY SPICY MAN CHILI" way. My partner, who is a lady, agrees.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 13 September 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
This thread is basically all I need but I was after something encompassing and academic to quote from. I was being lazy; I'll go do some digging.
That incels subreddit is grim. They themselves are hell.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 13 September 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
Jared Yates Sexton has some essays and a book that might work for class. (He’s also doing a fireside chat with Henry Rollins about masculinity at this fall’s Chicago Humanities Festival.)
https://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/white-masculinity-toxic-trauma-20190424
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 13 September 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
I haven't read it but I would think some excerpts from the Terry Crews book might be worthwhile.
― Yerac, Friday, 13 September 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
hmmm, for some reason I thought that book was much more recent.
― Yerac, Friday, 13 September 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
Also for a class, there are some decent TED Talks that could cover the basics, like this one.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 13 September 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300171211/boyhoods
― budo jeru, Friday, 13 September 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the resources. I probably wasn't clear - this isn't really for the classroom (at least, not initially); it's more about trying to get a sense of the landscape and how we might tackle the gender gap in performance.
I've been reading Boys Don't Try? It's good. https://www.crcpress.com/Boys-Dont-Try-Rethinking-Masculinity-in-Schools/Pinkett-Roberts/p/book/9780815350255
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 13 September 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
https://s.put.re/9JMRwPeK.jpghttps://s.put.re/ZEzhCDac.jpg
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
think i just blew chunks
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 October 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
you mean CHUNXX
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 14 October 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
with Wild Rice and Hearty Cumin Broth
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 14 October 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
is that actually soup or something with soup?
― kinder, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
probably has the consistency to be eaten in a sandwich. I value this kind of flexibility.
― maffew12, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
actually those are scented candles
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
irl lol
― kinder, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
I think there's also a degree of Jean-Pierre Faye's horseshoe theory here where masculine-marketed foods and premium dog food curve together and begin to overlap
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
^ swear to god I saw a dog treat ad the other day that I considered posting to this thread, but I can’t remember what product it was. Something like “vegan dog food doesn’t exist.. respect their primal urges”
― blows with the wind donors (crüt), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
I have a 1/4 baked idea for a thinkpiece I'll never write about the meaning of each era's particular nutrient obsession and its relation to that age. There certainly seems to be something about "protein" being the current one that connects to the whole marketing of masculinity/lifting/beardcare culture.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
Worms are an excellent source of protein. There must be some way to change the image of "eating worms" from something done on playgrounds by sniveling weaklings while bullies laugh at them, to a daring, edgy sign of fearlessness, done mostly by wilderness survival savants who also sleep in debris shelters and kill cougars with their bare hands.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
(Meanwhile, gluten is just waiting its turn to reemerge as the Glamor Ingredient. "ok y'all hate me now but YOU'LL BE BACK!")
― Sayonara, capybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
A pizza parlor here had an EXTRA GLUTEN special
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
Whatevs, I'm still ride or die with the Irish Coffee Diet (fat, sugar, alcohol, and caffeine)
― Sayonara, capybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:59 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
my guess was hair gel
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.pomades.com/pomps-not-dead-bacon-grease-pomade
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
First sentence of its marketing info: "Let's face it: bacon makes everything better."
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link