marketing of masculinity

crickets are cuddly compared to worms

you mean crunchy

i googled this and i came up with a bunch of amsr videos

i assume it's some sort of vore fetish thing?

When bug-eating becomes mandatory due to enviro catastrophe there will be SO MANY commercials for, like, Tactical Cockroach Crunch Bars.

Snowpiercer got there first

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love 2 add the word “tactical” to things

^^^

There's a drywall-punching scene in Marriage Story; made me think of this thread.

what kind of drywall was it?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EM0ax0PWkAAyF-7.jpg

someone at my work was unironically showing off pics of tactical baby gear and saying he'd ordered some for his forthcoming first child :/

"jax"
men
bed sheets

hm

so are these sheets that repel jizz stains?

is it for morning wood? maybe they're really thick, heavy sheets

I'm now imagining a mattress that "senses" morning wood and kind of creates a little depression to nestle it comfortably and avoid excessive pressure.

"On top of that, a survey found that men ages 18-25 wash their sheets four times in a year, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that on average, men do 1/4th the amount of laundry as women. This fact means that these sheets are only being washed once per month. When we discovered these numbers, we realized that it meant we had to make sure our sheets have powerful anti-bacterial features, and we did just that."

lol @ men ages 18–25

eww

is that survey men-focused or laundry-focused: like, is it that the men ages 18-25 only wash their sheets four times a year, but that someone else occasionally or regularly washes their sheets for them ... or is it stating that the sheets of men ages 18-25 only get washed 4x a year?

the latter

Men are more environmentally-friendly iirc.

I feel guilty about how often I wash my towels.

"On top of that, a survey found that men ages 18-25 wash their sheets four times in a year, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that on average, men do 1/4th the amount of laundry as women. This fact means that these sheets are only being washed once per month. When we discovered these numbers, we realized that it meant we had to make sure our sheets have powerful anti-bacterial features, and we did just that."

― Yerac

is that survey men-focused or laundry-focused: like, is it that the men ages 18-25 only wash their sheets four times a year, but that someone else occasionally or regularly washes their sheets for them ... or is it stating that the sheets of men ages 18-25 only get washed 4x a year?

― sarahell

the latter

― mookieproof

i think it's maybe neither! from the ad copy that yerac cites, the survey just says that young dudes wash their own sheets 4 times a year. the ad copy goes on to combine this with a separate BLS finding that the average man (doesn't say what age) does 1/4th the laundry as the average woman. then from there they make up an extrapolated "fact": "This fact means that these sheets are only being washed once per month." that's not a fact.

i think all we can say with confidence is that 18-25 guys wash their own sheets 4 times a year. some of their sheets are washed more frequently by other people, because maybe someone else in the household who does more laundry washes their sheets for them on other occasions. and we know that "on average, men do 1/4th the amount of laundry as women." but it's weird to make an assumption that women, who are doing 4 times the laundry of men, are always washing 18-25 year old dude sheets at the same time. sure, some of them do (young guys living with parents; developmentally stunted young men who have their partners do their laundry for them, etc)...

but anyway, i think all that's safe to say is that young dudes are washing their sheets 4 times a year

and you know, what really bothers me about Jax sheets, other than that it sounds like a masturbation product, is that they would have been fine just citing the study that young guys only wash their own sheets 4 times a year! that's convincing enough that perhaps there is a market need for masculine sheets that will fight back against the consequences of not washing the sheets. but don't drag the BLS into this and start mixing assumptions with facts, COME ON JAX

wait so are these sheets that you can cum on without having to wash them

yeah I was on the kickstarter trying to find out whaht masculine issues the sheets addressed and saw that. they raised ~$350k!

just buy denim sheets, it's a fact that you never have to wash blue jeans

with denim sheets, no more cumbersome checking of the quality and condition of your sheets! just touch any part of the sheet - has it turned dark and oily? is the fabric rigid and sticky? that's your Jax denim sheets letting you know it's time to replace the sheets with a fresh set!

reminded that washing my bedding was on the list of tasks last weekend and it still hasn't happened. thanks, thread

I am too lazy to look, but I bet someone somewhere is doing a Merino wool bed sheet that is marketed as "naturally bacteria resistant".

I sleep standing up in a denim slanket anyway

did i already mention my manly idea of throwing rocks at each other for cleanliness? why take a shower when you can become stronger by enduring what does not kill you - thrown rocks that can directly remove mud from your skin, in some cases?

don't have any friends? no problem, throw rocks straight up

Just seen in my FB feed:

https://i.imgur.com/6Uc81yS.png

Some animals lived short and miserable lives to bring that product to the world.

OH it's animal meat.

Jerky is the most disappointing way to consume meat imo

watching an NCBSN soccer stream, just saw an advert for a testosterone supplement called 'Nugenix'

the prison planet dollar huh

idgi

Is it endorsed by Ted Nugent?

Pro Dog Raw

Those are very macho dogs.

The kind you don't bring home to mother.

What does the acronym BARF mean? Couldn't find it quickly on their site, and does the verb "to barf", i.e. to vomit, not exist in British English? What about the term "raw dog", i.e. to have unprotected sex?

I looked it up and it stands for biologically appropriate raw food. There’s a website called BARFWORLD. Oh dear.

as long as its just a website and not a theme park

And what a logo they have at/in BARFworld!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EThH0bcWoAMkfki.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spaceballs/images/1/1d/Barf.jpg