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2010/07/29 00:36:35
Subject: Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
2010/07/29 01:54:39
Subject: Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
I love it that a forum decided to arts and crafts (you know, building and painting miniatures) is complaining about men not being manly enough.
Soladrin wrote:Yesterday at work someone lost 2 fingers, and after 5 minutes of cursing the machine and kicking it, he was cracking jokes that this oughta get him out of pleasuring his wife. It was awesome.
Also, my favorite part of the entire thread, apparently he's manly by association. Also, a word of advice, if your wife enjoys sex, you're more likely to have it.
I'm purposely ignoring how what is considered "manly" changes with each generation. Aside from that sentence, of course.
2010/07/29 02:02:40
Subject: Re:Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
I was stabbed once, with a box cutter. Beat the snot outta the kid and then stiched it myself. I cant grow a beard because of my job, But I own an axe, gun and dog. Am I manly Dakka?
feeder wrote: Frazz's mind is like a wiener dog in a rabbit warren. Dark, twisting tunnels, and full of the certainty that just around the next bend will be the quarry he seeks.
2010/07/29 02:23:46
Subject: Re:Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
I guess I'll defend my best buddy's manliness too, as he's a fan of the toy soldiers, but he has yet to hear of Dakka (Inorite?)
We were at a fishing derby about 3 years ago, and it was the last day of the contest. We hadn't caught much more than a couple of mean hangovers the entire time. So we're sitting on the dock wondering how to kill a day (as we'd had more than enough of fishing by that point), and my buddy decides "Hey! Let's play the knife game!"
For those wondering, the knife game is a test of your hand/eye co-ordination, accuracy, and perception.
You put one bare foot forward, then dangle a knife above it. You win by dropping the knife in between your toes. Needless to say, buddy missed the gap, and ended up getting a knife right through his big toe and into the dock. After prying it free, he managed to hobble the good 60m or so up the hill to the bathrooms, leaving a trail of blood spots every time he took a step.
I was still laughing when he came back
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No, real men paint little soldiers and play board games while drinking beer and eating nachos! Possibly making "You know how I know you're gay?" cracks as well.
metallifan wrote:No, real men paint little soldiers and play board games while drinking beer and eating nachos! Possibly making "You know how I know you're gay?" cracks as well.
And that dude sounds like chewbacca!
I didnt watch that video at first, but now Im laughing because he really did sound like chewy.
I live about 10 minutes from a small town called Davison. And the bulk of its male population is a dead ringer for the sissy boys everyone is talking about. Dammit it gets on my nerves. I hate letting them little basterds bag my groceries! I WANT TO BREATH SMOKE DAMMIT! RRAAAAARRRRRGGGGG!!!
Really though they get on my nerves something fierce. I remember once I went to a krogers to buy some pops after a long mud bogging session, and so my clothing was COVERED in mud. The bagger kid looked at me all weird and asked why I was covered in "dirt" So I said I just spent the last 4 hours bogging, and to leave the pops out of the bag. He started to ask dumb questions about bogging and not understanding why someone would do that. Couldnt tell I was severely annoyed by this lol Hate it.
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2010/07/29 03:43:12
Subject: Re:Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
My body is mess of scars and formerly broken bones. It's not that I'm a manly man, just that I'm a spaz.
Thing is, I know a bunch of guys who wear the stupid too tight jeans and the hair over the forehead. They look ridiculous. They are also some of the maddest guys I've ever seen. As in a couple of them actually went clive diving, in a wheelbarrow. Another couple regularly play car jousting, driving their POS Datsuns at each other, and wailing on the other guys car with golf clubs as they drive past. These are manly, stupid men.
So I guess it's important to remember that just because someone is wearing a ridiculous get up, it doesn't mean he isn't a manly man. But even if he was really a manly man, this does not mean he doesn't look absolutely ridiculous.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/07/29 03:51:31
Subject: Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
sebster wrote:My body is mess of scars and formerly broken bones. It's not that I'm a manly man, just that I'm a spaz.
Thing is, I know a bunch of guys who wear the stupid too tight jeans and the hair over the forehead. They look ridiculous. They are also some of the maddest guys I've ever seen. As in a couple of them actually went clive diving, in a wheelbarrow. Another couple regularly play car jousting, driving their POS Datsuns at each other, and wailing on the other guys car with golf clubs as they drive past. These are manly, stupid men.
So I guess it's important to remember that just because someone is wearing a ridiculous get up, it doesn't mean he isn't a manly man. But even if he was really a manly man, this does not mean he doesn't look absolutely ridiculous.
They still -lose- potential man-points for dressing like fairies.
Plus, if you've been through at least high school, and HAVEN'T tried Car Jousting, painting lines and obscenities on the road through a hole in the floor of a car, or riding a sled, GT Snowracer, or other death-machine off a steep embankment, you need to start over.
None of those things are 'manly' per se, but they are expected of a man. When your friends play "Stop the blender with our wieners", come talk to me. I'll consider them manly then.
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metallifan wrote:They still -lose- potential man-points for dressing like fairies.
They certainly do look ridiculous.
Plus, if you've been through at least high school, and HAVEN'T tried Car Jousting, painting lines and obscenities on the road through a hole in the floor of a car, or riding a sled, GT Snowracer, or other death-machine off a steep embankment, you need to start over.
None of those things are 'manly' per se, but they are expected of a man. When your friends play "Stop the blender with our wieners", come talk to me. I'll consider them manly then.
My favourite of my own? We got some shopping trolleys to ride down a really steep hill. I noticed people getting helmets out, I said that was a bit wussy. They explained the helmets were to attack the other trolley riders with, or throw in front of their trolleys on the way down. That was a brutal three minutes.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/07/29 06:56:53
Subject: Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
Ok then i thin that it is list time. Two catagories. 1st is Manly things, 2nd is Sissy things. I'll get the ball rolling.
Manly things: Owning a shed
Stocking said shed with power tools, some of which you will probably never use
Hitting your thumb with a hammer and swearing loudly
Errecting (snigger snigger) a fence
Kicking a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment in the hope that this will make it work again
Going to the dump on a Sunday
Sissy things Crying at films
Wearing make up
Drinking brightly coloured cocktails
Pre cooking chicken for the BBQ
Letting the missus have the remote control
Manly:
Grease under the fingernails.
Ability to identify more than 5 parts of a cars engine.
Using road flares to start the BBQ.
Lighting a cigarette from any open flame or heat source.
watching Deadliest Warrior.
Drinking full carb/calorie/alc beer... Example.. Molsen XXX
Unmanly:
Manicured fingernails.
Not knowing how to change a cars tires or oil.
Using an electric BBQ.
Watching Oprah.
MGD 64, bud select 55, Zima, other "Malt beverages"
Smoking light or ultralight cigs.
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WARBOSS TZOO wrote:so i hear that it is a manly activity to eat overcooked bbq chicken and also a manly activity to contract salmonella poisoning
Except you get Salmonella from UNDERCOOKED chicken.
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Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Manlyness check:
I have a beard
I drink beer
Army boots are my only shoes
Coffe is what I live on
I play with litel plastic men, and paint them with other men.
All in all yes I am manly
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Order of the bloodied sword
2010/07/29 11:29:37
Subject: Are "real men" becoming an endangered species?
Anshal wrote:Manlyness check:
I have a beard
I drink beer
Army boots are my only shoes
Coffe is what I live on
I play with litel plastic men, and paint them with other men.
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