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He's eating it with a spoon so no one can say he eats bananas for the shape

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[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 145 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you are a man over 40 attending a Taylor Swift concert it's highly possible you have a teenage daughter.

[–] bigboitricky@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Caring for your kids interests is GAY men!

-twitter blue user & divorced twice

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My brother actually gets this a lot from other fathers. They apparently can't comprehend a world where a man with two daughters might actually give a shit about what their daughters like to do, and take an active interest in those things.

[–] dkppunk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

As someone whose father didn’t give a shit about his daughter, please tell your brother he is a kick ass dude and give him a hug from this internet stranger.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our local Scout troop closed in part, I'm told, because parents treated it more like a daycare for a few hours rather than something to be involved in and do WITH their kids. The troop felt they were no longer fulfilling their mission and decided to dissolve.

We weren't involved in the troop at all but I still found that news really disappointing. I'm a busy guy but I still try to make time for my kids.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

Having seen how little attention other fathers pay their own kids at those fathers-visit-school events, they absolutely don't. They barely even notice their boys.

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 132 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I am always fascinated how the man who is strong enough in his convictions to do whatever the hell he wants is considered the "weak" one whereas the "macho" shit is afraid of his own shadow and that some other man may not like what he's doing.

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the 90s, especially in high school environments, homophobia wasn’t just common, it was socially reinforced. Gay was used as an insult, casually and constantly. People rarely questioned it. Teachers didn’t intervene unless things turned violent, and even then, the issue addressed was the aggression, never the prejudice. It was an era when appearing different, even slightly, could make you a target. Most people avoided standing out if they could help it.

During that time my grandma gave me a pink terrycloth nightgown. On her it was a nightgown, but on me it fit more like a long shirt. I thought it was amusing and comfortable, so I wore it regularly without giving it much weight.

Each time someone hurled gay slurs at me, I replied, “I’m secure enough not to care what other people think. Can you say the same?” They usually followed up with more immature remarks, which I’d call out too. The problem wasn’t what I wore, it was that I wasn’t afraid to wear it.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

The manliest thing a man can do is whatever the hell he wants.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Only those macho dudes think that though. Literally everyone else know the truth.

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[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think it's so funny that these toxic masculinity types all pay for a little blue participation trophy

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I'm fine with anyone saying "surrender your man card". It lets me know I can safely ignore this moron; they have nothing of value to add to any conversation.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

What does this "surrender your man card" even mean? I must transition to be a woman? So much for protecting people from being "force-transed" for showing even the slightest form of gender-nonconformity!

[–] entwine@programming.dev 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It means you're not a man, you pussy!

...it also implies that "being a man" is not determined by your birth, but rather by your decisions and lifestyle, and that everyone is in fact gender fluid and able to change their gender at any time.

So basically, toxic masculinity is actually woke as fuck

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You forfeit your Alpha Male Club membership and any dues paid immediately.

You are disqualified from ever becoming a Navy SEAL.

If your favorite sports team wins a championship it will have nothing to do with you being a fan.

If you have any male cats they are promoted to King (s) of the house.

It’s brutal.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a lot of gay ways to eat a banana...

But I can't imagine a gayer way someone would legitimately try to eat a banana than with a spoon.

Like, being ridiculous, sure, chopsticks. But maybe doing this but mashing it up with a bobba straw till it was a smoothie and drinking it

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You still gotta suck that Boba straw though.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're a 40 year old grown ass adult you can do whatever the fuck you like. Man cards are for insecure idiots who need reassurance.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't know how to tell you this but man cards aren't real. If you have purchased a man card you have been a victim of fraud 😔

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This US thing baffles me. It goes "whoa, a man cannot possibly buy tampons, or hold his friends handbag, or whatever..." because some braindead six year old idiot character out of Beavis and Butthead might magically pop out of thin air and guffaw "Haha, tampons!", which is somehow, potentially terminally embarassing and will end your public life.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Its not a US thing. Its a loser thing. This brand of machismo is globally available.

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think worrying about if your actions will "lose your man card" is the surest way to "lose your man card."

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (11 children)

My work has guys who have really high toxic masculinity. Off the top of my head, some of the things they complain about not being man enough are: umbrellas, gluten free, and mushrooms

[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The umbrella one always cracks me up. Lookin at these wet fools in the rain when I'm nice and dry. Such a strange hill to die on.

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, got em here too. We get provided either lanyards or extendable clips for our badges at work. Overheard a group of contractors saying wearing the clips made you gay. Its the dumbest shit I've heard. How can wearing an ID badge be anything?

Wearing the clip on your pants makes way more sense since the badge readers are all at waist height.

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[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I mean...maybe the two guys being talked about are just gay.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And what is manlier than doing it with another man?

[–] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Doing it with two men.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are very few things more manly than having the courage to do something "unmanly" in public.

[–] chris@l.roofo.cc 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought long and hard about what it would mean to me if someone called me "not a man" for anything I do and I came to the following conclusion: nothing. I can do all the same things with or without the label "man". Funny.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

From the other side, I got told I was “unladylike” many times and that never made me change.

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[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Turned mine in long ago, I don't like beer and sports.

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I love the "man card" metaphor because the more you interrogate it the worse it gets. It implies that his masculinity is so insubstantial that he needs a special card to validate it, like a Linus Blanket or something, which in turn is a self-defeating act.

The Man Card Paradox is that holding a Man Card automatically disqualifies you from holding a Man Card.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I’m pretty sure taking your daughter to a Taylor swift concert is just good parenting

[–] Overspark@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The most ridiculous thing in this image is someone calling himself "Gunther Eagleman"...

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 1 week ago

It's like a name that 80s cocaine-addled Stephen King would have come up with.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

He’s eating it with a spoon so no one can say he eats bananas for the shape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLqDGL1FSg&t=68

Yes, he's serious. I present: Ray Comfort

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember when I first realized that Flat Earthers were serious. For a couple of years after hearing about them, I assumed it was satire. Something in me broke then, the realization that not only a few people, but many people were really that stupid. It's only gotten worse since.

On the upside, my estimation of my own intelligence went from "average" to "above average". And, I'm fucking stupid.

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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These people must be incredibly insecure in their own sexuality.

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

My daughters and I (and my son, and my wife) have been to more than 50 concerts together. Got another on December 5th: 12 of us.
We love music. And one another.

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[–] YgestWefsid@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Friendly reminder that vast majority of people are hiding their true identity out of shame and will play a "tough" character to compesate their "glass persona". But keep in mind that looking tough is not the same as actually being tough, this is what these actors dont understand until they harass a guy who is crazier than them and now they are in a hospital.

I have seen these cucks personally, they are midwits and will play a volatile character to "impress" or "scare" you (does not work with me lol), they believe showing "manly" behavior will make them atrractive to women but women would rather chose to be near me instead of them everytime they are present (and I am an ugly guy lol). I say that from experience 💀.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's fine. I've got plenty of man cards in my back pockets.

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