Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

In DC if you're under 6'2 women won't even look at you. Apparently across the US height requirements are standard on dating profiles. Because personality and heart don't mean shit.

I actually am 6'2, but it's the principle of it that bugs me.

Well, there's actually being 6'2", and then there's claiming to be 6'2". Because if there's one place that's bound to be filled with lies, it's dating profiles for DC residents.

But yeah, in short, this particular comic is the wheelhouse of MGDMT - making fun of those who overcompensate because they're insecure in their masculinity. In retrospect, it's a bit astounding that this is the first time I can think of that Coelasquid has specifically made that joke about guys overstating their heights... it's super common.

Yup, happens all the time.

I'd say MGDMT is more about celebrating healthy masculinity than mocking the toxic aspects.

It does both.

It does celebration more than shaming tho.

It really depends on the character. Commander Badass? Celebration all the way. Kratos? Noooot so much.

Duke Nuke'em neither.

~

A Japanese bishie from the future comes back to the past. He asks the Commander advise on opening a similar business.

"Look, these pretty boy types, okay?

"They're headcases too.

"So how do you go about wrangling a bunch of mentally unstable people?"

"Quit using me as an example." "Quit being an example."

Whenever I think of MGDMT, that exchange is pretty much how my brain summarizes it.

Bishie guys doing bishie things? I'd read it.

I would totally read Bishie Guys Doing Bishie Things - my only question is, who's Commander Bishie's counterpart for Ganondorf? I'm tempted to say the Goblin King - so pretty, originally evil, but now just wants to wear nice clothes and enjoy a tasty breakfast.

edited 30th Mar '17 8:45:55 AM by 32_Footsteps

Bishie Guys doing Bishie Things sounds like a parody yaoi manga.

Sephiroth comes to mind, as he's probably the most famous bishie video game villain.

With Cloud as his Link? I can dig it.

Captain Bishie's Ganon would have to be someone with a masculine adversary.

...

It could just be Link.

edited 30th Mar '17 9:42:25 AM by God_of_Awesome

http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/okay-i-finally-got-my-hands-on-a-switch

New one. Best!Link and Best!Ganon are back. Yay!!!

I have to admit, I wondered how Breath of the Wild would fit (well, beyond this, of course). Link being too stupid to figure out to cook... well, let's just say that I did slightly better at my first time than Squid did, but I did end up trying to make dinner out of a Keese eyeball, so only slightly.

I expect a follow-up joke about how the newest Zelda game is the epic story of an elf kid trying to cook as many dishes with apples as he possibly can. I'm vaguely aware that there's plot I should be pursuing, but I honestly spend most of my time harvesting apples. With bombs.

Bomb lumber is more eco-friendly than using heavy machinery! Tell your friends!

Well, there's also the fact that every weapon in the game is a breakable weapon, and you get unlimited bombs once you obtain them (albeit with a Cooldown meter). I could take a couple whacks and bring my axe a bit closer to falling apart in the middle of combat (or worse, several whacks with a sword and bring it much closer to falling apart), or I could just save my weapons and use one of my infinite supply of bombs (which, oddly, do crap damage against most foes) to knock trees down.

I mean, it's not like the Zelda games were shy about multi-purpose explosive use in the past, but in this game, you really get better living via explosives.

edited 5th Apr '17 9:00:31 AM by 32_Footsteps

The only reason I didn't have to discover throwing shit in the fire is because I read this comic before playing Breath of the Wild for the first time. Would not have ever thought of that on my own.

I was comparatively lucky; the first time I had ingredients on hand and discovered a fire was one of the fires that had a cooking pot on it (and thus, I got the "Cook" button prompt immediately). I was thus a little suspicious when I next encountered a fire and I didn't see such a prompt.

On the other hand, I completely missed how to get the warm doublet in the opening area - I had to figure out a way to get to the Cryonsis glyph (in the ultra-cold mountains) in just a t-shirt. So everyone has their own little hiccups in Breath of the Wild.

I think I discovered it almost first thing when talking to the Old Man after waking up. I can't remember if it was something he said or I just got curious, but I got a few mushrooms and dropped them in the fire, then voila! Instant baked goodness.

I actually only got the Warm Doublet by making a lot of cold resistant food and climbing to the peak. The recipe you had to give the Old Man totally escaped me.

edited 5th Apr '17 11:33:24 AM by danime91

I actually missed that second one too, somehow. I got my warm doublet at the store in Kakariko (it's a pretty affordable 80 rupees). Fortunately, I did find a few workarounds to my cold-weather conundrum in the game, and hilariously one involved the issue of today's comic - cooking meat with spicy peppers can produce steak with an anti-cold effect for 3 minutes, 30 seconds, which is long enough to get to the temple you need to get to. (The other is pretty logical - just light a club on fire and bring it with you, though it'll eventually go out, which is why I combined it with the above.)

...Guys I figured it was "pick up a bunch of stuff, dump it in" from gameplay trailers. Without owning the game or anything.

edited 5th Apr '17 1:32:31 PM by Adannor