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Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#1: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:17:43 PM

We live in more of a pussy generation now,” Clint Eastwood

Clint has a point. I’ve noticed a lot of threads are full of complaining; guys wanting girls to like them, or wondering why they're not loved, or complaining about women liking machos guys. Guess what? Man the fuck up. If all you do is bitch and complain; you’re not going to resolve your issues. Some of us just happen to be athletic and intelligent; we go out and get drunk, we get laid, and we occasionally crack some skulls. I don’t know what's wrong with guys today; they’re getting soft. Ever since we got rid of dodge ball and started giving trophies for 2nd place we’ve been going down hill.

Toughen the fuck up men.

We need to take a moment and assess the situation; it’s up to us to do something about it. We need to let them know that we won’t go quietly into the night; we won’t go quietly without a fight! We need a place of refuge for men, a place where guys and stand up and be heard. That place is here. This is the Manly Troper Association, and this is our MA Nifesto:

For the record I don't care too much about androgyny being in beyond the personal level of not wanting to be out of style, I'm more annoyed by the pervasive culture here that seeks to glorify the complainer and vilify anything that's seen as being too close to the much hated and feared "Jock" or "prep/Fratboy".

There was a time when men could be men. When things like hard work and harder play were valued. When brawn and brain were used together in a single vessel to show dominance. When women swooned over the manliest of man features, and the womanly men were counted amongst the women. In recent times, such lines have been blurred. Androgyny is 'in' and 'hip.' Feelings and emotion reign where logic and nerve were once held in such high esteem. Now, men are not expected to be men. This Association is for all guys who missed that memo.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:19:03 PM by Kino

Cliche Since: Dec, 1969
#2: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:19:08 PM

Shouldn't this be in Troper Covens?

KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#3: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:19:41 PM

All for this if it means mandatory dodgeball.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:23:33 PM by KitsuneInferno

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#4: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:23:27 PM

T He problem with "man up" is that it can really fucking cripple people it doesn't work for. You might think its something that they can bounce back from, or its something you personally have experienced and come out of it stronger. Whats important to remember is that is not true for everyone.

Take for instance crime, I am having to help out at victim support network atm, and we were given two case studies, one was of a young man who was attacked by muggers when he was taking some money from his workplace to the bank. They beat him up but he recovered quickly. The problem was that he had had such a good life that he didn't know how to deal with it, and people saying that he should have been just added to the pressure.

So yeah in specific situations it can help, but if your saying that in general we need to "man up" you are just putting your own view over something that is often personal to people.

shinfernape Ascetic warrior Since: Jun, 2011
Ascetic warrior
#5: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:24:38 PM

Yes! We must head the coven of the great 80s action heroes as they prove their immortality via Expandables.

Even in the pit of shittyness (Avatar) their may be one virile light who may guide us strong, oh Col Quatrich.

A wish is never free.
DonZabu Since: May, 2009
#6: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:24:53 PM

I thought this thread would be complaining about the phrase "man up".

"Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#7: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:25:14 PM

This...

...this is an odd thread for IJBM (the complaining folder).

FurikoMaru Reverse the Curse from The Arrogant Wasteland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Reverse the Curse
#8: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:25:34 PM

Amuse-toi bien.

*continues slavering for sensitive-boy cock. And Norn*

A True Lady's Quest - A Jojo is You!
LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#9: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:25:43 PM

I approve of this idea.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#10: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:26:06 PM

[up]x6 I think the OP is talking about complaining about mundane annoyances that shouldn't warrant a IJBM entry.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:27:03 PM by KitsuneInferno

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#11: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:26:37 PM

Urgh, Man up is a terrible phrase purely for the expectations and connotations it carries with it.

By the powers invested in me by tabloid-reading imbeciles, I pronounce you guilty of paedophilia!
LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#12: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:27:24 PM

I prefer "Grow a pair".

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Electivirus Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:28:16 PM

I thought this thread would be complaining about the phrase "man up".

It should be.

Scrye Since: Jan, 2001
#14: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:29:52 PM

Pressure can be used to instigate positive change.

"True story, I came when I read Scrye's story, and so did everyone within five miles." —OOZE
IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#15: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:08 PM

[up]

So can terror, but no-one cheers for that?

By the powers invested in me by tabloid-reading imbeciles, I pronounce you guilty of paedophilia!
ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#16: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:20 PM

I'm with Electi.

Additionally, I... I don't know what to say besides not everyone is like you, Kino, and not everybody cares for your standards of what it means to be a man.

When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
RocketDude Since: May, 2009
#18: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:41 PM

@Ian: Well, Terrorist groups like putting "Liberation" in their names as if that makes any difference.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:31:57 PM by RocketDude

DonZabu Since: May, 2009
#19: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:44 PM

This kind of emotional repression can only last so long before someone caves.

"Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#20: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:46 PM

I don't. Too often you hear this phrase bandied around by people who lack any sort of empathy for male suffering and decide on some arcane basis as to how men SHOULD deal with their emotions.

Its irritating, and far too often encountered.

Electivirus Since: Jan, 2001
#21: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:31:49 PM

how do i growed balls

Yous water dem

edited 7th Nov '10 3:32:17 PM by Electivirus

LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#22: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:32:02 PM

Being a man = Not being a pussy who bitches about every little thing. Fairly simple stuff.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Electivirus Since: Jan, 2001
#23: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:33:01 PM

Being a man = Not being a pussy who bitches about every little thing. Fairly simple stuff.

That's... a fairly warped view of what it means to "be a man", IMO.

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#24: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:33:52 PM

I always thought being a man meant having a penis and being through with puberty?

snowbull IJBM Refugee from outer layers of The City Since: Jul, 2010
IJBM Refugee
#25: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:34:01 PM

Men are emotionless robots, I thought you knew? Any expression of sadness by a man is a sign that he is a worthless subhuman.

EDIT:I love how women are never told to live up to these standards. I guess if their purpose is to have babies it doesn't matter what they feel/don't feel.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:35:42 PM by snowbull

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