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snowbull IJBM Refugee from outer layers of The City Since: Jul, 2010
IJBM Refugee
#51: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:47:53 PM

relevant

edited 7th Nov '10 3:48:11 PM by snowbull

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Scrye Since: Jan, 2001
#53: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:49:26 PM

Post 39: I'd prefer it if all tropers gained some security with themselves. Hell, from what I've noticed, the girls have actually been a little more secure than some of the male tropers. This kind of worries me. Not because the girls need to be more insecure, but because it shows that some of the male tropers are just that insecure.

Keep in mind, this may have something to do with the sampling bias, since the male-to-female ratio on these forums is definitely skewed.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:50:31 PM by Scrye

"True story, I came when I read Scrye's story, and so did everyone within five miles." —OOZE
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#54: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:51:02 PM

Firstly, Man Up is less of a mouthful than "people here need to stop making threads in which they bitch about insignificant problems that could be solved by getting thicker skin or making a statement,"

I know not everyone here is like me; that's not the issue. What bothers me is when people decide to make a thread and complain about something that's really not that serious if you take a step back and look at it. That being said I do my best to give the OP relevant advice; most of the time it consist of them opening their mouth and telling somebody how they feel.

It only starts to piss me off when said OP decides to either ignore the advice or make excuses for themselves. If you're asking for help why would you turn around and ignore the people who wanted to help you? When the information and skills to succeed at your task are in front of you and yet you fail to take advantage of them for fear of leaving your comfort zone, I lose faith in you.

@Josef Bugman: What did the 2nd case study entail?

emeriin Since: Jan, 2001
#55: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:52:43 PM

^^Fair point. I'm just on Live Journal and dear Gooood, the whining and wank will drive you insane. But I would hope it's only a Vocal Minority of guys here that think they deserve to have a girlfriend and are upset because they haven't.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:53:14 PM by emeriin

DonZabu Since: May, 2009
#56: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:52:54 PM

If you're asking for help why would you turn around and ignore the people who wanted to help you?
Because the help sucks, and you're biased against them?

^ I'm driven less insane by the whining and more insane by the strawmanning and bile against said whining.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:53:23 PM by DonZabu

"Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
MidnightVelvet Since: Apr, 2014
#57: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:53:46 PM

...

So, we're not posting music videos anymore?

sad

Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#58: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:55:08 PM

I'll take the "no uneccesary whining" but without the butchness thankyouverymuch.

Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#59: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:55:43 PM

Two and a Half Men killed it.

"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.
emeriin Since: Jan, 2001
#60: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:55:44 PM

^^ Sounds like a good plan to me. All in favour?

edited 7th Nov '10 3:55:54 PM by emeriin

DonZabu Since: May, 2009
#61: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:56:11 PM

^ Nay.

"Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#62: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:56:15 PM

In favor.

When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#63: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:56:25 PM

Aye! We're still doing dodgeball later, right?

edited 7th Nov '10 3:56:54 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.
MidnightVelvet Since: Apr, 2014
#64: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:56:44 PM

^^^^Aye! No, wait a minute.

-whines about the lack of music videos-

Okay, now that that's over with, aye!

^^^^^You shut up. It's a manly song and you know it.

edited 7th Nov '10 3:57:11 PM by MidnightVelvet

EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#65: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:57:27 PM

Yeah, "no unnecessary whining" is an admirable ideal. But macho posturing is just silly.

Look! Look, I'm a man, I'm lifting the heavy thing!

JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#66: Nov 7th 2010 at 3:59:17 PM

Older gentleman who got attacked after visiting his sick sister. Recovered in a matter of days, despite the wounds being severe and him being left outside for 7 hours in winter. And being stabbed in the leg.

ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#67: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:00:24 PM

War vet or people of old are tougher than we give them credit for?

When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#68: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:01:01 PM

@JB: Were there any complications afterward? Because that is pretty badass.

DrPravd Nihihihihihihi from Shooting the Breeze Since: Aug, 2010
Nihihihihihihi
#69: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:02:23 PM

I was pondering a post and then decided not to, but then the words at the top told me I was about to settle this thing.

HOW CAN I POSSIBLY REFUSE THAT.

...

...Yeah, aye and whatnot. Well, actually, wait. First I need to whine about hair getting messy when I wake up in the mornings because IT IS RUINING MY LIFE and people just keep telling me "lol brush ur hair" but they don't get me and and and

So it's actually an aye I am withholding for later. An Aye O. U..

edited 7th Nov '10 4:03:23 PM by DrPravd

"People are calling me stupid on the internet."
JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#70: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:03:55 PM

Nope. He survived very well. But the point is that "manning up" isn't just something you can use as a blanket statement.

EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#71: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:05:03 PM

Older gentleman who got attacked after visiting his sick sister. Recovered in a matter of days, despite the wounds being severe and him being left outside for 7 hours in winter. And being stabbed in the leg.

Would it have been as badass if instead his leg had developed gangrene, and he had died of blood poisoning?

Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#72: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:05:59 PM

And I would like to state that we will not take away the right to kvetch away from anyone. I say it's distinct from mere whining and a very vital form of communication among my people! :P

Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#73: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:07:06 PM

@OP — You're doing this wrong. Creating an association for manly men doesn't make men any more likely to be manly; it just creates a refuge for people who're uncomfortable with the current standards of masculinity, probably because they haven't been successful under them.

You want to be a man? Go out and be a man. Kill a fish bigger than you. Drive an ambulance in a major war. Develop crippling alcoholism. Popularize polydactylism in cats. Eventually eat a shotgun.

edited 7th Nov '10 4:11:54 PM by Nornagest

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
Scrye Since: Jan, 2001
#74: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:07:57 PM

Joseph: I have no idea how that example had any relevance to your point. That guy actually sounds badass.

edited 7th Nov '10 4:09:58 PM by Scrye

"True story, I came when I read Scrye's story, and so did everyone within five miles." —OOZE
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#75: Nov 7th 2010 at 4:09:30 PM

...Hemingway popularized polydactylic cats?

No, wait, he didn't drive an ambulance, he was a demolition man or something

edited 7th Nov '10 4:09:59 PM by Tzetze

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