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This NY Times article makes me not want to be a "Modern Man"

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  • #31
    Originally posted by T-Shirt Ninja View Post
    Hoo boy. Check out this nonsense: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/fa...-man.html?_r=2

    I'll respond to a few points:



    I would love to have a daughter one day. For right now I have a son and he's awesome. By this logic, men like me who don't have daughters are not quite complete persons. What a load of crap.



    Or maybe this and the other chore related things mentioned on this list are just common sense have nothing to do with being a modern man?



    NO.



    Or they can detect my mood by my heavy work boots from my blue collar job.



    Except for when an intruder breaks into my home while my family is there. Then what will be between me and him will be a .38, .45, or 12 gauge shotgun. If he turns tail and runs, he gets to live. If he keeps walking towards me or any of my family, the trigger gets pulled.



    I rarely ever cry. I've seen things other people have only seen in their nightmares from my time as an EMT so most things don't get to me. I believe that there are times, places, and situations for a man to cry, and those times are rare for most men. I feel bad for guys who cry at the drop of a hat (especially in public) because I know a lot of other guys will judge them and make fun of them for it and a lot of women will not desire them.
    It's articles like this that made me lose faith in main stream media. As if they get to decide what a "real man" is. The truth is that men will decide what a real man is, not some hack writing for a newspaper publication. Also notice the lack of articles telling you what a "real woman" is. I wonder why that is.
    “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” - C.S. Lewis

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    • #32
      Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
      I can't explain why T-shirt identifies as a Brony.

      Don't ask me why he's reading the Men's Style section.



      Please, as a personal favor, and for his own good ... don't introduce him to Cosmo.
      ...as long as he doesn't identify as a clopper.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        ...as long as he doesn't identify as a clopper.

        The Kardashians, twerking, and now this: yet another addition to the list of reasons to treasure one's blissful ignorance.

        Thanks a lot, piglet.

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        • #34
          I have managed until now without even hearing or reading that term. Thanks from me too, Pig.
          Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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          • #35
            Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
            The Kardashians, twerking, and now this: yet another addition to the list of reasons to treasure one's blissful ignorance.

            Thanks a lot, piglet.
            The origin of twerking:

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            • #36
              Originally posted by T-Shirt Ninja View Post
              Hoo boy. Check out this nonsense: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/fa...-man.html?_r=2

              I'll respond to a few points:



              I would love to have a daughter one day. For right now I have a son and he's awesome. By this logic, men like me who don't have daughters are not quite complete persons. What a load of crap.



              Or maybe this and the other chore related things mentioned on this list are just common sense have nothing to do with being a modern man?



              NO.



              Or they can detect my mood by my heavy work boots from my blue collar job.



              Except for when an intruder breaks into my home while my family is there. Then what will be between me and him will be a .38, .45, or 12 gauge shotgun. If he turns tail and runs, he gets to live. If he keeps walking towards me or any of my family, the trigger gets pulled.



              I rarely ever cry. I've seen things other people have only seen in their nightmares from my time as an EMT so most things don't get to me. I believe that there are times, places, and situations for a man to cry, and those times are rare for most men. I feel bad for guys who cry at the drop of a hat (especially in public) because I know a lot of other guys will judge them and make fun of them for it and a lot of women will not desire them.
              This article is so ridiculous it should be from the 'Onion.'
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              Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
              But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:

              go with the flow the river knows . . .

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              • #37
                I agree--the article is all over the place. I thought of making a response, but ultimately, it's just one guy's opinion piece. In one eye and out the other.
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