Eating pussy.
When I was a teen I had a friend that wouldn’t cross his legs because only women do it or something, but he was also too chicken to confront any adult that did it when we walked about.
Refusing to use nail polish remover to clean off permanent marker because that’s “for women”. It’s acetone, my dude, acetone.
Meanwhile I buy my wife nail polish that just happens to be the same color as something I need to touch-up or paint.
“metallic grey…gee…thanks?”
I have at least 2 dozen metallic grey nail polishes lol… I’d be stoked to get another!
Real men use isopropyl alcohol.
I don’t even know what that means… Like you got a sharpie mark on you? Permanent marker on a white board? What scenario is that lol
I only use carb cleaner!^(1) /s
1 also acetone
All solvents are gay. That includes water, the gayest of solvents.
Water, the universally gay, solvent.
This makes sense, every gay person I’ve met drank water.
Phrasing is wrong. You have consumed water and are alive.
The correct phrasing could be something like “100% of people who died have consumed dihydrogen monoxide at some point in their lives”.
Just like how 100% of people that conflate correlation & causation die.
If only it could dissolve the gay away.
The H in H2O stands for homosexual, it’s true, look it up.
The worst I have heard was when my husband’s old boss was proudly bragging about how he didn’t even leave work to be with his wife while she was giving birth to their first child.
He honestly believed that was something to be proud of.
We live in Australia too, so it’s not like he had American orphan crushing machine to blame. He was just a horrible piece of shit.
My wife was just telling me her coworker was bragging about that too, she told him no wonder they got divorced
I’m American and the last two lines killed me 😂
How unsupportive. My dad at least took an hour off to drive mum to the hospital.
I worked in retail for 8 years and I occasionally pull from the front too out of habit. It gives you more notice with people when approaching aisles. I don’t see the connection to it being more manly though.
Funny? Funky? Frisky? Feisty? Frosty? What mystery do you hide behind these asterisks?!
I wish i didn’t know.
My guess would be “faggy”.
My guess would be “agg”
Like a bundle of sticks! Like a pack of ciggies!
My guess would be “faggy”.
We have cards now?
Did you not get on the mailing list?
Yes as soon as someone figures out their sexuality they have to apply for a government ID declaring their sexuality, it’s like a driver’s license but it’s for sex. A sexuality license. That’s where they formally declare their pronouns too.
I really thought it was “fruity”. I guess it seems obvious in retrospect. Neither is great but, yeah, that one is worse…
When I was 18 and my buddy was 17, we went to the beach. He wouldn’t let me put sunscreen on his back because that would make him gay. What if a woman saw?
He ended up with a severly blistered back, horrible, serious burns.
Me, I went up to the cute girls and just said excuse me hehehe… I can’t reach my own back.
He was also too chickenshit to do that.
You should have suggested you put sunscreen on each other’s backs at the same time to get it over with quicker.
The OG reach around
Good idea. Squirt some sunscreen on one back, then rub balls together until you’re both covered.
Edit: I meant backs, not balls, but I’m leaving it.
One point awarded to autocorrect.
You absolutely meant balls
Back to back. Back to back.
Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it…
I just had a concrete floor cut for plumbing, and neither of the guys wore a mask or respirator which is insanely unhealthy. I have a feeling it was “not manly”.
Which makes that quite literal Toxic Masculinity.
I did not know fuel is bad for your hands. Though I only really might touch it while filling ny car up.
Occasional exposure isn’t going to do much. Some people even use kerosene (diesel) can be used to wash some things off your hands. But you want to avoid it when possible.
Another reason I hate the EPA “safety” gas can nozzles. Because I’ve never felt more safe than when I’m covered in gasoline.
Generally, I’m all for things that limit emissions and improve safety. I always thought they were a PITA, but couldn’t really be that much worse than the ones I see people use at the track usually.
I finally picked one up because it was all they had at the store, and holy shit those “safety tanks” are a nightmare by comparison. They spill so much fuel and after only a couple of years the seals on mine have gone bad and leak even more. I still would like to add a flame arrestor into the necks, but it amazes me at how awful they are.
I wholly understand why they exist and what all the safety features are for (preventing fuel from spilling if they’re tipped/dropped, releasing fuel vapors, etc) but they seem utterly useless when I inevitably spill at least half a cup of fuel per 5 gal, just due to how poorly they’re made.
Fuels are mostly hydrocarbons and those are hydrophobic and lipophilic. i.e they dissolve greasy/fatty things and your skin contains oils (which the fuel dissolves and thus strips out) and your cells are basically bags of water where the bag part (cell membrane) is made up of phospholipids (basically a type of fat) so that gets degraded too. None of that is good for your skin.
Ah, makes sense. Thanks.
Alligator hands? Is that some condition?
These are typically the big right wingers who later in life live in a constant state of rage because they’re crippled or disabled and blame the government or immigrants for the fact that they live on a $1200/mo disability check, can’t work, and have nothing to their name. At least that’s my personal experience.
I worked one summer at the same factory as my dad. One day I was operating a cutting machine and my dad came by because I wasn’t wearing any safety equipment. He suggested (not told) to wear the gear but I refused because no one else uses it. He said thats fine, it’s my choice but he suggested I walk around the factory floor and count how many workers had all their fingers. I put on the safety equipment. Later on while having lunch with the two other guys in our area I noticed both were missing fingers.
He suggested (not told) to wear the gear
At what point would a smack to the head be warranted to prevent harm?
You dad did the right thing, but dang. I suggest you don’t make dance tik toks next to this active tree size buzz saw.
I worked for less than a week at a cedar shake and shingles mill: it takes trees and cuts them into fat shingles.
I was promoted when the guy above me put the pneumatic splitter through his hand.
The guy above my new position near-missed with a band saw: it bit into his arm but only about a millimeter.
On day three a cut saw operator lost the last joint of three fingers.
I told the foreman I was leaving. He nodded in understanding.
I actually, um…may not have any of the guards on my table saw for months now.
How many fingers have you lost in that time?
I’ve never had any major injuries.
If you’re careful you may never need the protection a seat belt provides. It’s still foolish and risky to go without it. Table saw guards, etc. are the same.
Yeah absolutely. It has to come off occasionally because some things just won’t fit with the guards. But leaving it off is stupid.
You do use a riving knife still though…right?
Yep, that’s still on there. No reason to remove that.
“Why are you in palliative?”
“Silicosis.”
“Brah, that is so fkn chad!”
Well Chad is like the second worst men’s name, so checks out.
Shame, one of my favourite workplace proximity associates is called Kyle.
And Todd.
Ugh and Doug.
Theyre not going to feel very manly after the silicosis kicks in
they’ll walk it off
/s
The most obvious one I have experience with is guys refusing to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle because they’re so tuff and manly and they “just won’t crash”.
I wear a helmet because it will protect my beautiful face if I fall off, and because it keeps bugs and birds from hitting the aforementioned rugged bearded handsomeness at high speeds thus preventing some accidents, and because I can have one with a cool design on it.
Yep that’s the dumbest thing. I’ve gone through clouds of bugs that hurt my chest when I wasn’t wearing my armored jacket, and I knew they would have felt worse on my face by far, but I never felt them since I never ride without the helmet.
Even disregarding the obvious safety need, wearing a helmet improves the rider’s comfort by blocking bugs and debris. Maybe they think it’s manly to have bugs in your teeth and nostrils?
I’ve never ridden a motorcycle, but I have had a bug (and part of its web) go into my mouth and down my throat while biking. Just thinking about it makes me want to gag. If, after that, you offered me a bike helmet with a front visor, I’d have put that thing on ASAP.
Now take that bug incident and make it happen at 30-50 mph? No way would I have my face hole exposed for bugs to invade! (And that’s totally apart from the safety issue.)
Not just motorcycles in my case but literally any child or adult I’ve ever seen ride a bike or use a skateboard in my entire life while strolling through town. Not a single civilian wears a helmet these days. I see preteens rolling and doing tricks on their skateboards like they’re living out some early 2000’s Tony Hawk game for the Playstation. A few people even hook their strollers up to their bikes and wear nothing.
One time cops had to be called in because some vengeful people who probably would’ve otherwise been shooters were using the opportunity to trip riders as they rode. Did it change anything? Nope, they still wore nothing and still made themselves vulnerable to the same thing if anyone would ever want to do it again. Cops never enforced what is actually a helmet/pad mandate and I guess it’s not a CPS concern either, which stands out given their history.
Only a couple of friends of mine serve as an exception to the observation. One day some peers asked “why are you wearing a helmet and pads, you know, like little girls” and I’ll never forget how they responded with “why are you wearing nothing, you know, like poor people?”
Tbf that’s not toxic masculinity usually, just stupidity. It’s the same shit for men and women a like, and some idiots even teach their spawns to ride without one. But I guess you only buy helmet for the kids you want to keep…
If something I’ve learned from 15 years of bmx and MTB, is that there’s no such a ride that doesn’t warrant using a helmet; was it visiting shop, picking kid from daycare or a day ride
I disagree I would say most kids/teen’s refusing to wear helmets for cycling and skating are doing it because they think it’s uncool, why is it uncool? Because it makes you look less tough afraid of falling, definitely toxic masculinity.
Head injuries, accidental bad falls can ruin your life.
I’d call it toxic masculinity if it was primarily a male problem. In skateparks sure it is, but when you look at the streets people commuting, a helmet is a rare sight and it’s almost even more common to see a guy with helmet than a woman.
It’s similar to toxic masculinity, but I’d rather call it hivemindlessness lol
I’d call it toxic masculinity if it was primarily a male problem.
Toxic masculinity is not a solely male problem, it’s a set of behaviors that’s harmful or potentially harmful to either the person itself or people around them that is perceived as normal masculine behavior.
It’s similar to toxic masculinity, but I’d rather call it hivemindlessness lol
Those are the same things, Toxic masculinity is literally the product of the hivemind, the idea that you are a wuss if you protect your brain and wear a helmet isn’t something that you are born with.
Yes, it is the same thing except the “masculinity” part. The “feminine” counterpart is toxic femininity.
We’re talking about a problem that’s not specific to either of those
Your friends sound like proper douchebags too btw.
TIL there’s a proper way to be a douchebag.
I wasn’t trying to define grades of douchebagness, but to tell you that your friends come off just as bad as their counterparts in your little anecdote. Since you seem to think your friends had a cool rebuttal, i suspect you’re a douche too.
I never implied that, I just didn’t know what you meant by a “proper” douchebag. Excuse me for having non-native-English skills.
and because it keeps bugs and birds from hitting the aforementioned rugged bearded handsomeness at high speeds
I wear a full face helmet because holy shit I know one saved my face. But even if the helmet wasn’t a separator from potential meat crayon situation, I’d still wear it for this reason right here. Seriously, I’ve had some beetles hit my helmet so hard it made me recoil, I can’t imagine taking one straight to face like that.
I tell anyone who asks that motorcycle helmets can prevent accidents. Your high delta-V beetle is the perfect example of why.
I’ve had beetles on the forehead while road cycling. Even at 40km/h that seriously hurts. Wouldn’t want it to happen at 100!
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Vega?
I can’t see without a helmet when the wind picks up! Wife and I have bluetooth comms that make riding way more fun
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My sister doesn’t want to cook because she’s brainwashed by capitalism feminist movement culture.
Are you sure she is the one that’s brainwashed?
Ye what does “capitalism feminist movement culture” even mean lmao
That’s so weird, because it’s such a manly profession out in restaurants and the career version of it. But the second cooking happens at the home, now it’s woman’s work (to these toxic masculinity guys). So bizarre.
My father in law used to get on my case a lot about cooking. I love to cook. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and have done it professionally. He wasn’t nasty about it but he’s an older fella (being that I’m 50) and he used to say “I just can’t understand.” He has been around good food his entire life made all around the world. I asked him to name one professional chef that was female aside from Julia Child. At the time there weren’t many well known in that boys club yet. Then I explained.that my workshop ( a big thing in his life) was the kitchen. Gadgets, fire and sharp things that can lop off fingers everywhere you look. It took him a long time to accept it but he worked it out.
Routine colonoscopy after hitting middle age
Tbh I think we all kinda suck at routine doctors appointments. Speaking as a woman
It just feels inconvenient to make time for it nowadays and it always gets delayed
Right, but there is a difference between me being a lazy antisocial person who hates talking on the phone to make an appointment, and being afraid to make an appointment because I’m worried I might like the feeling of something long and firm going in my ass.
Wait THAT’S why people neglect their appointments? I thought it was just laziness and neglect!
Can confirm, am someone who hates (gets anxiety thinking about) talking on the phone
no problem, if you’re that worried about a routine colonoscopy turning you gay, congrats! you’re definitely into cock!
I fear colonoscopies not because of toxic masculinity, but, because I don’t think it would be very comfortable
Refusing to listen to “killer queen” because it was too gay.
My brother refused to listen to Whip It by Devo because he thought it was gay.
He associated to that scene in the Simpsons with Smithers dancing along to it in chaps.
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I used to know a man who was huge fan of Queen but also massively homophobic. When I called him out on it, “Um, Freddie was very gay”, he quickly replied, “Oh, that’s different”. 🤔
No way this one is real lol
In fairness we were in high-school. So toxic masculinity was at its height.
Friend gave me the aux in his mustang. I still remember it because it was beyond idiotic of him.
Alright I can see a high schooler doing that lol
I’ve been to Gay pride parades, gay bars and gay clubs. The gayest experience I’ve had in my life was working in the trades with straight men doing everything they can to prove their masculinity at all costs.
These men will use women as mere possessive objects in order to prove to their masculinity towards other men. By oversexualizing all women while at the same time belittling all that their partner does. As if women were merely currency for respect among men.
They hated gays and trans people so much that they would spend an extremely uncomfortable amount of time telling you how much they were “disgusted” by these people.
They hated on any man who who did not possess physical masculine traits. Those traits that they hated? Not being muscular. Not being tall. Not being fat (what???). Having longer hair.
But the gayest thing these guys refused to do was stand up for themselves against unjust authority. They would spend the most all their free time explicitly telling you how much they hate their boss. How stupid their boss is. How much of an asshole their boss is. How they would kick their bosses ass. Just talk an absolute big game.
Then the boss would come around the corner and you’d never see a bunch of grown ass men tuck their dicks between their legs faster than these guys. Their voices raise up a couple pitches and suddenly they are acting as subservient as how they believe their wives should be.
It’s in this unspoken idea of respect for Men in Authority that you see the “gayest” trait in these toxic men. But not in a good gay way. A toxic gay trait that comes from a deep place built on oppression and repression of ones self. Where respect from your fellow man at all costs is the most valuable thing they crave. Where respect from your boss holds even higher value. Where respect from men in higher positions is held at even higher value.
All they care about is to be noticed by other men. That’s kinda gay dude.
The cost of all this effort to gain respect from exclusively other men is their dignity. And they are more than willing to give up their dignity to be noticed by men in positions of authority.
To these guys, questioning or standing up to authority is gay. Standing up for yourself is gay. Demanding to be treated with dignity is gay. They will be the first ones to kick you down for disrespecting authority.
I’ve walked into a club bathroom and saw two guys giving another guy a blowjob. That’s still not as gay as watching “straight” acting men grovel at the feet of boss in any trades.
Ick…
Holy shit yes, this whole thing right here.
The trade fields are absolutely insanely full of men telling each other how manly they are and how not gay they are with the “notice me” mode that it’s kinda ‘dude… if you want guys to hit on you… you’re going about it all wrong.’
Don’t forget anything longer than a military buzzcut. Gayyyyyyy
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Kudos for being able to say what you did, while using gay as a “derogatory” word, and not fucking it up in a way that would lead an uncharitable interpretation of what you said.
That being said, I absolutely agree with you, and the most homophobic shit I’ve ever heard came from guys who were so insecure about their sexuality, in a way that signalled to virtually everyone who was secure, that there was something about themselves they didn’t want to accept.
That reminds me of this Ron White joke
Ugh. Very relateable.
To give you an idea, I’m 2m/6ft6, do weight lifting and I’m not particularly worried about the size of my dick. I may be insecure about many things, but not about my manliness.
Anyway, these kind of insecure men always try to out macho me. It’s so fucking tiring. I’m basically straight (never say never), but I like stuff these kinds of men often find gay, because I’m not an anti-intellectual moron who has the maturity of a 12 year old boy or cares too much about what other people think. It’s like they want to whip out their dicks and measure each other all the time. What kind of manchild cares so much about what other people think, that they can’t listen to classical music, dress nicely, or read a book? As you say, these men are too weak to have opinions of their own or stand-up to authority.
They’re so deeply insecure, it’s fucking sad. Pathetic even. Not that I feel much sympathy for them, especially the older ones who’ve had time to mature, because they inevitably cause you grief. They’re at best annoying, but can be outright dangerous. The whole machismo, kiss the boot, contempt for the weak thing is a toxic cocktail. No surprise who they vote for either, always love to suck the dick of a strong leader who tells them they’re better than someone else.
You know those Harvard implicit association tests? They have one for racism, but they also have one for homophobia. Certainly not without their flaws, but I took one. Turns out I have a bias against straight people. No mystery how that happened, given so many men are toxic.
I think it’s important to call most of these stories what they are. They’re not toxic masculinity, they’re homophobia, in the most literal sense of the word.
Edited for clarity
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The venn diagram of toxic masculinity and homophobia is pretty much a circle.
Edit: fixing my dumbass phone’s autocorrect.
Yeah well let’s be honest a lot of toxic masculinity traits are deeply rooted in homophobia and sexism…
You’d think someone obsessed with masculinity would realize there’s nothing manlier than two dudes fucking.
Who are you responding to?
The thread in general. After reading a bunch of the stories, it occurred to me that they are all homophobic. Men engaging in certain behaviors, or avoiding behaviors and activities to avoid being perceived as gay are homophobic. You make a good point though, I edited my response to make it more clear.
I think it’s very much related. Avoid being percieved as gay could be related to gender as well as the set of stereotypical behaviours that are associated with gays. And it could be both.
I think it’s that doing something that’s conceived as “feminine” being gay - say for example caring for your looks. I think the homophobia (and sexism) is an afterthought and the root is toxic masculinity
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being attracted to a man is obviously a feminine trait. and we hate everything feminine, did i tell you i hate the woman i confessed my love to and have been married to for 30 years?
/s
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I know some people that never wipe their ass because that’s a gay thing. Well if being hetero means have a dirty ass and smell like shit, I think I rather be gay then.
I knew this would be mentioned. Dudes that don’t wash their asses because it’s gay.
You know what’s not gay? Having sex with girls and that becomes really difficult when you’re a nasty unwashed homophobe with a dirty ass.
I don’t understand how this works. Like, not even in the shower?
I didn’t get into the details as they would be pretty gross. So I have no idea
Wait what? I tought this never got beyond bad jokes
Came here to say this. Disgusting and stupid.
Back in my country, bottled mineral water used to have a pink cap when it was non-carbonated, and blue cap for the carbonated one. I guess, I don’t even have to finish the story, at this point everyone can imagine… But yeah, in primary school I had class mates who refused to drink the non-carbonated one, saying it’s “gay water”.
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