Lost Manly Arts
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Speaking well but plainly. Most people who can speak well speak in circles, and many of the rest just cannot or choose not to speak well at all.
You should see the disgusting abysmal condition of some of my pipes, it brings shame to me and my Dynasty! i'm lazy.
By treating the lady like a lady, you mean opening the kitchen door, and giving directions to the sink?
I'm not very manly. Afraid of heights and everything. Also not very good at any labour intensive work, tried to build myself a pipe rack. Instead gave myself a thumb blister, then I gave up. :crying:
A friend used to teach a course titled "Being Human in the Twentieth (it would now be Twenty First) Century.
It was using the arts and humanities to reconnect with our human-ness against a background of change,
turmoil, technology, and commercial manipulation, men and women. I thought that was an inspired effort.
However, I do like to wear a bow tie occasionally, and cufflinks. All boys, all kids, should be run through
the initiation of the safe and responsible use of fire and folding knives and saving, spending and investing
money. I would assert that being gentle, physically and emotionally, is a masculine trait, not just "getting
in touch with our feminine side," but part of the male psyche too. The old straw about, you have to be
strong to be gentle, which is true.
It was using the arts and humanities to reconnect with our human-ness against a background of change,
turmoil, technology, and commercial manipulation, men and women. I thought that was an inspired effort.
However, I do like to wear a bow tie occasionally, and cufflinks. All boys, all kids, should be run through
the initiation of the safe and responsible use of fire and folding knives and saving, spending and investing
money. I would assert that being gentle, physically and emotionally, is a masculine trait, not just "getting
in touch with our feminine side," but part of the male psyche too. The old straw about, you have to be
strong to be gentle, which is true.
Farting.
If done right it is not only satisfying, but can be blamed on someone you are standing next to when you look at them and exclaim, "Whoa, Big Boy!"
I personally try to select someone that I don't care for to stand by, therefore optimizing the experience. My dog dog taught me this trick.
If done right it is not only satisfying, but can be blamed on someone you are standing next to when you look at them and exclaim, "Whoa, Big Boy!"
I personally try to select someone that I don't care for to stand by, therefore optimizing the experience. My dog dog taught me this trick.
Love the use of irony there.
Anyway, I'm glad we're no longer manly. According to some of the posts in this thread, until the last couple of decades all men were abusive, chauvinistic, moronic, braggarts? It's so nice to be an enlightened man.
...Oh no! I just talked about manliness...that must mean I'm not a man anymore. Well crap, better go tell the wife. :wink:
But what happens when these "arts", some of which we once relied upon for survival, are supplanted by practices that are not under our control? I'm thinking of hunting being replaced by meat farming, map reading, being replaced by GPS etc. What happens when the new systems fail or those who control them use them for nefarious purposes? Many of the "manly arts" are really just a simple manifestation of self-sufficiency.
I suppose, though, that self-sufficiency is now often viewed as foolishness, selfishness, racism or inequality.
Fill in the blank. "I cannot think of anything MORE manly than _______". One gaining control over one's wild-ass misbehaving children with one's cold hard Stare of Death. Your guys' dads ever give you that look? If you can't instill fear in the hearts of children with a single glance, well, may God help you.
The look of disappointment was the look I never wanted to see from my dad. So, I went for respect more than fear with the kid. Mine grew up with a fear of disappointing me more than a fear of my actions.
In relation to Mso8's comment of emotion, made me think of the great Oscar Wilde's quote "A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally." Certainly something to live by. :twisted:
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