marketing of masculinity

^ that puts me in mind of the fact that the button plackets down the front of a man's shirt and a woman's blouse are reversed from one another, for no reason other than to show one is intended to be worn by a man and the other intended for a woman.

There is some reason for that though - something about women being dressed by others?

As I understand it, back when upper class women were dressed by their chambermaids, their male counterparts in the upper class were also dressed by their valets, but without quite the same amount of fuss and whalebone involved.

Hm if thats so then that cant be it.

men could dress themselves but women's clothes - at least the ones with buttons on them - were more complicated, so a woman needed someone else to do the buttons. it wasn't just the upper classes, it was everyone because the lower classes would receive hand-me-downs from their masters. there were clothes that didn't have buttons of course but those were for sleeping/ being around the house. i got all this from "a time traveller's guide to restoration britain" - highly recommended!

Another theory has to do with how a man might need to unbutton his cloak with one hand while drawing his sword with the other. I think that's apocryphal, though.

it's certainly an entertaining image

Went looking for kid’s bedroom decor inspirations and ended up discovering the three stages of male adolescent sociopathy pic.twitter.com/qO1kLrTif3

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 13, 2018

Whatever the origin of this oddity, it is supremely functionless now and there's no purpose in retaining it.

However I totally want a treehouse and rope bridge over my bed. That looks fucking great.

Where are the bookcases?

We let Hammer have a little BBQ grill in his room once, and man, the insurance guy almost didn't believe me when I filed the claim a week later.

jungle room is kinda cool, has "The birds don't sing, they screech in pain" stenciled on a wall unseen from that angle.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/de/f8/a4/def8a48db13bf98704a0e293dd421bd0.png

Noice!

related: Yesterday a 15-ish-looking kid approached me as I was walking toward 7-11. He said, "can I ask you a favor?" I said, "possibly." He said, "can you buy me a gameleaf?" I said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand." He said, "Game leaf. Wild berry. Cigars. I'll give you money."

Now, I was once a young person. Never much of a tobacco smoker, but I loved booze and weed, and definitely went to great lengths to get them. So I guess I empathized, but at that moment, I just didn't feel like dealing with it, so I said "sorry, man, can't help you."

Is it weird that if it had been a 20-year-old, I'd probably have taken pity and bought him beer? But tobacco for a 15-year-old just seems... nope.

And come the fuck ON. Wild berry flavored? How about some fuckin CAMELS, boy? Fuckin MARLBORO. Shit, even BLUNTS would be acceptable.

it would've been for a blunt surely

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn8_Ui9UUAAz45d.jpg

I like beans but in small quantities

Pork i love

I can pork all day

blechh

can you just.. not?

U luv it

http://www.funnysigns.net/files/pork-love.jpg

fire!

received a facebook ad for this

sorry lads, probably not gonna happen
https://flashpack.com/insights/2017/03/10/men-should-travel-solo-on-a-small-group-holiday/

ah, missed the most important bit

Though there was one element which I wasn’t expecting in that I didn’t realise just how much more popular Flash Pack trips would be with women!

a trip with a group of people that's not all men doing "adventuring" might be more appealing to people, sure

Something similar was posted a while ago, but this takes it to its logical level. I saw these in a 99 Cent Store, so maybe they've already been rejected by the marketplace.

http://www.sterlingglobalproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bobs_header1.jpg

Not exactly the right thread I guess, but this is now being advertised to me, why

http://imgur.com/UBKkz9Xl.png

haha i just saw that one too

haha thats kinda dope tho

I think it would actually look alright if it was just sort of vaguely "knight inspired" and didn't have an actual helmet built in

no way, then the knight hoodie illusion is incomplete

Kinda want that for walking the dog in winter tbh.

i'd wear it? imagine peeping into the helmet and surprise. it me.

“Surprise. It me.”
—Joan of Arc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRzJJcq6Rs

I. Can't. Even. pic.twitter.com/mGFkEbIqRt

— Gerry Conway (@gerryconway) December 21, 2018

PISTOL SANDALS HELL YEAH

tier two operators: there's absolutely no such thing as a tactical sandal
me (smugly): pic.twitter.com/xkAtp8Kfhw

— Max Read (@max_read) January 6, 2019

(thx 2 max 4 new screenname)

premium operating envelope

just discovered 'tactical baby gear', which is exactly like a regular diaper bag, except eight times the price and marketed to men who think that having children with your wife makes you gay pic.twitter.com/BMXjn61asb

— Paulie Doyle (@BigPaulieDoyle) March 23, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D505N3zV4AAQDxf.jpg:small

It's already a product for beards, but I guess that wasn't butch enough.

Yes I'm going there.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Lumberjack_Song.jpg/300px-Lumberjack_Song.jpg
montypythonlumberjacksong.jpg

only pansies want _soft_ beards, true men have beards with the texture of steel wool

I use a 2x4 to soften my beard.

i use my copy of "the return of the durutti column" to soften my beard

I use my beard to soften pieces of 2x4.

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.27343978.9032/ra,unisex_tshirt,x2200,fafafa:ca443f4786,front-c,392,146,750,1000-bg,f8f8f8.jpg

Hmmm…

lmao

poor self-cucked redbubble dude

feel like we're now into the 'be a feminist you fucking pussy' era of masculinity marketing.