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Following the conventional norms of manhood can bring social and professional rewards to some boys and men. But it's not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.

So when people are telling everyone that real men don't express emotion openly, that they have to be "tough all the time", that anything other than that makes them "feminine" or weak, there's a problem. They're putting others in a box. Scratch that. They're putting half of this world's population in a box.

Showing just how often that happens online, the Twitter account Hot Masculinity Takes accepts submissions from folks who find the absolute worst opinions about men on the Internet and reshares them on its wall. Sadly, judging by the number of entries, there's no shortage of these instances.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What the hell? If you want to be safe and not get arrested you are not a “man”?

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The person behind Hot Masculinity Takes wanted to remain anonymous but they told Bored Panda that the point of this account is just to post the takes and let people draw their own conclusions.

"I will say that it’s not purely about 'toxic masculinity,'" they explained. "I do draw a lot from the manosphere but a lot of the takes are from women speaking about men, and I include left-wing hot takes too."

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet anyone can knock someone else out but not everyone can cook good food.

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According to the American Psychological Association (APA), these cultural "lessons" have been linked to “aggression and violence,” leaving boys and men at “disproportionate risk for school discipline, academic challenges and health disparities,” including cardiovascular problems and substance abuse.

“Men are overrepresented in prisons, are more likely than women to commit violent crimes, and are at greatest risk of being a victim of violent crime,” the American Psychological Association (APA) wrote.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wha.....? This is even more stupid than the height obsession

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Nathan Pogorzala
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ask that to a 1970s steel worker and see what happens. Or make fun of his Thermos and he will beat you to death with it. 1/2 serious.

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GirlFriday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That should be 100% serious. I grew in coal mining country. Everyone carries a lunch box.

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Samantha Lomb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kind of man who works a job where eating lunch is important but there are no cafes near by or he wants to save money. Like every construction worker, builder, landscaper etc ever

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Pedro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those must be gay jobs, like the blokes from the Village People :D

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Paul Beebe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Um...a HUNGRY man? One who is smart enough to feed himself on the job??? LOLS

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Jennifer Norton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man that wants to save money. A man that likes to eat what he or his S/O cooked. A man that is too busy at work to step away for lunch.... I don't know what do y'all think?

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Ste
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My man. My man has a lunchbox that I happily fill for him every morning.

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Rench
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a thermal bag for my lunch. It's essentially a food purse. I don't have a fridge to keep my food in at work. It's much better than food poisoning.

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Calypso poet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a bunch of those! Because like my husband and I, working at places with fridges that nobody ever cleans.

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Michał Jastrzębski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...dunno, the kind that likes their food in a good shape after transport?

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Troux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We got deep pockets to keep our bacon double cheese steaks in,

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Tom Spade
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man with a great job who can afford lunch. I use a bag, but same concept. My work is rural, no nice little bistro nearby for us fake men to eat at, so I generally bring lunch in a big bag for my dog and I. Come on out where we're at, Real Man. I'll hand you 5 pounds of your own ass before you can get that man-mouth open fully.

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Kathryn Webb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kind who cannot levitate food; what's confusing here? Yeesh

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Jess Hoffman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A ban who doesn't want food poisoning, and doesn't want a heart attack from fast food. The man with the lunch box is a real man who will be around to raise his children!

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Teresa Simmons
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One that cooked a great dinner the night before and wants to eat the leftovers.

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Drive Bee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One who packs his lunch? What does this person do, stuff their sandwich in their pocket?

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Robert Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a lunch box. It is the ammo box in my ice chest. The ammo box keeps my lunch dry amongst the ice and Gatorade. If I worked in an office, I suppose I wouldn't need it. I could carry my lunch in my briefcase. And on casual Friday, outside vendors would bring food.

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Chris B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man who wants to transport his lunch from A to B. Sometimes with a stop at C or D.

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danielw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kind of man who likes eating lunch? what do you put it in?

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Apachebathmat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one eating his lunch?? Does this guy just eat straight out of his very masculine trough?

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Oskar vanZandt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stanley has made lunchboxes and matching thermos flasks for over a hundred years... all those miners, builders, truck-drivers, factory workers etc. of both genders must not know why a lunchbox is essential? Not everyone can afford a bought lunch every (or any) day!

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Mr. Vr
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A practical one, what else would you put it in? A plastic bag? Waste.

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fire bug
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ummmm, I do. I work 12 hour days to provide for my family and bring my lunch to save money.... again to help better provide for my family.

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Sori
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sexy husband has an adorbs one with cartoon skulls and I can't talk him into another one

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Persp Gold
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the kind who has a gf who doent want him taking plastic bags to work daily

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one. I happen to enjoy living, and food is quite useful for that.

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Deborah B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The frugal, environmentally-concious, organised, healthy-eating kind?

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Say this at a construction site. Dare ya. If lucky, the answer is, "To carry my lunch in, dumba**." If unlucky, questioner won't have teeth left.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't all men have lunchboxes?...sure, some might be packing more into there's and others just a light lunch....I'm guessing this guy just packs a snack.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I'm such a man that i keep my sandwich in my back pocket, my chocolate bar in my side pocket, my crisps in my socks and my drink on my head, practical as foook.

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David Blake
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad was a coal miner. Took a lunchbox to work every day.

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GirlFriday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My father, grandfather, and uncles were all coal miners. They worked 10 hours per day in a coal mine - far from any restaurant and where no place would deliver. If they didn't carry a lunch box, they didn't eat during their shift. They were/are the "manliest" of men. They provided for their families, cared for their children, and supported their communities. It doesn't get manlier than that.

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Cynthia Carter
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone who works in construction like my husband and FIL back in the day. They needed something that wouldn't get smashed up, wet, etc and could hold a thermos. There usually aren't employee lounges with fridges on construction sites. And my father used an old biscuit tin for decades and he had his own office.

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure it's that construction working sitting on the steel beams of a sky-rise he's building that packs a lunch box. In fact, real men have to pack a lunch for their real man job. It's the white collar pansies that have lunch served to them in a swanky restaurant. Booyah!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once worked with manager in a retail store that had his sandwich in a hello kitty lunchbox. Great guy great manager great dad and had abs for days. The reason for the lunch box ? His sandwich fit in it perfectly and his daughter gave it to him. I say. Awwww. A good man

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Calypso poet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man with a wife who packs a nice lunch they can take to the park instead of eating in the dirty lunchroom?

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BusyLizzy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kind who is secure enough in his masculinity not to care about something as trivial as a lunchbox?

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Amy Sadler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Working men of years gone by, they called them snap boxes...

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Virgil Blue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man who likes his sandwiches not squashed into a lump of dough thank you very much.

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The Deez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, I think the BEST kind of man would not only have a lunch box but it would be, like, an Avengers lunch box! LOL!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally, I think the BEST kind of man would not only have a lunchbox but it would be, like, an Avengers lunchbox! LOL!

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Pedro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So miners, construction workers, fishermen, farmers, forestry workers are all gay now. M'kay

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Jim Day
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man who puts money in an IRA/401K instead of the fast-food industry.

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Tim Haight
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any man who takes his lunch to work with him? I have a small insulated one that I use

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Pilot Chick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man that doesn’t want to chase the contents of their lunch around the inside of their car

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Diphylleia Grayi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man that wants to eat? Aren't men supposed to be not hungry?

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Monic Krugell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one who is man enough to be married to an actual woman who lovingly packs him a lunchbox every day. Maybe you will understand one day after a bit of an attitude adjustment.

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Sonja
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the one, that takes his lunch to work/somewhere else? happy I could help :)

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Ivana
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude just be jealous. I pack my husband a bento box and he is the envy of his office. I am a fantastic cook and my bento boxes are bomb. Who wants waste a ton of money eating out everyday? Plus, half the time I have to work through lunch so leaving the office to go anywhere is not an option 99% of the time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man simply interested in saving money. Not for something frivolous, but for something he has set as a goal that might be a very important one.

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Samuel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the one who doesn't want to mix his protein powder with the emergency bear traps in his backpack, duh

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kjorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i want my dinner to be cold and not to get food poisoning by a warm meal

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MauKini
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh nooo.. how will i break it to my husband that from now on he is my wife?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kind that is environmentally conscious? The kind that doesn't want to spend a lot of money on lunch? The kind that doesn't have time to go look for lunch?

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Friday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dave Bautista collects steel lunchboxes so there you go

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Adam C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

let say 1 lunch cost $10 and lunch box $2. by having lunch box will save you about $1760. The kind that want to spend $1700 extra on their kid.

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Societal pressures, expectations from family, friends, and partners, and even expectations of religious identities can be burdensome to a man seeking out his masculine identity.

While some social, political, or religious groups may provide a set of guidelines for a healthy form of masculinity, experts say it is better for an individual to stick to their own definition, so long as it does not harm themselves or others.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait staff in the U.S. make less than minimum wage. Plus I'd love to see these people actually wait tables. Seriously. Lets see how long they last when they have to deal with other people like themselves and everything else wait staff has to deal with.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would think that a man who does not want to make me sick cares about me. Even if it's just as a human being who deserves their health protected.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Modern men beg for women's appreciation..and ancient men didn't? MUHAHAHA The Greek 'ancient man' Paris chose Aprodite as the winner of this beauty pageant because she promised him that if he did so, Helen of Troy (the most beautiful girl in the world) would love him. This started a 10 year war..10 YEARS!!!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, I kinda like this one. Sawdust gets abso-fricken-lutely everywhere, just like glitter. It's just as irritating. Statistically speaking, more men are going to generate sawdust than women. That's the trouble with absolutes though - men will use glitter (if they are an artist, for example, or a chef and it's the edible kind) and women will do woodworking and create sawdust. But lumping stereotypes together makes for a short, pithy joke.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guess the overabundance of testosterone keeps them from typing. Or is that gay too?

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok depends on *how* frugal. Regular to moderate Frugal I can get behind, sure we'll probably need to triple coupon but saved money is security. Excessive frugalness to to the point of where you're issued 4 squares of TP a day, that's just insane and kind of scary. None of it's gay unless they're talking about how happy the Frugal man is to buy his car or house in cash.

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