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Our society has an imaginary handbook of cultural guidelines that are understood and followed by most. You won't ever find a physical version, and the rules are rarely mentioned in a casual conversation – however, every human is aware of its existence. There are unspoken rules for literally every aspect of your life: a friendship, relationship, parenthood, etc. – yet today, we'll be strictly focusing on the rules that hide behind manhood. 

"Men of Reddit, what are some unwritten rules we have?" – an online user took it to one of the most famous and well-liked online communities to find out what unspoken manhood laws are there. The question received over 4.4K upvotes and 3.7K worth of comments revealing the rules that every self-respecting man will follow to the end of his days. Make sure to comment below if there's something that members of this online forum missed!

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#1

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome When walking upstairs behind a woman, the stairs instantly become the most interesting thing.

“Hmmm, these stairs are really made out of stairs huh”

Depressed-College27 , micadew Report

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GW
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister does this with movies. If there's kissing in a movie, she just looks around and talks about the walls or the floor

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#2

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome Whenever your friend is cooking on the bbq, you have to stand next to him and talk about how amazing this food is gonna be

figlay , Joe Shlabotnik Report

#3

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome A big bag of soil, dry dog food, or rice must be slapped.

Tongs for BBQ must be clicked 2-3 times before using them.

TheBassMeister , Didriks Report

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The clicking activates the tongs. Tongs automatically switch off after a short time, so no need to worry about leaving them on.

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#4

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome When you're strapping down a strap, you must say "that's not going anywhere" or you will lose everything on the trailer

Winter_Walker1Xx , Bradley Gordon Report

#5

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome Beer and pizza/BBQ is acceptable payment for helping another man work on his house or vehicle.

ofsquire , Yoshihide Nomura Report

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Mermaid Elle-Jaye
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg, now that’s a pizza. Just came from the horrid list of boyfriends attempting cooking.

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#6

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome When your friend’s crush is around, he is the funniest in the group

SwimmingRevenue5321 , https://flic.kr/p/8krmCn Report

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#7

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome Don't throw a friend under the bus to impress someone. Ever.

HopefulSite125 , Tim Spouge Report

#8

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome If a friend buys you a drink you don’t pay it back you just buy the next round

UgliestDisability , Images Alight Report

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#9

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome The best test of a friendship is when you defended someone in their absence and vice-versa.

WithAdityaBansal , Eric Chan Report

#10

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome A grunt and a nod is an entirely acceptable conversation.

narvacantourist , Scott Raymond Report

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JJ
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex-boyfriend is American and didn't know a single word of German. When I introduced him to my dad (who doesn't speak a single word of English), I was baffled that they sort of communicated without talking to each other. After that my dad said, my ex was a nice guy and my ex agreed that my father was a nice guy, too. Yeah... sure. 😆

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#11

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome If a bathroom has 5 urinals, it only has 3 urinals.

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Space Whale
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a girl, I get this. For those who don't , I imagine it's uncomfortable to pee right next to someone. Also if there are dividers does this rule still apply?

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#12

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome If your boys' sister is in trouble, protect her like your own.

IMOguy , Sheila Sund Report

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Foxxy (The Original)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until they tell you they are in love with you when you have a long term partner and a child. Then you have nothing to do with her.

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#13

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome For those that live with women: No matter what you are going to the grocery store for, just buy toilet paper.

PM_ME_SOME_LUV , Ivan Radic Report

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#15

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome *up nod* What's up?

*down nod* you have my respect

*right nod* we need to chat

*left nod* come check this out.

CrustyJuggIerz , aux. Report

#16

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome Don’t be scared to give compliments, we keep them in our “permanent memory” area.

Hansyyyyy , Quinn Dombrowski Report

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The IRS
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's when and how to give compliments that seems to trip up some men. Getting into a lift with a woman on their own. Not a good time to say you like their hair....

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#17

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome When our balls stick to our thigh we have to take a big step to unstick them

wetlettuce42 , WineCountry Media Report

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eff the haters
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok y'all can't complain about us discussing this on BP and then complain about how some men are grossed out by periods. It's a fact of life.

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#18

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome It’s is essential that we pee away the small bit of s**t on the side of the toilet bowl.

HanzeeeeDent , Christian Heilmann Report

#19

Give respect until they prove they do not deserve it.

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Eat Dirt Crow
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a motto: "everyone deserves your respect, not everyone deserves your time"

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#20

NEVER DM a woman for sex(maybe unless in a specific subreddit for that kind of stuff). Don't be so thirsty as to harass women

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Alias Delfs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a rule that should be for all genders every where but unfortunately this is not held true

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#21

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome You can have a beer. But not if it's the last one.

Don't roast a man in front of their kid.

the_yeast_beast85 , Bernt Rostad Report

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ZentheOgre
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never disrespect a person Infront of their kids unless they themselves are disrespecting the kid

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#22

dont you f*****g dare start a conversation in the public bathroom

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even as a female, I get uncomfortable talking to anyone and anyone talking to me while I'm in a stall. mind your biz.

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#23

If a man brags about his garden, you let him talk, don't interrupt him saying yours is better

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a "friend" that always makes it a competition, If you ran a mile over the weekend he ran 2, if you're playing a game, one time he "obliterated" a streamer on stream. it's super annoying and I've started to cut ties with him.

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#24

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome If you are holding a stud finder, first thing you do is hold it to your chest and making a beeping noise

randonegus , Charles & Hudson Report

#25

Don’t be funnier than your friend when he’s trying to impress a girl.

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#26

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome I’m gonna add another urinal rule.

While you’re peeing you’re allowed to fart uninhibited without acknowledgement and we won’t say s**t.

But, once you’ve zipped up and head to the sink, that window has closed.

You can still fart but, you can’t just act like it didn’t happen.

blueholeload , Marco Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno...If it's particularly uproarious, I'm probably gonna crack up involuntarily.

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#28

Never make eye contact with another man whilst eating a banana.

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#29

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome Don't hit a man in the balls. Just don't.

HopefulSite125 , Austin Kirk Report

#30

30 Men Online Shared Their Unspoken “Guy Code” Rules And They’re Kind Of Wholesome dont "jokingly" put down your friends whenever a girl is around just so you can seem like some kinda alphachad, especially if they like the girl

halfmeasures611 , Emmanuel Huybrechts Report

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