Attn: Mega Macho Manly Men
Marik_Steele
To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
<div class="IPBDescription">my first schoolwork-related OT thread</div> I don't actually need to take a survey for this project, this is more out of curiosity by now.
Think of stuff you can buy that's manly or macho or otherwise masculine. The sort of stuff that you'll see an ad for and think "If I get that, people will call it a compensatory symbol, and I won't care because I'll feel like I can totally pwn Schwarzenegger with my left earlobe, even with my legs chiwawa'd to my back" (don't ask how I came up with that, even I don't know).
Stuff that you wanted for this reason as a kid counts too.
I thought of GI Joes and similar action figures, various bodybuilding supplements, and a couple other things I'm in the middle of trying to find more specific examples for inserting into my project. What about you guys?
Think of stuff you can buy that's manly or macho or otherwise masculine. The sort of stuff that you'll see an ad for and think "If I get that, people will call it a compensatory symbol, and I won't care because I'll feel like I can totally pwn Schwarzenegger with my left earlobe, even with my legs chiwawa'd to my back" (don't ask how I came up with that, even I don't know).
Stuff that you wanted for this reason as a kid counts too.
I thought of GI Joes and similar action figures, various bodybuilding supplements, and a couple other things I'm in the middle of trying to find more specific examples for inserting into my project. What about you guys?
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wanting a cool razor when I first started shaving was a macho thing I guess =P
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Hmm...I guess I never really felt like I *had* to have the sports car I'm using as one of my examples, and yet I think of it as enough of a macho symbol to put it in my list. I guess we can just think up stuff that advertising makes us associate with being masculine.
On a more serious note, since the afore mentioned item is of no use to me. I allways thought having an old muscle car, in in good condition, is macho.
:edit: Oh, and a highish post count, that's macho, rite? No? You're all jealous!
Secks on 4 wheels.
And I dont care what anyone else thinks about DeLoreans, either. They teh secks.
A big knife [crocodile dundee]
Sunnies [brackets go here]
These arent my ideas, but the general stereotype of a masculine, kickarse manly man. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Personally being a man is about being an adult and being an adult is about having responsibilities and the ability to make choices and decisions about your life and actions.
Secks on 4 wheels.
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only when outfitted w/ a flux capacitor...
(someone was gonna say it, might as well have been meh)
other macho things, hm, Axe body spray... =p beer... cars of course like you said; not SUVs, those are for soccer moms who hate the environment.
I would go about stomping the decepticons like common trash. I'd need to get Decepticons to fight first though, so North Korea would have to get the Decepticon version of these Mech Suits.
And I would lead the Autobots to Victory over the Forces Of Evil.
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On second thoughts, The Optimus Prime Mech Suit would do nicely.
shaving!
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No more problems finding a parking slot EVAR *hrhrhr*
ok ok...
Basically I think those big loud car stereos are a very good example. I doubt people buy those expensive things just to hear music... they buy them so all the OTHER people around notice that you are hearing music. It doesn't matter if they like your music because you have the greates stereo and can FORCE your music on them.
Oh and I guess having a playboy subscription fits your description very well, too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I've seen this once on TV (Without pipe, 100% natural <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) and I thought "Hm, masculine hax".
Alternative: Clothes like Solid Snake's.
For me manlyness means having a bag full of useful contraptions. Like a DTMF tone dialer, a pack of cards, a pair of pliers, a screwdriver or four, a compass, a torch and a 256 meg memory stick.
--Scythe--
Beyond important movie characters, there's also things like wearing a suit, wearing a trenchcoat, wearing "spiked" things (metalheads know what I'm talking about, I mean 6 inch spikes coming out of your arms is pretty damn manly). Also, when your first arm muscles (biceps/triceps) start to show, the feeling of masculinity and manliness is a rush certainly I shall not forget. On the subject of the business suit, every man looks more a "man" with one on. They're tailor made to enhance shoulder size and presenting a powerful look.
Of course, pen1s size is definitely a big part of a man's self image, at some point anyways. If it wasn't, why else would so many phallus enlargement companies exist? And remember when you were little talking about yours being so big you had to wrap it around your waist? Men care about that particular instrument to no end, and that's ok.
And just to clarify, for all of you who now have rulers out, 5.5 inches is average length, 4.5 inches is average girth, and that's from a study done by Lifestyles condom brand.
Someone did hit on the most important part of being a real man, which is basically integrity. But, all of those other features, including body size and physique, can really help top the "package" off, making you every woman's "Prince Charming," a handsome, manly, funny, solid as a rock kind of guy.
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cigars if you wanna be a mega macho manly man.
<img src='http://www.deere.com/en_US/groundscare/media/images/tlb/100TLB_80230_3col.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://www.deere.com/en_US/groundscare/media/images/vehicles/hpgator/static/photo_gallery/hpgator_110415_popup.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://www.usa.husqvarna.com/files/cs/hedgehogs/hedgehog_powercutter_410x230.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
I got to use one of these when I rebuilt my front steps this Summer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Most macho packaging on a product I've ever seen.
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Manliness. Too much. Dying of Manliness. **cough** **dies**
By the way, are we allowed to know what this is for or are we going in double blind here?
What the HELL is that?
Heres my 'off the top of my head' list:
Nice Car (horspower proportional to manlyness, truck also applicable)
Guns
Knives
Swords
Other medieval weapons
A punching bag
Whieght set (maximum wheight that can be put on one bar proportional to manliness)
A punching bag
A pullup bar
Sound equipment with big numbers
The most decked out impractical camo (to say, its good for camo, and that is pretty much it)
Powertools
Normal tools
Axes and saws (specifically chain saws, with manliness increasing with horsepower)
Rideable vehicals that preform practical functions
Expensive Suitage
Expensive Watchage (the last two must be in a non **** way)
Ladders, crazy ladders
Big exessive things
Fast excessive things
Things that run on gasoline or more intensive fules
Mean dogs
I'm pretty much out of ideas, but I have covered alot, so feel free to add whatever you want.
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its a machine used for mining i believe (just realy oversized)
they had a special on it on the discovery channel i think and that pic was taken when 2 of those machines were passing each other heading to different dig sites
That thing is good for mining, but since it takes 10 years to build... and it's built to mine for raw ores and stuff.. I don't see me feeling any manlier with it.
~ DarkATi
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It can be, but if you're not careful it runs really close to the wandering bard type image, which is seriously metro; it might make you big with the ladies, but it is definatly is not a manly feature. That's the only reason I didn't include guitar's/instruments on the list.