# It's amazing! (Mansplaining) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564 "2018-11-15T16:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/61 "2018-11-16T01:54:23Z")
. . . . . . . . . . . . catsplaining ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/62 "2018-11-16T05:27:01Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Don’t worry your pretty little head about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/63 "2018-11-16T05:44:24Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > To find out more information on “pontificating”, simply Google “cath licking”. I was having fun reading this thread for both the serious responses, the funny rere-mansplaining (I know, not a real word) responses and then I saw this post. It lost me because I highlighted it and Chrome Google earch failed to find me a real or a funny URL. If it was funny (reminds me vaguely of a Mel Brooks bit) please share a video clip. If real… unless it is the Catheter Cowboy talking… I’m not sure I want to really know. I saw tonight a posted question as to whether teens were boiling pads and tampons (at one point it specified used tampons) and drinking the results to get high and/or drunk on the Snopes facebook group. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/441333919315986/permalink/1973369376112425/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/441333919315986/permalink/1973369376112425/) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/64 "2018-11-16T08:11:26Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Where does a mansplainer get his water? > From a well, actually _Brava!_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/65 "2018-11-16T10:00:24Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > It’s amazing how upset the guys get when mansplaining something and you tell them to STFU. I got blocked by a relative when I did that. Oddly enough, I don’t care. > [@Ravenman](#): > > Can you put some meat on the bones here? Like, the topic, at least? Seconded. The OP is pretty much meaningless without any particulars. C’mon, OP, fill us in on the details. I shiver with antici… ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/66 "2018-11-16T12:00:27Z")
> [@rtfirefly](#): > > seconded. The op is pretty much meaningless without any particulars. > > C’mon, op, fill us in on the details. I shiver with antici… pation! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/67 "2018-11-16T13:43:41Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > This is what pisses me off about the mansplaining **fad** (bolding mine) I assure you, mansplaining has been going on far too long to be a mere fad. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/68 "2018-11-16T13:52:24Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > To find out more information on “pontificating”, simply Google “cath licking”. OMG I re-read this this morning and I got the joke. That sound you heard last night was the Woosh I had breaking the sound barrier. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/69 "2018-11-16T14:01:00Z")
On edit: Dammit! Screw it, I’m leaving it here. > [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > To find out more information on “pontificating”, simply Google “cath licking”. > [@mistymage](#): > > I was having fun reading this thread for both the serious responses, the funny rere-mansplaining (I know, not a real word) responses and then I saw this post. > > It lost me because I highlighted it and Chrome Google earch failed to find me a real or a funny URL. > > If it was funny (reminds me vaguely of a Mel Brooks bit) please share a video clip. If real… unless it is the Catheter Cowboy talking… I’m not sure I want to really know. _pontif_icate: Pontiff = Pope = head of the Roman Catholic Church: cath lick: doesn’t mean anything IRL, but sounds like Catholic. Next week: Why it’s funny that the Count on Sesame Street is always counting things. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/70 "2018-11-16T14:08:39Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > OMG I re-read this this morning and I got the joke. That sound you heard last night was the Woosh I had breaking the sound barrier. Hee hee! I take that as high praise. Also, to further mansplain, “Cath lick” is also a double entendre - as **Kaylasdad** points out, it sounds like Catholic. Taken literally, with “cath” as short for “catheter” it could be something really disgusting. IDK, I wasn’t gullible enough to Google it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/71 "2018-11-16T14:09:58Z")
Sorry for the mess this whole thread turned out to be, I probably should have posted this in MPSIM instead of the BBQ pit, but I wanted to be able to say fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/72 "2018-11-16T14:10:24Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > It’s amazing how upset the guys get when mansplaining something and you tell them to STFU. I got blocked by a relative when I did that. Oddly enough, I don’t care. Come on, catflea, smile. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/73 "2018-11-16T14:41:55Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Yah, there’s potentially a discussion to be had about the extent to which some men overreact to being disagreed with or ignored because their conception of masculinity includes being naturally entitled to lay down the law about stuff. But this thread ain’t it. Allow me to explain to you why it is… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/74 "2018-11-16T14:42:54Z")
thank you, I will. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/75 "2018-11-16T15:04:19Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Sorry for the mess this whole thread turned out to be, I probably should have posted this in MPSIM instead of the BBQ pit, but I wanted to be able to say fuck. This thread has actually turned out to be a lot of fun. If you want to say fuck about some relatively minor thing, I’d point you to the monthly mini-rants thread. I’d explain its purpose, but . . . ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/76 "2018-11-16T16:00:33Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Sorry for the mess this whole thread turned out to be, I probably should have posted this in MPSIM instead of the BBQ pit, but I wanted to be able to say fuck. You can say “fuck” in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/77 "2018-11-16T16:47:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You can say “fuck” in MPSIMS. I really, really wanted this to be prefaced with a “Well, actually” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/78 "2018-11-16T16:50:55Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Of course I do, why do you think I used that term? My relative likes to pontificate about various topics, that’s why I told him to STFU. Context please. What was the topic your male relative was discussing, and how was it mansplaining? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/79 "2018-11-16T17:07:46Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Sorry for the mess this whole thread turned out to be, I probably should have posted this in MPSIM instead of the BBQ pit, but I wanted to be able to say fuck. You don’t have to opsplain it to us. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/80 "2018-11-16T17:40:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Context please. > > What was the topic your male relative was discussing, and how was it mansplaining? It’s kind of complicated. You probably wouldn’t understand. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=5)