# Joke about men and women - something about men looking foolish and women wanting to not die

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 8, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-men-and-women-something-about-men-looking-foolish-and-women-wanting-to-not-die/690306 "2014-06-08T00:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-men-and-women-something-about-men-looking-foolish-and-women-wanting-to-not-die/690306/41 "2014-06-15T00:54:32Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> And men are apparently childish and/or insecure enough to consider the trivial embarrassment of “looking like a fool” or “being laughed at” to be a “threat” worth actually “worrying about”. 😛

I agree that women are facing greater risk but I think the above statement doesn’t accurately describe most men. I wouldn’t mind if my date laughed at me, provided that she wasn’t being cruel, derisive, condescending, etc. In fact, I would say that it’s usually a good sign. I’m talking about something trivial like bumping into something or maybe a misunderstanding of some sort. If I were laughed at cruelly, etc. I would probably be disappointed, creeped out, etc. more than anything else, just as I would if I were treated that way by anyone else.

I’ve only just noticed your smiley; maybe I’m taking your post too seriously.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-men-and-women-something-about-men-looking-foolish-and-women-wanting-to-not-die/690306/42 "2014-06-15T01:22:11Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Didn’t Louis CK do something along those lines recently?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/umc7BFEhWz0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

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