# No-No:s for adult men **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093 "2011-03-26T22:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/1 "2011-03-26T22:13:15Z")
Some things an adult male cannot do if he ever wants to be taken seriously -Use the term “LOL”, no matter what circumstance -Play videogames -Update his facebook status once a day -Respond to chain letters on email -Read the horoscope -Follow a soap-opera -Call-in Vote for his favorite Pop Idol -Be up to date with what celebrity is dating who more? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/2 "2011-03-26T22:20:58Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Some things an adult male cannot do if he ever wants to be taken seriously No grown man should aspire to follow some inane list. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/3 "2011-03-26T22:21:12Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > -Play videogames I don’t know any adult males of my age group who _don’t_ play video games. I question your logic. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/4 "2011-03-26T22:34:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I question your logic. I also question your logic. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/5 "2011-03-26T22:36:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I also question your logic. And I question your questioning of his questioning… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/6 "2011-03-26T22:38:23Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > And I question your questioning of his questioning… I was agreeing with **Smapti**. I also question **scamartistry** ’s logic. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/7 "2011-03-26T22:41:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I was agreeing with **Smapti**. I also question **scamartistry** ’s logic. Oh. See what trying to be a smartass gets me? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/8 "2011-03-26T23:15:59Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > -Play videogames This shows you to be pretty out of touch with what men do. You might as well have put ‘masturbate’ in your no-no list. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/9 "2011-03-26T23:17:54Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > -Play videogames > > more? News to every single adult man I know. I also have to assume you apply this logic to women as well. What can’t women do if they want to be taken seriously? I hope we’re allowed to be gamers. Otherwise I’m in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/10 "2011-03-26T23:21:08Z")
Seriously, playing video games probably is a generational thing. If your list were labeled something like, “things that mark you as younger than 40”, it would make more sense. (FWIW, I’m in my fifties and have never played video games.) When I was younger, there were similar sentiments expressed by men a generation older than me that no adult man (or “real” man) would wear sneakers with a suit, or use a blow dryer, or drive a Japanese car. And I have to concur with **Ike Witt** : one of the things marking adulthood is reduced need for peer approval. So adults don’t generally make lists that castigate inconsequential things (like whether you play video games) as ‘uncool’, nor heed them. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/11 "2011-03-26T23:29:48Z")
[Dancing the French Mistake.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/12 "2011-03-26T23:32:33Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > What can’t women do if they want to be taken seriously? Have similar chromosomes, I presume. So girly to insist on one’s chromosomes matching. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/13 "2011-03-26T23:54:10Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/14 "2011-03-27T00:00:04Z")
_reads list_ LOL ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/15 "2011-03-27T00:14:06Z")
I agree - no man should listen to some stupid list to decide if he’s a man or not. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/16 "2011-03-27T00:22:23Z")
No, it’s true. I was playing video games while LOL’ing and my penis fell off. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/17 "2011-03-27T00:30:45Z")
**scamartistry** , how many roads are required? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/18 "2011-03-27T00:45:25Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > News to every single adult man I know. How do all of the married adult men that you know view it? Best wishes, ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/19 "2011-03-27T01:21:22Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > -Update his facebook status once a day So what? Like three or four times a day then? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/20 "2011-03-27T01:36:28Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > How do all of the married adult men that you know view it?, Can’t speak for olives, but most of the married men I know still occasionally play video games. Getting married isn’t supposed to mean giving up every frivolous thing you enjoy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093.md?page=2)