# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/61 "2011-03-27T18:31:04Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > any man who touches a child, in a way that does not cause the child to toughen up, is not a man. So…hugs are out? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/62 "2011-03-27T18:34:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t know any adult males of my age group who _don’t_ play video games. I question your logic. Count me in. I am in my forties and have never played a console game except when babysitting with a kid who wants to do so; I honestly don’t see the appeal. But that doesn’t make men who play them any less manly in my eyes. The fact that I like chess and boxing doesn’t make me any smarter or tougher than people who like World of Warcraft and baseball. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/63 "2011-03-27T19:10:10Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > This is sarcastic, right? You must know women have been active in both as long as men have in the States. I’ll consider my leg pulled, if only to reassure myself I’m posting on the right board. I meant as combat troops. Sorry I wasn’t more obvious. ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/64 "2011-03-27T19:21:14Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So…hugs are out? Depends on how hard you squeeze. **Skald** , it’s interesting that you specify “console game”. Do you play any video games on a computer (desktop / laptop / tablet) or smartphone? (Or, for that matter, ye olde arcade standup machines?) It doesn’t matter either way, of course, it’s just that I’ve met people who say they don’t play “video games” but do play the occasional game of Tetris on their phone or Farmville on FaceBook. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/65 "2011-03-27T19:22:30Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Drink from straws. Nope. [(Cite.)](http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=fc63222a89ffec8f869d8ddf31701187&w=450.0) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/66 "2011-03-27T19:38:45Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Depends on how hard you squeeze. > **Skald** , it’s interesting that you specify “console game”. Do you play any video games on a computer (desktop / laptop / tablet) or smartphone? (Or, for that matter, ye olde arcade standup machines?) It doesn’t matter either way, of course, it’s just that I’ve met people who say they don’t play “video games” but do play the occasional game of Tetris on their phone or Farmville on FaceBook. I specified console game because I occasionally play Spider Solitaire on my home desktop. (I have it disabled on my personal laptop.) But things like World of Warcraft? I simply don’t understand the appeal. I don’t have a smartphone and refuse to get one. And I’ve never played any of the Facebook games. Do arcade games even exist any more? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/67 "2011-03-27T20:24:27Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Complete BS list? Arbitrary perhaps but full of valid points…I doubt that if John Wayne was 35 today he would be busy updating is Facebook page 5 times a day or play Super Mario on his Nintendo 360. > > I think what we are witnessing is the “pussyfication” of the western world in many ways. Oooh, please do tell us more about your manly-man lifestyle, **scamartistry**. Just take us through a typical day for you, from the point that you go out and slay your own breakfast in the wilderness to laying down at night with your harem of concubines. We’d love to hear all the details… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/68 "2011-03-27T20:24:39Z")
> [@Jake\_Jones](#): > > Hah! Nice. Also, how does one produce a typo that requires a shift key when the correct keystroke did not? No-No:s, indeed. Not only that, but the “correct” keystroke is apparently for the grammatically incorrect “No-No’s”, which shouldn’t have an apostrophe (and shouldn’t have the second N capitalized when one doesn’t capitalize the other words in the title). So the OP failed at typing the incorrect spelling of an unmanly word in the course of expressing a childish sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/69 "2011-03-27T21:21:22Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Complete BS list? Arbitrary perhaps but full of valid points…I doubt that if John Wayne was 35 today he would be busy updating is Facebook page 5 times a day or play Super Mario on his Nintendo 360. Sucks to be him because then he’d miss the invite to Clint Eastwood’s awesome party that all the other wild westers are going to. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/70 "2011-03-27T21:21:28Z")
John Wayne at 35 was busy not enlisting for WW2 because it might slow down his film career. Otara ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/71 "2011-03-27T21:31:07Z")
> [@Otara](#): > > John Wayne at 35 was busy not enlisting for WW2 because it might slow down his film career. > > Otara Next your going to tell me he wasn’t a real cowboy. ---
**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 27, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/72 "2011-03-27T21:36:40Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Complete BS list? Arbitrary perhaps but full of valid points…I doubt that if John Wayne was 35 today he would be busy updating is Facebook page 5 times a day or play Super Mario on his Nintendo 360. > > I think what we are witnessing is the “pussyfication” of the western world in many ways. So that’s what makes an adult man. Treating fictional characters as if they were real and wanting to be a cowboy. Are you just pissed because some 20 something males won’t get off your lawn? ---
**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 27, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/73 "2011-03-27T21:50:59Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Next your going to tell me he wasn’t a real cowboy. Or that his real name was Marion. Dick Cavett’s recent memoir tells about his interviewing Wayne. Cavett expected him to talk about war and cowboy adventures. But the Duke expounded at length on British drama, in particular, the plays of Noel Coward. Cavett was dumbfounded: he asked Woody Allen what to make of the incident. Allen replied, “He’s an actor, not a cowboy”. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/74 "2011-03-27T22:48:42Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Super Mario on his Nintendo 360. This is like a comically incorrect thing I would say to humorously imitate old grumpy people. Next you’ll be grousing about the Tweetybooks and the Faceyspaces. Every married adult about my age (35) that I know has at least one console gaming system at home. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/75 "2011-03-27T22:53:42Z")
wear toe-socks. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/76 "2011-03-27T22:57:47Z")
Never pee sitting down. Just to be safe, never shit sitting down, either. ---
**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 27, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/77 "2011-03-27T23:05:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > No, his publicist would responsible for posting on Facebook. He’d probably have a PS3 in his trailer, although he might not play that much between takes. No way would John Wayne be playing a Playstation. He’d have himself an _American_ console like a 360. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/78 "2011-03-27T23:12:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > No way would John Wayne be playing a Playstation. He’d have himself an _American_ console like a 360. 🙂 Damn right. And he’d be headshotting pussy 12 year olds on Call of Duty between takes. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/79 "2011-03-28T00:26:38Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > I think what we are witnessing is the “pussyfication” of the western world in many ways. “Pussyfications” like using the term “No-no”? I bet John Wayne never called something a “No-no”. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093/80 "2011-03-28T00:47:58Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Sorry for the hijack, but I’m really interested. What do you do with your free time, **Fuzzy Dunlop**? Do you have kids or some all consuming hobby? I’m not that guy who’s not the other guy, but I’m 32, and I don’t play video games, either. I mean, years ago, I played a round or two of nethack when I needed to kill time at work without looking like I was obviously screwing off, but I haven’t had a console system since I bought an NES with lawn mowing money when I was, like, 10. The appeal wore off in about a year. It probably helped that a) I suck at it (never beat Super Mario Bros., and proud of it) and b) my parents strictly limited Nintendo time to like a half hour per day after my homework was done. If I’m killing time, I’d much rather read something, or write something, or cook something, or screw around on the guitar. When I was single, hitting the bars and trying to pick up women ate up a lot of time, too. Hell, if it weren’t for my various SO’s, I’d probably never watch TV except for the occasional ball game or newscast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-s-for-adult-men/576093.md?page=5)