# Should March 8 be A Day Without Men Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315 "2017-02-20T13:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/161 "2017-02-21T09:34:18Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > On the bright side, this thread is a break from the 8,926 other Pit threads on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Toupee’d; it’s nice to have a change of topic. As you raised it, I briefly contemplated what would happen if all the men in his administration took the day off. Then I realized it would leave DeVos in charge. :eek: > [@LinusK](#): > > Evidence of the lameness of the moderators here. You’re right - the mods here are totally lame. I wouldn’t blame you at all if you refused to post here ever again as a protest. That’d show them. > [@LinusK](#): > > What’s a “whoosh”? What’s a Nubian? > [@Nava](#): > > Awww, I had thought maybe your link would be to [this](http://www.biography.com/people/ada-lovelace-20825323). Heh. If I linked to all the women who have been critical to the development computing and related technology I’d be here all day. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/162 "2017-02-21T12:12:36Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > No you’re not. yet _I’m_ the guy who someone loudly proclaims he’s putting on ignore, even though I was clearly (I thought) being sarcastic. yet **LinusK** prattles on. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/163 "2017-02-21T12:38:35Z")
Interacting with this OP reminds me of why they say don’t play chess with a pidgeon, they’ll just shit all over your board and strut around like they won regardless. (I’d rather interact with the shitting, strutting pidgeon, to be honest!) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/164 "2017-02-21T13:13:19Z")
When your typical day is spent in a basement drinking Faygo Redpop, watching gangbang _Scheiße_ porn and whispering your best PUA lines to a gently warmed cantaloupe, what does a day off look like? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/165 "2017-02-21T13:59:19Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > No, I was whooshing. Well, you were _trying_ to, at best. Stupid is as stupid does, and you does quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/166 "2017-02-21T14:01:27Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I keep reading this as “A Day Without Mon” and thinking “No that wouldn’t be a good idea, because all the other days end in -day too, so you wouldn’t be able to tell them apart”. > > Which, I humbly submit, makes just as much sense as the OP does. No, A Day Without Mon shows us all how society would be affected if all the Rastafarians disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/167 "2017-02-21T14:06:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, you were _trying_ to, at best. Stupid is as stupid does, and you does quite a bit. Based on post [#74](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20013779#post20013779), it seems pretty clear that he was lying (about not knowing what “red pill” means) rather than trying to whoosh. And now that he’s been called out on it, he’s pretending that he was just joking. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/168 "2017-02-21T14:21:50Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Somehow, I dont think Linus is going to answer me. But I really am curious as to what prompted him to start this thread three times, and what he thinks the Day Without Men will accomplish. I understand what a Day Without immigrants and a Day Without Women is meant to say, but what does this protest mean? He’s parodying the Day Without Women, implying white men are being oppressed. He knew it’d get a rise out of the predominantly left-leaning Dope. He doesn’t care if he’s right or wrong. As said in _Wayne’s World_, “Hook! Reel 'em in!” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/169 "2017-02-21T14:49:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Based on post [#74](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20013779#post20013779), it seems pretty clear that he was lying (about not knowing what “red pill” means) rather than trying to whoosh. And now that he’s been called out on it, he’s pretending that he was just joking. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > He’s parodying the Day Without Women, implying white men are being oppressed. He knew it’d get a rise out of the predominantly left-leaning Dope. He doesn’t care if he’s right or wrong. As said in _Wayne’s World_, “Hook! Reel 'em in!” Yes, yes. He was, wait for it, TROLLING. He got caught at it. He is trying to wave it off. Will it work or will he join **Clothy** in the great void? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/170 "2017-02-21T14:52:28Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I thought those were the Buzz Words from Reddit’s The Red Pill?😕 > > A place incidentally, so unapologetically misogynistic; its actually fun reading since there is no fucking way 90% of what is written there is not satire. > > Then again I thought Milo Yiannopoulos was satire; until I realised no, he is just a regular asshole. Being an asshole as a joke is still being an asshole. > [@Velocity](#): > > All rhetoric aside, all men taking a day off from work would likely have a substantially larger impact on the nation and economy than all women taking a day off from work. Well, do we want to count “stay-at-home mother” as a job? Because if so, hoo boy, you could not be more wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/171 "2017-02-21T14:52:59Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Based on post [#74](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20013779#post20013779), it seems pretty clear that he was lying (about not knowing what “red pill” means) rather than trying to whoosh. And now that he’s been called out on it, he’s pretending that he was just joking. No, I believe he thought he was whooshing. I’m not sure he understands that a whoosh isn’t just lying to people for lulz: a whoosh is when you make a genuinely funny deadpan joke, but other people don’t quite understand that you were making a joke. If I claimed not to know who Bernie Sanders was, and then someone quoted me talking about Bernie Sanders, that wouldn’t be a whoosh. At best, it would be a deeply saddening attempt at humor. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/172 "2017-02-21T15:12:51Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > No, I believe he thought he was whooshing. I’m not sure he understands that a whoosh isn’t just lying to people for lulz: a whoosh is when you make a genuinely funny deadpan joke, but other people don’t quite understand that you were making a joke. > > If I claimed not to know who Bernie Sanders was, and then someone quoted me talking about Bernie Sanders, that wouldn’t be a whoosh. At best, it would be a deeply saddening attempt at humor. Doubling down on the lie, as in #74 (with no humor in the post), makes it apparent (to me, at least) that it wasn’t merely a poor attempt at a joke. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/173 "2017-02-21T15:16:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > When your typical day is spent in a basement drinking Faygo Redpop, watching gangbang _Scheiße_ porn and whispering your best PUA lines to a gently warmed cantaloupe, what does a day off look like? what’s wrong with Redpop? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/174 "2017-02-21T15:23:28Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Doubling down on the lie, as in #74 (with no humor in the post), makes it apparent (to me, at least) that it wasn’t merely a poor attempt at a joke. Agreed, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/175 "2017-02-21T15:36:40Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > what’s wrong with Redpop? Nothing. It even brings a titillating rouge to the lips that muskmelons find irresistible. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/176 "2017-02-21T15:45:22Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Doubling down on the lie, as in #74 (with no humor in the post), makes it apparent (to me, at least) that it wasn’t merely a poor attempt at a joke. I dunno. I read that as a very sad man trying to join the cool kids by making a, what you humans call, “joke.” ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/177 "2017-02-21T16:16:52Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Somehow, I dont think Linus is going to answer me. But I really am curious as to what prompted him to start this thread three times, and what he thinks the Day Without Men will accomplish. I understand what a Day Without immigrants and a Day Without Women is meant to say, but what does this protest mean? Well, I read about “A Day Without Women,” and I was curious what the reaction would be if I proposed a “Day Without Men.” The result was disheartening, but not surprising. I was labeled a misogynist troll. The logic, I guess, is that suggesting the same thing for men, as for women, is misogynistic. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/178 "2017-02-21T16:24:22Z")
No. The logic is that your OP is misogynistic. Troll. ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/179 "2017-02-21T16:30:40Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > Well, I read about “A Day Without Women,” and I was curious what the reaction would be if I proposed a “Day Without Men.” > > The result was disheartening, but not surprising. > > I was labeled a misogynist troll. > > The logic, I guess, is that suggesting the same thing for men, as for women, is misogynistic. You’ve been posting here for many years…people know what you’re about. The “misogynist troll” label didn’t arise from this thread. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315/180 "2017-02-21T16:32:26Z")
> [@LinusK](#): > > The logic, I guess, is that suggesting the same thing for men, as for women, is misogynistic. And that fact that you can’t see that this is logical is why you’re labled a misogynistic troll. It’s equivalent to suggesting “white history month”. (An explanation LinusK most likely won’t get, but if one were to limit ones communication to “things that even very biased and stupid people will understand” one wouldn’t get to say much.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-march-8-be-a-day-without-men-day/780315.md?page=10)