# Tell me you're a man without telling me you're a man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 23, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635 "2023-01-23T04:49:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/21 "2023-01-23T13:52:33Z")

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Ok, I’ve got one. TERFs get butthurt when I invoke the anti-TERF exception to mansplaining.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/22 "2023-01-23T13:54:44Z")

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My favorite time to go for a long walk is by myself at night. Really clears one’s head.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/23 "2023-01-23T13:56:21Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> My favorite time to go for a long walk is by myself at night.

I like that one too.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/24 "2023-01-23T13:57:32Z")

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At my last temp job I got paid more than my female co-workers.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/25 "2023-01-23T13:57:49Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I don’t wear “outfits”.

[Jason Isbell](https://youtu.be/BqOCOEdZ0uo), is that you?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/26 "2023-01-23T14:04:49Z")

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I don’t need no goddamn directions.

I’ve got Bitching Betty, the GPS Queen to direct me when driving.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/27 "2023-01-23T14:10:40Z")

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Heterosexual women enjoy sleeping with me.

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/28 "2023-01-23T14:17:46Z")

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I dont mind eating alone in a restaurant.

I can take a dump in a public restroom.

I like The Three Stooges.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/29 "2023-01-23T14:20:57Z")

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> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#):
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> Penis.

Is this an acronym?

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/30 "2023-01-23T14:53:54Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> Is this an acronym?

Yes.  
Penis Exists, Nuts Is Same

I was answering the OP.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/31 "2023-01-23T14:56:36Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> I don’t need no goddamn directions.
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> I’ve got Bitching Betty, the GPS Queen to direct me when driving.

That’s a terrible name to call your wife!  
(I have a friend whose wife backseat-drives something fierce and who parrots the voice instructions the car’s GPS gave a moment before. But much more shrilly. “BBtGQ” would be a perfect nickname for her.)  
  
  
As to me?

1. I’m in charge. Even if I just walked in.

2. Strangers ask me for directions. In places I’ve never been to before.

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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/32 "2023-01-23T15:02:17Z")

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I don’t “reach out”.

I only need to click barbecue tongs 3 times. Not 2 and not 4.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/33 "2023-01-23T15:08:52Z")

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I really need to organize my nut and bolt collection.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/34 "2023-01-23T15:12:58Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> I don’t need no goddamn directions.

A corollary to “If you wanna drive, get in the back seat!”

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/35 "2023-01-23T15:20:45Z")

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“Great party, but there’s a line for the bathroom. I’m running outside to pee in the bushes”.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/36 "2023-01-23T15:21:49Z")

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I know stuff about tanks.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/37 "2023-01-23T16:08:24Z")

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> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#):
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> > [@Riemann](#):
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> > Is this an acronym?
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> Yes.  
> Penis Exists, Nuts Is Same
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> I was answering the OP.

That actually the opposite of what the OP was asking.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/38 "2023-01-23T16:37:54Z")

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I will never, ever master the art of folding clothes.

mmm

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/39 "2023-01-23T17:14:41Z")

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My daughter and I did the same stuff as every other kid and parent at the Girl Scout event, but they gave her an extra patch for it.

Twice.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/40 "2023-01-23T17:15:59Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Strangers ask me for directions. In places I’ve never been to before.

This has frequently happened to me at my workplace. Sometimes I know where the various departments and offices are. But I often wind up sending people to random locations because I don’t want to look ignorant. 🤪

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