# Tell me you're a man without telling me you're a man **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/81 "2023-01-24T01:35:34Z")
I gave up on love because I’m worried I might become an incel. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/82 "2023-01-24T11:59:14Z")
I drink tequila by the shot, and milk straight from the half-gallon in the fridge. I smoke unfiltered cigarettes (albeit with a fancy bamboo holder on occasion). I scratch when and where I itch. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/83 "2023-01-24T12:19:24Z")
If I talk in a meeting people not only listen, they assume I’ve got something valuable to say. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/84 "2023-01-24T18:44:28Z")
Not with a stick. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/85 "2023-01-24T22:37:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I can understand why a public-restroom urinal might have a housefly painted onto the back of it. I don’t think it’s something I have ever seen, but I (genuinely) thought that was supposed to be a bee. (Apis - geddit? - [Honey bee - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Etymology_and_name) ) j Trivially NSFW ETA: [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/231198/on-bees-and-piss](https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/231198/on-bees-and-piss) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/86 "2023-01-24T22:57:51Z")
I often spend thirty minutes or more sitting on the john. > [@Smapti](#): > > I would sooner slit my own throat than talk to someone in a public restroom I will wait with a full bladder instead of using the middle of three urinals. > [@snowthx](#): > > …and fitted sheets. I _can_ fold fitted sheets - once taught a woman in a laundromat how to do that. Made me feel very manly. > [@snowthx](#): > > Drawers? We don need no stinking drawers! That’s what the laundry basket is for. Pfft. Leave 'em in the dryer, take 'em out as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/87 "2023-01-25T15:56:35Z")
When I throw a piece of wadded up paper into the garbage can successfully, I give a little fist pump or say, “Yes!” ---
**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:** [January 25, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/88 "2023-01-25T16:27:13Z")
No clean socks left. I’ll just rewear these. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/89 "2023-01-25T16:47:42Z")
Same for the underwear - easy to turn inside-out for another day (or two). ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/90 "2023-01-26T05:59:27Z")
Mansplaining is short for man explaining. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/91 "2023-01-26T12:00:27Z")
I know how to stack a dishwasher properly. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/92 "2023-01-26T12:04:28Z")
The gunk buildup behind the refrigerator can be cleaned up with a sandblaster. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/93 "2023-01-26T13:20:24Z")
Wow, that’s a really cool looking WWII gas mask you have there. (yes, I watched an old episode of Pawn Stars yesterday… what of it?) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/94 "2023-01-26T13:34:14Z")
Operating manual? That is only for people who don’t know what they are doing. Just do it. Look: 💥 brzzzt! ⚡ 🔥 crash! Oooops… ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/95 "2023-01-26T15:07:20Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I can write my name in the snow. > > (Oddly enough, I have heard women boast about that more often than men. For women, it is a difficult challenge.) If her name is Mimi, not so hard. If its something like Sissy, I think I’d like to meet her. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/96 "2023-01-26T17:00:11Z")
My face is often itchy, but that’s by choice. ---
**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 26, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/97 "2023-01-26T18:32:38Z")
I can re-taste this morning’s coffee, or last night’s soup, from my beard. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/98 "2023-01-26T22:10:26Z")
_ **Burppppp** _ ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/99 "2023-01-28T03:21:59Z")
No B…Ohh child…Y. ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635/100 "2023-02-04T03:15:33Z")
I have hardly any identical socks, and stopped caring about matching them twenty years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-man-without-telling-me-youre-a-man/978635.md?page=6)