# What is the most masculine idea of all-time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041 "2021-05-27T14:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/1 "2021-05-27T14:33:04Z")
There’s a decent comedy routine by Seinfeld where he talks about male thinking. In his view, the most masculine idea of all-time was flying all the way to the moon, than driving around it for a short distance in a little car. That’s pretty hard to beat. Can you come up with a better example of male thinking? If not, a close contender? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/2 "2021-05-27T14:35:09Z")
Anything involving the phrase “Ramming speed!” ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/3 "2021-05-27T14:35:24Z")
Monster trucks. Everything about them. They’re TRUCKS…and they’re REALLY BIG…and you can even RUN OVER OTHER CARS! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/4 "2021-05-27T14:46:56Z")
Insane Chainsaw Hedge Trimming [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p8G3t87jpSo/hqdefault.jpg "Insane Chainsaw Hedge Trimming") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8G3t87jpSo) ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/5 "2021-05-27T14:50:36Z")
How about jumping from an airplane into an erupting volcano while riding a shark with 250 lbs of dynamite strapped to your chest? [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/despicable\_me\_2/quotes/](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/despicable_me_2/quotes/) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/6 "2021-05-27T14:53:57Z")
Writing your name in the snow? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/7 "2021-05-27T14:58:51Z")
That’s the winner! ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/8 "2021-05-27T15:02:13Z")
[Calcio Storico.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEyg1D9-XMk) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/9 "2021-05-27T15:02:16Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Monster trucks. Everything about them. They’re TRUCKS…and they’re REALLY BIG…and you can even RUN OVER OTHER CARS! Went to a monster truck show a few years ago. 2 of the drivers were women, they were just as good as the guys. My guess would be getting hit in the nuts on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/10 "2021-05-27T15:06:24Z")
Sorry I can’t find the cite, it was something I browsed once for ten minutes nearly forty years ago. But once upon a time I came across an example of the SF porn genre that was written in the 1950s or 1960s. The title was something like “Conquest of the Lesbian Planet” (except no search matches by that name). The plot was that Our Hero has been biologically engineered to be superhumanly potent and is sent to neutralize the threat from a planet of amazons. Skipping to the end he becomes the immortal God-Emperor of the planet surrounded by his adoring harem. If there’s anything more piggishly masculine than this I’ve never come across it. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/11 "2021-05-27T15:12:51Z")
Might makes right ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/12 "2021-05-27T15:13:23Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > . > > My guess would be getting hit in the nuts on purpose. “The Duck Joke” (skip ahead to 5:45 for the punchline). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aww4HT5g7ig/maxresdefault.jpg "Buddy Hackett's Duck Joke | Carson Tonight Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww4HT5g7ig) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/13 "2021-05-27T15:18:36Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > Might makes right The sword is mightier than the pen. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/14 "2021-05-27T15:19:20Z")
[Penis mightier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raka8Gxmqwc) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/15 "2021-05-27T15:22:26Z")
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/16 "2021-05-27T15:37:06Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > My guess would be getting hit in the nuts on purpose. How about Truck Nutz? I’m pretty sure those were not invented by a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/17 "2021-05-27T15:44:53Z")
That answer has a lot of heart. But a football in the groin is a football in the groin. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/18 "2021-05-27T17:10:31Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Sorry I can’t find the cite, it was something I browsed once for ten minutes nearly forty years ago. But once upon a time I came across an example of the SF porn genre that was written in the 1950s or 1960s. … Depending on whether you (= me really) interpret “SF” as standing for San Francisco or for Science Fiction really changes what you expect the rest of that paragraph to be about. 😀 But yeah, you win the thread so far, at least in the fiction / entertainment division. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/19 "2021-05-27T17:32:06Z")
Or, to bring it down a notch from Sci-Fi (or San Fran) porn fiction into the real world, there’s nothing so “masculine” as being the super studly stud who knocks up every hot chick he can get his ~~hands on~~ relevant body part(s) in. Extra points for leaving them pregnant and abandoned to their and their babies’ fates. OTOH, getting laid and becoming a responsible father to your female partner-in-getting-laid and your children, this either gets you bonus points or you lose points depending on the attitude of any observer. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/20 "2021-05-28T00:39:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But yeah, you win the thread so far, at least in the fiction / entertainment division. I’ll raise you James Bond. Handsome, dynamic, witty, sophisticated, gets laid all the time and has a license to kill. Women want to be with him, men want to BE him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041.md?page=2)