# 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:** 3
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/42 "2021-05-29T00:53:26Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Writing your name in the snow? My sister can do this. I’m very proud. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/43 "2021-05-29T01:07:57Z")
Consecutive thread topics: _Do they still teach cursive?_ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/44 "2021-05-29T01:08:46Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My sister can do this. I’m very proud. - Is her name El? Or Esmeralda? ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/45 "2021-05-29T01:22:14Z")
Lots of people can write in the snow, but not everyone can rock the Gothic. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/46 "2021-05-29T01:24:34Z")
I hear women discuss this more often than men. For women, it is a challenge, which confers bragging rights. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/47 "2021-05-29T02:51:27Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > My sister can do this. I’m very proud. - > > Is her name El? Or Esmeralda? Jennifer. I know, pretty damn impressive, no? ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/48 "2021-05-29T16:30:30Z")
Clearly, the answer is: When Chuck Norris’ parents decided to procreate. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/49 "2021-05-29T16:49:43Z")
War. (And extra text.) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/50 "2021-05-29T17:07:36Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Exactly. It’s a big quality of life issue that may not sound like much to **elbows** , but it means a lot to many people (and their partners). I have no problem with the development of viagra, just that it nearly immediately became payable by health insurance when birth control at the time mostly wasn’t. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/51 "2021-05-29T19:04:36Z")
Chuck Norris is so manly that just after his parents procreated, he started offering them advice? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/52 "2021-05-30T01:15:45Z")
Surely this deserves an honorable mention, at least: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kf0_q7hsNX8/maxresdefault.jpg " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf0_q7hsNX8) ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/53 "2021-05-30T12:50:51Z")
Makes me wonder if that’s a set-up. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/54 "2021-05-31T18:43:54Z")
Another pee story, this one is true. One of our visiting contractors informed us he got thrown out of his motel last night for peeing in the pool. It was a popular spot with a bar that had a view of the pool including an underwater window. I asked him he he got caught. “Well, I was writing my girlfriend’s name in midair from the diving board - Jolene. Shoot, if I had been seeing Sue I would have got away with it”! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/55 "2021-06-04T12:06:54Z")
There needs to be an air freshener that smells like barbecue sauce. (There probably is). ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/56 "2021-06-04T16:21:40Z")
or charcoal lighter ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/57 "2021-06-04T19:02:35Z")
Years ago you could get air fresheners in Hoppe’s #9 gun cleaning solvent. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/58 "2021-06-06T02:16:24Z")
This discussion has reminded me of Rhett and Link’s rap battle of manliness. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_EzDRpkfaO4/maxresdefault.jpg "EPIC RAP BATTLE of MANLINESS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EzDRpkfaO4) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/59 "2021-06-11T22:54:24Z")
Buying a bulletproof vest so you can have a friend shoot you in it has to be right up there. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/60 "2021-06-11T22:56:42Z")
I nominate the Joe Rogan podcast, idiots talking for hours on subjects they no nothing about. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-masculine-idea-of-all-time/943041/61 "2021-06-12T14:01:07Z")
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