There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

slrpnk.net

UserDoesNotExist , to mensliberation in Yikes

Someone has to be the man. Even some women have to man up nowadays, because someone men got soft.

Afghaniscran ,

Sometimes I have thoughts that make me go “Wow what a stupid thought, let’s make sure no one knows I even thought that” and here you are posting yours on the internet for the world to see.

Cabrio ,

This was one of those that should have made you go “Wow what a stupid thought, let’s make sure no one knows I even thought that”, looks like you’re dumber than you thought.

irmoz ,

Lol why

UserDoesNotExist ,

Yo, maybe I get an explanation, why my comment got removed? None appears in the Modlog.

amrawr , to mensliberation in Yikes

Why does society do this? Mysterious as the dark side of the moon if you ask me…

IndiBrony ,
@IndiBrony@lemmy.world avatar

🎵 Be a man! 🎵

Roundcat ,
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

You must be swift as a coursing river!🎶

Blaze ,

With all the force of a great typhoon

Roundcat ,
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

With all the strength of a raging fire!

Anticorp , to mensliberation in Yikes

Man up!

tox_solid ,
@tox_solid@lemmy.world avatar

Man down!

Klear ,

Man sideways!

Ensign_Crab ,

Man overboard!

nickwitha_k ,

Man …on-board…?

Something something Burt Ward

bleistift2 , to mensliberation in Yikes

It’s the same for women… “Keep your head up” is also super solid advice.

Roundcat ,
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

"YoU sHoUlD sMiLe MoRe."

spaduf OP ,

This is great context. Particularly as it highlights the differences in gendered experiences. For women it’s in some ways a demand for attractiveness while for men it’s more of a literal command that is more likely to be used in self policing (that is men policing masculine expectations of other men). Also notable that both sentiments seem to be more likely to come from men.

Roundcat ,
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

As someone who presents masculine, I have gotten the "be a man" treatment from women several times. Ultimately it does come from a patriarchal standard of society, but its something that is perpetuated by everyone, consciously or otherwise. Not discounting what you are saying, but I think it's important to highlight that toxic masculinity can come from anywhere.

spaduf OP ,

This is absolutely true. I’ve thought about this a lot in reference to a study I once saw on how early education professionals are far more likely to be right-leaning women and how that plays into this phenomena (a cursory google search did not turn up a wealth of evidence so take that with a grain of salt). Particularly because I think that policing of masculinity from women in positions of authority can be incredibly salient for young boys. Unfortunately, for some it is unlikely that they will be exposed to a more feminist perspective until later in life, sometimes much later.

Cabrio ,

It’s because ultimately we all value ‘strength’ (of varying sorts) over ‘weakness’. We are still far from socially internalising “strength is being able to show weakness”, because in part you need to be strong to deal with the expected pushback of being OK with being ‘weak’.

wewbull ,

I think “be a man” is a demand for attractiveness too. It’s said by women that want A MAN.

starlinguk ,
@starlinguk@kbin.social avatar

All your symptoms are caused by being a woman!

Half a year later: just kidding, it was cancer, too late now.

Veraticus , to mensliberation in Yikes
@Veraticus@lib.lgbt avatar

Dark but true…

over_clox , to lemmyshitpost in My coping strategies

Where’s ‘Fuck it’?

lemmyZee , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not
Phegan , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not

The biggest problem is that many people require the grind because we lack enough systems to ensure basic needs are met for them. When the grind is the only way to feed your family and afford rent, you gotta grind. The best way to break grind culture is to ensure that basic needs are met only requiring a standard work week and a single job.

platysalty , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not

I work for a company that does.

Guess what? Right now I'm working on a project pretty much nonstop because I want to

I'm invested in the task, I want to get back to work immediately after breakfast (right now) because I know what I'm doing is important, and that when I have nothing important to do, I can just play mahjong or something online.

Treating your workers like competent, motivated adults will make them want to be competent, motivated adults.

MajorHavoc ,

Yep. I cannot believe how many business leaders don’t get this basic concept.

It’s not rocket science. The relevant books and research data have been published for half a century.

PatFussy , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not

Normalizing lazy times? I dont get it… what does normalizing the grind mean?

nehal3m , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not

I’m going to start by acknowledging I’m privileged not to worry too much about finances since I have a well paying job that I quite enjoy. I realize that the grind is a bitter necessity for some.

That said, living simply affords you the time to do this kind of thing. Notice how there’s no 70 inch MagnaPhallix 5000 OLED TV in the background. It’s old furniture in a cave. If you’re happy with simple things and time spent with friends you don’t need the grind as much.

Anticorp ,

It’s hard to find friends who are interested in sitting with you in a cave in a world full of material desires. Also, it’s not a cave, it’s a hollow tree. Have you never read Whinnie The Poo?

nehal3m ,

I’ve watched the cartoon, but that was a million years ago.

I take your point. I guess I didn’t even realise I am lucky in that sense as well.

Anticorp ,

It is indeed a blessing. I had 4 very close friends who shared my enjoyment of simple things. One died, 2 went to prison, and the other lost his personality to politics. I haven’t really met any other people who I identify with in my adult life. I’m sure there are others out there, but it’s definitely harder to form bonds in middle age.

big_slap ,

sounds like its time to join a club around your area centered around a common interest

housepanther , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not
@housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com avatar

I’m really and truly all for not normalizing the grind and grind culture as I hate it. But right now, I’ve got to do it. I’ve got to put in time outside of work on this free online class on web development called The Odin Project because the thought of 20 more years in desktop support sickens me. So if I must grind out a year to improve my life, so sadly be it. I’m going to take a cat nap, recharge, and hit the books.

Blaze OP ,

Good luck with that! Hopefully in a few years you’ll be able to just be like on that picture

housepanther ,
@housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com avatar

I’ll take all the luck anyone is willing to offer me. Thank you!

RomTy , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not

In what movie/episode can we see that scene?

Blaze OP ,

Very good question, to be honest I’m not expert enough in Winnie the Pooh’s lore to answer you

TheBat , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

Eeyore is also there

Dubois_arache , to workreform in I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not
@Dubois_arache@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Teatime!

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines