Manly vs. Metro

[ABSthetics]

The Man:

- Still in college, interning in the FBI as an encryption specialist
- Get paid to hack while going to college
- Spends some free time catching child predators and other scumbags online
- Works on my parents cars and my own
- #27 ranked Rings competitor in the nation (NCAA)
- Trains hard in gymnastics, combine, MMA
- Balances life to include all close friends, family, and girlfriend, having everyone proud of me
- Aesthetic as phuck
- Beast mode functional strength from gymnastics since 5 years old (now 21)


The Metro:

- Bought over 30 pairs of shoes since this time last year (Supras, Vans, Chucks, DC, etc.)
- Spends a good 15-30 minutes trying to decide what to wear for the day
- Owns 9 face care products
- Color coordinates closet
- Owns 13 desginer watches
- My girlfriend usually beats me getting ready when going out clubbing or partying
- Shaves pubes and pits weekly, gets bikini waxes in the summer and waxes legs
- Eyebrow piercing
- Bleaches teeth every 2 months
- Keeps a toothbrush and toothpaste in my car
- Gets a hair cut or style every week or 2 weeks
- Goes to gay bars/clubs with friends frequently(no homo)
- Listens to really cheesy music (techno, dubstep, GaGa, and other fails)


I can keep going on sadly.....feelsbadbeingmetroman.jpg

 

[theBrookDweller]

For the record, it's not metro to have good hygiene, clean hair/teeth etc etc.

 

[KyleInAction]

For the record, it's not metro to have good hygiene, clean hair/teeth etc etc.

Well, it's not metro if you: brush your teeth, comb your hair, and wipe your ass.
It is metro if you: floss twice daily, use hair product, and own a bidet.


Edit: It's also metro if your shampoo costs more than $5 a gallon.

 

[DrBdan]

Flossing is manly because it contributes to healthy teeth with allows you to eat delicious steak. Good luck eating steak with no teeth!

 

[AZ103]

I don't see how those are metro. I wear v necks under my tshirt to help keep sweat off the main shirt. And I'm starting to think manly = no personal hygiene

Fair enough. Just growing up where I did, those aren't things that men here do. It's not like I ever had bad acne I just like to look good, and I wear my v necks as regular shirts not undershirts.

 

[ABSthetics]

Well, it's not metro if you: brush your teeth, comb your hair, and wipe your ass.
It is metro if you: floss twice daily, use hair product, and own a bidet.


Edit: It's also metro if your shampoo costs more than $5 a gallon.

What shampoo do you get that costs under $5 a gallon?

Like combining hotel samples? Even the cheapest store brand are more than $5 for half that size.

People take care of their teeth because a nice smile will take you along way. I've had job opportunities and impress alot of girls just by having really white teeth.

 

[VoodooPlata]

Ok, I promised myself I wasn't going to do this, but I can't resist...

The Man:

- Spends some free time catching child predators and other scumbags online
- Works on my parents cars and my own
- Beast mode functional strength from gymnastics since 5 years old (now 21)


The Metro:

- Aesthetic as phuck
- #27 ranked Rings competitor in the nation (NCAA)
- Trains hard in gymnastics, combine, MMA
- Balances life to include all close friends, family, and girlfriend, having everyone proud of me
- Still in college, interning in the FBI as an encryption specialist
- Get paid to hack while going to college
- Bought over 30 pairs of shoes since this time last year (Supras, Vans, Chucks, DC, etc.)
- Spends a good 15-30 minutes trying to decide what to wear for the day
- Owns 9 face care products
- Color coordinates closet
- Owns 13 desginer watches
- My girlfriend usually beats me getting ready when going out clubbing or partying
- Shaves pubes and pits weekly, gets bikini waxes in the summer and waxes legs
- Eyebrow piercing
- Bleaches teeth every 2 months
- Keeps a toothbrush and toothpaste in my car
- Gets a hair cut or style every week or 2 weeks
- Goes to gay bars/clubs with friends frequently(no homo)
- Listens to really cheesy music (techno, dubstep, GaGa, and other fails)


I can keep going on sadly.....feelsbadbeingmetroman.jpg

...fix'd :icon_chee

 

[KyleInAction]

Flossing is manly because it contributes to healthy teeth with allows you to eat delicious steak. Good luck eating steak with no teeth!

Damn, you bested me! But in the spirit of manliness... real men have iron gums.

What shampoo do you get that costs under $5 a gallon?

Like combining hotel samples? Even the cheapest store brand are more than $5 for half that size.

People take care of their teeth because a nice smile will take you along way. I've had job opportunities and impress alot of girls just by having really white teeth.

Sorry, that whole post should have had a jest disclaimer. Don't try to find much rationale in it; it'll probably hurt.




Whenever I see these threads, I think of that "Manliness in Danger of Extinction" thread from a few years back when I merely lurked. I'm going to try to dig up the link later.

 

[roylerramjet]

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[ABSthetics]

Ok, I promised myself I wasn't going to do this, but I can't resist...



...fix'd :icon_chee

Working with the FBI isn't manly?

And thats pretty shitty saying being a gymnast is metro. We are some of the strongest athletes all around. Not to mention being the leanest and have the best functional strength a man could have.

People saying their little cosmetic bodybuilding routines are manly need to realize they are the metro ones....

I challenge any bodybuilder or powerlifter on these forums to a test of strength and will upload videos to whatever you wanna do. I'm tired of people belittling gymnasts.

The only metro shit I see is that fail ass chin up thread with people thinking 15 chins is an actual feat.

 

[PussyPants]

And thats pretty shitty saying being a gymnast is metro. We are some of the strongest athletes all around. Not to mention being the leanest and have the best functional strength a man could have.

+1, bro. You and Baryshnikov are straight up animals in my book.

 

[ABSthetics]

Damn, you bested me! But in the spirit of manliness... real men have iron gums.



Sorry, that whole post should have had a jest disclaimer. Don't try to find much rationale in it; it'll probably hurt.




Whenever I see these threads, I think of that "Manliness in Danger of Extinction" thread from a few years back when I merely lurked. I'm going to try to dig up the link later.

I was just dicking around.

People in the S&C really do have some kind of chip on their shoulders or something.

 

[ABSthetics]

+1, bro. You and Baryshnikov are straight up animals in my book.

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[KyleInAction]

Here it is! Manliness in Danger of Extinction


http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/some-mental-conditioning-you-guys-who-question-yourselves-293488/

 

[KyleInAction]

If you can't handle someone referring to something (that you think is manly) as metro in jest, this probably isn't the thread for you. Every other page seams to have someone explaining why something *isn't* metro. Just embrace it, laugh, and then go lift something.


It's more manly to embrace your metrosexuality than rationalize it.

 

[JauntyAngle]

Working with the FBI isn't manly?

Not as an encryption specialist, dude. Computers are nerdy, whoever your employer is. Like if you were a World of Warcraft adviser for the Marines, would that make you manly, because it is the Marines? No.

I'll take a pass on whether gymnastics is manly. Incredibly athletic, yes, but male ballet dancers are also incredibly athletic, and people usually don't say they are manly.

 

[ABSthetics]

If you can't handle someone referring to something (that you think is manly) as metro in jest, this probably isn't the thread for you. Every other page seams to have someone explaining why something *isn't* metro. Just embrace it, laugh, and then go lift something.


It's more manly to embrace your metrosexuality than rationalize it.

Couldn't handle?

I was asking how a sport is metro? That makes no fucking sense. No matter what sport it is, we as serious athletes all put it mad work.

I don't care if its tennis or football, you should be equally respected as athletes.

You don't get more functional strength in any other sport or hobby in the world than gymnastics.

My whole point is anyone over the age of 13 should respect someone's sport. I'd never talk down on somebody's sport as insignificant or "metro". I don't fucking care if you were a competitive ping pong player.

The concept of metrosexuality has little to do with someone's sport. If Tony Romo spends 2 hours styling his hair everyday after practice does that make football metro? A sport is a sport.

 

[ABSthetics]

Here it is! Manliness in Danger of Extinction


http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/some-mental-conditioning-you-guys-who-question-yourselves-293488/

Interesting read, but the concept of lifting weights for big muscles or to show off is pure cosmetic, therefore metro....I'm not criticizing the article as a whole from that statement, rather the first sentence...

Bodybuilding is for cosmetics first, strength second.

The concept of real fucking powerlifting is manly, so is the concept of lifting for functional real world strength.

Doing countless curls for years to attain 16 inch arms and you have the endurance of a chain smoker, and still pretty weak overall does nothing for machismo.

 

[PowerHungry]

This thread certainly took a turn.

 

[VoodooPlata]

Working with the FBI isn't manly?

And thats pretty shitty saying being a gymnast is metro. We are some of the strongest athletes all around. Not to mention being the leanest and have the best functional strength a man could have.

People saying their little cosmetic bodybuilding routines are manly need to realize they are the metro ones....

I challenge any bodybuilder or powerlifter on these forums to a test of strength and will upload videos to whatever you wanna do. I'm tired of people belittling gymnasts.

The only metro shit I see is that fail ass chin up thread with people thinking 15 chins is an actual feat.

Gymnasts get a lot of respect on this board, but if you can't see how prancing around in tights whilst wearing a srsface.jpg is a little bit gay, you need some perspective.

As for the rest - also pretty gay :icon_chee

Not as an encryption specialist, dude. Computers are nerdy, whoever your employer is. Like if you were a World of Warcraft adviser for the Marines, would that make you manly, because it is the Marines? No.

I'll take a pass on whether gymnastics is manly. Incredibly athletic, yes, but male ballet dancers are also incredibly athletic, and people usually don't say they are manly.

I lol'd!