The reviews are in! Man Boobz continues to confuse and enrage the Manospherians of the world. Over on MGTOWforums.com, Armageddon15 lays out this 2-point critique:
I went over to that pathetic excuse for a site to see what cherry picked articles they’ve been going through lately, and I have 2 things I’d like to bring up..
1. What the hell is it with that guy and animals? Posting pandas, cats, bears etc. Maybe he should post youtube videos about that full time instead of the shit he calls writing.
2. The comments on the articles are the most unorganized, random thing I’ve ever seen on a discussion board. I can’t even follow what the hell is going on. They go on tangents in every other comment in ways that don’t even relate to the original post. How do you even have a discussion over there? They got an end of the year troll award going on over there, but I don’t know how any troll has the patience to write on that site for any length of time without blowing his brains out.
Boogeyman is also bewildered by the comments here:
Yes, I’ve noticed he’ll get hundreds of comments from his hairy armpitted fans but only a small % have anything to do with the subject. His article will be about date rape and he’ll have 300 comments about coffee cake recipes and Lady Gaga’s fashion sense.
Huh. I think I missed that one. We did have one thread recently that suddenly veered off into a discussion of bra sizing. So there’s that.
But if what we’re doing here is causing so much consternation amongst the MGTOWers of the world, we clearly need to do more of it. And so, a video no MGTOWer can possibly rebut:
The rest of you: you know what to do!
More kitties! If we talk about how cute the sailors are with them will that make the MRAs even more confused, since we’re supposed to hate men and all? Actually I think men cuddling cats is my Achilles Heel.
About the door holding thing, I do it automatically for anyone coming behind me if I notice them, and go out of my way to do it for anyone who seems like the door might present difficulties for them, eg someone carrying lots of bags, or someone who’s in a wheelchair, especially if the door doesn’t have an automatic opening button, or anyone holding or herding children, or elderly people. My parents brought me up to be polite and considerate, and door-holding is an extension of that. I can see why some women don’t like it if it’s only being done for women, but honestly it seems like a pick your battles kind of thing. Sure, it can be a result of benevolent sexism, but in terms of the sexism I encounter from strangers I’m not interested in confronting people about the stuff where they’re clearly not consciously trying to be demeaning or rude to women. I tend to save the public confrontations for times when men are being rude and sexist to me and they know it. Conversations about benevolent sexism tend to be most effective between people who already know each other.
thread drift: FEMINAZI OPPRESSION.
those dudes must be so much fun at parties.
Aw, dude. You, too? But I never got the chivalry drill. Just sort of…tense…about social politeness and personal physics. I think it has to do with being a klutz.
@HellKell, Yeah, he’s a “Lavender” point siamese. Right now we’re trying to get him to sleep through the night. He seems to have been taken from his mother early because he wants to “nurse” on fingers and noses.
In the time since I’ve left the apartment to go home for Christmas, my kitten has developed the hobby of biting onto human’s upper arms and hanging there.
Speaking of derails, has anyone else seen the latest live-action Pratchett movie? They filmed Going Postal, and it’s made of awesome. Stars the Welsh guy from Coupling and an actress I’ve never seen before but she’s perfect, and Charles Dance as The Patrician. Uncle Terry even makes an appearance at the end as a postman.
Our Kami was abandoned by her mother at about… I think we figured five or six weeks. She’s a year and a half old now and she still ‘suckles’ at our fleece blanket. With full grown claws that she refuses to let us trim.
There’s a reason we call her Crazypants.
Such a pretty kitty.
KathleenB, our Lilly was a bottle baby, and she still suckles fleece, but her favorite is the ratty old cashmere sweater I wear around the house. When a 16 lb., fully clawed cat wants to suckle the arm of your sweater, you let her.
What is it with cats and sweaters anyway? Mine invaded my bed for a while just because I had a sweater drying at the foot of it. She was superglued to that damn sweater for weeks.
Now I have to figure out how to remove all the white hair from a dark green sweater so that I can wash it. I’m thinking sticky tape will do it.
Do you have a sticky tape lint roller, Cassandra? Those work pretty well. Also, a damp sponge can work, but that’s probably better for de-furring furniture.
Hellkell: Luckily, she’s small, even full grown. Or mostly full grown. But she’ll jump up on the bed while I’m reading, climb onto my hip and stare at me until I arrange the blanket so she can suckle. And knead. And shove her head under the Kindle.
I don’t, but I should probably get one. This cat has the thickest hair I’ve ever seen though – when she sheds it turns into these little wool-like clumps that get caught in the vacuum cleaner.
I think people who thrust themselves in front of you to hold the door for you are indulging in a double revers with a twist act of public dominance in the guise of courtesy.
The tradition of holding doors for women started in a period when their dress fashions were such that they were unable to get close enough to the door in order to open it themselves.
Prior to that time the matter of precedence was determined by rank, age and affluence and marital status. The lowest status person held the door.
As a matter of common courtesy in this area we hold the door for peeps who are carrying stuff even if it takes a mo for them to get there. For everyone else it seems to be about an eight foot limit. There seem to be variations of the custom in different areas of the country. Perhaps depending on how much of the heat or cooling one is willing to let out.
Our cat recently got up on my desk, into an open drawer, pulled out my just-finished-knitting alpaca shawl, dragged it into the hallway and made it into a cozy nest in front of the bedroom door. The Spousal Unit found him there when he got up and woke me up to come look.
It was *almost* funny enough and cute enough to make me not want to throttle the cat.
Weird story about door holding: I was on my was into the library once, and an old man was walking up beside me. When I got to the top I stopped and stood to one side of the landing for moment. I forget why; I think I was checking on texts or something.
So he keeps going and opens the door while I’m standing a good 8-10 feet away, not moving. I look over and he’s glaring at me and holding the door open. So I’m standing there with no intention of going through the door yet and he starts angrily gesturing at me to walk in.
The dude was PISSED that I failed to take him up on his polite gesture, despite the fact that I was obviously intent on staying where I was. It was a bit confusing.
*on my [way]*
I have a nursey cat too, but I’m not sure why, as she was a shelter kitty and I adopted her when she was 5. But, she’s picky. She’ll only nurse on the shoulder of my bathrobe or the microfleece sheets. She’ll climb onto my shoulder, meow a little and then settle down to knead and bury her face in my robe. Cutest thing ever, to me, but my male cat thinks she’s a nut.
As far as holding the door, I do it and I appreciate when it’s done for me. I’ve always viewed it as a common human courtesy, rather than something that men are supposed to do for women. I get some really odd reactioons in the retirement community that my parents live in, but people seem to appreciate it just the same.
Ack, used my real name instead of my usual online name and now my comment’s in moderation! Sorry, David.
Here’s the comment:
@Need to Know, I feel your pain regarding the just-finished alpaca shawl. So far my cats have been kind enough not to take any of my knitted items (and have rejected the cat blankets I knit them *sniff*). I live in fear, though, that I will bring home The Right Yarn for them to love. Can the shawl be saved?
@Need to Know, OK, that’s FUNNY!
Luckily, our cats don’t seem to care much for my crochet. They’ve been known to pull clothes off hangers, though. My lovely wool coat was a disaster area of cat hair, I ended up using half a roll of Gorilla Tape to get it off. Mostly.
I get some really odd reactioons in the retirement community that my parents live in, but people seem to appreciate it just the same.
Holding doors for the elderly really just seems like common courtesy. You know, people who might actually have trouble getting through a door otherwise (say, with a walker).
My boyfriend figures his cats were probably taken from their mom too soon, and that’s why one of them never learned how to properly groom himself, bless his little heart. He’ll start to get uncomfortable and twitch for a few hours, but if bf doesn’t notice in time or is at work or something, kitty gets agitated and starts tearing about the place, freezing somewhere, running at full speed, freezing again, biting anxiously at his back claws. 20 lbs of manic fur. Then you have to pin him down long enough to give him a good brush, after which he’ll be fine for at least a few days.
Bf grooms him on a regular basis, twitches or not, of course. But it doesn’t always control kitty’s fits for a couple reasons. He’s hard to groom because he loves the brush so much he wants to snuggle it and be its best friend, so sometimes the grooming isn’t as complete as it should be; and his discomfort doesn’t happen at any sort of regular interval, so a grooming schedule that works most of the time doesn’t work all of the time.
Just thought I’d clarify in case I’d accidentally made my partner look like a negligent pet owner.
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