So Reddit’s Men’s Rightsers are in a tizzy over a bullshitty piece in the Daily Telegraph warning of an evil worldwide plot to force men to pee sitting down.
The evidence for the existence of such a plot is a bit on the skimpy side — the Telegraph writer leads off with a reference to a 2012 proposal from a County Council member in Sormland, Sweden that doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere legislatively but that’s been a favorite evil-feminist story on conservative websites ever since.
The very notion that some evil feminist might force them to sit while they spray has Men’s Rights Redditors in an unusually combative mood. Heck, it’s got some of the regulars thinking that it might well be time to start doing some good-old fashioned murdering. No, really.
Yep. In case you’ve been wondering, suggesting “a campaign to assassinate feminist figures” because some local council member in Sweden had a dumb idea will in fact win you upvotes on the Men’s Rights subreddit.
Strikerfm1, by contrast, seems almost moderate with his “tie feminists down and urinate on them” proposal.
The World’s Greatest 21st Century Human Rights Movement, folks!
Thanks to the AgainstMensRights subreddit for pointing me to this horrible crap.
EDIT: The “let’s murder feminists” comment has been taken down by the subreddit mods, though the user hasn’t been banned for it; the “I want to tie a feminist down and pee on her” comment remains up, and still boasts upvotes.
While he’s trying to pee off the cliff, of course. Except that wind is blowing it all over his tights.
LBT and anyone else who’s sick, so sorry, and hope you’re feeling better soon. I am saving this thread for home remedies. I’m going to try lion face with my mother tomorrow; she needs exercises to strengthen her face muscles and this one sounds like fun.
There’s a really good Lion Face in this yoga video, at about 1:17:
http://youtu.be/lZt4ypcQV-s
@cloudiah – oh yes, lion face is loads of fun! Especially if you can face someone you’re not super fond of while you’re “innocently” helping out your sore throat – not sticking your tongue out at them, oh no! 🙂
@kittehserf – that video is great! 🙂 Ze needs some more work on zir form there…as with most of the other poses, but good try! 🙂
LOL yes, I don’t think Shorty’s ever going to be a yoga master herself. She might just be a dancer, she has great form (and that TAIL omg that tail).
I did like her way of extending chest to foot. 😛
If you like funny cat vids, there’s a whole Sho Ko channel on youtube (Shorty and Kodi, that is) – they have lots of videos, and I see their doting dad is going to post one every week this year. 🙂
I could be wrong but with that picture of the crotch-shot in cut off jeans and the fact you keep telling us about your preferred peeing method ralmcg, are you just trolling us? lol
cupisnique, I’m not a troll. I just want to contribute something about men peeing sitting down since it seems that men shouldn’t do it according to some MRAs. Also, about my cut-off shorts (a.k.a. Daisy Dukes) I do wear them sometimes in the summer. I feel more comfortable in them than in longer shorts.
Typing in biohazard suit gloves is slow going, isn’t it.
I have actually done this a couple times. The weirdest thing is, I can’t remember why. I do remember hitting the water body.
While he’s trying to pee off the cliff, of course. Except that wind is blowing it all over his tights.
That’s what I implied with my remark of “bravely pissing against the wind of societal change”. Dunno if many people got it. The cape is a nice addition, though.
I owe some blockquotes to Kittenserf, but a monster ate them.
@LBT, I told you about the brain parasites so you’d take the “clean water” bit seriously and not die. I like you non-dead (no offense to Mr Kittehserf).
Augg – that is cat barding! Just had a D&D flashback.
Also, re: the urine issue. Our older son has taken to sitting down on the kaybo every time, and leaving the seat down. This may serve him in good stead in later life, especially when he is no longer sharing a bathroom with his twelve year old brother.
Eh, it’s leather. Depending on the cat’s own AC, it might boost it by one or two points (I’m a bit rusty), but it’s only AC 8 otherwise. Not … great.
Futrelle- The glib, jokey “let’s assassinate feminists” quote that you apparently took entirely seriously, is no longer up at r/mr anyway.
Well, under 3.5 rules, a cat has an AC of 14 due to Dex and Size. Leather barding would give it a +2 Armor bonus to AC, bringing it up to a 16. Of course, you could bump that by getting it enchanted.
And I know that personally, I think it’s just dandy when people “joke” about murdering me.
Oh, good, a chewtoy.
Just because you call a threat a joke doesn’t make it one, you know. You do know that, right?
And your point is? Do you have one? Any point at all? I can wait. *twiddles thumbs*
Someone doesn’t understand what “glib” means.
My point, “titanblue”, is that that post clearly does not represent r/mr, if the moderators have seen fit to remove it.
Or it all too perfectly represents r/mr but they realized they might catch flak for it.
Right. The post from Strikerfm1 is much more accurate.
And still fucking horrible.
“Or it all too perfectly represents r/mr but they realized they might catch flak for it.”
And maybe Paul Elam represents Manboobz- he’s just banned because Futrelle realized he might catch flak for it.
Let’s analyze that theory, Kevin. Did Paul Elam once participate widely in Manboobz, only to be quietly banned shortly after other sites drew attention to his involvement? Does (or did) Manboobz frequently make comments that are in line with Paul Elam’s opinions?
So that comment isn’t shitty because it was deleted for being so shitty? I see.
Can’t sleep, blockquote monster will eat me.
Yes, “katz”. R/mr is a hotbed of death threats and violent fantasies. Right.