So while poking about the manosphere today I followed a link from an obscure Men’s Rights blog over to Alex Jones’ Infowars site — specifically to the comments on a news article about a study that claims internet porn is destroying marriage.
Jones, as you may know, is essentially the king of the world’s conspiracy theorists, so naturally I expected his commenters to be pretty unhinged. What I didn’t realize is that they would also all be Men’s Rights Activists.
Well, maybe they don’t all call themselves that, but they certainly think like MRAs; several even linked to a site for Men Going Their Own Way.
Most commenters agreed that porn was a better deal than a wife; after all, as numerous wits declared, porn won’t steal half your money in a divorce.
But alongside such familiar, indeed cliché, sentiments there were also some pretty inspired mini-rants. Here’s my favorite, which received several dozen upvotes from the regulars, making it one of the most popular comments in the 373-comment thread.
But there were other comments that were nearly as, er, inspired as this one. Take this righteous comment from one of Mr. EinNietzscheStein’s biggest fans:
And who could forget this fellow’s intriguing theories about female sexuality?
“Hanoi Jane.” Hadn’t heard that in a long time. Really brings you back, doesn’t it?
On a side note, “wank” doesn’t just refer to literal masturbation. You need to update yourself on your web lingo, yo.
Damn! Ninja’d by grumpyoldnurse.
Alaisvex, I don’t argue with feminist. Though, if you can provide a specific reference to an actual MRM page, I’ll look at it.
*headdesk*
I did that when you asked for them, you fool.
LOL wanker isn’t a reference to masturbation? Man. When you point out feminist hypocrisy, feminists suddenly don’t know what words mean.
I propose a Troll Challenge: Man Walk, you are guilty of excessive JAQing off. I challenge you to post from now on without using the question mark, because your Just Askin’ Questions, Questions and more Questions is getting tedious and repetitive.
What say you good people?
@ManWalk:
Hmm…
Ok, I got one. Are you ready? Cause you might want to sit down or something. Actually, yeah, you better sit down. I’ll wait.
…
…
Sitting down? Comfy? Alright, here it goes.
*ahem*
I’m not that bothered, as a guy, with putting the seat down on the toilet.
These comments do not shock me whatsoever, except that they do not seem as racist and otherwise prejudiced as I may have expected.
Just for you, ManWalk; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanker
If you don’t argue with feminists (or is that just one feminist?) then why are you ragefapping here, sonny? This is a feminist blog and you’re whining about how nasty we are to teh poor poor menz. Or is “don’t argue with feminists” an admission that you are in fact incapable of making a halfway coherent argument about anything?
Mocking male pain, my arse. When any of the MRM know the first thing about actual pain, rather than pretending having a chronic rageboner against half the human species counts, get back to us.
I am wondering what the “male assets” are the one dude is wondering how many billions of feminists have acquired. Is there a distinction here between “male assets” and any other kind of assets? And how did the feminists get the “male assets”? By getting jobs, maybe? I’m confused.
Manwalk,
I guess that FandomWake is about fan fiction authors masturbating, not about suethors and badfic writers having dramatic meltdowns when they get bad reviews? And I guess that circle jerk always refers to people sitting in a circle jerking each other off? And I also suppose that Urban Dictionary includes in its third entry this definition of wank (2. An on-line discuss without purpose or substance that often involves pretension and bullshit.) for no reason whatsoever?
And just in case clicking on a Wikipedia link is too hard for ya, I’d like to draw your attention to this passage:
Words, they mean things. Some even have nuance and may mean more than one thing, depending on context.
LOL Rageboner. Now I bet you’ll say that’s not a reference to male sexuality. Fapping doesn’t mean masturbating. Feminists just don’t know what words mean. Yeah… keep going.
Is a response to,
You’re reading comprehension is as dodgy as ever, you should stick to memes.
Hurrah! ::cheers::
Trollboy, there isn’t a prize for “most incredibly stupid troll of the year” either. You’re still not doing at all well, and yeah, it might get into negative points at this rate. Whining as you are is boooring.
Fuck me
*your
@ grumpycatisagirl – I would assume the “male assets” are the ones that they peed on. Isn’t that what alpha wolves do?
Another two-verse, and this would fit perfectly with the karaoke track. I could record it, then!
(I desperately want to record it. Hm…)
Wow. Now I’ve got all these feminists rage grooling on me! Oh no, that’s not about sexual response just like rage boner isn’t. Because patriarchy and femzim.
I’d say that ManWalk’s mind will be blown when he learns that words in the English language have multiple meanings, which can often inferred from context, but I don’t think that that’s going to register with him anytime soon. Neither are the actual links that I provided for him that gave examples of MRAs talking about how male sexuality is naturally aggressive, sexual harassment is a natural part of male sexuality, and how men are frequently undone by their sexual attraction to women.
I wouldn’t worry to much about ManWank’s sudden onset of literal inflexibility. He’s just a scared little troll that dove in over his head, and now he’s bristling and snarling a little.
*pat pat*
There there, little troll, you don’t have to be frightened. This is a place where we mock things, so join in the mockery or be on your way.
ManWalk, isn’t Paul Elam the one who said he gets an erection from thinking of f*cking [feminists’] sh*t up?
HAHAHAHAHAHA you don’t even know what rageboner means? Oh wow, you really are dumb. Terminally, willfully obtuse. Does it hurt putting so much effort into being so stupid? Does it give you headaches? You need a cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie down.
You’re still trying to pretend MRAs = all men. No, child, I have a much, much higher opinion of men than that. I can’t think of anyone but MRAs and their ilk I’ve ever referred to as having rageboners.
*headdesk* No, we wouldn’t interpret that as literally being about a sexual response because “rageboner” refers to an erection caused by anger, not arousal. Context. Do you understand it, motherfucker?
*waits for ManWalk to claim that I accused him of committing incest with his mother*