I found this graphic on the Men’s Rights subreddit, linked with the comment “[a]nd here is what I say to feminism.” (It was actually in the thread discussing this brilliant MRA comic.)
I’m sure the women of the world are heartbroken that men who think they are basically the equivalent of inanimate objects have “decided” to remain single.
Also, dudes, would it kill you to proofread your graphics?
@EJ
But if they get a ruined church in Japan, how are they suppose to get an excuse to travel to England, with the castles and the fish ‘n’ chips and the pubs with the stouts and the lagers?
And, also, what if they aren’t all from Japan, but are Japanese native-born Britons?
Well, I was also referring to the things that can remotely be connected to anything feminine being translated through man-speak so they’re approved by the All-Mighty No Homo Council for men to do/have/use.
Like the Dude Stick Chapstick, packaged in a matte black case with a tactical grip. Because Chapstick is for WIMMENS.
Or “brogurt”, MAN CAVE CANDLES THAT SMELL LIKE BACON AND NEW CARS AND BBQ, or:
http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/needlessly-gendered-products-4-685×460.jpg?760346
MAN kleenex.
http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/needlessly-gendered-products-37-685×448.jpg?760346
MANLY dryer sheets
Or, and this is the BEST ONE:
http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/needlessly-gendered-products-38-685×913.jpg?760346
BRONUTS.
I have the first volume of Nana and I will mail it to you if you want to borrow it. I also have the first one of Absolute Boyfriend, Punch! and the first two Vampire Knights and that’s really most of the manga I own.
I appreciate the offer, but I really cannot be trusted with such things. XD
I also have some volumes of Absolute Boyfriend (I think the first three at least), and Vampire Knight (Like the first seven to eight).
Now I have an idea for a comic where a girl in gothic lolita clothing is sitting sipping tea at a cafe, and two guys are watching her and talking about how she’s not “bangable” because she must be “high maintenance”, and they leave, and then she just goes
http://1d4chan.org/images/3/3e/Just_as_planned.jpg
with that face and everything.
OH GODDAMN IT IT WORKED A SECOND AGO. D: <
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/light_psychotic_grin_8235.jpg
"All according to plan~"
@Paradoxical
I had a subscription to Shojo Beat, so I read it from that. Particularly Vampire Knight, Honey and Clover, and Baby & Me.
Of course, Vampire Knight got…squicky. And they stopped fucking printing Shojo Beat.
I was so pissed.
@Jackie:
I’d actually be really interested to hear the thoughts of native Londoners of Japanese ethnicity about the tourist trade. Is there a joy in connecting with one’s roots? An embarrassment in seeing Japaneseness connected with a most unBritish flamboyance? The same irritation, contempt and hostility towards foreigners which the rest of Londoners feel? Or just “ooooh, pretty dresses?” It’s an interesting question.
@EJ
Well, you can ask them or you can find a blog on the internet. Your choice.
*Tourists, not foreigners.
‘Cost of maintenance on a ruined church: ¥0’
Hahaha–as an occasional consultant for the National Trust…I don’t think so. Though there was certainly a huge fashion for fake ruins at one time–no proper landscape could be without one. You could build them from scratch, or just steal them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesowen_Abbey
@Guest:
That was hyperbole on my part, I’m aware. I am very interested though: how expensive is maintaining a ruin compared to maintaining a non-ruin?
🙂 Well I think your overall argument makes sense, and there’s certainly historical precedent for building ruins for those of a romantic disposition to enjoy. In fact, part of the discerning appreciation of fake Georgian ruins was an appreciation of exactly how the trick was accomplished.
Depends on the ruin, and on how much traffic it gets, and what kind of traffic. One of the places I’ve advised on is in a heavily used public park, so I can expect thousands of kids to scramble over it every day, and I need to make sure both that they’re safe and that they don’t hurt anything important.
I love old buildings and abbeys and I despise Henry VIII for having them wrecked. History has rightfully written him as a douchebag, what with the whole ditching/beheading-wives-cause-they-didn’t-birth-a-boy thing on top.
Douchebag.
Pandapool:
Abbey Road. I live not far from the studios, and that pedestrian crossing remains stupidly popular with tourists, including many from Japan.
I saw the “bronut” on Tumblr, but I still think that the “brotein” burger was worse.
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EJ – we are practically neighbours! Also, there is a Japanese woman opposite who lives with a British man and their 3 kids. They do not appear to embrace any of the Japanese aesthetic, looking like jeans and t shirts kids every time I see them.
There seem to be lots of us, Ellesar. We should have a London Mammoth get-together. I propose the natural history museum because fossils are misandry.
If you do it I’d like to come along–I’m getting ready to move from the wilds of Yorkshire to somewhat closer to the Smoke.
Why am I single: because I compare women to coat-hangers. Fixed it.
Not completely off topic, since we are already comparing women to commodities to buy:
It appears that the company behind Ashley Madison tried to develop an app named “What’s Your Wife Worth”, letting men put up pictures of their wives and rate each others wives as well as “bid” on them…
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ashley-madison-developed-whats-your-wife-worth-app-letting-men-rank-each-others-wives-10476330.html
Ugh. No, no misogyny there. Nope. -.-
“A bro’s nut is sacred!” –Roosh V., more or less paraphrased, but you get the idea, right?
So women are…products? To be purchased and consumed/used?
Aaaaaalrighty.
I have to say that this meme vastly increases the awesomeness of the already awesome railroad spike coat rack we got as a wedding gift.
I would get on board with a London Mammotheer meet up, even though I live in the west country. Let’s make it happen!