So the fellas on the Men’s Rights subreddit are kicking up a shine about a post one of them found on the internet that treats them like the joke that they are.
You see, a blogger on real estate site Estately.com decided, out of sheer boredom, I imagine, to assemble a list of Each State’s Most Embarrassing Google Searches.
As you can see from the map above, the searches range from terrible music (for some reason, Maine residents feel a need to track down Nickelback lyrics) to assorted penis-size related concerns.
In Colorado, the search term that made Estately’s Ryan Nickum giggle the most was “Men’s Rights.”
Nickum notes in his post that Coloradans were also interested in learning more about Vape pens and Crocs (the ugly shoes). He concludes from this that
If you’re a man in Colorado wearing crocs and puffing on your vape pen you deserve to have your rights taken away.
Actually, that’s not quite fair. It’s not right to lump vaping and Crocs with Men’s Rights. Vaping is much better for you than smoking, and Crocs, while atrociously ugly, are at least comfortable (or so I’ve heard).
Naturally, Men’s Rights Redditors were outraged by this assault on their basic human rights.
![[–]Clockw0rk 42 points 18 hours ago The "article" makes things worse. Analysis: If you’re a man in Colorado wearing crocs and puffing on your vape pen you deserve to have your rights taken away Oh really? Let's flip the details. If you're a woman in Wisconsin wearing open toed shoes and drinking flavored malt beverages, you deserve to have your rights taken away. Hmmm.. No, that still seems like a monstrous overreach that would have the writer fired before the end of the day. I mean, if we were talking about women's rights. permalinksavereportgive goldreply [–]baskandpurr 13 points 17 hours ago Easier than that. Searching for women's rights would be great and make you a wonderful person. Searching for men's right is embarrassing and makes you offensive. You consider the idea that 50% of humanity should maybe have better rights and that makes you evil.](https://i0.wp.com/www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mensrightembarrassing.png?resize=482%2C445&ssl=1)
Poor babies.
Maybe the reason everyone sees you as a joke is because most people realize that men not only already have rights but also have innumerable privileges as a gender?
Or that they realize the Men’s Rights movement has accomplished literally nothing of value over the past five years of its existence? That MRAs in the US haven’t built a single shelter for men, or even set up a phone hotline?
That MRA’s virtually ignore the real issues facing young men of color in our country, from police shootings and gun violence to a misguided drug war that has left an unprecedented number of young black men behind bars.
That instead of actually doing anything about anything they would rather circle-jerk about spermjacking and friend-zoning and the alleged evils of assorted rape prevention campaigns.
Fellas: People treat you like a joke because you are a joke.
In the thread complaining about Nickum’s map, the only “accomplishment” any of the Men’s Rights redditors thought to mention was the fact that people are more aware of Men’s Rights activists than they were a few years ago. And I have to admit that this is true.
Congratulations, fellas, you’ve managed to successfully annoy the world with your stupid complaints, so much so that numerous sites are taking down their comments so they won’t have to deal with irritating abusive babies like you any more.
And you’ve given me an excuse to post this:
@spacelawn
I think it’s probably Deflategate-related.
Waking up to what, Larry dear? The epidemic of bloggers making fun of crocs? Oh! The horror!
Love me, Love my crocs! I am not ashamed!
Wait, someone else in Maine has an internet connection?
*furtively wipes One Direction searches from browser history*
@spacelawn
American footballs. There was a “scandal” around the time of this year’s Superbowl, revolving around some footballs that were found at halftime to be underinflated by .5 PSI. This was after they’d been outside in 52 degree weather for quite some time. Boyle’s law, what is it?
This Larry Smith isn’t as funny as the “Legs” Larry Smith in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
@weirwoodtreehugger
The fear of women losing control of men is scary for you people. I understand your frustration. It will be ok.
@Moggie
That made zero sense, but I expect no less from a crazy chick or mentally unstable White Knight.
Missouri needs to add “Vajazzling Capital” to their license plates.
I don’t know, Maggie, I think he’s pretty funny. I mean, I laughed out loud. But he will soon become boring.
The “please don’t show me” state.
Who’s got control over you, Larry? Some dude with a Cayman Islands bank account owns your workplace, your house and your pension. Some dude in a funny hat decides whether or not you’re allowed to be gay. Some dude in a necktie decides whether or not you get to have healthcare. Some dude in a uniform decides whether to send you or your sons to go overseas to kill some other poor bastard and his sons.
What’re you doing to shrug off their control? Tell me and I’ll help you against them. But a little bit of shouting on the internet isn’t going to cut it. When the Men’s Rights people actually get up and start dismantling churches and armies and banks, then I’ll believe that you aren’t just a joke.
You don’t believe in men’s rights. Not actual men’s rights. You’re just pissed off because your chew toy is being taken away and now you don’t have anything to distract you from the people who actually control you.
Oh Larry, coming in here with your insults and ‘the end is nigh’ proclamations. Why do you like proving us all right?
To be fair, i think colorado is googing “mens rights” so we can learn to see them, and AVOID them. hehe!
@Moggie
Where would you like your gift-wrapped Internet?
(Assuming we can find it, first…)
That MRA’s virtually ignore the real issues facing young men of color in our country, from police shootings and gun violence to a misguided drug war that has left an unprecedented number of young black men behind bars.
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I don’t know if this is a national thing, but at least in Colorado (oh, the irony) the groups that actively work to provide men involved in Divorce actions better equality from judges, that work to help with access to their children, etc., staunchly refuse to associate with even the *term* “Men’s rights’, much less the groups.
Larry, follow the comment policy or get banned. No calling people crazy in here, or using it as a pejorative.
ReallyFriendly, yes I am proving you right. Crazy chicks need to be respected.
@kirbywarp
It ok to insult guys who do not agree with your logic, but calling any the ilk in here crazy is a no-no.
LMFAO.
@Larry:
Yeah, pretty much. Those insults just can’t be ableist. I’m sure a brilliant mind like yours can find ways to insult us without ever saying anything substantive without calling us “crazy” as well. 🙂
I vote banhammer. Larry’s attention-seeking is incredibly tedious and I’d rather get back to discussing serious issues, like why Vermont is searching for Four Loko.
@Larry:
Unlike you, we really don’t have to insult you, the person, just your ideas. Have you brought anything of real substance to discuss here or are you here to spout your MRA talking points? You aren’t really blowing our minds here you know.
If you, I don’t know, actually had a discussion with us rather than being a random MRA word generator we could respect you. You do realize that you are not winning your side any points here, correct?
Has Four Loko been a thing for the last five or ten years?
Does Larry think he’s being oppressed by our butts? He kind of sounds like the kind of troll that thinks that way.
Oh. Larry. I had some hopes for you because your initial comments made me laugh, but now you’ve gotten boring and you aren’t even willing to entertain the possibility of following the comments policy here, so you’re banned.
I thought Four Loko (and other similar mixes of alcohol and caffeine) has been banned for the last five to ten years…