So a Redditor goes into the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit.
I realize that sounds a bit like the start of a crappy joke. But it’s true. Earlier today, the guy in question popped into the MGTOW subreddit with a couple of questions.
Now, I don’t know if AwYisBreadCrumbs is trolling or not, but there are few things you can say to a MGTOW that will offend him more than this seemingly reasonable question.
If these guys really are all enjoying their awesome bachelor lifestyles, unburdened by the demands of marriage and parenthood and all of that, you might expect them to share some of the details with their MGTOW pals: Here I am rock climbing in Colorado. Here I am meeting rescued Orangutans in Borneo. Here’s the backyard roller coaster I built with my own hands. Here’s my podcast about Elvis impersonators. Here’s my model train set. I dunno, something. Anything.
Nope! Oh sure, once in a long while one of the regulars will make a post about his motorcycle. But roughly 99% of the posts in r/MGTOW are complaints about women.
And that’s the way the MGTOWs like it, as they made very clear with their overwhelmingly hostile responses to AwYis’ (possibly) innocent question. Here are some of them:
define cool sh*t. Only a woman needs to ask to be entertained.
s*ck my d*ck
There are already subreddits focusing on whatever it is you want to talk about. MGTOW is about enjoying the decline.
Your post sounds like you are concerned that mgtow have the audacity to talk about women. Gtfo quickly
Take your ass on out
you put expectations on MGTOW. There aren’t any, that’s why we all went this way.
Sorry, dude. There are expectations when it comes to MGTOWs. Anyone who’s ever spent a more than a few minutes watching a MGTOW video, or reading a MGTOW forum, or encountering MGTOWs in any other context quickly learns to expect MGTOWs to be the hyperbolically misogynistic manbabies that they in fact are.
So if you’re looking for cool model train layouts on Reddit, you’re going to have to go to r/modeltrains, where I found this:
@Paradoxical Intention, I read the link you provided and good lord that’s some dark stuff for a “comedy” character. I’ve never known where to begin with Deadpool, cos there is so mcuh stuff with him out there, but I’ve put that MAX series on my “to buy” list now. Thanks 🙂
I’ve never read Catcher In the Rye, it wasn’t part of our secondary school syllabus here in the UK at least in the late 80’s-90’s.
On that blog I linked, I think there’s a “beginner’s guide” so to speak in their FAQ.
And yeah, Deadpool’s way darker than most people give him credit for. And a lot of people pass off a lot of his queerness (he’s pansexual) off as “just a joke” and then no one takes his sexuality seriously when he hits on
Captain AmericaThorCableSpiderman because “He’s crazy, and he’s just joking around to get under people’s skin!”Most of the girlfriends he’s been with have had bad ends in some form or another.
The girlfriend he has in the movie ends up being on-and-off with him, and she eventually becomes the mutant Copycat, who is later brutally murdered by Sabertooth, who scrawls “Sabertooth was here” on the wall in her blood.
And then there’s the relationships that just don’t work out in his favor, and then there’s his relationship with Death (who is genderfluid in the Marvel universe) who he can’t be with because another one of Death’s admirers cursed him with immortality (which I think was recently removed in canon, so I don’t know what’s going to happen with that).
Seriously, there’s quite a bit of Deadpool Discourse to be had. Especially when we get into the things that most fanboys ignore.
‘Course, I could just say that I love him so much because I see a lot of myself in him. The childhood abuse, the fucked up skin (mine’s not nearly as bad as his, but I have tinea versicolor), the rape survival, the pansexuality…
He helps me cope.
So, a few weeks ago, in a fit of angry-at-the-men pique, I decided to hunt down any WGTOW resources I could find. There is a WGTOW reddit, but it’s dead, and of late overrun with whiney MGTOWs. The fact that MGTOWs *ever* engagage with WGTOWs, or discuss them *ever* on their forums, just fucking shows what bullshit-filled blowhards they are.
MGTOW-Men Gonna Talk Over Women. The dick knows best!
Uggggg, HERE is my broken link.
@Paradoxical Intention, I shall definitely look further into Deadpool now. I did want to include more Marvel stuff on my blog this year. And with the DC Rebirth cancelling every single one of the series I have been following, it’s probably a good time to check him out.
@ moggie
Do you also remember “Here comes the night mail, crossing the border…”?
@ David
Here’s an article from the Grauniad that ties in with a TV programme that Grayson Perry is making about masculinity. Don’t know if it’s anything you can use here.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/06/men-discuss-what-it-means-to-be-a-man-today-grayson-perry
I do remember Night Mail! The GPO Film Unit was surprisingly good, in its day, and there was a lot more to that film than the simple “this is what we do for you” which might have been expected.
As a kid, I discovered a copy of the Auden poem, written in my father’s handwriting. That was a big surprise. A taciturn and not very bright man, he had never shown me any interest in art. That he had apparently cared enough about Night Mail to write down the poem hinted at an inner life which I had never suspected, and made me realise that I knew less about my parents than I had thought. They’re both gone now, and I still can’t shake the feeling that I never really knew them.
Speaking of Reddit, we now have proof of Godwin’s law: 78% of the most active Reddit threads mention Hitler.
@Paradoxy
Oh hey, me too; solidarity.
I consider myself Mgtow after being separated for 2 years. I’m not bitter but it’s a smart move for me, I found alot more time for my hobbies now than ever.
I’ve bought some expensive rc helicopters and still need alot of practice flying, so haven’t used my collective pitch mode yet. I’ve been playing guitar for 30 years and have 2 very nice Ibanez guitars, one being a baritone for playing really heavy stuff like Crowbar. I collect anything to do with the hellraiser series, puzzle boxes, etc. Used to compete in muay thai but now just getting into Iaido, and I attend my lodge meetings (IOOF).
adopted a little black cat who is quite the character. Other than that I work alot, get some overtime. Bought a new car and like to explore different places on the weekend. I don’t hate women, not all Mgtow are bitter misogynistic types. I am happy where I am now. I just don’t want the hassle anymore. I kind of feel like a big kid again, but with no curfew. And oh yeah, love my absinthe, especially after a day of work and being off call.
How does Trainlap stay on the rails with such an uneven, rock-strewn roadbed? Seriously, I had derailments all the time when my layout was nailed to plywood.
What’s up with all the necro posts, dude?
Not only what’s up with the necroing, but why with such rando shit?
Are you talking about model trains? If you want to ask questions about the video, why don’t you comment on the video, Steven? Why the fuck are you asking in the comments section of a feminist blog, Steven?
I’ve been told you countless times that r/MGTOW isn’t a MGTOW subReddit
@ThePhilosoph
And yet…