Say what you will about the meme-makers at the Going GHOST – MGTOW Facebook page, but you have to give them credit for one thing: their laser-like focus on the issues that truly matter to men.
And I don’t mean silly frivolous fluff like prison rape or workplace safety or prostate cancer. No, I mean the issues that REALLY matter. Like ladies night. And hot chicks playing video games in their underwear.
Let’s take a look at these and other totally important issues they raise.
1) Females today being a bunch of ugly lesbians
2) The aforementioned Ladies Night
3) Hot babes playing video games in their underwear
4) Hot babes getting more “likes” on Facebook for their cosplay pics than I got for my totally awesome Batman costume, no, I’m not bitter
5) Women dressing up as sexy Darth Vader even though they probably don’t even know who he is, probably!
6) Females doing Yoga wrong, and also having jobs and voting
Clearly the only way to deal with a society this corrupt is to Go Your Own Way and live a life of quiet dignity like Henry David Thoreau devote all your free time to yelling about how women suck on the internet.
@bekabot:
Clubs could do that and call it “Gentlemen’s Night”: not in the sense that men get in free, but in the sense that every man at the club is required to behave like a gentleman. No groping, no roofying, no harassing, no catcalling, just dance and talk and drink with the ladies.
Oh, I agree, this is some stupid ass white shit, and I’m white.
Allow me to give y’all the full story:
So, my cousin’s boyfriend moved in with us some months ago, after he and my cousin lived in Washington state for about half a year. She came back, brought him with her, and he asked if he could stay with us, and everyone had no problems with this, as he’d be living out in my aunt’s trailer. (There were some issues with him not getting a job and keeping it, but that’s a separate issue that just adds on to this main one.)
Well, he built himself a space in the backyard for him to tinker and mess around with stuff, using materials that no one else was using (but are still pissy about because they wanted to sell some of it, but won’t just say “hey, we want to sell this, can we have it back”, and instead just sit around and talk shit behind his back about it). We used to have an actual garage there, but it eventually fell apart since the house is super fucking old (it was built in the 20’s), and we never bothered to build it back up.
My uncle kept his pet project (that he hasn’t worked on in my lifetime, but I’ll get to that in a second) there: An old Falcon that he wants to fix up so he can drive around the country in it.
Now, he retired last year, so he decided he wanted to (finally) start working on his car. However, Cousin’s Boyfriend’s space kind of inhibited it, because it’s sitting where the garage used to be, and it’s taking up much of the long, narrow driveway.
And to top that off, my cousin bought her own fixer-upper car that she and her boyfriend are working on together, and that’s taking up space in the narrow (but long) driveway too.
And my uncle likes to have space to work, because he also likes to leave everything lying around where he last left it, and he doesn’t like to clean up after himself. (This doesn’t just apply in the garage, he does this in the kitchen, to my eternal anger, because I’m one half of the people who regularly do the dishes and having to hunt for all the shit he uses in the living room or in the kitchen really is aggravating because the sink is right there and he could put the shit in the sink, but he doesn’t.)
So, Cousin’s Boyfriend is tripping over my uncle’s tools and car parts, and Uncle is angry that he doesn’t have a place to put all of his stuff but right where his car is, and that all came to a head recently when they had a fucking shouting match about it, and threats were made to call the cops, and I have never been more glad that I’m moving out in about 22 days (but who’s counting?).
So, to get back at him, my Uncle decides that he’s going to turn off the internet when he’s not using it, therefore the rest of us were without internet for the better part of the day yesterday, because my uncle not only watched a bunch of long movies in the living room, he also went to his grandson’s birthday party, and locked the door to his room, so no one could get to the router (because he’s just the kind of controlling jerk who has to have it in his room so we have to go through him whenever something’s wrong with it).
I had to ask him (and my grandma requested that I do this politely and nicely) to turn the shit back on, because that’s the only way I have to communicate with people outside of the house, and I told him so. I also mentioned that it was shitty of him to get me involved in his stupid little turf war that I had nothing to do with.
And, so far, he’s kept it on, because I was able to watch movies on my phone last night, and I’m able to access the internet now.
The shitty thing about this is, this isn’t the first time he’s done this shit, though last time it was only about for a day as well, because I do believe that everyone else in the house that uses internet (namely my other cousin and myself) told him to turn it back on because we needed it to actually do shit (I was still looking for a job at the time, and he’s in college and doing school work and selling plants on the side).
So yeah: Backyard Turf War Leads to Internet Outages in the Intention Household because People are Petty Assholes.
P.I.
I grew in rural as rural gets Wisconsin. I know some rednecks and this is the redneckingest thing I’ve read in a long time. I feel your pain.
What pains me the most is that we live in the middle of a big city.
@Paradoxy
Sorry you have to deal with that. I hate it when grown ass adults act like children.
@kupo
It would be newsworthy at this point if a month went by without a shooting. There should be a counter: ”x days since mass shooting”
@PI
Nope. Too white. Can’t
@makroth
This:
http://www.dayssincethelastmassshooting.com
Or for a more robust list of shootings, regardless of FBI definition:
http://www.vice.com/read/mass-shootings-in-the-united-states-and-europe-in-2016
@joekster
Not gonna say no, it’s not my call. However, what’s supposed to be expressed here?
Men can be also attention slatterns? That you are both a ‘beta male’ and an attention harlot? OK, but… Most nicknames are appropriations of ironically humorous, misogynistic bile from MRAs aimed, directly or otherwise, at our fem commenters. My nickname was given to me based on a joke I made at the expense of a PUA named Kyle Trouble. Why should you have this nickname? Emphasis intended
@axcalibur: that was, exactly what I was trying to express, that men can be as hungry for attention and validation as women, which I think is what the manosphere is expressing with the expletive. It’s a moot point, as David blocked the post I placed under that name. I’m guessing David thought it would be too offensive. Completely within his purview. Going back to the original, I guess.
I hadn’t realized the extra bits of the name were earned. I just figured people came up with monikers they found amusing.
@PI:
Yeah, that’s annoying. My mother’s people are from Montana, many of them are as rednecked as it gets, and even they wouldn’t shut down everyone’s internet just to get back at one person. Granted, I’m not sure many of them ever use the internet, but that’s another story…
Folks, folks, folks — delurking before reading the comments to report I just saw a car with a “MGTOW” personalized plate here in beautiful Spokane, Washington! ‘Twas a Yukon SUV which also sported stickers for Brexit and Infowars.com. I wish I’d had my phone on me so I could get a picture.
(returns to lurking, though I’ll be back next summer to ask the Finnish members of the commentariat about Helsinki, as I’ll be going to the Helsinki WorldCon and I’ll need help finding gluten free food to keep my celiac placated)
@ab_n0rmal
I’d say something, but since I’m from Seattle they’d be fighting words. 😉 Good luck on the gluten. I’m terrified of traveling to other countries. There are allergy alert cards you can get in lots of different languages that tell the chef which ingredients commonly contain the allergen you’re avoiding (I know, celiac isn’t an allergy, but they have cards for gluten, too). Sounds fun, I hope you’re able to enjoy it.
Joekster – I’ve been reading right along here (fwiw; if you’re looking for a new handle. If not, no harm done I hope!) and I’ve started kind of thinking of you as “Dr. Dragon, Bearded Beta.” Your dragon is cute, btw, what’s their name?
@Hambeast: bearded beta. I like. Beta is actually a better term for me than the other, I think.
I’ve got two beardies. The one in the profile is named Charlie, and in December we got a female named Myrtle. They’re both rescues, and quite adorable.
Charlie was originally named Charizard, and belonged to a ten year old kid. His mother sent him to friends of scales when he bit the boy, but when the rescue got him, he was so underfed that they initially thought he was female, because his hemipenes were retracted. I keep him well fed, and he’s really quite tame.
Myrtle belonged to a very loving family, but her owner developed cancer and could no longer care for her, so they had to give her up.
The funny thing is, Myrtle seems to like being hand fed, but Charlie always looks a bit nervous when I try to hand feed him. It’s almost like he’s afraid I’ll give him back to the rescue if he accidentally bites me.
Thanks for asking ?
OT: So, who wants to bet not a single MRA has ever done anything to help out this organization? http://menshealthresearch.ubc.ca/dudes-club/
@ab_n0rmal
Holy shit. That is a perfect storm of stupid and expected. I hope he’s local so you can snap a picture of that monstrosity soon. =P
Also, welcome!
WP bugged out and won’t let me edit, so:
Erm, the monstrosity being the license plate, not the dude. Just before any lurking trolls get up in arms.
@Rabid Rabbit
Well, it looks like a really worthwhile organization. Therefore I’d certainly be willing to bet that no MRA would have anything to do with it.
But who would bet against me? Only someone who’s never heard of MRAs.
And I can’t take their money.
@ab_n0rmal
A MGTOW with an SUV?
So he really can go his own way!
But he won’t.
I want very much to go to The Friend Zone on Cat Night.
I would be a regular at the Friend Zone as long as they didn’t play loud music. You wouldn’t do that, right? Or would it be yet another form of misandry?
The Friend Zone seems a perfect place… about which to tell people, who might be into that sorta thing
Alcohol. Dancing. Cats. Crowds. Talk, small. People, the meeting of new
HAHA… HaHa… haha… *Laughs my way back under my covers, where it’s safe*
Y’all have fun tho <3
Wait, equality has been handed to us on a silver platter?! Why didn’t I get the memo? Lemme just go explain that to:
* Woman rape and attempted rape victims who have had to endure that “well, she asked for it” bullshit (me included).
*My manager who only began to pay me the same as my male colleague after I spent months leaning on HR even though I have more experience than the colleague and more years at this company.
*My dad who has not once in his life washed a dish or ironed a shirt.
*My mom who thinks it fine that my brother never washes a dish or irons a shirt in his entire life.
*The constant cat-calling my attractive friends get to endure.
*The drunk guy who told me I’d better sleep with him because no one else would.
*Etc.
*Etc.
I am SO glad that’ll never happen again because equality.
But no, Claire, you’re wrong. Wrongity wrongpants wrong. Men have it bad too! Like, they have to pay for your dinner and drinks. And they have to open the door for you. And I’m pretty sure they need to offer up their jacket for you to walk on instead of tread in a puddle or … something? Anyway, my point is, poor men, won’t someone think of the men???
(Just to be clear: that was sarcasm.)
Seems like MGTOWs would need a 4WD because going down an actual road would be just following other people to get there (wherever it is they keep slyly hinting they’re going to).
They might also consider building their vehicles themselves, since they’re obviously competent at everything.
@ ab_n0rmal
I’m a little confused about what use a Brexit bumper sticker is in Spokane, and after 23rd June 2016 to boot. Perhaps I should put a “Clinton Kaine” poster up in my window (in Britain) after November, in the same spirit.
People can be quite strange, can’t they?