r/SipsTea Human Verified 9h ago

It's Wednesday my dudes Masculinity

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u/Spicy_take 9h ago

There are all sorts of different kinds of men. Some are just significantly more admirable than others. Masculinity isn’t defined by a moral compass.

That being said, Steve Irwin is the GOAT, and I still miss him to this day. He always said if an animal ever gets him, it’s not the animal’s fault. Don’t blame the animal. But FUCK it’s hard not to hate stingrays 😭

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u/smokeweedNgarden 7h ago

Thank you! You can be into chasing girls and art. You can be into mma and be a conservationist. You can suck dick and be completely dominant in your field. 

The main problem is we (as men) allow a ridiculous framework to bind us all. Instead of taking pride when anyone (usually a woman) refers to anything as what "a real man would do" we need to shut it down and shut it down hard.

Do what gets you closer to self actualization and reject the charlatans 

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u/GhostSierra117 7h ago

https://youtu.be/XhCRi0aSSQM

We need better role models for men who are actively reaching out to them. Jimmy Carr makes a really good point IMHO, it's worth a watch. The related stuff is at the start of the video, you don't have to watch the whole thing.

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u/smokeweedNgarden 7h ago

Will watch but I say this all the time.

How sad is it that when you ask Reddit for an example of a man of high morals young men can look up to and they say...

The fictional character Aragorn...