NPR Fresh Air: Douglas Stuart
“It’s hard to tell people about grief. It’s hard to talk to people about poverty... and so I’d got very used to the silence in my own life, and my writing is the only thing that allows me to connect with myself.”
Douglas Stuart speaks to Terry Gross about Scotland, masculinity, and the isolation of secret-keeping.
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Wondering if this was what happened with that explosion in Bristol a few days ago? Police were called to a 'domestic', then explosion.
Pathetic males and their insane entitlement....
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No more anti - #environmental #toxic #masculinity
Major new research on climate change, global warming and environmental collapse, how they connect with what men do, and what to do about it has just been published by a team including the University of Huddersfield's Professor Jeff Hearn.
One Track Lover - Garth Marenghi's Dark Place | Comedy | SBS The Feed
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Garth Marenghi on Working with Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgK2CEdvd_E
> Garth Marenghi loves working with women... and if women worked the way he loved, they'd get on like a house on fire. If you're navigating the minefield of th...
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Agony Aunt: “Are keyboard touch typing skills ATTRACTIVE!?” ⌨️
Some human males delude themselves into believing certain actions are attractive. Today’s human male has decided his brilliance on a keyboard should be enough to impress even the most attractive dame.
Amy Adams? Sandra Hüller? Sandra Bullock? Other women called Sandra? All should be dropping before his most attractive typing might. Is this so? Let us explore the typing topic.
Touch Typing is the Secret to Great Romance?
Agony aunt,
I am in agony. I’ve just spend the last 72 hours touch typing my way to the annual Touch Typing Championship 2026. It was the most competitive year I’ve ever taken part in, but I fended off a young upstarter whom tried to STEAL my crown by thrashing him with a touch typing speed of 230 WPM (words per minute) compared to his PATHETIC 215 WPM. What a pathetic boy, he should leave competitions like this to MEN like me.
However, once the event ended and I was crowned the deserving champion I turned and looked around me, rightfully expecting very hot women to begin hurling themselves at me for a date and/or marriage.
But… nothing.
There was one chick there who glanced at me and I glared at her expectantly, but she just wandered off and got a hotdog from a hotdog stand. Try to comprehend that. SHE WANTED TO EAT A HOTDOG INSTEAD OF DATING A TOUCH TYPING CHAMPION. What is the world coming to? That is feminism. This is the wokeness and it’s ruining society.
I can’t possible be wrong. What could possibly be unattractive about someone being able to have this God-given skill that others can only dream of? It shows:
How can women look me in the eye (me, admittedly not the best looking guy ever, but a touch typing genius) and think this isn’t worthy of their time?
On my Tinder dating profile I lead with it: DEREK, 33, TOUCH TYPING GENIUS
I then list out my many championship victories and link to an article that was written about me, in which I make confident (not arrogant, confident) claims about how superior I am to everyone else. And yet in the last three months I’ve swiped on over 10,000 women and only three have swiped back. One ended up being a guy pretending to be a woman, the other two were scammers thinking I’ve made a tonne of money from my victories. I haven’t. I’ve actually lost money because it’s £100 to enter the competitions. That and the keyboard investments and I’m down about £500 over the last decade due to all of this.
AND NO HOT WOMEN.
Please. Advice needed. Is it my keyboard?! It’s all black, do I need a more feminine one or something to show off my sensitive side?
Yours,
Derek
Hi there, Derek! To help you out, we went out onto the streets of Manchester city centre and randomly began demanding answers from women we encountered: “WHY WON’T YOU DATE, DEREK!?” We roared, “HE’S A TOUCH TYPING WORLD CHAMPION!”
It turns out (from the ones who didn’t run away, at least) they’re more interested in personality traits such as kindness, humour, compassion, intelligence, and an interest in the arts.
None of them were impressed or interested in the typing thing. One of them said it was “weird”*. Sorry about that! Maybe take up a new hobby.
*We have subsequently learned Derek had a stroke after reading that someone found the touch typing thing “weird”. Although he’s since recovered from that, he’s quit his day job and entered a deep, dark depression of marathon touch typing sessions. Derek… for GOD’S SAKE, man. This is not the answer. Take up golf, or something.
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THE TWO ENERGIES OF MANHOOD
The Two Masks of Manhood: An Integration of Dualities – a sequel to the article MANHOOD: My Fascination With Masculinity
Calm and fierce.
Two energies. One man.
A reflection on masculinity, memory, and integration.
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MANHOOD — My Fascination With Masculinity
There are things men rarely say out loud.
This piece is about curiosity, identity, culture, and the quiet journey of becoming the man you admire.
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The Reality of Being a Man in Your 50s in South Korea
https://indignified.com/the-hidden-realities-of-midlife-masculinity-in-south-korea/
#HackerNews #midlife #masculinity #South #Korea #manhood #societal #expectations #aging #men #mental #health
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