just ice and peasAug 10, 2024
Velocirooster adminensis 

As someone raised by a single mother, who, once I got my license, often got sent on errands to go buy pads, and who has continued to do so, having been married for over 20 years to a real live woman who's a whole fucking person with bodily functions and everything, I really appreciate the type of masculinity that doesn't wilt in the face of totally normal and necessary sanitary products.

If there's one thing these fascists have made abundantly clear is that they value women primarily for their reproductive systems. And then they are gonna get squeamish about the normal functioning of that reproductive system?

And these are the same people who think you should have no problem seeing some white dude cosplaying in tactical gear carrying around an AR-15 in public.

Fuck these Nazi clowns and their fragile china-doll egos. I don't claim to know what it means to "be a man" but I sure as hell know it doesn't involve making women feel shitty about their bodies and forcing everyone around you to wonder if you're gonna murder them at any given moment.

How about just trying to be a decent human being?

Aug 10, 2024 at 4:03pmWeb
Show threadJordi (Tubal Hippy)Aug 10, 2024

@theropologist

If a period offends men, wait till they hear about shitting.

Show threadVelocirooster adminensis Aug 10, 2024
@Jorsh Well, men shit, so of course that's perfectly normal. Even though it's objectively gross and not normal, and probably the greatest joke God ever played on the human race.
Show threadMichael GemarAug 10, 2024
@theropologist @RickiTarr @Jorsh Maybe women should start acting grossed out at the notion of men wanting to put what they pee with inside of women.
Show threadWayne WernerAug 10, 2024
@theropologist @Jorsh the horrible irony is that while that may be true, dudes really out there thinking wiping turns you gay 🥲
Show threadVelocirooster adminensis Aug 10, 2024
@ketmorco @Jorsh LMAO. As dumb as these people are, I am constantly amazed at the new depths of dumb they are able to mine.
Show threadWayne WernerAug 10, 2024

@theropologist @Jorsh I *used* to be surprised and/or shocked when I heard something like a GOP Vice President nominee had written about making sweet, sweet love to a couch. Or preferring to leave a load in their underpants to simply wiping, out of fear they would... enjoy it too much?

But now it's just one more WTF moment in a constant stream of WTF.

I mean. Bill Clinton got impeached because he "did not have sexual relations with that woman" but the new GOP votes for "Grab 'em by the pussy"

Show threadWayne WernerAug 10, 2024

@theropologist @Jorsh at this point I've realized it has nothing to do with morals and everything to do with the desire for power and control, and anything that threatens that is "bad"

Morality is just an excuse.

Show threadVelocirooster adminensis Aug 10, 2024

@ketmorco @Jorsh Morality divorced from its actual effects on human beings is just another form of fascism. What is "good" and what is "bad" is directly correlated to how you treat others.

They taught us that in kindergarten ffs

Show threadThe DoctorAug 10, 2024
@theropologist @ketmorco @Jorsh Fred Rogers talked about it.
Show threadviqAug 10, 2024
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I've seen comments saying that this is basically the definition of "conservative" anywhere.
Show threadMx VerdaAug 10, 2024
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh honestly it really feels like fascism is just the extrapolation of narcissistic parental abuse to a larger group of people
Show threadWayne WernerAug 11, 2024

@MxVerda @theropologist @Jorsh You're not wrong.

Generally speaking, it's about control and domination.

Fascist politicians or abusive parents want one thing: to be in ultimate power and control over everyone and everything around them.

"Easy!"

Show thread𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤Aug 10, 2024
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I can't imagine what they would think of our bidet toilet seat.
Show threadTwotiredAug 10, 2024
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I miss the old days when I didn’t know that this was a thing, five minutes ago.
Show threadWayne WernerAug 11, 2024

@Twotired @theropologist @Jorsh me too. Me too.

But now that I know it, I have to make sure that other people know it, too 🙃

Show threadMaier AmsdenAug 11, 2024
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh Wow! So stupid! I guess standard digital rectal/ prostate exams/ FIT tests are out then? [Get your cancer screenings folks! If they make you gay, you were always there.]
Show threadTwotiredAug 10, 2024
@Jorsh @theropologist I don’t usually care for bathroom humor but this legit cracked me up!
Show threadBeBoAug 10, 2024
@Jorsh @theropologist Don’t laugh, but I once knew a full-on Master-of-the-Universe type whose stomach would turn at the very thought of changing one of his infants’ nappies. A lucky 50-odd % of us don’t *have* to do that as a part of our career path, but there’s something sadly incomplete about such people if they simply won’t …
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 10, 2024
@theropologist This is a sexy rant!
Show threadDaisy 🪺🔪📚Aug 10, 2024
@RickiTarr @theropologist Seconded lol.
Show threadSpoons ForeverAug 10, 2024
@theropologist

I totally agree with you.
Show threadDana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Aug 10, 2024
@theropologist I don’t know that they are genuinely squeamish or cosplaying the squeamishness because that is the behavior they think is expected of the macho human male.
Show threadVelocirooster adminensis Aug 10, 2024
@DanadasGrau We're all born naked and the rest is drag
Show threadDana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Aug 10, 2024
@theropologist clothing is the uniform before the army of one.
Show threadJoeAug 10, 2024
@theropologist I think a woman summed it up the best. She was going to a superstore and her husband asked her to pick up 5 quarts of oil for his truck. She got to the aisle and looked at the array of oils and said "Now I understand how my husband feels when I ask him to get me tampons."
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himAug 10, 2024

@theropologist Seconded. As always, damn glad to have you as our not-a-cult leader.

Our bodies are just meat borgs piloted by a lump of fat with electricity and weird chemicals inside, and the factories that make more borgs need to be stripped and refitted every month- big fucking deal.

Show threadsamiamsamAug 10, 2024

@theropologist

well said and thank you for saying it!!!

Show threadacmAug 10, 2024
@theropologist oh sure, suggest a reasonable approach to life!
Show threadUrban HermitAug 10, 2024

@theropologist too WEIRD to be decent human beings, so they cosplay being "Men". Their cosplay involves dressing up and fondling cheap rifles they like to accessorize on the weekend, talking shit about other cultures they don't know, buying trucks so large they can't fit them anywhere and hanging "Nutz" on the receiver hitch because they don't really haul anything.

The same reason some guys spit on the sidewalk - they are cosplaying their gruff, old, daddy in hopes he will love them.

Sad!

Show threadonecaliberalAug 10, 2024
@theropologist Your mother did an amazing job.
Show threadElse CederborgAug 10, 2024
@theropologist
Show threadRandom ParticipationAug 10, 2024

@theropologist These comments have unfortunately taught me about a subculture of men who don’t wipe under the alleged belief it is a homosexual act. Of course, they should inform themselves that’s it’s not sexual, it’s just hygiene. They’re weird.

Oh, that checks out.

Show threadtheMamiyaMan 🇺🇦 🇨🇦Aug 10, 2024
@theropologist They can't because they aren't.
Show threadAmbient SpongeAug 10, 2024
@theropologist I honestly feel more embarrassed buying condoms than I did feminine hygiene products for a partner.
Show threadTrue SlickyAug 10, 2024
@theropologist Yeah, but women's bodies are.....icky.
Show threadThunderstrikeAug 10, 2024

@theropologist

I cannot help thinking that a lot of this is the result of so many men just never growing past middle-school age. I'll admit to being somewhat embarrassed by this kind of thing at that age, but there came a point where I asked myself why and I didn't have a good answer so I stopped.

These guys really just need to grow the fuck up. It's embarassing to spend any time around guys who are perpetually amused by fart jokes.

Show threadfaraiweAug 10, 2024
@theropologist the absolute worst that can happen to you, as the average guy/dad is getting confused about the galaxy of tampon/pads options at the store.
Show threadCatherine BrownAug 10, 2024
@theropologist
Show threadBeBoAug 10, 2024
@theropologist Feels like a simple boost isn’t enough in this pretty fundamental case without a bit of !!!!!!!!! and maybe a goddammit!! or two thrown in.
Show threadAttila KinaliAug 10, 2024

@theropologist I never understood why hygiene products should be a problem for men. They are an important part of daily life for women. If you ignore that, you aren't a man, IMHO.

Heck, I have an emergency tampon in my travel kit. I used to travel quite a bit with my lady friends and, it has happened on more than one occasion that someone needed something _right_now_. Having something at hand, even if it was from a man, saved the day. At least until some more suitable product could be procured.

Show threadpaulAug 10, 2024

@theropologist

they prefer humans leaking blood.

Show threadMike McCaffrey Aug 10, 2024
@theropologist @gentlegardener Make me wonder if the weird conservative obsession with getting and keeping women pregnant is all about preventing menstruation.
Show threadAuthor-ized L.J.Aug 11, 2024
@theropologist my husband washes, folds, and puts away my cotton pads without issue or complaint. Cishet dudes threatened by vaginas are a laughable class of wimp.
Show threadzendao42Aug 12, 2024
@theropologist
Finally figured out why I don't like standing in the aisle trying to get tampons for myself: I REALLY don't wanna have a conversation about them with randos but I'm a hermit & feel that way about most things in pharmacies
Show threadSir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽Sep 10, 2024

@theropologist

Excellent post, fearless leader!

I've picked up supplies for my partner. And when my then 16 year old daughter lived with me for a year, we'd get groceries together so she could pick out the food she wanted.

When we got to the personal hygiene aisle, we walked though and I just asked her to pick out whatever she needed, the same as any other aisle. The first time was a bit awkward, but it was routine soon enough.

Body's gonna do what a body's gonna do.

The 'gotta be strapped at all times' thing is far more cringeworthy. Basically announcing to the world how fearful and insecure you are. I could not imagine going through life like that.

The whole not-wiping thing is so incredibly fucked up. I just can't with some people.

Show threadalice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇Sep 10, 2024
@theropologist Thank you.