Melanie Hamlett was new to me but I see she's written lots of mainstream media articles, including "Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden/Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a 'female thing'—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price" (Harper's Bazaar 2019).
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Watched some of that unwatchable and pathetic video by Melanie Hamlett. She’s sick in the head, not funny and knows nothing about men and human relationships. Totally warped.
Her premise appears false. The men I know have large networks of friends and maintain contact with them throughout the country. The women generally have a smaller network and no more than a few close friends. The women do generally do a better job of keeping in touch with family and keep organizing get togethers to socialize with family and friends.
But I reject the premise “men have no friends” and the racist term “to*ic m@sculinity” in full. If she believes it she should cloister herself away to limit any contact with toxic people. And she should not have a platform for her hatred.
I stand corrected. Mel is an “expert” on the history of women’s rights. See below from LinkedIn.
University of Montana
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, 1996-2001
Grade: 3.5
Studied the history of human rights, in particular women and people of color.
Melanie Hamlett Tells How She Had Sex With Seven Men During Her Week in Saint Tropez ORIGINAL
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By Melanie Hamlett
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As a Survivor of Partner Violence, I Saw Myself in Grace Fraser
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By Melanie Hamlett
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Harper's Bazaar
Shorter Hamlett: “ To be oppressed by men, or to be the real victim of problems men face, that is the question.”
Melanie Hamlett Tells How She Had Sex With Seven Men During Her Week in Saint Tropez
Impressive for a woman whose face can stop a clock. (Maybe they took her from behind?)
The priority of feelings is a female thing.
It’s stunning how brazen people are wrt to cataloguing other people with such finality. They’d be shocked and dismissive if it were done to them. That people who purport to specialize in the human species don’t actually understand how vast the variety of humans is, is mind-boggling.
Paraphrasing a fairly common comment nowadays, you are the common denominator in every one of your failed relationships.
Based on her Tik-Tok video I think it's understandable why the men Melanie knows pretend they are lonely and have no friends.
Isn’t the following Hamlett quotation the quintessential example of the trope “women and minorities hardest hit”?
Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a "female thing"—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
Women let their feelings wander. Men give feelings a pilot.
My circle of friends, good, friends and lifelong friends far outnumber my distaff's circle of the same. If it wasn't for my friends we would have no friends. She does do family well though. Much better at that than I am.
It's always funny to invidiously reduce complex problems, you know, by throwing out the parts that conflict with the point you are trying to dishonestly, or ignorantly push.
Was there some payoff at the end, or was that "she woman, man hating club" stuff the whole thing?
Once again, the Democrats have revived the minstrel show.
If nothing else that video certainly puts a clear focus on the childish straw man arguments running through Hamlet’s head.
Substitute "Somali" for "man" and see how condemning a whole sex based on the actions of a few goes in the media. In other words, this isn't about rational thought, it isn't about logic, it isn't about any kind of reasoning, it's about taking power for your group.
I’m sure she has cats.
My guess is that these "lonely men" are the ones who are in relationships with feminists, that's why feminists think it's an epidemic. I see men around me duck hunting together,, ice fishing together, having bass tournaments in the summer with their clubs, hanging out tipping a few at the V.F.W. I think that the men who are suffering are the ones who are trying to live up to this world that feminism has constructed.
FWB: I hate men!
Me: Well then, get your man-hating ass off my couch and hit the road!
FWB: Oh, no, I didn't mean YOU!
I've been an Althouse reader pretty much from the beginning of the blog, and I think this is the first post that truly left me flummoxed. Even if I am not interested in the content of a post, I generally can discern a reason why I think Althouse thought the post was worth writing. Not today.
I read the linked article, and I sampled a few of Hamlett's TikTok videos. The first few videos I clicked on were variations of the same childish, sing-song ranting, except one about Mamdani's election, were she finally feels "super hopeful" about something. There were more "serious" videos, but they were all in the same, one dimensional, "men are the worst" vein. It was bile made manifest.
I was left wondering what past traumas led to Hamlett's performance"art" and also the depth of the challenge that women voters like her create for the republic. The collection left me feeling depressed.
I need to run off now and share my feelings with my friends.
Boys enjoy roughhousing more than girls. Men enjoy banter more than women. It is good for boys to have their own spaces so they can roughhouse and it is good for men to have their own spaces so they can engage in banter. Women can't handle the bantz.
I bet she thinks calling thieves "garbage" is reprehensible though.
What is this lazy harpie hammering on about
I hope she likes her burka
I bet she thinks calling thieves "garbage" is reprehensible though
…depending on the thieves and who’s saying it, of course…
Reminds me of a little girl playing with dolls character that Gilda Radner used to play on the first few years of SNL.
Thats not how men think, cue the mcluhan quote
My cat was sitting on the arm of this recliner I'm sitting in, staring at me, and l scraped some of her eye gunk away with my finger and now she's still sitting there but she's purring.
Now I'm going to get up to go to the bathroom and I know that I'll come back to the recliner to find she's taken my place and I'll have to go sit somewhere else.
Toxic felininity.
My wife tells her friends that she can't get me to shut up about my feelings.
So elaine benes is a real person
I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds of that video. She is annoying and not funny in the least. Her voice is "nails on a chalkboard".
All men and all women are not identical either. She is stereotyping and hating on men. Tedious. People have different levels of friendship, and different types of friendships. My husband has a wide group of friends and acquaintances. He doesn't need to be constantly surrounded by or in any deep emotional relationships with them. They wall will come to each other's aid and support him (and me) no questions asked.
I, on the other hand, don't have many friends or close acquaintances...and never have had any desire to do so....with the exception of 3 women in my lifetime who I still keep in contact with via email and a phone once in a while. I don't want to hang out or be obligated to hang out with "most other women as I find them tedious, and exhausting. We have few common interests.
I far more enjoy hanging out with his male friends. We meet up as a casual group for coffee. Interesting conversations. There is a husband and wife who also show up. They are both retired engineers, astronomers. She she has a degree in nuclear engineering...very interesting people.
The reason I don't have close friends is, that as a child we moved around very often...like changed schools and States 2 to 3 times a year. I decided that making deep friendships was pointless as in a few months I was never going to see these people again.
Women do hate when men talk about their feelings, that's for sure. "Needy is not a sexy look on you" was a line from a show that the S/O was watching last night.
"Oh, no, I didn't mean YOU!"
I always liked that line from Mary Poppins
"Although we adore men, individually, we agree that as a group they are rather horrid."
OK, they cleaned the line up for the kids and said "stupid," but you know what she meant.
This woman needs to be shipped to Afghanistan one way.
Dust Bunny Queen said...
All men and all women are not identical either. She is stereotyping and hating on men.
I have it on good authority that men are just splooge stooges.
She sounds transhumane of a homosexual order. #HateLovesAbortion
Diversity (i.e. color or class judgments) is an umbrella philosophy for bloc ideologies including racism, sexism, feminism, ageism, etc. Another baby planned. #HateLovesAbortion
The two harpies, Hamlett and Galloway, are two sides of the same broken record. Have you noticed that nearly all of these whining complaining men whom blame modern women for all there failures to launch don't have a meaningfully filled out man card or are short defensive paranoics barely able to maintain control of their emotions. The funny thing is is both of these disgusting social media leeches are virulent Nancy pelosi Democrats.
OK, now give us the rest of your post. You know, the part where you reveal that your comment about her "comic genius" was meant to be ironic. Please?
Now rita rudner was a real wit (but she didnt claim she was an authority)
"Women let their feelings wander. Men give feelings a pilot."
Those "planes" — is that what we call them? — are all on autopilot, but we have a tradition of calling him "captain."
Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
Commodification of boring personal information. But who truly wants to subscribe to this dreck?
I like South Park. Not as much as my teenage grandsons whom love it. Sometimes I think that Larry David actually is channeling Cartman on curb your enthusiasm.
When comedy becomes propaganda for one side or the other, it can no longer be funny. This is why most of their professionals stand up comics who have remained successful through the Trump era have not directly condemned Trump like those boring narcissistic completely unfunny late night talk show hosts.
Ann Althouse said...
Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
You mean the South Park that never had Joe Biden in their cartoons while he was president or the South Park of 20 years ago?
That was the exact stupid answer that Althouse was looking for, Achilles. Once again you can't pass a simple IQ test
Shortly before his brutal assassination, Charlie Kirk was enthusiastically amused by his lampooning on South Park.
Howard said...
The two harpies, Hamlett and Galloway, are two sides of the same broken record. Have you noticed that nearly all of these whining complaining men whom blame modern women for all there failures to launch don't have a meaningfully filled out man card or are short defensive paranoics barely able to maintain control of their emotions. The funny thing is is both of these disgusting social media leeches are virulent Nancy pelosi Democrats.
Galloway is right about the problem, wrong about the solution.
About 20% of men will always find a way to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
If you just shit on the other 80% like we have done throughout history then you get history.
For a brief period of time in the United States we imposed pair bonding mating patterns on women and men and the United States created an actual middle class for the first time in history.
We could try that again.
Howard said...
That was the exact stupid answer that Althouse was looking for, Achilles. Once again you can't pass a simple IQ test
Well, all South Park has proven over the last 5 years is that the Right can deal with criticism and the left really cannot.
They also proved they were cowards.
There are some ex-tempo Calypso artists that can make up a song on the spot, lyrics and all, on any given subject. My wife organized one for my 50th birthday, he strolled from table to table with his guitar, taking subject suggestions from our guests and going to town. They have an annual competition for this, and the songs are funny, sometimes hysterically funny, ribald, cutting, skewering for politicians. It takes a quick wit, and talent.
Poor Mel. She seems.... nice.
I see no sign of a 'men loneliness' epidemic.
Howard said...
Shortly before his brutal assassination, Charlie Kirk was enthusiastically amused by his lampooning on South Park.
And you didn't learn the lesson that taught us.
Maybe you should think long and hard about what happens when you turn the cheek indefinitely.
Charlie Kirk's brutal assassination made the lesson so obvious even someone like me who fails simple IQ tests could learn it.
Men suffer over 92% of all workplace deaths, removing them from the dating pool.
Women hardest hit.
Ann Althouse said..."Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like 'South Park.'"
I find "South Park" to range from truly hilarious to not funny at all, and I don't think it is based on the political/social content per se.
I think Howard came close to the reason when he said, "When comedy becomes propaganda for one side or the other, it can no longer be funny." Good comedy often (usually?) comes from revealing the unexpected, from a surprise in the gag. Did Hamlett say anything original or unexpected? No, she sounded like a conservative caricature of an overwrought liberal woman.
If she was a teenager, you'd be convinced she's acting out a huge crush on Galloway. What are the chances she's an emotionally-stunted woman, because she's isolated and lonely?
Immanuel Rant said...
Men suffer over 92% of all workplace deaths, removing them from the dating pool.
Women hardest hit.
And are 95% of the people in jail.
And are 95% of the people that die in war.
And the majority of people that drop out of school.
And 80% of the people who commit suicide.
And 80% of the victims of murder.
Achilles, you have delusions of grandeur. You keep talking about "us" whenever you express an opinion. You act as though you speak for a huge portion of team MAGA. You are such a intellectual weakling that you can't stand for your own opinions by themselves, you have to pretend like you're speaking for a huge volume of people all cheering you on like you are chugging beer out of frat house. This huge blind spot of yours is effectively halting and/or retarding your maturity as a man.
This is essentially your pathological counterbalance to your other major malfunction of blaming everybody else for all of your personal ills and the perceived ills of the world fed into your brain via the weaponized algorithm to create anxiety.
Ann:
I've never watched "South Park" and I don't know how I could find it. I don't have cable TV.
South Park used to be really funny when they lampooned everybody. Now it seems like one more show of the type I call "church service" for liberals, like SNL, Rachael Maddow, etc.
Howard said...
Achilles, you have delusions of grandeur. You keep talking about "us" whenever you express an opinion. You act as though you speak for a huge portion of team MAGA. You are such a intellectual weakling that you can't stand for your own opinions by themselves, you have to pretend like you're speaking for a huge volume of people all cheering you on like you are chugging beer out of frat house. This huge blind spot of yours is effectively halting and/or retarding your maturity as a man.
This is essentially your pathological counterbalance to your other major malfunction of blaming everybody else for all of your personal ills and the perceived ills of the world fed into your brain via the weaponized algorithm to create anxiety.
Wow. That was like a personal therapy session. Do you feel better now?
Maybe you can address what I actually said.
She reminded me of Judy Tenuta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEqznn2kEcg
"How many of you ever started dating someone because you were too LAZY to commit suicide?"
"I've never watched "South Park" and I don't know how I could find it. I don't have cable TV."
Did you get to the point where you tried the first thing that would cross your mind if you wanted to look?
"Dave Begley said...
I've never watched "South Park" and I don't know how I could find it. I don't have cable TV."
You can stream it on Paramount +, if you are willing to subscribe to that. It also has a bunch of Star Trek if you are interested in that.
"Melanie Hamlett Tells How She Had Sex With Seven Men During Her Week in Saint Tropez ORIGINAL"
This is the sort of remake you get when Snow White and the Seven Dwarves comes out of copyright.
Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
I despise "South Park." (What very little I've watched).
I was hoping that your "comic genius" remark about the Hamlett harpie was sarcasm.
Alas.
South Park makes it look easy, but don't try this at home.
Ann: I have no desire to look for "South Park" or watch it. Same for "The Daily Show."
Is this one of those "maybe I can still reach my 3000-post quota for 2025" offerings?
I think Althouse is saying that this woman is satirizing herself and her own views. It seems to me that the views are extrenely offensive but in choosing to sound like a grade-school brat Hamlett degrades her critique of toxic masculinity by presenting toxic feminism as the source of the critique.
But there is a point here: is she right to think that it is important to present the essence of one's long form views in the short-form world? They say that a majority of young folk get a majority of their news from clips circulated by social media. And this matters. Hilary Clinton has just made a speech lamenting that fact that Israel is losing the propaganda war because short form videos are circulating misinformation about Israel and the Gaza war and long form media corrections can't keep up. In fact, she mourns, the informational corrections mostly aren't even read.
But why is Israel trying to counter short-form eye-candy videos with reading lists? Why isn't it countering short-form videos with short-form videos? Why isn't it issuing videos which tell the story through two or three pictures firmly based on a correct narrative? This is possible. When the Bible is taught to children the teaching takes the form of the most evocative moment in the lives of the prophets and saints - David vs. Goliath, for example - and the lesson comes in one line at the end, e.g., "David had faith." And as you get older you learn a deeper lesson about what faith is and is not, a lesson using more and more words as you age because your own memory can supply the pictures. But when Israel tries to counteract the settler colonial narrative at the base of Gaza's short propaganda videos, Israel begins with an elaborate discussion of archeaological excavations on the possible site of King David's palace followed by an attack on Christianity for the medieval pogroms followed by an equation of the present secular left to medieval Christianity in that both are associated with pogroms and ... October 7 was another. Having thus proved by archaeology that both socialism and Christianity wrongly hate the Jews and Israel ... something ... No one is reading still and there is no point anyhow.
Why not: the Jews were driven out by the Emperor Titus (picture of arragant Roman driving out Jews and burning Temple.) But some Jews always remained in Israel and the others kept their Scriptures and their connection intact. They always said: Next year in Jerusalem. (picture of Yom Kippur). Finally, the Jews returned Jerusalem. They began to restore the land they loved which had been turned into a desert by years of uncaring abuse. They planted 147,000,000 trees (Picture of Israeli nature reserve) They seek to restore peace. In the Mid-East there have been at least twenty major wars since 1945 - neighbor against neighbor. In Israel Arabs play on the national soccer team. (picture). End
I don't think Ms. Hamlett is doing her cause any real good by reducing her convictions to an unpleasant caricature but she has grasped that these days long form should be reduced to short form, at least as an introduction to a set of ideas.
I agree with Aggie. Teenage crush stuff.
Although I also feel that way about "South Park."
Are we all 14 years old?
I didn't really find it that funny, but she has a point. I imagine plenty of women are not that sold on the argument, "you should pair up with and marry men so they are not lonely and socially isolated." I'm guessing Galloway is arguing from some sort of systemic social utilitarian mindset where overall society is better off if this would occur but some women point out that could very well be worse off for them individually. I see parallels to some of the current discussions regarding the Obamacare Death spiral. Proponents argue that we need healthier people to buy into the insurance market so that the per capita cost of insurance goes down and unhealthy people can more easily afford health insurance. Where as healthier people point out it isn't fair to them to be forced to subsidize these unhealthy people's health insurance since it makes the healthier people worse off.
WTF? I looked at her YouTube page. That woman doesn't seem to like men very much.
Dr. Iman prescribes an intimate relationship with herself for Ms. Hamhock. Three times, daily…
Ann Althouse said...
"She reminded me of Judy Tenuta"
Now that you say that, I can see it, but only because some of Hamlett's mannerisms are within shouting distance of Tenuta's. Tenuta's style wasn't tailored to everyone's tastes, but her actual jokes generally were funny, at least by the criteria of creating unexpected scenarios or punchlines. (I just went down a YouTube rabbit hole of old Tenuta routines. YMMV.)
The Vault Dweller said...
I didn't really find it that funny, but she has a point. I imagine plenty of women are not that sold on the argument, "you should pair up with and marry men so they are not lonely and socially isolated."
Women are being told that sexual promiscuity leads to happiness.
This is destructive in a similar way to the transing of kids.
"Ann Althouse said...
Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park.""
Is it fair to turn that around and ask those that have positive reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "The Babylon Bee?"
For the record I do think the Babylon Bee has some funny ideas, but any joke is usually played out before the end of the first paragraph, frequently after the headline is read. I think Ms. Hamlett has an idea that could have been funny but the execution wasn't that good. The tone is off, it isn't light-hearted enough, and like the Bee, it runs on far too long.
I find her hilarious.
"Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
I do not watch it. I have different watching priorities. On occasion, I see an amusing vignette from the show, like the gay Harley riders, or " Too many minorities in my water park", but, I don't go out of my way.
Joe Bar said...
WTF? I looked at her YouTube page. That woman doesn't seem to like men very much.
But she pulls in a yard of dick every week.
It looks like Howard and Achilles won’t be having one of those “intimate relationships”… but wait, THERE’S MOAR!
Go to the next thread and you see they’re forming a mutual admiration society. What a crazy world, no?
Interesting how many have mentioned women being good with family stuff and men with friends. When we moved to another state, I started making friends instantly while the Spousal Unit hasn't, but is in daily contact with (her) family back in the original state. Meanwhile, I don't have much contact with my far-flung family.
Okay, Meade, what de you do wrong this time?
Before I read any of that I decided based on this one TikTok that she is a comic genius:
@Althouse, you (and Meade, apparently) have low standards for the word “genius.” Then again, you taught at Wisconsin Law.
The Vault Dweller said...
Is it fair to turn that around and ask those that have positive reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "The Babylon Bee?"
Or, for that matter, "Gutfeld". The conversations and guests can be interesting and entertaining, but I generally don't think the show is particularly funny. Again, mostly because the humor is very predictable.
Side note: I know that no one watches TV any more, so I was surprised by the number of people I know who tuned into the recent "Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion" special on CBS and were talking about it at work over the following days. It was the first time in years that I actually set aside to watch something on TV. It was a sad reminder of how starved we are for good writing that could cover serious topics without being raunchy or political.
My circle of friends is shrinking, but at 79 I’ve outlived many of them. I’m retired so I don’t meet people at work anymore. I am on very good terms with my neighbors; does that count?
After reading a few more of these comments, I had to look up this “Internet personality”, Melanie Hamlett.
Her photo? A young Harry Dean Stanton in a wig, amirite?
Iman said...
It looks like Howard and Achilles won’t be having one of those “intimate relationships”… but wait, THERE’S MOAR!
Go to the next thread and you see they’re forming a mutual admiration society. What a crazy world, no?
I don't take anything personally here.
This place is a good place to throw rocks into the pond to watch the ripples. Particularly if I need to find the boomer perspective.
Howard is more informative than most posters here.
Anthony said:
"When we moved to another state, I started making friends instantly while the Spousal Unit hasn't, but is in daily contact with (her) family back in the original state. Meanwhile, I don't have much contact with my far-flung family."
I met friends I have had for many years the first day we moved here. I don't think my wife has any close acquaintances here, but she visits her family in NY every month.
Howard’s very entertaining for one of his people, but it’s always one step forward, two steps back for the old codger.
Biff said...
The Vault Dweller said...
Is it fair to turn that around and ask those that have positive reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "The Babylon Bee?"
Or, for that matter, "Gutfeld". The conversations and guests can be interesting and entertaining, but I generally don't think the show is particularly funny. Again, mostly because the humor is very predictable.
I think there are a fair number of people that don't really "laugh" at things. Or if they laugh at things they are the "wrong" things.
I am one.
Maybe I should keep a log of things I laugh at.
Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a 'female thing'—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men.
You women don’t get it, do you? Of course we men have emotions. But what we’ve been taught to do by the examples set before us is suppress these emotions and make our decisions based on reason and cold calculation. It is not that men are emotionless and thus inferior to women, it is that women who allow emotion to affect their judgment are consequently inferior to men.
"I find her hilarious."
What part gets funny, give me a seconds marker, and some hint as to why it is funny.
I remember when emotionally unavailable men who wouldn't share their feelings with their wives were the problem. And when boyfriends and husbands going out with their friends was the problem. And so on.
On the other side, the clingy girlfriend stereotype exists, too. If you want to play this game, it's easy to find whatever example you want.
Every time I read one of these articles I wonder who the hell the author is hanging out with. If you keep having the same experience in relationships, the only thing they have in common is you. Why do you keep doing it?
It's like "You're So Vain"
The whole song is about a guy doing one thing that turns on chicks after another and she is mad at *him*, or them, not sure how many guys are supposed to be in that song.
If she's right about men not having friends, I'd say it's men who bear the burden, not women. Is she right about men not having friends? It does seem like young men are more socially isolated than before, but looking back on my parents' generation it seems to me that even then, it was women who kept up relations with relatives and friends, while the men were more on their own. Those were the days of stay-at-home moms, though.
Is the video funny? I didn't think so. Too heavy on the "men want to kill me" idea. That's sort of a conversation stopper. Is satire supposed to be a conversation stopper? Maybe, but it has to be done better.
Well, she's no Leonarda Jonie (by several measures).
I find South Park to be variable--a lot of it is genius--but the recent shows have just been lazy.
I thought dating existed to weed out unsuitable people. "Tell me about your friends," seems like a good thing for her to ask. If they don't have any, move on. This is the learning process, isn't it?
Q: How many Althouse commenters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY!!!
Narr said...
Well, she's no Leonarda Jonie (by several measures).
I find South Park to be variable--a lot of it is genius--but the recent shows have just been lazy.
It is the same transformation Howard Stern went through.
They started out poking fun at The Man.
Now they are The Man.
OK, having finished the article,
The big solution pushed here is men's groups. I couldn't help but think, didn't we used to have organized clubs for men? Then, those groups were forced to admit women. Now, we are supposed to make new men's-only groups, and that's ok as long as they don't DO anything but talk to each other about their feelings. No fun allowed.
Also, one of the men they quoted thought sports were toxic. You know, the best way for men to make friends. I'm not good at sports, but I can see the obvious. Any kind of organized athletic activity (wearing shorts or not) does wonders for men.
I'm being cynical here, but one of the advantages of being older is having a memory. If something wasn't a problem before, what changed?
"Meade said...
Q: How many Althouse commenters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY!!!"
I would like to talk to your manager.
I don't think sports are toxic, just not very interesting or important; I have friends on the basis of other interests (though most of them are sports-normal themselves).
The most obvious effect of being asportsual is that I can't make smalltalk about the teams this year.
Not enough puns in the routine.
In other words, the likely answer is that he doesn't want to get in trouble with the Mrs.
Q: How many Althouse commenters does it take to change a lightbulb?
Most of us are men, so one. And we probably have the spare around here somewhere from the last time it burned out.
Walt Kowalski: I once fixed a door that wasn't even broken yet.
It's the power law again, the Pareto curve. Some small number of men are not the problem, they are the hot ones, the ones we don't mind hearing talk about their feelings, and the vast majority of men? Well they are the problem.
"“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” - Henry David Thoreau, Walden 1854
Melanie may know about men. She appears to be one. What does she mean by “intimate relationships with other men?” What does that have to do with women?
Insert on appetite-increasing pills for my Doberman says it may cause suicidal thoughts. So far it's just increased her appetite. I see a NYT article nevertheless.
I couldn't watch that. "Comic genius" is befuddling.
The few times I have watched South Park I have found it funny.
“ In other words, the likely answer is that he doesn't want to get in trouble with the Mrs.”
Been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down.
So, no matter how much men suffer, women are still the victims?
“ has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price" (Harper's Bazaar 2019).”
Men die, women most adversely impacted.
Charlie Kirk was 'bruised' by that South Park episode actually. Yes, he made a big show of turning the cheek but his staff knew the 'haircut' joke bothered him and teased him about it in the days to follow. CK was too good for this country at this time.
I've never had or wanted an intimate relationship with another man. That's not even a thing on our island. I expect I would be just as clueless describing the female island. Do some of the women have male genitals there? I would expect it to be like a high end mall with bottomless wine glasses and three therapist per inhabitant.
I enjoy how we suspend our disbelief that these writers, podcasters, etc believe any of this shit. They are entertainers. Like Crosby & Hope
Altering a comment I think someone made here a few days ago in another thread::
"Since I gave up trying to please women, I feel so much better."
https://youtu.be/QdmI64xWi04?si=sdxNMWYVOL3A2gfU
"Those of you with negative reactions, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
More concisely, "Sane people, please tell me whether or not you like "South Park."
Save pixels to save the planet!
I find South Park hilariously funny or just okay or miss the mark with cringe alert. I only watch the snippets available on FB Reels and a few other sites. Eric Cartman cracks me up.
Meade said...
Q: How many Althouse commenters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY!!!"
Are the COVID heretics forgiven yet Meade?
"I've never had or wanted an intimate relationship with another man."
Cf. Key and Peele -- From R&B Concert to Coming Out
"Never liked another man in my life before,
And I don't like one now." 3.5 minutes.
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