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27 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
#51
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
Quote: (10-01-2015 12:19 PM)Gmac Wrote:  

20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.

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#52
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Seriously though, if this is the best quality male self-help available, we should be able to start a gigantic online media platform.

We won't break control of the media by a small group of globalists, by asking them if we can join.

Today, entrance is cheap. Internet is beamed into every household and we can build the infrastructure. Read and read, copy and paste and modify some more and we'd have something nice. Not a forum, because while this is superior, it only reaches people that think and question. A media company, with articles and videos.

Design and production value are number one, if you want to reach the masses. Nerds prefer LINUX but Apple is making billions.

Only thing is marketing. Look at most movies, books and even tech startups and you see connections with established interests. People that make it are generally promoted. A mention in a magazine, air time on the radio: it's all networking and nepotism. We're losing the war because we don't control the media.

What am I missing here?
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#53
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
I'll give this a shot:

1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.

I think it's fine to know your wife's shoe size, but can't she buy shoes for herself?

2. The modern man never lets other people know when his confidence has sunk. He acts as if everything is going swimmingly until it is.

In general, this is solid advice. I do believe that a man should have a small inner circle of men where he can be honest about what's going on in his life, but outside of this he needs to appear stable.

3. The modern man is considerate. At the movie theater, he won’t munch down a mouthful of popcorn during a quiet moment. He waits for some ruckus.

It's a movie theatre not a library, eat popcorn whenever you feel like it.

4. The modern man doesn’t cut the fatty or charred bits off his fillet. Every bite of steak is a privilege, and it all goes down the hatch.

I agree that the fatty portions of steak are amazing, but I don't see what this has to do with manliness...

5. The modern man won’t blow 10 minutes of his life looking for the best parking spot. He finds a reasonable one and puts his car between the lines.

Women do this far more often than men do...

6. Before the modern man heads off to bed, he makes sure his spouse’s phone and his kids’ electronic devices are charging for the night.

There's something wrong if your family can't charge their own devices. If they're old enough to use them, they're old enough to properly charge and maintain them.

7. The modern man buys only regular colas, like Coke or Dr Pepper. If you walk into his house looking for a Mountain Dew, he’ll show you the door.

Soda is pretty terrible in general.

8. The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton.

I don't see why it matters. Vernacular tends to vary based on things like location, occupation, etc.

9. Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day.

You'd certainly learn more, but I don't see how this makes you more 'complete'. Also don't know why only a daughter was mentioned and not a son, but okay.

10. The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away.

This is more basic dish care than anything specific to manliness...

11. The modern man has never “pinned” a tweet, and he never will.

...

12. The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out.

So the author has never experienced the struggle of merging said tiny bar of soap with a larger one to get the mos use out of it?

13. The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week.

Listen to whatever you want.

14. The modern man still jots down his grocery list on a piece of scratch paper. The market is no place for his face to be buried in the phone.

As long as you get what you came for, it doesn't matter what you used to write it down.

15. The modern man has hardwood flooring. His children can detect his mood from the stamp of his Kenneth Cole oxfords.

Get whatever flooring you want, who cares...

16. The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away.

I agree with this, but the point below about no guns goes against the spirit of it. You want a man to defend his family but deny him the effective means to do so. Alrighty then...

17. Does the modern man have a melon baller? What do you think? How else would the cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew he serves be so uniformly shaped?

...

18. The modern man has thought seriously about buying a shoehorn.

Ok...

19. The modern man buys fresh flowers more to surprise his wife than to say he is sorry.

Why not do something that doesn't involve flowers?

20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.

No, the man needs to be the emotional rock. This looks like a guaranteed way for her attraction to you to drop.

21. The modern man doesn’t scold his daughter when she sneezes while eating an apple doughnut, even if the pieces fly everywhere.

Scold her? Just have her clean up after herself and keep it moving.

22. The modern man still ambles half-naked down his driveway each morning to scoop up a crisp newspaper.

Why? He can't grab the paper after he's dressed and ready? Shoot, I think most folks just get their news online, times are changing.

23. The modern man has all of Michael Mann’s films on Blu-ray (or whatever the highest quality thing is at the time).

Watch whatever you want.

24. The modern man doesn’t get hung up on his phone’s battery percentage. If it needs to run flat, so be it.

A phone is essential, and properly managing your battery life can make a difference when you really need it.

25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.

See above note about protecting the family...

26. The modern man cries. He cries often.

Why?

27. People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic.

Ok...

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I guess what surprised me the most is that a dude actually wrote this. I'm going through the list thinking that this is written by a woman telling men how to act, but nope. Sucks to see authentic masculinity declining so much.
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#54
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
It's like, in COBOL or something.
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#55
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
Don't swallow the click bait.
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#56
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
My problem is not so much with the person publishing this list, but rather the effect it has. I don't have any concrete numbers, but there is a large part (maybe even a majority) of society which simply believes what ever is published in mainstream media outlets can be considered to be true. And we are talking about a New York Times article here. That's quite a large sum of men who just fell down the ladder by simply believing this list and actively applying it in their modern day lives because they think it is the universal truth.

If anything, this should be one of those articles which should be featured on ROK with in-depth analysis of which points are wrong and most importantly why they are. Simply titling it like "Re: [original article]" would give it quite a heavy exposure in SERPs, too, due to natural relevance. Especially how this article already pops up highly when Google'ing for "modern man".
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#57
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1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.

-- My wife buys her own shoes. I don't even know which men's brands run big or small. That's why you try them on.

2. The modern man never lets other people know when his confidence has sunk. He acts as if everything is going swimmingly until it is.

-- This one sounds good on the surface, but I'm trying to find the left-tard angle that makes it wrong. There has to be one. But all I can come up with is, a real man will ask another real man for help when it's needed, rather than fake it until everything implodes and he looks like a pussy.

3. The modern man is considerate. At the movie theater, he won’t munch down a mouthful of popcorn during a quiet moment. He waits for some ruckus.

-- I don't do movie theaters. Why would you pay more than $10 to watch a half hour of commercials and previews, then try to pay attention to a movie with rude people talking and texting and sitting around you? That's why God gave us Netflix.

4. The modern man doesn’t cut the fatty or charred bits off his fillet. Every bite of steak is a privilege, and it all goes down the hatch.

-- A real man buys good cuts of steak. If you hand a a shitty cut, I'll trim it to where I want it. Bones and fat go in the trash.

5. The modern man won’t blow 10 minutes of his life looking for the best parking spot. He finds a reasonable one and puts his car between the lines.

-- I try to plan my shopping trips for times of day when the sheople aren't out. Going to Wegman's at 0630 on Sunday morning ensures no parking problem. Better yet, I send my wife to the store.

6. Before the modern man heads off to bed, he makes sure his spouse’s phone and his kids’ electronic devices are charging for the night.

-- My wife is an adult, and my children will be someday. As Covey says, begin with the end in mind. Charge your own damn phone, and don't expect any pity from me if you didn't.

7. The modern man buys only regular colas, like Coke or Dr Pepper. If you walk into his house looking for a Mountain Dew, he’ll show you the door.

-- I almost never drink that shit. My liquid trinity is coffee- water (from tap, not BPA laden plastic bottles) and beer. Fuck high fructose corn syrup, and especially fuck aspartame. Ever notice how extremely fat people are almost entirely surrounded by craploads of cases and bottles of Diet Coke?

8. The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton.

-- I'll use whatever word best fits the context and audience of the situation. Or whatever I feel like.

9. Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day.

-- So we totally ignore sons, for those of us who have y chromosomes? What makes a daughter more special among the children a man can have?

10. The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away.

-- My wife does the dishes. I take them out of the rack if I need one and they're not put away.

11. The modern man has never “pinned” a tweet, and he never will.

-- You can pin a tweet? How, and why would you ever need to do such a thing? Isn't that what Pinterest is for?

12. The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out.

-- WTF? What does Irish Spring have to do with being a man?

13. The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week.

-- What the fuck is Wu-Tang?

14. The modern man still jots down his grocery list on a piece of scratch paper. The market is no place for his face to be buried in the phone.

-- I'm confused. I thought the green-tards at the New York Times expected us to use less paper to "save the planet". Now they're telling us it's OK when it comes to groceries? Make up your minds, green-tards. Don't tell me their next Buzzfeed cross-over article will tell us modern men still take phone messages for their wives on 3M pads. And recycle!

15. The modern man has hardwood flooring. His children can detect his mood from the stamp of his Kenneth Cole oxfords.

-- They make mood shoes? Is that like a mood ring?

16. The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away.

-- Where is the wife supposed to go? Lock herself in the bathroom? Or do tiny NYC apartments and co-ops have an escape hatch from the bedroom? And of course, this proverbial man doesn't have a gun and doesn't need one.

17. Does the modern man have a melon baller? What do you think? How else would the cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew he serves be so uniformly shaped?

-- I would mercilessly mock any of my friends who had a mellon baller. Unless it belong to and was used by his wife.

18. The modern man has thought seriously about buying a shoehorn.

-- Why? I haven't needed a shoehorn since I was a child and outgrew them faster than my parents could buy them. If you buy your shoes at the right size, why would you need a shoehorn?

19. The modern man buys fresh flowers more to surprise his wife than to say he is sorry.

-- Like diamonds, flowers are overpriced bullshit.

20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.

-- What is a little spoon? Looking over your accomplishments is a good emotional shield. A gun is a great physical shield.

21. The modern man doesn’t scold his daughter when she sneezes while eating an apple doughnut, even if the pieces fly everywhere.

-- A real man doesn't raise his daughters to be spoiled princesses who have never had their behavior corrected.

22. The modern man still ambles half-naked down his driveway each morning to scoop up a crisp newspaper.

-- Why do people still read newspapers? They're bulky, cumbersome, you have to keep chasing articles across multiple pages and sections, and they're full of bullshit like this list. "Continued on page A-24. Continued on page D-16". Fuck that. Just amble half-naked to your desk and catch your news online.

23. The modern man has all of Michael Mann’s films on Blu-ray (or whatever the highest quality thing is at the time).

-- What is this guy's (or chick ghost writer's) fascination with linking their preferences to what a "modern" man should be or do or have? What does Michael Mann or a specific format have to do with anything?

24. The modern man doesn’t get hung up on his phone’s battery percentage. If it needs to run flat, so be it.

-- I never let my gas tank run low, and I sure as hell don't let my phone's batter run low. I don't know about a "modern man", and I sure wouldn't want to be one. A real man is prepared.

25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.

-- Fuck the New York Beta times. Maybe a modern man doesn't need a gun, but the kind of man I want to be knows it's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

26. The modern man cries. He cries often.

-- Gay. You can cry when Old Yeller dies, or when your mom dies, or dad, or a close friend, wife or children. There aren't many exceptions outside of that.

27. People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic.

-- Jam?
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#58
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NYT isn't incompetent. They are psy-ops. They got snipers on the roof tops.

You don't start off defining man by how well he understands the contours of his woman's feet unless you want to start a ruckus.
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#59
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We should write our own list: "27 ways to be a man."

Here's #1: Realize that "modern men" are giant pussies. Be proud you're not one of them.
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#60
7 Ways to Be a Modern Man [New York Times Article]
Here are a few:

Eat healthy and exercise.

Common courtesy is a given, respect is earned.

Keeping your frame and your cool is important. Among other things, that way when you really do have to raise your voice, people will know you really mean it.

Learn basic repair (auto, house) and basic finance (balance checkbook, investing/saving).

Find your style and persona, and develop accordingly.

Learn how to do at least one thing very well.

Regarding politics, have convictions, but don't be too quick to choose a side.

Decide for yourself what you want in a woman. Don't let our media/feminists tell you what you should find attractive in a woman. There is no shame in desiring a fit, feminine woman. That it even needs to be said shows how far off the rails our culture has become, and shows how a man needs to ignore such nonsense. Instead simply trust your basic male instincts.
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#62
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Goldman Sachs Elevator guy weighs in.

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The New York Times’ 27 Ways to Be a Modern Man: A Rebuttal

Last week, the New York Times published “27 Ways to Be a Modern Man” by some guy named Brian Lombardi. It’s painful to read — pretentious, irrelevant, and plain stupid.

I want to believe that it is actually a satire of the typical New York Times reader — the beta male, crybaby, hipster douche. Sadly, that appears not to be the case.

Having co-authored the definitive guide on manliness, I found Lombardi’s list so misguided and irritating that I felt compelled to write a a point-by-point response:

1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.

What kind of idiot asks his sister-in-law instead of looking in the closet? A modern man doesn’t know if Manolos or Louboutins run big or small, and he doesn’t care. He lets his wife buy her own shoes.

https://medium.com/@JohnLeFevre/the-new-...13a4da56f9
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"Brian Lombardi lives in DeKalb, Ill., with his wife, Linda, and their three children."

LOL I saw this guy had an Italian last name and had to laugh - the oldest saying in tough (as in military veterans) Italian American homes is "you are not a man till you make a man" - since he referenced daughters twice and never sons - his three kids must be female and with the wife all the estrogen in the air is affecting his brain - clearly he never served in the military and was not raised by a Military man.

Read the the list and most of the points would have read perfectly as The Modern GAY Man ...
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Quote: (10-05-2015 03:58 PM)Deepdiver Wrote:  

"Brian Lombardi lives in DeKalb, Ill., with his wife, Linda, and their three children."

Those girls probably came with the wife and see their biological father once a month. Their father, of course, scolds them when they spit out their doughnuts and gives 2 fucks about the status of the soap bar. Thats why this herb needs to teach him, by writing a snarky article only women and pegged hipster boys will read, how to be a "modern man".
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#65
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Have you ever been so Beta that Slate.com mocked you?

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The NYT’s “27 Ways to Be a Modern Man” Has an Extraordinarily Strange Idea of Modern Manhood

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From whom is the modern man being differentiated here? Are we identifying traits of manliness or of modernity or what? Is someone working out some stuff, possibly stuff involving his own father? What is going on with this list?
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#66
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This is why we can't have nice things. Fuck faces that have to nuance everything to death in order to feel superior.

A man living in modern society doesn't try to redefine tried and true masculine ideals to conform to society. He sure as shit doesn't take advice from an organization that makes money off spouting about males demise.

I wonder when the media landscape will shift..
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Duffel Blog has a good alternative option up:

22 Ways to Be a Modern Military Man

Some gems:

2. Unencumbered by inferior knives and cutting tools, the modern military man opens MREs with his erect penis.

5. The modern military man doesn’t brag about threesomes. Both of them were fatties.

13. During coitus, the modern military man knows that finishing on his lady’s face isn’t degrading: It’s a compliment and very empowering.

22. The modern military man cries, but only when emerging from water in slow motion while hip-firing two M-60 machine guns. And he cries often.

Not on here much anymore. I'm either out on 2 wheels or trying to kill something.
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Quote: (10-07-2015 08:38 AM)J. Spice Wrote:  

Duffel Blog has a good alternative option up:

22 Ways to Be a Modern Military Man

Some gems:

2. Unencumbered by inferior knives and cutting tools, the modern military man opens MREs with his erect penis.

5. The modern military man doesn’t brag about threesomes. Both of them were fatties.

13. During coitus, the modern military man knows that finishing on his lady’s face isn’t degrading: It’s a compliment and very empowering.

22. The modern military man cries, but only when emerging from water in slow motion while hip-firing two M-60 machine guns. And he cries often.

Gotta love DuffelBlog. Seems like the satire sites, even liberal ones like The Onion, get it right more often than the mainstream.
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#28. A modern man uses lube when his wife buttfucks him with her strap-on. This isn't the 1950's where missionary style vaginal sex is the only type of sex allowed. Both partners must allow the other to penetrate them.
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Quote: (10-09-2015 05:57 PM)Easy_C Wrote:  

#28. A modern man uses lube when his wife buttfucks him with her strap-on. This isn't the 1950's where missionary style vaginal sex is the only type of sex allowed. Both partners must allow the other to penetrate them.

A real ally would get buttfucked by a stap-on without lube, that way every thrust she makes and the feeling of his ass tearing reminds him of the way that the evil Patriarchy violates all women throughout time.
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Quote: (10-01-2015 12:59 PM)RoastBeefCurtains4Me Wrote:  

I googled this, because there was a chance that I know this guy. Ran across comments to the article on Free Republic:

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“Brian Lombardi lives in DeKalb, Ill., with his wife, Linda, and their three children.”

Obviously, the kids aren’t his.

I can't find anything to confirm I've met him, thank goodness!

I was going to say, living in Dekalb and being such a fag...for sure his wife is being fucked by at least one gun owning farmboy.

Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? Psalm 2:1 KJV
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Quote: (10-02-2015 09:21 AM)Bear Hands Wrote:  

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20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon.

On second thought, I can think of two reasons that this would be acceptable, and neither is the reason the article listed.

1. Your girl has large breasts and you like the way they feel on your back.

2. More than one girl is in your bed and you're sandwiched between them.

3. Because I can´t sleep with all her fucking hair in my face.
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Quote: (10-09-2015 05:57 PM)Easy_C Wrote:  

Both partners must allow the other to penetrate them.

They will start saying this soon.

Quote: (03-05-2016 02:42 PM)SudoRoot Wrote:  
Fuck this shit, I peace out.
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#74
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Brian Lombardi lives in DeKalb, Ill., with his wife, Linda, and their three children.

I bet you his 3 kids aren't his!
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https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe...5119562297

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Hey Mike
The New York Times just published a 27-point guide on what it means to be a “Modern Man.” http://www.nytimes.com/…/m…/27-ways-to-b...-man.html…
As someone widely regarded as a “Man’s Man,” I’d love to get your take. (Personally, I’m not sure what a “Man’s Man” is, but my wife assures me that you are one.)
Don Philips


Hi Don
I don’t know what a “Man’s Man” is either, or if I am one, but I’m not inclined to argue with another man’s wife. However, I did read the Times piece, and I can tell you with some certainty that I do not appear to be a “Modern Man.” My own Guide - as a potential “Man’s Man” - is below.

New York Times: When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.
Mike Rowe: A Man’s Man would not buy shoes for his spouse, or be familiar with the vagaries of various female footwear brands. He might offer to pay for them, and he would definitely compliment her choice. And if he knows the size of her feet, it’s only because he rubs them from time to time.

NYT: The modern man never lets other people know when his confidence has sunk. He acts as if everything is going swimmingly until it is.
MR: A Man’s Man feels no shame in admitting uncertainty, because he knows that doing so will make him more certain. He’s transparent about his flaws and shortcomings, and makes no attempt to be more secure or knowledgable or competent than he actually is.

NYT: The modern man is considerate. At the movie theater, he won’t munch down a mouthful of popcorn during a quiet moment. He waits for some ruckus.
MR: A Man’s Man is also considerate. But he would never consciously time his chewing to coincide with the noisy parts of the film. He does not walk on eggshells.

NYT: The modern man doesn’t cut the fatty or charred bits off his fillet. Every bite of steak is a privilege, and it all goes down the hatch.
MR: A Man’s Man will clean his plate, assuming of course he’s the one who put the food on it. But he feels no obligation to suck the marrow out of a bone, or eat the bruise on the banana, or consume the cob as well as the corn. He does not equate his manliness with a willingness consume food that’s been poorly prepared.

NYT: The modern man won’t blow 10 minutes of his life looking for the best parking spot. He finds a reasonable one and puts his car between the lines.
MR: A Man’s Man knows it’s wiser to park closer to the exit than the entrance.

NYT: Before the modern man heads off to bed, he makes sure his spouse’s phone and his kids’ electronic devices are charging for the night.
MR: A Man’s Man knows that self-reliance is born of experience. He encourages his kids to look after their own stuff, and suffer the consequences when they do not. The wife is another matter.

NYT: The modern man buys only regular colas, like Coke or Dr Pepper. If you walk into his house looking for a Mountain Dew, he’ll show you the door.
MR: A Man’s Man doesn’t drink children’s beverages. He drinks tap water, wine, coffee, beer, whiskey, or iced tea. He does however, keep soda pop on hand, on the off chance a modern man stops by.

NYT: The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton.
MR: A Man’s Man is less worried about using the right word, and more concerned with being understood. But under no circumstance, does he “dumb down” the language.

NYT: Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day.
MR: A Man’s Man is already a complete person. His identity does not depend upon sons, daughters, spouses, friends, or pets. He is not a loner, and he cherishes the relationships he has. But he knows that his “completion” is nothing but a reflection of knowing who he is.

NYT: The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away.
MR: A Man’s Man will always volunteer to wash the dishes. He may or may not put them away, but regardless, he understands the phenomenon of evaporation, and doesn’t concern himself with a codified system for drying.

NYT: The modern man has never “pinned” a tweet, and he never will.
MR: A Man’s Man does not know what that even means. But he rarely says “never.”

NYT: The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out.
MR: A Man’s Man uses Lava Soap. He uses it until it’s the size of a dime.

NYT: The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week.
MR: A Man’s Man watches reruns of Kung-Fu.

NYT: The modern man still jots down his grocery list on a piece of scratch paper. The market is no place for his face to be buried in the phone.
MR: A Man’s Man does not make lists. He knows what he likes, what he needs, and what he wants. If he has to write it down, he understands it was not worth having in the first place.

NYT: The modern man has hardwood flooring. His children can detect his mood from the stamp of his Kenneth Cole oxfords.
MR: A Man’s Man is not committed to any particular type of flooring. He doesn’t attempt to communicate with his children through his footsteps, and he doesn’t own oxfords, unless they’re steel-toed.

NYT: The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away.
MR: A Man’s Man knows that a struggle closest to the door will effectively block the exit through which his wife might flee. So he secures the house in a way that keeps intruders out, and sleeps wherever he wants.

NYT: The modern man has a melon baller. How else would the cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew he serves be so uniformly shaped?
MR: The Man’s Man, if he serves fruit at all, prepares wedges, squares, and rectangles. He accomplishes this with a knife.

NYT: The modern man has thought seriously about buying a shoehorn.
MR: A Man’s Man doesn’t think “seriously” about any purchase under $5.

NYT: The modern man buys fresh flowers more to surprise his wife than to say he is sorry.
MR: A Man’s Man picks wildflowers on the side of the road, wraps them with a bootlace, and presents them with an original, hand-written poem.

NYT: On occasion, the modern man is the “little spoon.” Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.
MR: A Man’s Man will do whatever’s necessary to please his bedmate - not himself. But he roundly rejects all metaphors, especially those that involve utensils.

NYT: The modern man doesn’t scold his daughter when she sneezes while eating an apple doughnut, even if the pieces fly everywhere.
MR: A Man’s Man would laugh and then say “Bless you,” or “gesundheit.” Then, he’d make sure she wipes her nose and cleans up the crumbs.

NYT: The modern man still ambles half-naked down his driveway each morning to scoop up a crisp newspaper.
MR: A Man’s Man does not amble. Moreover, he would have aleady impressed upon the paper boy the importance of getting the morning paper all the way up on the porch. Where it belongs.

NYT: The modern man has all of Michael Mann’s films on Blu-ray (or whatever the highest quality thing is at the time.)
MR: A Man’s Man doesn’t own films - he rents them. He also values effectiveness over efficiency, and knows that the “latest technology” will be obsolete in a few months. For this reason, he makes no attempt to own the newest of anything.

NYT: The modern man doesn’t get hung up on his phone’s battery percentage. If it needs to run flat, so be it.
MR: A Man’s Man prefers his gas tank full, his weapon loaded, his pantry stocked, and his checkbook balanced. He also likes his phone sufficiently charged, and takes the necessary steps to accomplish that.

NYT: The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.
MR: A Man’s Man owns at least one firearm. He knows how to use it, clean it, and store it properly. He understands it’s importance, and sees it for what it is - a tool that can protect him and his family.

NYT: The modern man cries. He cries often.
MR: A Man’s Man cries if he feels like crying. But he rarely feels like it.

NYT: People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic.
MR: People know without question a Man’s Man does not dance. But they also know if called upon, he’ll give it his best shot...
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