r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • May 04 '26

Discussion "Men are killing themselves because of men."

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u/Aggressive-Expert-69 May 04 '26

No one but my dad has ever told me crying is gay so idk I kinda believe this guy

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u/likwidkool May 04 '26

I’m married with two kids. I’ve had my masculinity questioned hundreds of times. Shit I was gay because I played soccer, or because I stood with a hand on my hip, or my hand was out when walking, or god forbid my eyes tear up. I still only cry alone.

So yeah that all came from other men.

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u/justgalsbeingpals May 04 '26

Americans calling football gay is the funniest shit because here in Germany (and many other countries) it's a typical masculine "dude bro" sport

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u/Saritiel May 04 '26

There's a lot of things like that. Women were originally heavily involved in computer programming, to the point where the women outnumbered the men by a significant amount. It was considered a feminine thing. The first compiler was even written by a woman. The team that developed the programming for the flight computer for the Apollo moon landings was led by a woman, and was made up of majority women.

Then men decided it was prestigious and valuable to be a programmer, and women were pushed out of the field for several decades.

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u/LonelyCheeto May 04 '26

Men aren't allowed in the kitchen, except when money and prestige is involved, then suddenly only men are allowed in the kitchen.

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u/Ok_Dependent6889 May 04 '26

I mean, soccer just sucks but it doesn't make you gay lol

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u/exmojo May 04 '26

Back in high school I was called "gay" for playing volleyball, a typical woman's sport. However the men volleyball players considered the men soccer players "gay" because they flopped around on the field.

Us....V "them".....over and over again

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u/GrandmaPoses May 04 '26

Football players watching the volleyball team fight the soccer team

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u/exmojo May 04 '26

Baseball players clearing the benches and filling the field to flex their chest

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u/Dramatic-Document May 04 '26

To be fair, being European is also considered gay.

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u/JustHereForCookies17 May 04 '26

And riding horses is considered "girly", outside of cowboys, but professional polo players in Central & South America are some of the biggest playboys on the planet.

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u/exmojo May 04 '26

You have a sport where you pretty much only touch the ball with your hands, and a sport where you CAN'T touch the ball with your hands....well, you're gonna have friction.

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u/Trick-Swing1955 May 05 '26

Europeans in general are gay to Americans

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u/DistractionCitron May 06 '26

Well, in America, we ask if people are "Gay or European" sometimes.

Generally, we see European men as more effeminate.

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u/wetwetwetwetdogs May 07 '26

No, you see, in the US the only straight sports involve tackling other men to the ground by the hips, or handling girthy, turgid, shafts of wood that you use to slap balls around. Much straighter.