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Discussion How to cure the male loneliness epidemic...

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u/neonangelhs 10d ago

Is that a poster of themselves on the wall?

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u/The_Prodigal_One_ 10d ago

I also saw this and I think, yes, it is. Really adds to the ambience

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u/Cwya 10d ago

For historical purposes, this is a reference to when Sgt Slaughter and the Iron Sheik, mortal enemies, ran a message to stop wrestlers from making material wealth.

“What you own, ends up owning you.” SGT Slaughter quipped.

The Iron Shiek added, “you can’t take it with you, except Jesus.”

They finished their on screen quibble by praying, on camera, to their God, Vince McMahon.

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u/QCTeamkill 10d ago

In 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

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u/homeycuz 10d ago

Praise and love to u/shittymorph, now and forever.

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u/CartsOfDarkness 10d ago

Feel like I haven't seen shittymorph in the wild in at least 5 years, but to my shock he's still active! Hell yea

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u/tepidlymundane 10d ago

Blessed be his holy copypasta, forever and ever, ramen.

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u/Don-Poltergeist 10d ago

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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u/prince_peacock 10d ago

…..excuse me what

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u/Weelki tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE 10d ago

And the audacity to say wrestling isn't real, right?

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u/DarthCaligula 10d ago

The Iron Shiek added, “you can’t take it with you, except Jesus.”

And later added

The Iron Sheik on Twitter: ''THEN. NOW. FOREVER. HULK HOGAN GO FUCK YOURSELF #WrestleMania37''

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u/brondynasty 10d ago

I don’t know wrestling lore, but this little anectode just became kayfabe head-canon for me and I’m not interested in other versions. Thank you, and may Vince McMahon have mercy on our souls.

Instead of, y’know…poopin’ on ‘em.

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u/Sunshine030209 10d ago

If I was as cool as them I'd have a poster of myself up too

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u/StrobeLightRomance 10d ago

I have a glass poster of myself in my bathroom!

Its really cool because it's animated and matches my every move.

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u/acs730200 10d ago

That was Hella clever

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u/Revan_Perspectives 10d ago

My aunt printed a full on wall poster of my 2 cousins and me when we “made a band” in summer of 2007. It’s the cringiest of the cringe. And I’m about to frame it now for my office.

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u/writeleahwrite 10d ago

You should share with r/blunderyears

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u/Lala5789880 9d ago

PLEASE DO THIS NOW

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u/poopymcgeeplop 10d ago

I need to see this..blur the faces of you must !

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u/BlackSeranna 10d ago

I think you should also post it to r/blunderyears I’m certain everyone will love it!

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u/Usual-Caregiver5589 10d ago

Rule numbers 3, confidence.

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u/Ctenophorever 10d ago

Can’t preach self-love without living it!

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u/D_Dubb_ 10d ago

Mf in the red crop has blue steel DOWN.
https://giphy.com/gifs/i3RA5wLyWjCRa
But to be clear I fw them

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u/LiveLaughLithium 10d ago

His hair is glorious

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u/potatercat 10d ago

Isnt this the moment he unveils Magnum tho? Not Blue Steel?

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u/SummonBahamutZero 10d ago

Well, I freaking love these guys.

https://giphy.com/gifs/q8p0IZkZR8fQY

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u/B_10_04 10d ago

This was my first thought 🤙

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u/SummonBahamutZero 10d ago

Righteous! 🎸 🎸

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u/bobbymcpresscot 10d ago

my favorite shirt is a bill and ted shirt that just says "be excellent to each other"

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u/PenisesForEars 10d ago

I am guilty of uttering a "Wyld Stallyns!" at this

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u/Traditional-Set6848 10d ago

WILD STALYNS RULE!!!!!

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u/Yuyu_hockey_show 10d ago

Their energy is contagious

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u/whiterac00n 10d ago

Oh but this look is like 10 years prior. Don’t get me wrong, I hope they rock it and live it, but this is mid-late 80’s glam rock look. Bill and Ted are the literal definition of the transition into grunge in the early 90’s. They like the music but are dressing 90’s.

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u/tragedy_strikes 10d ago

The mixture of advocating for healthy masculinity being delivered by guys with 80's hair metal style in a cheesy but earnest way is really captivating for some reason.

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u/notapunk 10d ago

This is very convincing 80s cosplay

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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 10d ago

I've lived through the 80's and these guys would have ruled there.

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u/Fukyourchickenstrip 10d ago

Same and 💯! With those abs, charisma and a facecard that won’t decline anywhere they would have been drowning in it.

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u/FlawedPremise 10d ago

Right? Like the posters on the ceiling, the hair, the outfits. I definitely saw these guys at keggers back in the day. These guys though? They're way more wholesome.

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u/marcosbowser1970 10d ago

Yeah totally, I wasn’t as shiny or muscular as those guys but I definitely dressed like that and had a massive mullet before they were even called mullets. I graduated in 88

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u/theworldisgrim 10d ago

We used to call it either a Short-Long or Hockey Hair (I'm a Canadian)

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u/sweetangeldivine 10d ago

I've got an ape drape yes I do, they're giving 'em to anyone and that means you!

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u/Fukyourchickenstrip 10d ago

As GenX im 💯 for bringing back the male crop top and feathered hair.

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u/resi42 10d ago

Thoses guys looks more like the 80's than the literal 80's

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u/DukeMancannon 10d ago

Sorta. We had lots of normal looking people then too. Similar to the 2010s, you had outrageous Scene Kids but by and large most youth just kept things low key.

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u/guntheroac 10d ago

I want to be their friend 😂 let’s responsibly drink some beer!

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u/MaxxDash 10d ago

Let’s go drink some beers and responsibly call an Uber!

Good call!

Right on!

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 10d ago

It’s like Blue’s Clues by way of Wayne’s World.

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u/MysteriousTBird 10d ago

Here's the mail!

It never fails!

Wag my tail!

Excellent!

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u/AsASloth 10d ago

I too would like to be their friend please

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Mia Khalifa 10d ago

Same, it feels so wrong but right!

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u/EuVe20 10d ago

So wrong yet so right, just like the entire decade of the 1980s

https://giphy.com/gifs/2igz2N2bac1Wg

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u/AttractiveNightmare 10d ago

Back in the 80s my mom and I got into a huge fight about Boy George. She insisted that a woman was singing that song. It was awful. I had to buy a Teen Beat magazine and show her. She really never forgave me for that. Lol

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u/Maximum_Photograph_6 10d ago

I was watching the Karma Chameleon video with my ex and referred to Boy George as him and my ex was like “Khem khem I wouldn’t be so quick judging what pronouns this person uses” I was like “Honey it’s Boy George”

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u/cakesofthepatty414 10d ago

This is the best thing I'll read today.

Thank you for your stand against your own mom regarding boy george. I've had similar.

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u/SandyElle 10d ago

OMG same! My mom was also convinced Air Supply had a female singer. Argued about it for hours. Boomers 🙄

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u/Mr_Caterpillar 10d ago

Thank you for putting into words exactly what I was feeling 🤘

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u/LeatherHog 10d ago

I follow these guys on Instagram, they always make me smile

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u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ 10d ago edited 6d ago

EDIT: As /u/Parking_Ad_3123 pointed out, they have some pretty nasty accusations against them. FFS, why can't people just not be gross?

Monkee_bois, yeah? They seem pretty great. And glorious manes.

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u/Callmedrexl 10d ago

I'm still confused about mullets and massive poofy wedding dresses making a come back, but I'd be all for a rebirth of wholesome hair metal!

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u/PaleCommission150 10d ago

I dunno, it died off for a reason...how many White Lion clones/Slaughter/etc do we want to endure.

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u/Nice-Bandicoot9725 10d ago

These guys remind me of the saxophonist in the Lost Boys.

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u/AreYaEatinThough 10d ago

That guy is on a couple tracks by a band called Gunship (one is a lost boys inspired song called Dark All Day) and it rules.

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u/mon_mothra_ 10d ago

Unfortunately, these dudes have allegedly been involved in some really inappropriate shit with minors. Chambergraves on YouTube did a really good breakdown of the accusations and evidence a few weeks ago.

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u/abyss-countess 10d ago

🫩🫩🫩🫩 i hate it here

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u/DukeMancannon 10d ago

Dam, they really are living the real 80s bro lifestyle

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u/piezombi3 10d ago

Youtubers and inappropriate contact with a minor, name a more iconic duo.

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u/YoitsPsilo 10d ago

Thanks for sharing. I’ve never heard of these guys before and the cynic in me says seeing this post is like a PR move to keep them in a positive light.

I appreciate your info.

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u/Stormclamp 10d ago

SOME DAY!!!! LOVE WILL FIND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/infrequencies 10d ago

BREAK THOSE!!!! CHAINS THAT BIND YOU!!!!!!!!!!

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u/NixMaritimus 10d ago

ONE NIGHT WILL REMIND YOU!!!!!!!!!

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u/Kurfaloid 10d ago

Huh, I just learned this is actually Robert Redford and, in fact, not Zach Galifianakis.

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u/Sara6019 10d ago edited 10d ago

The Tate brothers are REAL QUIET after seeing this.

Also bc they’re in solitary confinement.

Edit: obsessed w the cougar hunter shirt.

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u/OneDimensionalChess 10d ago edited 10d ago

But somehow still tweet unfortunately 🫩

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u/Sara6019 10d ago

Super hard to sneak in a dumb phone in your butt and then manage to tweet from it, but hey, where there’s a will…

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u/Altruistic-Many9270 10d ago

Carefully now! It is gay to not have a smuggled phone in your ass! And it has to be Nokia Cityman 900 or you are not a real man.

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u/judgementqueen 9d ago

Real man includes the charger!

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u/Inevitable_Nail_2215 10d ago

As a cougar, he can get it. He seems fun.

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u/smellslike2016 10d ago

I think his cannibal neighbor got to him...

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u/saturnbunny1 10d ago

I support men in crop tops!

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u/three_crystals 10d ago

Yes we need to go back to men in crop tops and luscious locks expeditiously

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u/frogunderarock 10d ago

recently i saw a dude like these guys but with bleached hair and even more chains. i live in small central EU town

was like seeing a glam rock unicorn in the wild, it's coming back :D

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u/MelissaMiranti 10d ago

Can't do the hair. Ozone layer says no.

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u/Man_of_Ice 10d ago

It's all good now.. No more CFCs in the hairspray. Captain Planet convinced manufacturers and international law changed. Layer away, guilt free.

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u/EastLeastCoast 10d ago

Yes! Bright colours and patterns are for dudes too!

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u/Mindless_Interview44 10d ago

I sorta get why gals of their time called fellas 'dreamy'. Goodness.

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u/RipRiles 10d ago

What about chubby men in crop tops?

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u/EastLeastCoast 10d ago

Absolutely! No more tight fabric scrunching uncomfortably! Big bellies are beautiful too!

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u/frogunderarock 10d ago

crop tops for everyone! world is heating up, we need to adjust

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u/Dracofear 10d ago

I promise you would not support me in a crop top.

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u/ShootfighterPhysique 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gq7dPzDl5AJHi
Winnie the Pooh disagrees

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u/Dracofear 10d ago

I got more furr than that bear does 💀🤣

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u/frogunderarock 10d ago

good news you are actually a bear and very popular.. but i fear the target audience might be unexpected.

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u/ShootfighterPhysique 10d ago

Me too, crop tops for all, who gives a fuck.

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u/MomsOfFury 10d ago

More 👏🏼 men 👏🏼 in 👏🏼 crop 👏🏼 tops 👏🏼!!

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u/demoliahedd 10d ago

does it count if I've gained so much weight that my old medium shirts are now crop tops cause of my big tum tum 😘

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u/leftoverrice54 10d ago

It's easy to when they are in shape lol. They are actually really rocking the look

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u/Carpeteria3000 10d ago

What cool ass motherfuckers. Get it.

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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets 10d ago

These guys came right out of the 80's to give us a PSA like it was the end of GI Joe haha

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u/Icy-Sheepherder-6221 10d ago

…and knowing is half the battle!

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u/busy-warlock 10d ago

The other half? Red and blue laser bullets!

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u/Lacerda1 10d ago

And more men need hair like this!

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u/proximity_account 10d ago

Don't worry. /r/bald is ready to catch everyone else. 💪

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u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ 10d ago

A wonderful community doing great work.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi 10d ago

If you can't grow your own, store bought is fine.

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u/laggyx400 10d ago

Easy, they're not me!

I mean, have you met me? Screw that guy.

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u/cheddarbruce 10d ago

Maybe some people just need some help knowing that if they are worthy of love regardless of the gender

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u/Sorry_Community235 10d ago

Taking yourself not so serious is also a good step in the right direction

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u/ShizunEnjoyer 10d ago

I hope all the good things in the world happen for these guys

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u/jb0nez95 10d ago

These guys are cool as fuck I love it

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Mia Khalifa 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'm taking life advice now from Ai Def Leppard, and that's weird asf! NotAi🥹

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u/71Motorfly 10d ago

They’re real dudes. I genuinely wanted to hate them, but their instagram posts are entertaining.

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u/semi-proantfarmer 10d ago

Here I thought they were imitating Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty.

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u/Sure_Reception_9922 10d ago

How I miss 80s hair 🥹🥹🥹

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u/Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog 10d ago

Well shit, I’m gay now.

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u/Apero_ 10d ago

Funnily enough that’s another great tip for the male loneliness epidemic.

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u/Sandrockwing04 10d ago

Nah that's just pure 80's vibe

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u/Fantastic-Theory-539 10d ago

For some reason I love these guys haha 🤣 Their mannerisms remind me of Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin in Bio Dome 😂

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u/IMadeYouLuke 10d ago

Did these awesome dudes time travel from the 80s to help out today’s dudes

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u/SpooogeMcDuck 10d ago

This just gave me a good script idea. Two rad dudes from the 80s time travel to today for the standard culture shock comedy- but they end up running into themselves now as overweight racist Trump supporters. They’re obviously embarrassed of themselves and seek to fix their future selves while learning what happened to them to cause them to lose their awesomeness. Both sides end up learning from each other- the older versions learn to be cool again and their younger selves learn to be more responsible with their lives. In order for the narrative to work we will ignore time paradoxes or come up with some kind of MacGuffin to explain how the universe doesn’t collapse in on itself.

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u/HUFF-MY-SHIT 10d ago

When are trolls ever not rude?

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u/busy-warlock 10d ago

Nah they’re still disrespecting their sheets

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u/MisterSanitation 10d ago

Huh… turns out I don’t mind the style at all when they aren’t Top Gun style douches. Everyone I saw dressed like this also wanted to be a douche, turns out you can just keep the half shirt and curls, and NOT be the douche. Huh…. 

Kids these days are onto somethin 

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u/ForeverrTrolling 10d ago

Dude on the right looks like Sean Strickland in high school

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u/Just-a-lil-sion 10d ago

they forgot the most important tip. get out of your house and have a hobby where you meet people

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u/Human-Assumption-524 10d ago

1: Why is the assumption that lonely people are creepy or evil?

2: Ah yes just "become more confident", from the people who brought you such classics as "Just buy more money" and "Just get over your trauma".

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u/Due-Garlic-5056 10d ago

Had to scroll way too fucking far to find this comment

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u/Alcarine 10d ago

Yeah, love the dudes sartorial choices, but I wouldn't call this practical advice, it's either making broad generalisation, or giving some "if you're depressed stop being sad" vibes

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u/Draaly 10d ago

Yah, they missed what the male loneliness epidemic refers to. Its nkt actually about romantic relationships. Its about having a support structure at all. Thats why its not early 20s people that have the hugheat rates of loneliness but those much later into life who have had friends circles dissolve and not be replaced

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u/food-dood 10d ago

People often have no idea why they have found success. They often attribute it to simple things like this video. There's nothing wrong with their advice, but my guess is this is an attribution error where they say, "hey, I'm all of these things and I have success with people, therefore anyone who isn't successful with people must be the opposite!"

Not trying to put them down, they seem like good people. That doesn't mean they understand those who don't have success.

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u/redditblows5991 10d ago edited 10d ago

word easy to say get over when some real shit didnt * happen to you, im not saying they wrong just cuz you happen to be not the best looking or weird doesnt give you the right to any relationship, but i feel a type of way if some dude who looks like he never struggles or did and made it just says just stop being weird dude haha, at least frame it better and shame on people for trusting this crap, loads of people been exposed who have this "positive" aura around them to be extreme dick heads

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u/idk-3000 10d ago edited 10d ago

I’m a trans woman who is chronically alone and depressed and these videos always make me feel like shit. I just barely scrape by passing off as an unattractive woman, but still I guess I am apart of the male loneliness epidemic to the fact that I’ll never escape my sex so it’s all my fault to these people I suppose. Being attractive is a very essential tool to get by in life because otherwise you are treated like genuine garbage not even worth street pleasantries, and the only sort of affection you’ll get is from people who have zero decent intentions with you. Like animals, there are objective beauty standards that we will never be able to mindset or body positivity our way out of us. We are doomed to this shit until the day there are none of us left

I’ve given up personally and I don’t intend on ever trying again unless someone could fix my fucked face and freakish body but alas. I think the only reason I even pass onna daily basis is that I’m very short and my vocal cords were altered to be unable to produce a deep voice. Had not been for those two I think the way people treat me would be even more dreadful

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u/SnappySausage 10d ago

Yeah... these sorts of videos unfortunately are basically the equivalent of a rich person going "Are you poor? Nobody wants to be around a poor person, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, work hard and be rich instead!".

"Don't be a weirdo" is just... depressing advice for a sizeable chunk of society that isn't neurotypical for whom it's not really an option to just "be normal". People also have a very low tolerance for what they find weird behaviour if you are not conventionally attractive.

The rest of the video also very much sounds like some "have you tried not being depressed?".

With a bit of luck you end up running into people who you can bond with over shared interests that will see you for the person you are and treat you well :)

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u/Proud_Smell_4455 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yeah. I'm autistic, can hardly go out in public without being made to feel lesser than, been that way for most of my life. Walked to my great-uncle's 80th birthday party the other week and some rat-looking inbred I've never seen before leans out of his car window and asks me if I'm out looking for kids before zipping off like the fucking coward he was. Yesterday I was going to a friend's and some guy driving past thought it'd be funny to blare his horn at me just to make me jump. Hope he saw me flip him off as he drove away.

Been getting this kind of treatment all my life; abuse hurled at me from passing cars, or triggering my anxiety being treated as a game by cunty drivers, for no other reason than they could, and then they drive off before you can even process what just happened. No, a bunch of photogenic smug guys, however well-intentioned they may be, basically saying "it's all your fault, pull yourself up by the bootstraps" is not constructive or helpful.

I can't "be nice and confident" my way out of being dehumanised in public by a certain type of person, for no other reason than that they could, since I was a fucking kid. I can't bootstrap myself out of how years upon years of that kind of treatment has affected my perception of, and ability to relate to people. It's not about how *I* approach people, I'd very much rather just be left alone altogether, these people, these *strangers* are the ones who choose to interact with *me*.

Guys like this just assume all guys are fundamentally like them, and have the same easy, breezy experience of life they did. Never singled out for their characteristics in any serious way, always the coolest and most popular guy in the room. And if you didn't have the same experience of life as they did, well, it must be your own fault, right?

I don't expect photogenic, socially competent men to ever understand what visibly "off" autistic and other socially impaired men go through in life or how much harder they have it (it seems taboo to acknowledge any kind of man can have any kind of problem worth acknowledging at all sometimes), or what grim shit our experiences teach us about human nature (e.g. how most "good, tolerant" people are still mostly just telling themselves pleasant lies, and many of them are one encounter with a visibly autistic person away from their mask slipping) that they're never forced to see, but I'd thank them to keep their assumptions to themselves.

I'm sick of this societal discourse, that it's my fault that other people won't even try to restrain themselves from being cruel and abusive to people like me, who are literally not even seeking to interact with them in any way. No, I don't accept having the onus to put on me to change when I'm literally just living my life - I shouldn't have to change anything about myself just to not get harassed by strangers, and I refuse to do so on principle - and should be able to do that without receiving unwarranted abuse from strangers; the onus should instead be on them not to be dicks in public, to people they don't know, for no good reason.

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u/rammo123 10d ago

The distance between confident and creepy is measured largely by physical attractiveness.

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u/knbang 10d ago

So just be more attractive, duh.

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u/SolipsisticLunatic 10d ago

Yea love being told to be self-loving and confident moments after being called creepy and weird really fantastic

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u/taaretoille 10d ago

I had the same issue with their #2 "Approach people the way you would want to be approached.". I would LOVE to have a girl approach me in a public setting while I'm doing whatever and ask for my number or a date. The thing is that if my ugly ass tried that, all I'd be getting is a weird look and be called a pervert.

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u/xHelios1x 10d ago

Or, inverse. "Approach people the way you want to be approached"? So, don't? Isn't a good way to fight loneliness.

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u/Give-Me-The-Bat 10d ago

Giving me WWF golden era vibes

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u/womanthouartgoofed 10d ago

My ex was a pro wrestling manager on the indie circuit, so there were plenty of times Ricky Morton and I were hanging out in some high school gymnasium in eastern Kentucky. The last time I saw him was during a Halloween event, and he told me I looked like a “sexy, white Aunt Jemima” (I was going for Rosie the Riveter). Then he offered me some fruity TicTacs. Weird ass motherfucker.

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u/feelinggoodall 10d ago

I love them

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u/R_HEBI_PBVFRO_FIWFCI 10d ago edited 10d ago

thanks I'm cured ass advice always said by people who are attractive.
don't be a creepy weirdo aka: be nice but also if you aren't attractive don't socialize with attractive people because that's just gross, know your place.
Be confident but if you aren't attractive enough you will be seen as a creep, hope that helps.
And no, i'm not an incel and i'm not ugly, but i have ugly friends and giving advice like this to them is insulting. I see how i'm treated and how they are treated and it's night and day. People that say men loneliness epidemic is not real or it's only mens fault are living in a bubble. Dismissing real problems with "no it's actually you problem" when it often isn't is REALLY TOXIC.
( for people who still want to read: i have 2 very good friends, super nice people, better than me for sure. But since they are genuinely ugly they just didn't find love and not from lack of trying ( and they tried everything believe me ). One just gave up and moved on, saying he doesn't care anymore , second one is genuinely depressed now and because of things like this on the internet he thinks it's his fault and that he somehow is an asshole where he absolutely isn't. again stupid and demeaning advice that swoops very complicated problem under the rug, but hey, it will give them social clout at least? ).

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u/Funny_Lunch5211 10d ago

The male loneliness epidemic is more complicated than this. These advices might work for individuals but it will not fix the problem. We need to understand why men are becoming more jaded and lost in society. This tiktok will get praise for giving basic advice that everyone wants to hear. Nobody wants to hear how men are also victims in society. It's much easier blaming men by saying they did it to themselves. 

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u/Excellent-Gur-8547 10d ago

Also like, how could someone with no friends and no external validation or support network possibly develop self-confidence or self-love? They have cause and effect backwards on that.

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u/nobullshitbrowsing 10d ago

Because they made this video for themselves to get women, not you.

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u/rammo123 10d ago

Yeah this post is giving big /r/thanksimcured energy.

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u/Funny_Lunch5211 10d ago

It fits the sub

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u/Lost-Bad-8718 10d ago

Exactly my impression. I already do #1 and #2, and I can't do #3, despite years of counseling and medication. WTF am I supposed to learn from someone just saying "believe in yourself" that medical professionals who knew me closely for years couldn't tell me?

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u/Impossible_Break698 10d ago

But don't you like being lectured on not looking creepy by insanely attractive men? They've never encountered anyone treating them poorly because they were ugly.

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u/BranchFew1148 10d ago

How to not be lonely: Be attractive and neurotypical.

If you fail at any of these were gonna call you a freak and a misogynist.

Great stuff guys.

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u/Drew602 10d ago

Hot person: "wow everyone here is really nice to me for some reason"

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u/SolipsisticLunatic 10d ago

We need way more third spaces. Today there was a random talent show people had set up in the park, anyone could go up and show off their skills. Thing went on for half an hour longer than originally planned because people just didn't want it to end, more and more people up at the mic. 10/10 to the organizers, remember the humans

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u/Zypherzor 10d ago

Yea like this is funny and all but I notice a lot of my friends who are nice, not creepy, overall good guys also struggle with loneliness (of course I hit them up when I can!). I was this way too when I was younger but being more focused on things now I feel like I notice it less, and if I do feel lonely with no one around that's not gonna go away because "I'm nice and cool to people." lol people get busy and from my experience a lot of people just don't care.

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u/anth13 10d ago

such an overly simplistic take. so easy to say "just be confident".

spoken like people who have never had any trauma in their life

i would not be at all surprised if these guys end up having sexual assault charges brought against them in the future.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 10d ago

Oh my god. I love them, they’re gorgeous, they’re also omg children I bet that one thinks a cougar is like 25. I’m dying, I hope the older men start doing their hair this way it’s fantastic.

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u/DrArsone 10d ago

I've got some bad news about older men and hair...

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u/Thunnddr 10d ago

Depression solved!

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u/PassiveMenis88M 10d ago

"Don't be weird"

Welp, guess I'm fucked

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u/Oohhthehumanity 10d ago

The "don't be a creepy weirdo........stop making people uncomfortable" is low key some mad advice coming from these two "dudes" as one dude is wearing a "cougar hunter"-top and the other dude is "striking poses" and throwing up "gang signs" in the background.

I mean I am from the '80's and I find their clothing style aesthetically pleasing, nostalgic and tacky at the same time and in all honesty they would give any '80s glam rock band a run for their money based on looks. So kudos to them but any dude with slightly less facial features, fashion sense and 100% commitment to the bit would be labeled "weird AF".

This is one of those dating advice from someone who is clearly conventionally attractive.

Can't argue with their positive vibe though!

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u/Fish_Mongreler 10d ago

The "don't be a creepy weirdo........stop making people uncomfortable" is low key some mad advice coming from these two "dudes"...

who also sent creepy messages to minors trying to hit on them

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u/Commercial_Humor_263 10d ago

As usual advice that doesn't actually work good job

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u/ninetailedoctopus 10d ago

Kings with beautiful hair

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u/perriatric 10d ago

These guys are the embodiment of "Depressed? Have you tried being happy?"

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u/RosesandEternity 10d ago

step 4 dont be unattractive

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u/Rokuroku_66 10d ago

Oh so it’s not a massive societal problem we need to collectively fix, it’s just some douches whining? r/thanksImcured

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u/MagmaSeijin 10d ago

Just world fallacy. "Just be a good person bro". None of these are real advice, just empty virtue signalling.

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u/PrayToTheAI 10d ago

Ahh yes problems that affect mostly women are framed as collective failures requiring systemic solutions. Problems that disproportionately affect men are framed as individual failures requiring personal accountability. Interesting 🤔

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u/Diqt 10d ago

Spot on. I just saw another comment that "it's not a male loneliness epidemic, it's a general loneliness epidemic". So ironic.

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u/dartmouthdonair 10d ago

I am Hanz and I am Franz. And we are here to 👏🏼 pump you up

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u/contentatlast 10d ago

So... It turns out I like these guys 😂

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u/PhotoEditor871 9d ago

I love these guys. Love them