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27 Ways to Be a Modern Man (You Will Barf Alert)
NY Times ^ | 9/29/15 | BRIAN LOMBARDI

Posted on 10/01/2015 5:59:43 AM PDT by 1010RD

Being a modern man today is no different than it was a century ago. It’s all about adhering to principle...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

26. The modern man cries. He cries often.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: Lx
26. The modern man cries. He cries often.

Per my recollection women stopped wanting this around the time that M*A*S*H went off the air and consigned Alan Alda to semi-unemployment.


41 posted on 10/01/2015 6:18:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 1010RD
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.

Maybe a modern gay man.

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.

OK, this one I agree with enough to note. Just park. A little extra walking is good for you.

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.

No. Teaches them responsibility if/when they forget.

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.

Bzzzt. You're not a programmer.

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

Ok, this list obviously was compiled by a gay man. Not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing, just making an observation.

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

Who or what the {xxxx} is Wu-Tang?

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?

Yep, gay.

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

For about 2 seconds, then rejected the idea...

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.

So very gay. Again, not good or bad...just...gay.

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

Wrong.

26. The modern man cries. He cries often.

Wrong again. It may be ok for a little extra moisture at the end of Armageddon when Bruce Willis sacrifices himself for his daughter (and all of mankind) but... Often? No.

42 posted on 10/01/2015 6:18:28 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: richardtavor
This pathetic dolt managed to generate an emotional reaction in me ...

Sneering contempt is an emotion ...

43 posted on 10/01/2015 6:18:29 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: JEDI4S

I’ve still got two BIG TANG glass bottles I bought back in 1968! Now they come in a small wimpy little plastic container.


44 posted on 10/01/2015 6:18:46 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: 1010RD

Hilarious! Obviously written by No-Balls Man™, the metro-homo-wuss of the east, whose empty sac wafts like tissue paper in the smallest of breezes. And I say one needs not own any more guns than one can stagger about carrying at a given time. [J/K, seeing if y’all are paying attention!]


45 posted on 10/01/2015 6:18:58 AM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! GTFO of my America!)
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To: oh8eleven
When I was in the Marine Corps, there was something we referred to as poon-tang ... but I don't think it's the same :)

"If I'm going to die for a word, then my word is poon-tang." ;-)

46 posted on 10/01/2015 6:19:52 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: trisham; samiam1972; xzins; P-Marlowe
This is quite possibly the stupidest list I've ever seen.

One the one hand it says that the man should sleep closest to the bedroom door to fight off any intruders, but it goes on to say that a man will never own a gun because he has no use for one.

And what man has ever even contemplated buying shoes for his wife?

47 posted on 10/01/2015 6:20:01 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: IronJack

This article reeks of “child of divorce who did not have a male role model growing up”.

On display is the utter dissolution and implosion of our entire culture, writ small.


48 posted on 10/01/2015 6:20:02 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: 1010RD

49 posted on 10/01/2015 6:21:08 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Southern and dang proud of it)
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To: 1010RD

Satire. Right? Cannot possibly be serious. [hoping]


50 posted on 10/01/2015 6:21:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: 1010RD

How will he accomplish 16 if he does 25? Just curious...will he reason w/ the intruder? WIll he sacrifice himself hoping his wife is a quick runner/jumper? So many questions....LOL


51 posted on 10/01/2015 6:21:21 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: 1010RD
25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.


52 posted on 10/01/2015 6:22:17 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Southern and dang proud of it)
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To: Blue Jays
That was painful to read. Can you imagine the sniveling little pansy who would result from that conglomeration of characteristics?


You rang??

53 posted on 10/01/2015 6:22:25 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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To: GraceG

I think you meant Zeta male. The Beta at least aspires to Alpha and will fight Alpha for it. This schmuck is down there at the bottom of the maleness heap.


54 posted on 10/01/2015 6:23:44 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: 1010RD
Brian Lombardi lives in DeKalb, Ill., with his wife, Linda, and their three children.

And Linda is having an affair with a guy who does none of these things.

55 posted on 10/01/2015 6:23:46 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Michael.SF.

He’s buying shoes for a man. Get with the program.


56 posted on 10/01/2015 6:25:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: 1010RD

Is the author of this piece gay?


57 posted on 10/01/2015 6:26:32 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (For every Allende, there is a Pinochet)
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To: 1010RD
Be all ewe can be.

Just strap on a man-gina and get it over with.

AMERICA'S NEW HERO


58 posted on 10/01/2015 6:26:42 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Proverbs 21:20 - The wise have stores of food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has))
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To: Stand Watch Listen
This is the "pic" of the "Modern Man" that accompanied that article:

looks like they're showing us what their ideal version of the new sodomite should look like. I'm guessing it matches the image that sodomite members of Congress that are NAMBLA members would approve of.

59 posted on 10/01/2015 6:28:18 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: 1010RD

I think Brian Lombardi is describing Brian Lombardi!


60 posted on 10/01/2015 6:29:11 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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