Yahoo News People Are Sharing Stupid Things Men Did To "Prove" Their "Masculinity" And I Can't Stop Rolling My Eyes
Reddit user u/CarsonFijal asked other Redditors, "What is the dumbest thing you've ever seen a man do to 'prove' their 'manhood'?"
And after reading them all, I don't even have words for my disappointment. Just take a look at the responses for yourself:
1."For work, I handed out a milkshake to a middle-aged man who was there with his family. Thought nothing of it until he called me back, totally dead serious, and told me that the straw in the milkshake was pink. I was like oh okay? He told me to throw it out and get him another color because 'pink is a girl's color.'"
2."I jumped into a pool when I didn't know how to swim. Learned how to swim out of sheer will that day."
3."A buddy of mine and I were in a hot sauce store, as I'm a bit of a connoisseur. I can take quite a lot of spice but I know my limits. My buddy was trying to show out and he asks to taste the spiciest stuff (which, by the way, requires you to sign a waiver). He does okay for the first two minutes. But then I start to see a panic set on as he's sweating profusely, pacing, and spitting. He abruptly disappears for like 20 minutes. I'm assuming he was puking his spice-laden guts out."
4."One time, we were running a mile in gym class and I was one of the few to finish first. But while I was running to the finish line a boy started SPRINTING to the finish line. He was chanting, 'I’m not going to lose to a girl.' He ran passed me and beat me to the finish line by like four seconds. This was in high school too."
—u/Aonymous
5."When I was in high school, a bunch of boys gave themselves burns by rubbing the tops of their hands with an eraser. Then I think they also put salt in the burns. It was like a pain tolerance test, I guess. A lot of them ended up with a big scar. Not sure who was supposed to be impressed by that."
6."Jumped off a balcony onto an uneven, rocky hillside. The first time he did it, he only got a few scrapes. Second time, he broke his leg and wouldn’t admit he needed medical attention until 24 hours later when he passed out from the pain."
7."I knew a dude who said 'Oven mitts are for p*ssies,' and then proceeded to grab a hot pizza tray out of the oven bare handed."
8."Refused to say the word 'selfie.' The dude called them 'selfos' because 'selfie' sounded too 'girly.'"
9."Proposed to a woman who didn't love him back because she said he wasn't man enough for commitment. These two are my friends from back in college and they ended up breaking up."
10."Jumping on a trampoline from the second floor to prove his abs and back muscles were strong enough to cushion the fall."
11."This one kid at my old school ate a bee to prove he wasn't scared of them."
12."This guy lit his leg on fire with Axe body spray and sustained some burns as a result. He wanted to show us how 'dangerous' he was."
13."I'm a server and my coworker said he didn't want help. With one hand, he tried to carry 15 drinks on one tray with TWO full coffee pots and broke every single glass. Did not see that man after that shift."
14."I knew a guy who broke his phone but refused to take a free phone from a friend because it had that little note pen and 'Real men don't use those!'"
15."My ex quit a job because he didn't like the supervisor being younger than him."
16."About three years ago, an idiot that I know thought he was tough enough to stare at the solar eclipse."
17."I remember when I was in college, frat boys played this game where two guys squared off, and each took a turn kicking the other in the nuts. Whoever lasted the longest won."
18."Poop his pants. He wanted to show he was a 'real man' by farting, and well, it wasn't just a fart."
19.And lastly, "Stapled his leg with a staple gun to demonstrate that he 'doesn’t feel pain like normal people.' Spoiler alert, he does."
