# What Happened to being a Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 16, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787 "2012-05-16T07:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/141 "2012-05-25T14:55:40Z")
> [@Went out for a few bagz of milk...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-for-a-few-bagz-of-milk/49189/64): > > Did We all forget how gay the 80’s were??? > ![http://rokpool.com/files/artist/motley.jpg?0](http://rokpool.com/files/artist/motley.jpg?0) The 80’s kicked more ass than NOW, Bands played music not fucking push play on a mac book pro! If you could play guitar well you got laid there was once a music scene here… Nothing gay about this! ![http://static.tumblr.com/ye4xt6y/duJltflpp/guns-n-roses.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/9/e983c2a449b1d10d9b474ff787aa09120b15eae1.jpeg) Nothing wrong with long hair Rambo rocked that shit. It is weird now to talk to guys that have never been in a fight. For me fighting was normal, getting cut, stabbed, shot at almost seemed like a right of passage. Now you can’t kick the living piss out of someone even if they deserve it. (_I am a peaceful guy if I think you need your teeth kicked in you probably do.)_ I had a guy threatening me I told him to come over to my house I’ll be waiting for him (_He had my address_). HE than threatened to so me for harassment?!:dunno Also if you take into account the of emasculation of men by women that’s another factor… Women are looking for guys that look like this. And when I was a teen getting laid was important sure I failed, but lord knows I tried to fit into the machine. So I can’t really blame them on that front. But other than that the music sucks, the _Hipster_ style is a 20 year late rip off of the British scene known as _Idies_ that is dying out, but per as usual America is behind on an old trend. > [@Adult Vehicle?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adult-vehicle/49588/69): > > HOLY SHIT DID YOU JUST QUOTE KRAZYKID FROM A YEAR AGO??? The day has come that people are finally starting to be as pissed off about it as me and saying something. > > lol > > I blame it on booming technologies running our lives. Technology in the last 10 years has blown up. You can download music which used to take all day, now in 2 minutes or less. Cameras used to be 1 mega pixel, and expensive, now they all went to 10+mp and are cheap as shit. Now a 8mg on a phone is standard equiptment. Chatting on dialing up and signing into the only chat thing out there, AOL, was cool, now texting, blogging, and having the ability to tell anyone you want, at any time, anywhere in the world in literally seconds is easy. Everything is just made too “convienet” around us. Then when something inconvienet like, chopping wood, is looked at like barbaric or some shit and they say “Ewwww I am not doing that”. EASY, EASY, EASY… is the key word. Humans in general strive for EASY, thats nature I guess, but accountability for actions is EASILY left behind. Kids are impressionable, and see the older parents as “too old and not cool” becasue their mom and dad dont text 10,000 messages every month, or do all the dumb shit (becasue its not a damn priority like kids think it is), so they think they are smarter, better or what ever than their parents becasue they can utilize the EASY technology that their parents dont. Not to mention they are taught in school “work smarter not harder”. So all it does is remove the need for them to have to put forth much effort at all to get something done, even if they give a shit to even try to do something in the first place. Not to mention now more so than ever before that I remember, IMAGE IS EVERYTHING. Look at the car scene, its the biggest example of it. Cookie cutter cars, all with the same over all image. Fucking 2 types of BBS wheels on a VW have been played forever and it blows my mind that people still say HOLYSHIT WOW, like its the first time they saw a stock ass VW with different suspension and wheels. Big fucking deal. Or they think they are leaps and bounds better than the next cookie cutter becasue they made a tiny change, got a few people to like it and BOOM they are the next coolest car out there and its revolutionary. Its a fucking joke to anyone who actually has the balls to stand up to a group of nutt swingers and call them out. Then instead of putting in extra effort to do something right, lets say color changing a roof on a car, the COOL thing to do is once again the easy way out, plasti dip. Instead of painting it correctly, its spray bombed with $12 of bullshit in a can that will look like shit. > > kk rant over. But yeah, I hate it too. Oh GOD KrazyKid is in here the rage has officially begun.:lol > [@Father Baker's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/father-bakers/49611/6): > > So OP’s logic is if you can’t benchpress 300lbs and have a physique of a beefcake, you are automatically not a man; and people who are physicist, economist, architects and doctors are all pussies because they are not lumberjacks and miners. I’m only here for hipster hatred. > [@78 year old man hit by car, people do nothing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/78-year-old-man-hit-by-car-people-do-nothing/49595/16): > > Im a lumberjack, and Im okay! > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo) Rep worthy > [@rexford flats racing"](#): > > It starts with parents who breed cunt ass kids by never disciplining them, never holding them accountable and expecting the whole world to not only pay attention to them, but to bow to their every whim. The best thing my parents ever taught me was that I WASN’T special, that other people’s thoughts and opinions mattered more than mine, and when I fucked up I should A:feel awful and B:fix it. Hey, kids, you’re not entitled to anything except a punch in the mouth. this ---
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/142 "2012-05-25T14:58:05Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*\*Official: Mighty Meet Thread\*\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-mighty-meet-thread/10918/3917): > > Takes you two hours to do 300 bales? Man… sissies these days… I knew you’d be in here as soon as “hay bales come up” I’m surprised you left out the fact your shoulder pops out of place.:lol BTW This sums of the thread! [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n34eeXWjUQ[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n34eeXWjUQ%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/143 "2012-05-31T08:24:28Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*\*Official: Mighty Meet Thread\*\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-mighty-meet-thread/10918/3937): > > yeah they would keep it up, becasue they are sexing themselves every day as they walk becasue their dingle is tucked to get into those jeans so far up their ass, they dont need to get laid. > > Skinny jeans are a form of masturbation from what i gather Holy crap. :lol :lol :lol ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/144 "2012-05-31T10:16:25Z")
PROOF THAT A DIPLOMA DOESN’T = INTELLIGENCE AND SKINNY JEANS CAUSE YOU TO DO STUPID THINGS. [youtu.be/Fq\_tibDzO38](https://youtu.be/Fq_tibDzO38) ---
**Author:** ![Ollie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Ollie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ollie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/145 "2012-05-31T13:01:25Z")
I cant even think of a single one of my friends that wears tight pants(yeah even the sw guys I chill with), doesnt play sports, and doesnt do manly things on occasion. Shit I cant even think of any guys local that I chill with or even see out that wears tight pants. There are fags everywhere, plain and simple, they just happen to whore themselves more on the internet and it’s your own fault if theyre around you enough to let it bother you. dont go to vw shows, problem solved. where else exactly do you guys go that you see dudes wearing girl clothes all the time? gay clubs? highschools?:rofl i know 2 people from highschool that dressed like that. one became normal and is now a carpenter. the other I havent seen since, probably because we shunned him. again, problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/146 "2012-05-31T13:06:51Z")
SrsBzns, what’s your view on a popped collar? :shifty ---
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/147 "2012-06-01T16:30:39Z")
> [@FS: 240 S13 parts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-240-s13-parts/49607/2): > > PROOF THAT A DIPLOMA DOESN’T = INTELLIGENCE AND SKINNY JEANS CAUSE YOU TO DO STUPID THINGS. > > [youtu.be/Fq\_tibDzO38](https://youtu.be/Fq_tibDzO38) :Idiots ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/148 "2012-06-01T16:39:55Z")
> [@FS: 240 S13 parts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-240-s13-parts/49607/2): > > PROOF THAT A DIPLOMA DOESN’T = INTELLIGENCE AND SKINNY JEANS CAUSE YOU TO DO STUPID THINGS. > > [youtu.be/Fq\_tibDzO38](https://youtu.be/Fq_tibDzO38) I don’t understand why people who do stupid shit like this would go on national TV to talk about it. I’d be embarrassed as hell. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/149 "2012-06-04T08:11:15Z")
> [@Attempt at the mile long car jump... Kenny Powers, Ken Carter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attempt-at-the-mile-long-car-jump-kenny-powers-ken-carter/49762/10): > > SrsBzns, what’s your view on a popped collar? :shifty I used to do it in highschool because all the old guys at the marina used to do it. It kept the back of your neck from getting fried out on the water and then a bunch of us just did it anyway. Now it seems like just totally tools do it. Maybe I looked like a total tool. who knows. I came back to the thread today because recent events reminded me of it. My 72 year old step dad dropped dead Friday night. He was straight my definition of a real man. He was pretty much my hero. A real life cowboy, owned a ranch, had world championships in calf and team roping. Worked hard every day. He was an excavator, owned big trucks and but machines. Could build and fabricate anything you needed. he told my mom 3 weeks ago he was a dying man. Friday morning he got up, fed the horses, did their stalls, finished building his horse drawn sleigh he was working on for months, mowed the lawn and dropped dead on the front steps of their house. At 72 this man did more the day he died than most of us do in a weeks time. He was the last male role model alive that I aspired to be like. I feel like now I am drowning in a sea of faggotry ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/150 "2012-06-04T08:21:15Z")
Sorry for your loss. It does seriously feel like honest work for what you have individuals are few and far between these days. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/151 "2012-06-04T08:24:41Z")
> [@New Combo Teaser Video](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-combo-teaser-video/49798/20): > > I used to do it in highschool because all the old guys at the marina used to do it. It kept the back of your neck from getting fried out on the water and then a bunch of us just did it anyway. Now it seems like just totally tools do it. Maybe I looked like a total tool. who knows. > > I came back to the thread today because recent events reminded me of it. My 72 year old step dad dropped dead Friday night. He was straight my definition of a real man. He was pretty much my hero. A real life cowboy, owned a ranch, had world championships in calf and team roping. Worked hard every day. He was an excavator, owned big trucks and but machines. Could build and fabricate anything you needed. he told my mom 3 weeks ago he was a dying man. Friday morning he got up, fed the horses, did their stalls, finished building his horse drawn sleigh he was working on for months, mowed the lawn and dropped dead on the front steps of their house. At 72 this man did more the day he died than most of us do in a weeks time. He was the last male role model alive that I aspired to be like. I feel like now I am drowning in a sea of faggotry I was just busting balls about the popped collar. However my condolences for your father, he does indeed sounds like a real mans man. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/152 "2012-06-04T11:37:28Z")
Dude I am sorry to hear that. Be damn proud to be his son, which it sounds like you are. My grandfather passed the same sort of way. He inspired me alot too, made everything he could with his bare hands and never stopped learning, thinking, tinkering and building stuff. My grandmother and he purchased an old fixer-uper and went through the entire house. Everything from plumbing, wiring, framing, sheet rock, taping, everything he did himself, along side family members when help was needed. He smoked like a chimney for ever, yet seemed like the strongest, fit as a fiddle old man I ever saw. he finished up a project one day on his house, and told my grandmother he was finally done with the house and didnt have anything else he wanted to do on it. That morning he passed. It was like he just finished what he had to do, and left the world. RIP ---
**Author:** ![johnnyk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johnnyk/32/6480_2.png) [@johnnyk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/johnnyk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/153 "2012-06-04T11:38:01Z")
people are pussies these days, kids are handed everything by there rich parents and dont understand the concept of a dollar. this is probably a normal thought process considering our grandparents look at us and say the same thing. “when i was growing up we didnt have this fancy ipad stuff, we had to fight world wars and this thing called manual labor” ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/154 "2012-06-04T11:51:04Z")
I will tell you what, having my parents tell me they are proud of my brother and I for busting our assess as much as we do for everyone around us, it feels damn good. As much as it physically hurts sometimes to roof a house in 100deg heat, 2-3 stories up, digging concrete tube holes to put a deck up on someones house 12" dia 4 feet deep 5-10+ per deck, or staying up till 1AM at the shop to finish something for someones car averaging 90+ hours a week between our full time jobs and our shop… god damn does it feel good when it done. Anyone growing up, that doesnt have their parents, friends, or family say “I am proud of you for working so hard”… is honestly doing something wrong. Simple as that. Sure there is a way to work hard, but not _hard_ in that kind of way, what I am trying to say is if you catch yourself saying “Mehhh, I dont really need to give that much effort to do this” or “Yeah thats good enough”… and then calling it quits, you are failing. /rant ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/155 "2012-06-04T12:47:11Z")
> [@Neon Driver Charged - You know him! With Pic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/neon-driver-charged-you-know-him-with-pic/49813/93): > > I will tell you what, having my parents tell me they are proud of my brother and I for busting our assess as much as we do for everyone around us, it feels damn good. As much as it physically hurts sometimes to roof a house in 100deg heat, 2-3 stories up, digging concrete tube holes to put a deck up on someones house 12" dia 4 feet deep 5-10+ per deck, or staying up till 1AM at the shop to finish something for someones car averaging 90+ hours a week between our full time jobs and our shop… god damn does it feel good when it done. > > **Anyone growing up, that doesnt have their parents, friends, or family say “I am proud of you for working so hard”… is honestly doing something wrong. Simple as that.** Sure there is a way to work hard, but not _hard_ in that kind of way, what I am trying to say is if you catch yourself saying “Mehhh, I dont really need to give that much effort to do this” or “Yeah thats good enough”… and then calling it quits, you are failing. > > /rant Agree 100% [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787.md?page=7)