In honor of Salt-N-Pepa (Shout Out to Spinderella as well) I titled this post Shoop.
Moving along, has anyone else known a growing trend in the world of manliness? Since the early 2000's I've noticed that manliness has been increasingly commoditized. From all those new Old Spice commercials that promise to grow more chest hair, to AXE and all those other shitty body sprays, to TNN turning themselves into Spike TV and airing way more shitty "male targeted" programming the trend is clearly there.
That said, its pretty clear this trend is also stupid. When done correctly and or ironically (usually a mixture of both) it can lead to really fucking awesome results. Surviorman and Man Vs. Wild are amazing television shows and it doesn't get any more manly than eating a rabbit you just skinned yourselves. And before all four of my readers get upset and say, "But Scott Bear Grylls is a fake and stayed in a hotel and he" I will cut you off and slap you in the face and call you ugly. I don't care. He has climbed Mount Everest and is named Bear!!!
Poor examples of manliness include the fact that polos are now really fucking lame and anyone who genuinely wears a popped collar without a sense of irony is now stupid and this also extends to the use of the word BRO being used 100 percent genuine as well.
What I propose is a healthy medium where manly accomplishments will be celebrated. Man Laws was a genuinely awesome set of commercials for beer. But don't go overboard and enter a realm of vapid douche.
P.S. Still looking for a moving partner to Los Angeles!
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Being ironic is the only way to be funny anymore. Sadly, I don't think Spike TV or things like Maddox/Tucker Max are being ironic anymore. While most certainly Maddox and likely the others began as irony, they started to believe in their own fake stories and experiences - ceasing to be parody and believing themselves to being god's gift to women rather than a semi-talented writer.
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