Men are just happier

SoCurious

Jedi Master
Men Are Just Happier People --



What do you expect from such simple creatures?

Your last name stays put.

The garage is all yours.

Wedding plans take care of themselves.

Chocolate is just another snack.

You can be President.

You can never be pregnant.

You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.

You can wear NO shirt to a water park.

Car mechanics tell you the truth.

The world is your urinal.

You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.

You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.

Same work, more pay.

Wrinkles add character.

Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.

People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.

New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.

One mood all the time.

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.

You know stuff about tanks.

A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.

You can open all your own jars.

You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.

If someone forgets to invite you,

He or she can still be your friend.

Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.

Three pairs of shoes are more than enough..

You almost never have strap problems in public.

You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes..

Everything on your face stays its original color..

The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.

You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life.

One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.

You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look..

You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.

You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.

You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives

On December 24 in 25 minutes.

No wonder men are happier.

Send this to the women who can handle it

And to the men who will enjoy reading it.


NICKNAMES

If Sheila, Candy and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Sheila, Candy and Sarah.

If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman .



EATING OUT

When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back..

When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.



MONEY

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.



BATHROOMS

A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.

The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.



ARGUMENTS

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.



FUTURE

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.



MARRIAGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.



DRESSING UP

A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.

A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.



NATURAL

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed..

Women somehow deteriorate during the night.



OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.

A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.



THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
 
Rather typical misogynistic propaganda. Richard, you need to read "Caricature of Love" (search for the thread), and rather soon.
 
Laura said:
Rather typical misogynistic propaganda. Richard, you need to read "Caricature of Love" (search for the thread), and rather soon.

I agree. What is the point of this thread?
 
The content of the OP is almost more appropriate in Baked Noodles. Some of the things listed are really offensive towards women (and men as well!).

Many of the negative characteristics attributed to women above (AND so-called positive of men) should really be things we are working to overcome, instead of positively referencing in a joking matter IMO.

Put another way, many of the things on that list are subtle lies designed to reinforce negative stereotypes that aside from being false, can actually be quite damaging, especially in a society this far gone.

Men From Mars / Women From Venus comparisons CAN be done tastefully, but this is clearly more about "Men Being Superior to Women" and there is a big difference there, osit. If the humor involves put-downs of an entire gender to make its point, it is no longer funny - for me, anyhow.
 
You may not have noticed this thread is under the Tickle Me section and was written by a woman. You CAN laugh at stereotyping.

No offense was intended.
 
Richard said:
You may not have noticed this thread is under the Tickle Me section and was written by a woman. You CAN laugh at stereotyping.

No offense was intended.


We did notice it is in the Tickle Me section. One CAN laugh at sterotyping, but I do not choose to in this instance. Stereotyping is caused by the association function of System 1, from the book in the Cognitive Science forum "Thinking- Fast and Slow". Without knowledge and a developed system 2 to overcome this cognitive error, mayhem ensues. If you have not read it yet, may want to give it a go.


Also, delving into the vilification of women throughout history and the causes and effects of patriarchy would be a good idea.


If a woman really did write this, then it would appear she has identified with her aggressor.


If you have not read the following article Laura wrote yet, perhaps you would find it helpful as well:


http://www.sott.net/articles/show/217194-Witches-Comets-and-Planetary-Cataclysms




Edit- added link to article
 
The relationships between men and women are often difficult because of the differences rather than the similarities. When we are able to laugh at the differences, in a kindly manner, it is because we recognize these differences and celebrate them. The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.

Perhaps you'll find the following worthy of consideration.

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Laughter means sympathy.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.--Vaclav Havel

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.-- Charles Schulz

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.--Unknown

The Creator made humans able to walk and talk, to see and hear ... to do everything. But the Creator wasn't satisfied. Finally the Creator made humans laugh, and when they laughed and laughed, the Creator said, "Now you are fit to live."--Traditional Apache Story

Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. We learn to take ourselves more lightly in the presence of good humor. Humor gives us the strength to bear what cannot be changed, and the sight to see the human under the pompous.--Joan Chittister

Humor is that which most efficiently recognizes that we are living in an imperfect world, with imperfect arguments and things that are insane, illogical, and irrational. And the only way we can live with that fact is to laugh.--J. Barsoux

If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.--Erma Bombeck

Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.--Goldie Hawn

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.--Niels Bohr

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. --William A. Ward
 
Richard said:
The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.

Sharing such things, laughing about them, just supports the rather superficial look at women and men. Surely there are some differences, as mentioned by your first post, but those are rather shaped by the pathological society we live in. Celebrating that, is supporting the pathological system. Supporting such posts just helps the psychopaths with normalizing the rather sad effects the society has had on us.

To name an example, girls who seem overly concerned by their looks, in the wrong ways; do you think that is simply how girls are or do you think that it is part of any programming?

I can tell you, about the many girls who used to be just ''tomboys'', who of course did pay attention to their hygiene, and who did not worry too much, in a negative way, about how others were thinking about them, girls who just did their things with fun and respect towards others and themselves. When those girls hit high school, they were under extreme pressure, they entered a place where sexual gestures were made to them, where they were judged superficially, mostly based on their looks etc. Then all the pressure from the media started getting their attention on how the perfect girl should look like, what they should wear to gain popularity, how they should behave to be ''normal'' etc. in the end they made a total 180 degree change, constantly concerned about how others are thinking of them etc.

So when you laugh about a difference like this, it IS offensive to every girl who is suffering under the hands of the psychopathic system. They can't be themselves, they have to change themselves in order to fit the system.

You just help normalize the abnormal.
 
Richard said:
The relationships between men and women are often difficult because of the differences rather than the similarities. When we are able to laugh at the differences, in a kindly manner, it is because we recognize these differences and celebrate them. The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.
The relationships between men and women are often difficult because people tend to focus more on differences rather than on what we have in common. The choice to view others as separate is what often causes problems in this world as it sets up an us against them mentality that in the end serves no one.

Quite often with these types of jokes, I find it interesting that those that maintain they have such a healthy sense of humor are usually the first to feel hurt/rejected when others don't share their world view. Basically "Laugh/support my false image of myself or else." It can come across as a type of emotional blackmail and says more about the person telling the jokes than the one listening to them.

If more people would allow themselves to acknowledge and feel not just the pain of others but their own, we might be well on our way to getting past these same issues that have plagued mankind for centuries. It seems to me that what's really needed is more sensitivity not insensitivity. This kind of humor does little, if anything to support that.
 
Richard said:
But Blonde Woman jokes are ok.
Instead of searching for information to bolster your own opinion of yourself, can you at least stop for a moment and consider what's being said to you? You're not being picked on. This isn't personal. Those of us who have put ourselves out there by posting regularly have experienced the same thing from time to time. It's what we're here for - to learn about ourselves. This is hard Work as often we have to confront aspects of ourselves that we don't "like" and just as often don't even realize exists unless someone points it out to us. While quite scary at times, when we get through it, we are often the better for it.

What I'm saying to you is go deeper. What is it you feel right now in this situation?
 
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