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Comment by yetihehe

2 days ago

Sites like artofmanliness.com seem to be more and more needed in today's world.

So we can all be schooled in the important manly things such as the '6 Card Games Every Many Should Know' or 'The Dale Carnegie That Will Instantly Improve Your Relationships'?

  • No, so we can all be schooled in "Why Every Man Should Be Strong"[0], "How to Set a Table"[1], "9 Ways to Start a Fire Without Matches"[2] or "Win the War on Debt: 80 Ways to Be Frugal and Save Money"[3]. You used probably the weakest reason to discredit the idea of men improving themselves. That's not a "good" manly behavior.

    [0] https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/fitness/why-ev...

    [1] https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/etiquette/how-to-se...

    [2] https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/outdoor-survival/9-way...

    [3] https://www.artofmanliness.com/career-wealth/wealth/money-sa...

    • I think there might be some of that happening on YouTube, James from Speeed[0] (who used to be in Donut Media before) has been mixing the usual car-related content with wholesome masculinity stuff, and I feel that should be the future of making masculinity be seen less as "being tough" to being a resilient, dependable, empathetic person.

      I don't think his channel is the only one, it's the only one I'm exposed to so kinda tells me there should be quite a bit more of those around, hopefully that way of masculinity gets traction instead of Andrew Tate-esque buffoons.

      [0] https://www.youtube.com/@SpeeedCo

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    • > You used probably the weakest reason to discredit the idea of men improving themselves

      Those examples you posted that actually are good would also seem to me to be universally important for everyone across all genders. '80 Ways to Be Frugal and Save Money' seems useful for everyone, and while I doubt a lot of people are going to need '9 Ways to Start a Fire Without Matches' immediately, what makes that specifically 'manly' and not good for anyone either going seriously outdoors or prepping.

      Yes, I picked those examples deliberately, but I don't see why any of the qualitatively good ones are 'manly'.

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I've been reading Kate and Bret for decades (!) now.

Amazing site and filled with great male content.

But, umm, anyone know of any other good male-centric sites out there?

All I got is Esquire.com, and it's clearly not the same kinda thing.