The New York Times posted some drivel about ways to be a “modern man”.
Numerous others have weighed in on this:
- Sarah Hoyt refers us to The Writer in Black
- The Writer in Black does the fisking
- Larry Correia calls the “modern man” a “modern pajama boy main-child”
- Ed Trigger calls the “modern man” an “insufferable, wimpy, pretentious pussy”
- James Lileks channels R. Lee Ermey and tell him to SUCK IT UP, MAGGOT
- Say Uncle simplifies and calls it the Endarkenment
I say a modern man is user of tools and has the right tool for the jobs he needs to do (see items 16 and 25).
Add James Lileks to the list: http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/15/1015/100215.html
Done.
Thanks.
Bah!
Nonsensical drivel.
The described “Modern Man” is an eunuch with delusional of metro sexuality.
The modern man recognizes that white text on a black background is very painful to read and fixes his website.
I have a shoehorn. And I write things on scratch paper. But I don’t wear Kenneth Cole’s, because they don’t come in narrow sizes. So I guess I don’t count.
I’m so very bummed.
Should I know what Kenneth Coles are? I take it they are a brand of shoes. Do they make boots? I generally know better than to buy anything that is supposed to be fashionable for a significant other unless I have detailed info on what exactly she wants.
This, from Lileks, made me laugh out loud:
“Stay away Mr. Burglar or you are going to get such a melon balling”
I saw this before. the author may be modern, but he’s no man!
I think I lost about 10 IQ points reading that article. I’m more shocked that anybody thinks it’s even worth writing a proper reply to. I thought so way before I even got to the gun part. Seriously, half of the list is about what brand to choose for products of no importance. Are they getting paid by Coca-Cola, Wu Tang Clan, Micheal Mann, Irish Spring, etc?
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The modern man used to get beat up and stuffed into lockers a lot in high school.
Not cool.
More succinctly:
What happens when one of these “modern men” meets a barbarian? He watches his women get raped, then he dies.
His “civilization” is on borrowed time, at the mercy of others. See: Rome, 4th century.
I’m 89.5% sure that the original NYT Men’s Style article was poorly written satire. All this furor is much ado about nothing.